
Trump letting Putin 'play him for a fool,' US lawmakers say after new Russia sanctions waiver
"This decision is shameful," the statement reads.

"This decision is shameful," the statement reads.
President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced doubts about peace talks in an April 20 interview, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to meet with Ukrainian officials amid stalled negotiations with Russia.

Russian drone attacks on Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts on April 20 killed three and injured 18 others, authorities reported.

A few days into the U.S.-Iran war, after Iran attacked many of its neighbors, my friend in Kyiv asked her 11-year-old son if he had heard about what was happening. Unworried, he replied they were firing "just Shaheds," and continued playing his game. Ukrainians by now have seen thousands of such attacks. Russia had been pounding Ukraine's energy infrastructure particularly hard lately, leaving precious little time for electricity to charge devices or for kids to play their video games. Iranian

Marta Kos, the European Union's commissioner for enlargement, on April 20 praised the speed of Ukraine’s reforms to align with European standards and called for stronger safeguards to prevent future backsliding. Kos’ assessment comes despite criticism that Ukrainian authorities are dragging their feet on the rule-of-law and economic reforms needed for European integration. In recent months, Ukraine’s parliament has passed some bills required for EU accession but has struggled with others. Kos

Key developments on April 20: * Ukraine pushing to produce home-grown ballistic defense system 'within a year,' Zelensky says * Russian preschools, schools, universities have spent over $213 million on 'educational' drones since 2022, media reports * Top Defense Ministry advisor injured in allegedly targeted Russian drone strike * Europol hackathon identifies 45 more Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia * Ukraine's long-range strikes inflicted billions of dollars in Russian oil r

Ukraine's defense ministry is testing a unified ground control station for fiber-optic drones, aiming to cut the number of incompatible systems troops carry to the front.

Over 300 AI-related developments are registered on the Brave1 platform, while more than 70 systems based on artificial intelligence and computer vision are already in active use on the battlefield, according to the ministry.