ERR: Russian and Belarusian citizens without permanent residency status in Estonia will be banned from buying property in the country from 2027 under new legislation that aims to curb intelligence and influence activities.

Kyiv Post: Ukrainian prosecutors have exposed a network linked to Russia’s security services that was preparing contract killings, sabotage, and provocations in several European Union countries, as reported on Monday.

Reuters: Lithuania has charged 13 people from a number of countries with two attempted murders in Vilnius linked to Russia's ​GRU military intelligence agency, the chief of the Baltic country's criminal police ‌said on Monday.

JPost: Ukraine has summoned the Israeli ambassador to Kyiv in protest of the arrival of a Russian vessel carrying stolen Ukrainian grain in Haifa, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday evening.

The Moscow Times: Coal miners in eastern Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk region say they have been left without pay and are facing mass layoffs after the company operating several major mines moved toward bankruptcy, deepening economic hardship in a region already battered by more than a decade of war.

The Insider: Satellite images show extensive damage at the oil accumulation hub adjacent to a refinery in the Russian Black Sea port city of Tuapse, which was hit by Ukrainian drones last week.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition depot, a Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system, and several command and control points across occupied territories, General Staff reported on April 27.

Reuters: Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by ​Russia's Defence Ministry, confirmed on Monday that its forces ‌had withdrawn from the northern town of Kidal in Mali after fierce fighting there.

The Kyiv Independent: Poland is launching a new project to build a modern drone fleet with the help of Ukrainian technical expertise and European funding, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on April 27.

Reuters: Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned the German ambassador over a ​meeting in Kyiv between a German lawmaker and ‌a Chechen separatist who Moscow says leads a "terrorist" organisation.

Ukraine and Norway are establishing their first joint production of Ukrainian UAVs. Several thousand mid-strike drones are planned to be manufactured in Norway. All products manufactured under the project will be delivered to the Defence Forces of Ukraine.

Reuters: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv's control in ​a future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to ‌the country's prospects for joining the European Union.

The Kyiv Independent: Seven people were charged over a criminal scheme in the defense sector that helped launder at least Hr 576 million ($13.1 million), the Prosecutor General's Office said on April 27.

Reuters: The combined deficit of Russian regional budgets will grow by 27% to ‌1.9 trillion roubles ($25.4 billion) in 2026, largely due to lower corporate profit tax revenues and higher social spending, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov warned on Monday. The regional budgets bear a significant share of spending linked to the war in Ukraine, such as payouts to war volunteers and their families, and regional debt is rising.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 27, striking residential infrastructure and injuring 14 people, officials reported.

TVP World: Russia-backed saboteurs carrying out hybrid operations across Europe should be prosecuted as publicly as possible to deter others from being recruited by Moscow, a senior Estonian official has said.

SIPRI: Global military spending rise continues as European and Asian expenditures surge

Relatives of Putin’s ally Ramzan Kadyrov receive Serbian passports

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