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Monday, April 6
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Serbia sees no Ukraine trace in alleged gas sabotage plot after Hungary hints at Kyiv's involvement.
"Serbian authorities have found a powerful explosive device, along with the equipment needed to detonate it, at critical gas infrastructure linking Serbia and Hungary," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on April 5 in a post on X.
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The Sheskharis oil terminal was struck by Ukrainian drones, independent Russian Telegram news channel Astra reported, citing eyewitness reports from the area.
Former managers at the state-owned Ukrgazvydobuvannya gas company and affiliated businesspeople organized a scheme to inflate the costs of materials used for gas production, SBU said.
Emergency power outages were reported in Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts due to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, regional authorities said.
The number include 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Three people, including a child, were killed and another 10 were injured in a Russian attack on Odesa overnight on April 6.
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Over 340,000 subscribers in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast were left without power overnight on April 6 following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in the region.
Sunday, April 5
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Zelensky will meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria TV said.
In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines why the United States is re-engaging with Belarus — and what it could mean for Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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The latest attack comes as Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that foreign allies have asked Kyiv to pause drone attacks on Russian oil refineries as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran drives up fuel prices worldwide.
Russia provided Iran with satellite intelligence on over 50 Israeli energy sites, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 5, the latest of a series of Ukrainian claims that Russia is supporting Tehran militarily.
Russia launched 93 long-range kamikaze Shahed-type drones overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said, adding that Ukraine downed 76 of them.
The number includes 1,180 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Russian forces launched a drone attack on the city of Odesa overnight on April 5, damaging a residential building and injuring at least three people, local officials reported.





