In a video published by the Security Service, Viktor Medvedchuk asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to take him to Russia in return for a safe passage for residents of besieged Mariupol and the Ukrainian soldiers defending the city. Putin’s ally Medvedchuk was captured on April 12 after he escaped from house arrest in late February.
Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, reported that the fate of the aircraft and crew is unknown after losing contact with radar over occupied Crimea late on March 31.
The European Union will provide an additional 80 million euros ($92 million) in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas announced on March 31.
Ukraine says Russia deliberately redirected Ukrainian drones toward Finland and the Baltic states in an attempt to provoke tensions and strain Kyiv’s ties with European allies.
The mobile app would be integrated with the current emergency software and be modeled on the system Ukraine uses during Russian drone attacks.
In a letter seen by the Kyiv Independent, EU Commissioner for enlargement Marta Kos outlined 11 reforms that Ukraine failed to complete by their respective deadlines throughout 2025.
Such actions are "not indicative of a broader shift in the U.S. Russia policy," a U.S. Treasury spokesperson told the Kyiv Independent, adding that OFAC regularly updates its sanctions list by adding or removing individuals and entities.
Russia is signaling to the U.S. that it could seize the region by force within that period, and would then demand "different conditions" in negotiations, Zelensky said.
The prosecutor general has not yet approved the extradition requests for Mindich and Tsukerman, according to Abakumov.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka attributed the delay to "technical safety procedures."
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