The Kyiv Independent: U.S. General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed in an April 30 congressional hearing that Russia is supporting Iran in the current war with the United States.

Politico: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned on Thursday in the latest escalation of a months-long political fight over Russia’s return to the exhibition.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has launched a new procurement coalition with European partners, a step that could help Kyiv coordinate weapons purchases with allies and potentially pave the way for the long-restricted export of Ukrainian-made weapons, officials say.

United24 Media: The Bulgarian far-right political party “Revival” has introduced a draft resolution in the National Assembly seeking to terminate a 10-year bilateral agreement with Ukraine, Novinite reported on April 30.

The Kyiv Independent: A pro-Russian member of the European Parliament, Fernand Kartheiser, sent an email to his colleagues on April 30 inviting them to an in-person meeting with Russian politicians in St. Petersburg.

RFE/RL: An American man charged by US authorities in a major cryptocurrency fraud scheme has moved to Moscow, and has been embroiled in a bitter, complicated legal fight with some of his former partners.

Politico: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned Europe against putting itself in a position of weakness, saying Thursday the bloc should not “humiliate” itself by begging Moscow to negotiate.

Reuters: The probe into Russia's state-backed doping programme passed a milestone of over 300 sanctions against athletes in what the World Anti-Doping Agency ​president described on Thursday as the "most successful investigation in anti-doping ‌history".

The Guardian: An explosion killed an army officer in a closed-off military town in Russia’s far east this week, in what appeared to be an attempt to target a more senior commander known as the “Butcher of Bucha”.

Reuters: Ukraine's Security Service said on Thursday its drones struck an oil refinery deep into Russia near the city ​of Perm, marking a second consecutive attack on oil facilities in the ‌area as Kyiv seeks to curb Moscow’s energy revenues used to fund the war. The Ukrainian military also reported that it had hit another refinery in southern Russia's Orenburg region.

Politico: Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has ordered mandatory rotation of soldiers on front-line positions, as manpower shortages and brutal battlefield conditions have left troops in place for more than 100 days at a time.

Reuters: A vessel carrying grain that Ukraine says was stolen from areas occupied by Russia will not unload in Israel, Ukraine said on Thursday, after Kyiv requested Israel to seize the cargo.

United24 Media: Sweden has confiscated a cargo vessel accused of illegally transporting Ukrainian grain from territories occupied by Russia, the country’s prosecution authority announced on April 29.

Britain to create joint naval force with nine European countries as ‘complement’ to Nato

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