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Reuters: China, Russia and Iran jointly met with the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
Bloomberg: As the war in Ukraine saps Russia of its workforce, the country is aggressively recruiting young women around the world to move to Tatarstan and work at a factory known to produce kamikaze drones (archive).
ISW: Kremlin officials continue to baselessly threaten NATO states for adhering to US President Donald Trump's objective that Europe take on more of its own defense requirements.
Reuters: Three people, including a child, were killed and eight more were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, the regional governor said on Friday.
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Reuters: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said after talks with Trump on Thursday that the United States and its European allies agree that Russia is a long-term threat.
CNN: Some US allies are highly alarmed by the framework the Trump administration is pushing to end the Ukraine war and Europeans are bracing for the outcome of another round of high-level talks between the US and Russia.
France 24: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was applying pressure on Russia to end the Ukraine war, insisting that Moscow agreeing not to take over the entire country was a "big concession."
The Times: Britain is likely to abandon plans to send thousands of troops to protect Ukraine because the risks are deemed “too high", The Times understands. Instead the UK and France will send a training force (archive).
Reuters: Ukraine said on Thursday it identified the body of journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who had died in Russian captivity, and a forensic medical examination revealed signs of torture and ill-treatment. Viktoria Roshchyna died at the age of 27 last September after spending months in captivity.
The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. issued a warning that any country or individual involved in Russia's plans to establish a naval base in Sudan could face "serious consequences," including sanctions, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News on April 24.
Reuters: The European Commission will in the next two weeks present a roadmap on how it intends to phase out all imports of Russian fossil fuels, its President Ursula von der Leyen said at an energy event in London on Thursday.
The Guardian: Alleged former members of an international neo-Nazi terrorist organization are claiming its Russia-based and American leader is a Kremlin spy, according to online records reviewed by the Guardian.
The Kyiv Independent: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expected to use his visit to Washington on April 24 to urge the U.S. not to pressure Ukraine into accepting a peace agreement that favors Moscow, FT reported.
Reuters: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said during a visit by Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday that peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow should start without preconditions such as Ukraine ceding land to Russia.
Politico: One of Germany's leading social democrats said Thursday that a potential U.S. move to ease sanctions on Russian energy could be justified in the interests of securing peace in Ukraine.
The Moscow Times: Swiss commodities giant Glencore has quietly sold its long-held stake in the Russian oil company RussNeft, ending more than 20 years of investment.
Bloomberg: The US will demand that Russia accept Ukraine’s right to develop its own, adequately equipped, army and defense industry as part of a peace agreement, pushing back on Russia’s insistence that the country largely demilitarize as a condition to end the war (archive).
Reuters: Three more Russian insurers, including a subsidiary of top lender Sberbank, have asked India for approval to provide marine insurance for oil shipments sent to Indian ports, as Moscow looks to maintain deliveries despite Western sanctions.
The Moscow Times: A Belarusian firm that supplies global tech firms like Apple, Tesla and Samsung has also supplied some $200 million in equipment to Russian defense contractors since the invasion of Ukraine.
AFP: France's President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin needed to "stop lying" over wanting peace in Ukraine while continuing to strike the country.
AP News: Trump on Thursday offered rare criticism of Putin, urging the Russian leader to “STOP!” after a deadly barrage of attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
Reuters: Britain on Thursday said it was banning the export to Russia of video game controllers which can be used to pilot drones, part of its latest package of trade measures following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters: A pro-European presidential contender in Romania's May 4 election has said defence spending should rise to 3.5% of GDP by 2030 from 2.5% and argued that maintaining support for Ukraine in its war with Russia is essential for Romania's security.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the Russian missile that struck a residential building in Kyiv overnight and killed 12 people was supplied by North Korea, confirming an earlier Reuters report.
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