
Russia violates Easter ceasefire almost 11,000 times, Ukraine says
Russian forces carried out 1,567 artillery attacks, 119 assault actions, and 9,035 short-range kamikaze drone attacks.

Russian forces carried out 1,567 artillery attacks, 119 assault actions, and 9,035 short-range kamikaze drone attacks.
"I am confident: either Ukraine will become an integral part of the European security system, or some in Europe risk becoming part of the 'Russian world,'" President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address on Ukraine's defense industry.

Trump's announcement raises questions about U.S. plans to waive sanctions on Russian oil, after the temporary waiver officially expired April 11.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on April 13 charged Russian General Denis Barilo in absentia for his role in the torture of civilians in Yahidne, Chernihiv Oblast in 2022.

Ukraine reported a pullback in eastern Sumy Oblast, accused Russia of nearly 11,000 Easter ceasefire violations, and got a sharper signal from Hungary's new leadership on support for Kyiv.

Over the past year, a string of scandals has pushed Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agency into the spotlight. After surviving a government power grab in July, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) exposed a $100 million corruption scheme involving several ministers and a former business partner of the president. Parliament has not been spared, with around 50 lawmakers now charged or on trial in cases brought by the bureau. Four years into Russia’s full-scale war, Ukrain

Local command said Ukrainian troops moved to a new defensive line near Myropilske as Russian pressure intensifies along the Sumy border.

Estonia will not detain Russian shadow fleet vessels in the Baltic Sea due to concerns about military escalation, a senior naval commander told Reuters on April 10.



