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“Russia has ended up in the clutches of scumbags”: alleged conversation between billionaires “leaked” online

Pravda Ukraine An alleged conversation between Russian billionaire Roman Trotsenko and businessman Nikolay Matushevsky has been leaked online. The phrase “Russia, which we love so sincerely, has now ein the clutches of some scumbags,” is heard in the conversation. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/26/7399429/

Russians hit hromadas in Sumy Oblast, destroying infrastructure

Pravda Ukraine Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Russians have launched 70 strikes on four border hromadas in Sumy Oblast [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/26/7399428/

Explosions thunder in Zaporizhzhia after air-raid warning issued

Pravda Ukraine Several explosions thundered in Zaporizhzhia after an air-raid warning was issued in the city. Source: Suspilne Details: Suspilne reported that explosions were heard at 23:37 Kyiv time. Air-raid warning was issued in Zaporizhzhia Oblast at 23:23. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399425/

“Repressions against indigenous people”: Zelenskyy responds to activist’s detention in Crimea

Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the detention of Abdureshit Dzhepparov, a human rights activist, in Russian-occupied Crimea is an example of Russian repressions against indigenous people. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399422/

German Foreign Minister snubs UN Security Council to avoid Russian Foreign Minister’s “deceitful performance”

Pravda Ukraine Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s Foreign Minister, was absent from this Monday’s UN Security Council meeting because she “did not want to listen to the lies” of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who chaired the meeting. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399421/

Waiting for a counteroffensive. How the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to liberate the territories and how the Pentagon document leak affects Ukraine’s plans

Pravda Ukraine https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/04/24/7399113/

Expert Group on Russian Sanctions suggests charging a fee “for Ukraine” when issuing visas to Russians

Pravda Ukraine The Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions has suggested that European countries should charge a “Ukrainian reconstruction fee” when issuing visas to Russians. Source: The Bell, citing Working Group Paper No. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399419/

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister says NATO lacks political will to decide on Ukraine’s accession

Pravda Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, believes that NATO currently lacks the political will to make a decision on Ukraine’s accession. Source: Kuleba in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Details: Kuleba said that he advised everyone saying that Ukraine’s accession is impossible to consider Finland’s example. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399417/

Russia doubles number of missile carriers in Black Sea

Pravda Ukraine The number of Russian missile carriers in the Black Sea has more than doubled. Source: Pivden (South) Operational Command Quote: “The number of enemy ships in the Black Sea has risen to 13, with the number of missile carriers having doubled. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399416/

NASA chief sees Russians, Americans together on space station

Jerusalem Post American-Russian space cooperation was put in doubt after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but NASA says it will continue until the space station is decommissioned. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-741271