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Another Orban? Here's why you should care about Bulgaria's upcoming elections
A new Russian-friendly leader may soon emerge in the EU and NATO — this time, in the Balkans. A week after Kremlin ally Viktor Orban lost his reelection campaign in Hungary, Bulgaria's former President Rumen Radev is poised to win the April 19 snap parliamentary election. Radev, Bulgaria's two-term head of state, resigned in January to lead his new Progressive Bulgaria coalition into the country's eighth parliamentary elections since 2021, quickly surging in the polls. As president, Radev has
Top Zelensky allies Yermak, Arakhamia targeted in new searches, summons, source says
Yermak and Timur Mindich, a close Zelensky associate and a major suspect in the Energoatom case, have received summonses to attend hearings at the High Anti-Corruption Court but did not show up, according to the source. Mindich was not available for comment.
Ukraine expects Israel to seize grain it says Russia stole from occupied territories
The statement follows the arrival of the Russian bulk carrier Abinsk in Haifa carrying nearly 44,000 tons of wheat that Kyiv says originated from occupied areas.
Russia slams Ukrainian cities in mass missile attack overnight — at least 17 dead, 98 injured
Russian missiles destroyed homes, burned buildings, and killed civilians in Ukraine's major cities in a mass overnight strike on April 16, with residential neighborhoods in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Odesa bearing the brunt of the attack.
Ukrainian drones strike oil tanker on Black Sea coast, Russia says
Ukrainian drones attacked a Liberian-flagged oil tanker off the Black Sea coast, injuring a Turkish captain, Russian officials reported on April 16.
'Ukraine is becoming a global player' amid Iran war, European defense deals
Ukraine is riding high on a series of deals that promise to intertwine its wartime defense-tech industry, now known for producing drones in high demand worldwide, with European arms makers. “The general idea is that we as an industry have to become part of a pan-European defense industry,” Ihor Fedirko, director of the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry, a government-aligned trade association for Ukrainian weapons makers, told the Kyiv Independent. Fedirko, a former adviser to the now-shut
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"If someone says this — no matter how long Fidesz politicians have said similar things — you should ask them what would happen if Russia attacked Hungary: which Hungarian county would they give up?" Peter Magyar said in response to a question from a Kyiv Independent reporter.
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