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Politico: National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe, according to four people who have been personally added to Signal chats. Two of the people said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least 20 such chats. All four said they saw instances of sensitive information being discussed.

Defense News: Pete Hegseth will not attend a gathering of 50 countries to coordinate military support for Ukraine, multiple European officials and a U.S. official said — the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating.

Reuters: Britain on Wednesday sanctioned what it described as a pro-Russian group responsible for trying to rig a referendum in Moldova and destabilise its democracy, the Foreign Office said.

The Insider: The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Karina Rotenberg, the wife of Russian oligarch and close Putin associate Boris Rotenberg.

Reuters: The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on Russia-based people and entities working to help procure weapons and commodities - including stolen Ukrainian grain - for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, the Treasury Department said.

FT: The UK has circulated plans for European countries to establish a “supranational institution” that jointly purchases military equipment, stockpiles weapons and helps to finance large-scale rearmament across the continent (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 2, killing four people and injuring 14, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.

Reuters: NATO allies have pledged more than 20 billion euros in military support for Ukraine in the first three months of the year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

Reuters: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to provide about 1 billion euros this year to help Ukraine rebuild its war-damaged power sector and improve energy resilience, EBRD vice president Matteo Patrone said.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence on April 1 released a video of a drone operation in Russian-occupied Crimea in which it claims to have struck two Russian military boats and an air defense system.

Reuters: The insurance issued to dozens of ageing oil tankers used by Russia to skirt international sanctions was bogus, according to Norwegian authorities now investigating the small firm behind the forged documents.

Euractiv: NATO members have long been expected to rethink their relationship with Moscow, but talks have been halted for months, several diplomats told Euractiv.

The Insider: The Insider has obtained documents containing border-crossing data involving several top-level Russian government officials. Their various trips abroad shed light on which wealthy private citizens — and undisclosed relatives — can be counted among the inner circles of these influential public servants.

Politico: Ukraine’s government has hit out at remarks by the incoming president of the International Olympic Committee opening the door to Russia’s returning to the Games.

The Kyiv Independent: Some 22% of Ukrainians recruited by Russian intelligence services to prepare sabotage acts or terrorist attacks in the country are minors, Artem Dekhtiarenko, the spokesperson of the Security Service of Ukraine, said on April 2.

Reuters: A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of southeastern Siberia due to a technical malfunction, local governor Igor Kobzev said on Wednesday.

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