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Media: German Defense Minister calls leaked German military audio 'disinformation attack'

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 4, 2024

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called the publication of a leaked conversation between German military officers a disinformation attack on March 3, according to German media.

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Investigation: Apparent Russian disinformation group posing as ex-president Poroshenko targets foreign fighters in Ukraine

by Andrea Januta January 19, 2024

TOP FINDINGS: * An apparent Russian state-aligned group is targeting Ukraine’s International Legion in a disinformation campaign * The Kyiv Independent obtained and analyzed exclusive video that shows the group used doctored footage to pose as the Ukrainian ex-president on a Zoom call that took place in early January * Legion members

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8:28 PM

Governor: Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast village injure woman.

Russian troops carried out three strikes on the village of Veselyanka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on May 8, injuring a woman, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

8:20 PM

Parliament summons Bureau of Economic Security head over alleged pressure on business.

CEO Club Ukraine said on May 6 that last month, the bureau's officials searched the association's premises.

8:06 PM

Armenia refuses to finance Russian-led CSTO security alliance.

In recent months, Armenia has taken an increasingly belligerent stance towards Moscow and, in March, threatened to leave if the military alliance fails to address Armenia's collective security concerns.

7:48 PM

Slovak president suggests hosting potential Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Bratislava.

"Let's talk about a ceasefire, about peace scenarios, let's mobilize diplomacy and approach weapons as a last resort," Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said without elaborating on concrete steps.

7:19 PM

Parliament restores limited access for journalists during plenary sessions.

Only up to 30 journalists will be allowed to work in the parliament's building at once due to security measures.

7:12 PM

Update: Death toll of Russia's April 29 strike on Odesa rises to 7.

The death toll of a Russian missile attack against Odesa on April 29 has risen to seven as an injured man died in the hospital, the Odesa city council reported on May 8.

6:58 PM

Zelensky holds 'focused' call with Orban, invites him to peace summit.

President Volodymyr Zelensky held "a lengthy and focused" call with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on May 8, Zelensky wrote on X.

6:51 PM

Governor: Chasiv Yar 'almost destroyed' but 679 people still live there.

Vadym Filashkin said it was becoming increasingly difficult for rescue and humanitarian workers to reach those that remain due to Russian shelling, with attempts only being made at night or early in the morning.

6:31 PM

Court arrests State Property Fund's ex-head in absentia.

The High Anti-Corruption Court on May 8 arrested in absentia Dmytro Sennychenko, the former head of the State Property Fund, Ukraine's Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) reported.

6:28 PM

Governor: 11 children brought back from Russian-occupied territory.

The 11 returned children included two orphan girls aged 10 and 13. The other nine children — four boys and five girls aged one to 16 — are half-orphans, Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.

6:04 PM

Governor: Russian forces forming grouping north of Kharkiv.

The authorities are "closely monitoring" the northern direction, as Russian troops have resumed active assault operations east of Kharkiv after military units' rotation, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

5:53 PM

EU ambassadors agree on using Russian assets revenue to fund Ukraine.

EU ambassadors agreed in principle on a measure using profits from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's recovery and military needs, the Belgian Presidency of the EU said on May 8.

5:46 PM

India arrests 4 suspected of luring men to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Four people were arrested in India on suspicions of tricking Indian men into traveling to Russia for lucrative jobs only to be forced to serve in the military, the country's law enforcement agency said on May 7.

5:06 PM

Ukrainian Defense Industry: Kyiv catches up with Russia in Shahed drone analog production.

Ukraine has caught up with Russia in the production of domestically-made kamikaze drones similar to Iranian-designed Shahed-131/136, Herman Smetanin, the head of the state-owned Ukrainian Defense Industry company, said in an interview with ArmyInform published on May 8.

4:59 PM

Media: Detained Ukrainian student at Moscow university to be expelled from Russia.

According to MediaZona, Serhiy Hulko was first arrested on April 3 and detained for 10 days. After his release he was detained again for writing "Glory to Ukraine!" on social media.

4:52 PM

Prosecutor's Office: Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky suspected of ordering murder of lawyer in 2003.

Jailed Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky is suspected of ordering the murder of the head of a law firm more than 20 years ago in Crimea, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on May 8.

4:43 PM

Parliament passes bill allowing citizens convicted of minor offenses to serve in military.

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed in the second and final reading on May 8 a bill permitting military service of citizens convicted of minor offenses, said lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko, one of the bill's authors.

4:27 PM

UK to expel Russian defense attache for being 'undeclared military intelligence officer.'

The U.K. is to expel a Russian defense attache, saying they are an "undeclared military intelligence officer," British Home Secretary James Cleverly said on May 8.

4:19 PM

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