Germany’s defense minister Boris Pistorius announced €5 billion in new support for Ukraine, funding locally made long-range weapons, air-defense systems and munitions, satellite/command links, and medical gear—while urging partners to sustain a lasting air-defense push.
Dalibor Rohac argues Ukraine still holds leverage even if Washington tries to force a “bad peace.” He urges Europe to back Kyiv’s fight, not ease it into concessions, noting Ukraine’s defense has already blunted Russia and shields NATO while U.S. politics shift.
OSINT mapping of the 4 April Kryvyi Rih strike places the blast ~20 m from a playground and 70–80 m from the restaurant, with victims geolocated up to 148 m away. Analysts dispute the warhead type, but the result is clear: 19 dead, including nine children; 68 injured.
In this op-ed, Dr. Orhan Dragaš argues that Russia’s systematic abduction and Russification of Ukrainian children amounts to cultural genocide, and condemns Elon Musk for allegedly cutting funding to groups working to return them, urging global action now urgently.
Putin has given a vague response to US Trump’s ceasefire proposal, expressing support in principle while adding demands that ensure a deadlock. Officials in Kyiv hope his hesitation will reinforce their argument that the Kremlin has no interest in ending the war.
The Ukrainian and US delegations released a Joint Statement following their meeting in Jeddah. Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the United States proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
As US and Ukrainian officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia this week, President Trump has privately made clear to aides that a signed minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv won’t be enough to restart aid and intelligence sharing, according to an administration official.
Last night, the Russian army struck the centre of Dobropillya in the Donetsk region with 2 ballistic missiles. After our emergency services arrived at the scene, they launched another strike, deliberately targeting the rescuers. This is a vile and inhumane intimidation tactic.
French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications SA said talks with the EU to replace Elon Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine are intensifying as the US pulls back from its commitments there. The company is already working in Ukraine and has thousands of terminals there currently,
The US has paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, CIA Director Ratcliffe said. A source familiar with the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Trump administration had halted “everything”, including targeting data that Ukraine has used to strike Russian targets.
The US decision to suspend the flow of military intelligence to Ukraine this week has aided the Russian advance along a critical part of the front, weakened the negotiating position of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and killed many Ukrainian soldiers in recent days.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that Washington had suspended all weapons deliveries to Ukraine, including those already in transit through the NATO hub in Poland, and that neither Poland nor any NATO/Rammstein member was informed.
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