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Russian defense minister visits Pyongyang, honors North Korean soldiers
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on April 26, Russia's Defense Ministry said, as the two countries continue expanding military and diplomatic ties.
Ukraine war latest: Three Russian ships, MiG-31 aircraft damaged in major overnight strikes on Crimea
Key developments on April 25-26: * Three Russian ships, MiG-31 aircraft damaged in major overnight strikes on Crimea, SBU reports * Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Yaroslavl oil refinery, General Staff says amid latest mass attack inside Russia * US intercepts Iranian 'shadow fleet' vessel Sevan in Arabian Sea, US Central Command says * Germany believes Russia responsible for global cyber campaign on Signal, WhatsApp, media reports Ukrainian forces struck three Russian ships, a fighter je
News from occupied Ukraine: FSB officers killed in Donetsk, 75% of new property buyers in Mariupol come from Russia, report says
This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin. This week, the Kyiv Independent published a long-read investigation into the endangering of pro-Ukrainian partisans and activists on Russia-occupied territories on the part of the Yellow Ribbon organization and their backers. Read it here. Key news as of April 26: * 12 Russian FSB officers kil
Three Russian ships, MiG-31 aircraft damaged in major overnight strikes on Crimea, SBU reports
The Russian-installed head of the occupied city of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed that the air defense downed 71 Ukrainian drones.
Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Yaroslavl oil refinery, General Staff says amid latest mass attack inside Russia
A fire is burning at an oil refinery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl as Ukrainian drones attacked several Russian regions and occupied Crimea overnight on April 26, authorities and social media channels reported.
On the 40 year anniversary, here are 5 books to better understand Chornobyl nuclear disaster
On April 26, 1986, the explosion at Reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant forever changed the lives of millions in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Although Communist authorities initially tried to suppress news of the disaster even within the Soviet Union, radioactive fallout was soon thereafter detected by neighboring European countries, and the entire world took notice. The catastrophe became a critical turning point, exposing the flaws in the Soviet system and hastening the Soviet
About Shahed drones
Shahed drones are Iranian-designed unmanned combat aerial vehicles and loitering munitions developed by Shahed Aviation Industries. Manufactured both in Iran and at Russian production facilities, the drones have become one of Russia’s primary weapons in its full-scale war against Ukraine. Russia first deployed Shahed drones against Ukraine in the fall of 2022, and their use has since escalated, with Moscow launching more than 54,500 Shahed-type UAVs against Ukrainian targets in 2025 alone.
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Combustion byproducts were released into the atmosphere and fell with rain on April 22, leaving a black coating on surfaces, the Krasnodar Krai Emergency Response Headquarters said.
