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The Kyiv Independent: Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski criticized Hungary on April 14 for being the only EU member state lacking "moral clarity" on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The Guardian: Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has said officials are seeking further information after a report emerged that Russia is seeking to base military aircraft in Indonesia’s remote Papua region, on Australia’s northern doorstep.
ISW: Russian forces appear to be leveraging redeployed elements of the 8th Combined Arms Army to close the Ukrainian pocket southwest of Toretsk and level the frontline as part of ongoing Russian efforts to attack Kostyantynivka from the south.
The Kyiv Independent: Spanish defense company Tecnove will begin producing Ukrainian-made Djura and Kozak armored vehicles at its facility in the town of Herencia, located in the La Mancha region, defense outlet Infodefensa reported on April 14.
Euractiv: Hungary will not agree to any part of the EU's training mission to send military advisers to Ukraine as it risks escalating the war, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Total assistance allocated by Europe to Ukraine since 2022 stands at 138 billion euros, 23 billion euros more than the U.S., according to an April 15 report by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy's Ukraine Aid Tracker.
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Reuters: Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday to bolster Ukraine in its war with Russia, another effort to pressure the Trump administration to back the Kyiv government.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces attempted to break through the Ukrainian defense and land troops near the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces reported on April 14.
Reuters: NATO members are discussing setting a spending target for civil defence and support for Ukraine on top of core military budget goals, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday.
Politico: The European Commission signaled openness to new ways of funding defense support for Eastern Europe to reinforce NATO’s borders amid Russian aggression.
Reuters: The European Commission will announce a more detailed strategy to phase out Russian oil and gas imports next month, it said on Monday, after twice delaying the plan.
Politico: The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned European leaders on Monday against participating in Moscow’s military celebrations on May 9, inviting them to show solidarity with Ukraine instead.
The Kyiv Independent: The European Union has secured two-thirds of the 2 million artillery rounds pledged to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on April 14.
Reuters: Britain sent Ukraine 752 million pounds ($990 million) to buy air defences and artillery on Monday, part of a broader $50 billion international loan programme backed by frozen Russian assets, Britain's government said.
The Guardian: Republican supporters of Ukraine are using the Kremlin’s deadly missile strikes as their latest evidence to convince Trump that he must increase pressure on Putin if he wants to reach a ceasefire deal.
Reuters: Syria's ambassador to Moscow has requested asylum in Russia, state news agency TASS reported on Monday. The Lebanon-based, pro-Iran al-Mayadeen television station later reported that it had received Jaafari's denial of the news, without providing details.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine is designing its own strategic-level air defense system, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced on April 14 during a speech at the EU Foreign Ministers Council meeting.
Reuters: European Union officials are working on a 17th package of sanctions against Russia for an EU foreign ministers meeting in May, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s attempts to boost its flagging birth rate — through policies promoting “traditional values,” tighter abortion restrictions and officials’ encouragement of larger families — appear to be falling short, as the number of births has fallen to its lowest level in centuries.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia may face a housing shortage due to a steep decline in new residential construction, according to a forecast by a state-owned finance company.
The Moscow Times: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Moscow later this week to discuss recent nuclear negotiations with the United States, a foreign ministry spokesman said Monday.
AFP: Russian attacks Monday on the Kharkiv region of east Ukraine killed four elderly residents, local officials said, a day after more than two dozen were killed in neighbouring Sumy.
Reuters: Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Monday he hoped Trump and his administration would see that Putin was "mocking their goodwill" following Moscow's deadly missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy.
Politico: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Donald Trump to visit his war-ravaged country and witness the destruction wrought by Russia, after Sunday’s ballistic missile attack that killed at least 35 people in Sumy.
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