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Reuters: Ukraine will receive fresh military support worth 450 million pounds ($580 million), Britain said on Friday, as European allies attempt to strengthen the country's position ahead of any peace deal with Russia.
Reuters: Britain is considering deploying troops to Ukraine for five years under plans being discussed by allies, The Telegraph reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
The Kyiv Independent: The European Union will dedicate 2.1 billion euros in revenue generated from frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank to Ukraine's defense industry, the EU's Ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova announced on April 10.
ISW: The talks in Istanbul suggest that Russia is using diplomatic engagements with the United States to distract from the war and to obfuscate its own disinterest in productive peace negotiations.
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AP News: Prince Harry met with war victims on Thursday during an unannounced visit to Ukraine as part of his ongoing work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said.
CBS News: U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down from her role, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, in a move that injects new uncertainty into the relationship between Washington and Kyiv.
Reuters: A Russian drone struck an apartment building on Thursday evening in Zhytomyr region west of Kyiv, killing one person and injuring five, including a child, the regional governor said.
Reuters: A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's city of Dnipro on Thursday killed at least one person and injured five others, damaging a civilian warehouse, officials said.
AP News: The top U.S. commander in the Pacific warned senators Thursday that the military support that China and North Korea are giving Russia in its war on Ukraine is a security risk in his region as Moscow provides critical military assistance to both in return.
Euronews: The special tribunal that Western nations intend to establish to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine will not try Putin in absentia as long as he remains president of Russia. The same provision will apply to Russian prime minister and foreign minister.
Reuters: A Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine landed in Washington on Thursday after being freed in exchange for a man the U.S. had accused of forming a global smuggling ring to spirit sensitive electronics to Russia's military.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces have started using drones to scatter explosive devices across Ukraine, the country’s Interior Ministry warned on April 10.
AFP: Ukraine has completed two trial runs of a ferry link with Georgia, the operator said on Thursday, crossing the Black Sea that has been a major battleground in the war with Russia.
The Guardian: “In another clip, a Russian influencer speaks to her more than 300,000 followers in Mandarin, advertising the financial benefits of joining Russia’s army, with sign-on bonuses and monthly payments from the Russian government and military as well as housing benefits and medical and childcare.”
Reuters: A freight liberalisation agreement allowing Ukrainian cargo to enter the EU without a transport permit has been extended until the end of the year, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
AP News: Britain’s defense minister on Thursday urged his counterparts from around 30 countries to press ahead with plans to deploy troops to Ukraine to police any future peace agreement with Russia, as questions remained over whether the United States would provide backup.
The Moscow Times: Putin’s billionaire childhood friends Boris and Arkady Rotenberg are among the main architects and beneficiaries of Russia’s wartime asset seizures, the Financial Times reports.
Reuters: Ukraine has told the U.S. that accepting curbs on the size of its armed forces or on its military's overall readiness would be a red line, a senior Ukrainian official said, as Trump strives to negotiate an end to the war with Russia.
AFP: China warned parties in the Ukraine war on Thursday against making "irresponsible remarks" after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Beijing knew its citizens were being recruited by Russia to fight in the conflict.
The Insider: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is well into its third year, and finally, international sanctions are having a visible impact on Moscow’s imports of goods with potential military applications.
Reuters: South Korea said on Thursday it has imposed sanctions against Hong Kong and Russian entities, alongside two Chinese nationals, for involvement in operating vessels in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea.
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