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The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine’s key allies are set to meet on April 10 to continue discussions on a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, should a peace deal be reached with Russia.
Reuters: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told lawmakers on Wednesday that President Donald Trump was not trying to re-invigorate trade with Russia by sparing Russian goods from new tariffs, but it was up to Trump whether to impose any future duties.
ISW: The Russian military command is likely attempting to form a buffer zone along the international border in Sumy Oblast, although Russian commanders may intend to press further into Sumy Oblast and towards Sumy City in the future.
Reuters: Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the southern city of Mykolaiv overnight, injuring at least 12 people, authorities said on Thursday.
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The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. will hold new ceasefire talks with Russia and Ukraine in separate meetings in the coming weeks, and a temporary ceasefire will pressure Russia to comply, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on April 9.
Bloomberg: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the nation is willing to buy the next tranche of military assistance from the US while it still awaits a reply from the White House on the prospects of it sending vital future war-aid lifelines (archive).
AFP: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Beijing knows that its citizens are being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, claiming that Kyiv had the details of at least 155 Chinese nationals who had been deployed to the front.
The Kyiv Independent: A Chinese national captured by Ukrainian forces said he paid 300,000 rubles (roughly $3,500) to a middleman in China to join the Russian military in exchange for the promise of citizenship.
Euractive: Hungary is gearing up to add more obstacles to Ukraine's accession process with a national referendum on the question, while Kyiv had hoped to take the next steps this year.
The Guardian: A 38-year-old Romanian man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham that was caused by a suspected Russian incendiary device.
Reuters: Legislation from two U.S. senators from both parties introduced on Wednesday establishes a fund to enforce sanctions on the so-called ghost fleet of tankers Russia relies on to carry oil to avoid Western sanctions over its war on Ukraine.
Euractive: The Netherlands could screen around 8,000 incoming university researchers a year, as national intelligence services across the EU fear an uptick in academic espionage.
The Kyiv Independent: Long-range Ukrainian strikes on ammunition stockpiles in Russia brought down Moscow's artillery shell fire rate by almost half, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
AFP: Russia on Wednesday said it was expelling Romania's military attache and his deputy in a retaliatory move against the NATO country.
Reuters: Russia will raise the issue of the resumption of direct flights with the U.S. and the return of diplomatic property at Russian-U.S. talks on Thursday in Istanbul, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
The EU is allocating another financial assistance tranche of 1 billion euros as part of the G7 loan program for Ukraine. The European Investment Bank is providing 300 million euros to Ukraine for the restoration of its energy sector and critical infrastructure.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine unveiled a domestically developed drone designed to intercept and destroy Iranian-designed Shahed drones used by Russia, the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported on April 9.
France 24: Russia summoned the French ambassador in Moscow on Wednesday and said it was awaiting "explanations" from Paris after one of its diplomats was detained for several hours by French border guards at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, amid rising tensions between the two countries.
Opendatabot: Ukraine spent $62,500 on lobbying efforts in the U.S. in 2024, seven times less than Russia's $461,200, according to data published by the Ukrainian analytics platform Opendatabot on April 9.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia can mobilize 5 million troops who have undergone military service and training, while its overall mobilization capacity is as many as 20 million, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Politico: The Western Balkans are described as “the other hotspot” by figures in the upper echelons of the U.K. government — and with the heat now being turned up, Britain is pushing for all six states in the region to join the EU to ward off Russian influence.
Reuters: Ukraine's military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview published on Wednesday that Russia had launched a new offensive on the northeast of the country, adding that a large increase in assaults was already being observed.
worth mentioning
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