At least 19 children were killed and 78 injured in April, the highest verified monthly number of child casualties since June 2022.
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The agreement, signed on April 30, establishes a joint investment fund between Kyiv and Washington and grants the U.S. special access to projects developing Ukraine's natural resources.
Three women in Kharkiv, believing the truce was in effect, were injured by a Russian drone while gardening.
Russian forces struck the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant with a drone on Feb. 14, breaking through the confinement and creating a 15-meter hole in it.
The denunciation of the convention will take effect six months after the decision is made.
Xi Jinping is one of 27 leaders expected to attend the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital on May 9.
Some 2020 medical facilities were partially damaged, while another 305 were completely destroyed, the ministry's statement read.
The number includes 1,200 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"Everyone in Moscow must know that they have to reckon with us. Europe will support Ukraine," German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
Ukraine is considering moving away from the U.S. dollar and closer to the euro as a benchmark for the hryvnia, National Bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi told Reuters.
The Atesh partisan group claims it disabled communication at several Russian military facilities when it allegedly destroyed equipment at a transformer substation in the village of Mogiltsy in Russia's Moscow Oblast.
When asked if he considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent replied, saying, "Yes."
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"The Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much," U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on May 7, according to Politico.
EU eyes new sanctions over Russian hybrid threats, chemical weapons use in Ukraine, Reuters reports.
EU ambassadors began talks this week on a 17th sanctions package that targets Russia’s military-industrial complex, Moscow’s shadow shipping fleet, and related support networks.
The image of the Crimean Bridge that connects mainland Russia with Russian-occupied Crimea made with a Finnish-produced satellite ICEYE. (ICEYE)
Ukrainian comedian turned politician Serhiy Prytula said spending the $17 million fundraised by Ukrainians to purchase a satellite from the Finnish microsatellite manufacturer ICEYE was a “great decision.”
Ukraine’s military is satisfied with the data provided by the satellite, Prytula said during the IT Arena 2022 tech conference on Sept. 30 in Lviv.
Prytula’s comments followed a statement by Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Sept. 29 that Ukraine has recouped its investment in the satellite in just two days.
According to Reznikov, thanks to the data collected by the satellite, Ukraine was able to destroy more than 60 units of Russian military equipment worth more than Kyiv paid for the satellite.
As per the agreement with ICEYE in August, Ukraine is the sole owner of the satellite and has access to data collected by nearly 20 other satellites belonging to the firm.
See also: Ukrainian charity buys satellite for the army. How will it help fight against Russia?
The ICEYE satellite is able to detect the Earth’s surface in any weather and at night, making it more effective than optical satellites.
The funds used to buy the satellite were originally intended to purchase Bayraktar drones, according to Prytula, which the Turkish manufacturer Baykar provided Ukraine for free.
Ukraine has not previously had its own satellite and has sourced data from external sources, such as the U.S., European Union, and China. After the start of Russia’s full-scale war, Ukraine has received free satellite imagery from companies such as Maxar Technologies, Planet, and BlackSky as part of military aid packages.
Satellite imagery is essential during the war, as it allows Kyiv and its allies to assess the movement of Russian troops in Ukraine and also monitor Russia.
“When they told me, ‘Let’s buy a satellite,’ I thought they were aliens,’” Prytula said. “And damn, that was a great decision.”
“If you don’t trust what our Defense Ministry says about the results of this project, I don’t know who else you can trust,” Prytula added.
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