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The Kyiv Independent: Explosions were reported in the town of Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea near a military airfield during the early hours of April 17, according to Russian-affiliated telegram channels. Following the explosions, a large-scale fire reportedly broke out at the airfield.
The Guardian: Kharkiv is at risk of becoming “a second Aleppo” unless US politicians vote for fresh military aid to help Ukraine obtain the air defences needed to prevent long-range Russian attacks, the city’s mayor has warned.
Bloomberg: The US ambassador to the United Nations said Russia’s arms trade with North Korea breaches international sanctions and Washington will seek ways to watch for violations after Moscow vetoed a measure to keep alive a monitoring panel (archive).
ISW: Russian forces in eastern Ukraine are using smaller groups to conduct assaults and are reportedly suffering from morale issues, but Russian attacks are unlikely to culminate in the near term despite these challenges because of Ukrainian materiel shortages.
The Guardian: Croatian voters are going to the polls in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could significantly change the country’s pro-western stance on issues including European support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia.
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Reuters: The U.S. and its Group of Seven allies are continuing to explore a range of possibilities to unlock the value of nearly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday.
Important Stories: Terrorists shot people in Moscow with the newest Russian Army assault rifles. IStories figured out how it became possible and what happens to the black market of firearms during the war in Ukraine.
Meduza: Several E.U. companies have been finding ways to bypass sanctions and supply parts to Russian military shipyards, a new report from BBC Russian found.
Bloomberg: Latvia is preparing to make its first shipment of drones to Ukraine as a coalition of countries aim to provide a million unmanned aerial vehicles to Kyiv (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously on April 16 in support of a resolution calling for frozen Russian assets to be transferred to a new fund for Ukraine's reconstruction. The full text of the resolution and other details are yet to be provided.
POLITICO: A Russian victory in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Chasiv Yar, currently the target of a sustained military offensive, would jeopardize the security of the remaining Ukrainian-held cities in Donetsk, a senior Ukrainian official told POLITICO on Tuesday.
France 24: Ukraine said Tuesday it had identified almost 37,000 people, including military personnel, who are unaccounted for since Russia's invasion began in February 2022, warning the actual figure may be "much higher".
ISW Special Report: The current US debate about providing additional military assistance to Ukraine is based in part on the assumption that the war will remain stalemated regardless of US actions. That assumption is false. Russian advances will accelerate absent urgent American action.
AFP: Austria's Raiffeisen Bank said on Tuesday that it was replacing job ads that contained "misleading wording" implying the bank was expanding its operations in Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: Western officials do not believe that Russia has the capability to launch a new attack on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv "without a major replenishment of Russian troops," Bloomberg reported on April 16.
POLITICO: France is "being overwhelmed with propaganda and disinformation" ahead of the EU election, French minister for European affairs Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday.
RBC-Ukraine: Russia is considering providing Iran with modern fighter jets and air defense equipment to protect it from Israeli and US attacks. Military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran has reached a new level, reports The Washington Post.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's bill on mobilization has been signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the online portal of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on April 16.
Kyiv Post: The Security Service of Ukraine targeted a Russian long-range radar station in the Bryansk region, which was monitoring the sky 700 km deep into Ukrainian territory, sources within the special services informed Kyiv Post.
France 24: A ballet performance in South Korea featuring dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled abruptly, the organisers confirmed to AFP Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Seoul and Moscow over Ukraine and North Korea.
Reuters: Lithuania signed a protocol of intention with Germany's Rheinmetall on Tuesday to build an ammunition factory in the Baltic state, the country's government said on Tuesday.
Reuters: A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Reuters: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Russia and China on Tuesday to reverse course, and stop rewarding North Korea's bad behaviour and shielding it from sanctions evading activities over its weapons programs.
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