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National Police raid draft office workers across Ukraine, reveal $2 million in suspected illicit enrichment
Law enforcement officials conducted 44 searches across 16 regions of Ukraine as part of an investigation into current and former senior draft office employees.
Russia extends its 'Victory Day truce' to May 8-9, Ukraine says no proposals received
Zelensky said earlier on May 4 that Ukraine had received no official ceasefire proposals, contrasting Russia's claimed truces with ongoing attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Russia launches more than 10 times as many drones at Ukraine's port infrastructure in 2026 as last year
Russia has launched over 800 drones against Ukraine's port infrastructure since the beginning of 2026, Oleksii Kuleba, Ukraine's deputy prime minister for restoration and minister for communities and territories development, said.
Russian authorities publish list of Tuapse shelters only after days of Ukrainian drone attacks
The list, posted without announcement on the municipality's website on May 4, is a spreadsheet showing the locations of 186 shelters, most of them in the basements of apartment buildings.
UAE reports intercepting missiles, drones from Iran for first time since ceasefire
A fire broke out at an oil facility in the Fujairah emirate after it was hit by a drone launched from Iran, local authorities said.
With Orban out, Slovakia's Fico shifts tone on Ukraine
Viktor Orban's electoral defeat appears to be easing Ukraine's relations with not one, but two of its neighbors. President Volodymyr Zelensky met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Yerevan on May 4, continuing an unexpectedly constructive exchange between the two leaders. Zelensky and Fico agreed their governments would hold talks in Kyiv or Bratislava by the end of June to develop cooperation in transport infrastructure and energy, according to the Slovak government. "We are neighbors, we
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