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7+ hour, 4+ min ago  (337+ words) A group of foreign mercenaries fighting for Russia has been killed in combat by Ukraine's defence forces in Kharkiv Oblast. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: Ukraine's Khochu Zhyty (I Want to Live) project identified one of the dead…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (190+ words) Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the charg" d'affaires of the Russian embassy and lodged a protest over the demolition of a memorial stone honouring Lithuanian deportees in the Russian city of Tomsk. Source: Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, as…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (176+ words) Greece has become the 22nd country to join an agreement establishing a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression. Source: Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the President's Office, on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda Details: Mudra thanked Finland and…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (114+ words) Hungarian outgoing Foreign Minister P'ter Szijj'rt" has stated that he "never served Russian interests". Source: Szijj'rt" in an interview with Telex, a Hungarian news portal, as reported by European Pravda Details: Szijj'rt" was asked whether his activities could be considered…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago  (314+ words) Ukraine's defence forces have struck a number of Russian assets in Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories: a warehouse containing rockets, a mat'riel depot, a fuel train, a radar and a facility belonging to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (416+ words) On 23 April, the European Union approved its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, which comprises more than 100 individual restrictive measures to increase pressure on the energy sector and the shadow fleet, as well as new measures targeting financial institutions in third…...

7+ hour, 24+ min ago  (141+ words) Work on an exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia is ongoing, Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, has said. Source: Interfax-Ukraine, a Ukrainian news agency, citing Budanov speaking on the sidelines of the Kyiv Security…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago  (142+ words) The EU's 20th package of sanctions against Russia, which was approved by member states on 23 April, includes restrictions targeting Russia's shadow fleet and individuals and companies supporting its military-industrial complex and lays the groundwork for a future ban on maritime services…...

6+ hour, 20+ min ago  (150+ words) The Council of the European Union has formally approved amendments to the EU's 2021-2027 budget, enabling the provision of a "90 billion loan to Ukraine, and also adopted the EU's 20th package of sanctions against Russia. Details: The written procedure to approve the…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (236+ words) The European Commission and Ukraine's Ministry of Defence have launched cooperation in investing "161 million in innovative and breakthrough technologies. Source: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Details: The relevant agreement was signed during the EU'Ukraine Business Summit in Brussels. "We are…...