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Reuters: Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with hundreds of drones and three ballistic missiles, targeting port infrastructure in the south and wounding at least seven people, Ukrainian officials said.
BBC: The UK is providing 120,000 drones to Ukraine in what the Ministry of Defence has said is the largest delivery of its kind.
Reuters: Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials tasked with rooting out corruption and Russian collaborators.
The Hill: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will once again forgo a meeting of roughly 50 countries supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia, a defense official confirmed Tuesday.
ISW: Russia is increasingly centralizing drone procurement for its Unmanned Systems Forces, which will likely have both positive and negative consequences.
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France 24: Russian strikes killed seven people, including a child, and wounded dozens across Ukraine on Tuesday, regional authorities said.
Ukraine and Germany have concluded a package of defence agreements totalling €4 billion, focused on strengthening air defence, developing unmanned systems, and joint defence production.
Reuters: Norway and Ukraine will strengthen their bilateral defence cooperation, including by producing Ukrainian drones in the Nordic country, the Norwegian government said on Tuesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Iceland and Poland have agreed to support the creation of a special tribunal within the Council of Europe to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said April 14.
Kyiv Post: Ukraine has reacted to reports that the Russian cargo vessel “Avinsk” has arrived at the Port of Haifa carrying a shipment of wheat allegedly originating from a temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
The Hill: Rep. Jason Crow on Tuesday said Russia is the “real winner” of the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, where a holdup of oil exports has contributed to increased prices across the globe.
Ukrainska Pravda: DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, has reported that Russian forces continue to create a buffer zone along the state border in Sumy Oblast.
Politico: Estonia apprehended a record number of Russian collaborators in 2025, the country’s Internal Security Service revealed on Monday.
United24 Media: Close allies and relatives of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have reaped millions following the Kremlin’s seizure of Western businesses, according to an investigation by the Explainer project reported by The Moscow Times on April 14.
The Defence Blog: Satellite images published Tuesday provide the first visual confirmation that the April 11 fire at Russia’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant caused significant structural damage to the workshop responsible for manufacturing the composite airframe components of the Su-57 Felon stealth fighter.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has opened its first food processing and distribution center in Ghana, as Kyiv seeks to expand its agricultural exports and address the region's food crisis.
Meduza: Specialists at Russia’s Institute for Experimental Military Medicine of the Defense Ministry are conducting trials of munitions and medical substances on volunteer servicemen, according to an investigation by the outlet Proekt published on April 13 and summarized by Agentstvo.
Reuters: The Trump administration has extended a waiver allowing Lukoil retail service stations to operate outside of Russia until late October, a narrow allowance in sanctions the U.S. imposed last year to curb revenues supporting Moscow's war in Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Twenty-nine Russian soldiers attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian rear positions via a gas pipeline in Sumy Oblast but were detected and killed, Ukraine’s 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Air Assault Forces reported on April 14.
Reuters: Economic pressure on Russia remains "the most effective weapon" to pressure it to end its war on Ukraine, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday, when asked whether Europe should ease its ban on Moscow's gas imports.
Reuters: Chinese state oil giant Sinopec has bought Russian oil loading in March and April to replace Middle Eastern crude after the U.S. temporarily waived sanctions to ease tight supplies globally.
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Major Russian platforms begin restricting services for users with VPN enabled
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