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Ukraine's electricity imports fall as crisis fades
Ukraine's imports of electricity dropped by 25% in March compared to the previous month, as the country emerges from a devastating winter brought on by Russian attacks on the energy grid.
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US hearing exposes links between Russia’s energy sector and abduction of Ukrainian children
During a recent hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. lawmakers blasted the Trump administration's decision to lift sanctions on Russian oil giants Gazprom and Rosneft — companies now accused of aiding the mass abduction of Ukrainian children. "One thing that we should not do is abet Russia's crimes. But shockingly, it appears that we are," said Representative James P. McGovern, citing evidence from the newly published Yale Humanitarian Research Lab report. "Camps owned or
Erdogan meets Zelensky a day after phoning Putin
President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Istanbul to meet with his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Ukrainian president announced "substantive talks."
Ukraine restores nearly half of power generation wiped out by Russia
Russian forces destroyed 9 gigawatts (GW) of Ukraine's power generation, but the war-torn country has managed to rebuild 4 GW, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on April 4.
Russia increases attacks on civilians, killing 16 and injuring 86 more
In one of the worst attacks, a Russian drone targeted a market in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing at least five people and injuring 19 on the morning of April 4, Ukraine's Prosecutor General reported.
Ukrainian firefighting robot helps soldiers for first time
After discovering gas canisters at the scene of the fire in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, members of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov" deployed a Zmiy unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to avoid putting soldiers at increased risk.
Russia drops record number of deadly glide bombs on Ukraine, steps up aerial attacks
Russian forces launched 7,987 glide bombs last month — over 1,500 more than the previous record in February, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported on April 3.
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