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Several undersea Baltic cables were damaged last year, with many experts calling it part of a “hybrid war” carried out by Russia against Western countries.
Estonia’s navy said it detained on Friday an oil tanker believed to belong to Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Gulf of Finland in order to check its papers.
The navy stressed that there was no danger to critical infrastructure. Previous incidents had seen underwater cables damaged in suspected sabotage.
Shortly after Trump’s post, the Kremlin said talks between Putin and Witkoff had started,
US envoy Steve Witkoff wrapped up his latest talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday, after President Donald Trump urged his Russian counterpart to move quicker to end what he said was the country’s “senseless war” with Ukraine.
Trump has been pressing Moscow and Kyiv to agree a ceasefire deal but has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin, despite repeated negotiations between Russian and US officials.
Despite an ongoing war in Ukraine and $3.5 billion in US imports last year, the Kremlin was spared. Why?
Russia has proposed banning AI systems deemed a threat to public or state security, with mandatory certification for high-risk uses.
In Russia, a new draft law has been proposed that would impose restrictions on the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems deemed to pose a threat to society or the state.
The bill, prepared by a group of lawyers, consultants, and IT industry representatives, suggests classifying all AI systems by risk level: minimal, limited, high, and unacceptable, according to the Russian publication Moscow Times.
Russian marines are reportedly rotting alive on Nestyha and Bugaz islands in the Dnipro delta, stranded for months without rotation, medicine, or proper supplies, partisans say.
The Ukrainian partisan movement Atesh reports a critical situation among Russian troops stationed on Nestyha and Bugaz islands in the Dnipro River delta near Kherson.
According to agents embedded in Russia’s 61st Separate Marine Brigade, commanders are deliberately withholding troop rotations – some soldiers have remained in position since January 2025.
Drones, tactical radars, anti-tank mines, and short-range anti-aircraft missiles. Great Britain, Norway, Germany, Belgium and even little Estonia.
European military assistance to Ukraine is accelerating and focusing particularly on lower-tech weaponry proved in close-in combat against the Russian army, and manufacturing in Ukraine if possible.
British Defence Secretary John Healy in Thursday comments to media, said the idea behind the assistance was to make Ukraine’s combat brigades and frontline formations more lethal in the “close fight.”
Ilham Aliyev says peace between Ukraine and Russia is unlikely in the foreseeable future, adding that wars in the real world end not with truces – but with capitulation.
The war in Ukraine will end with the capitulation of one of the parties, not with a temporary truce, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said, commenting on the prospects for peace between Russia and Ukraine.
“In the real world, wars end when a final act of capitulation is signed,” Aliyev said on April 9 during a speech at an international forum, as quoted by Central Asia Outlet.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new defense package for Ukraine ahead of Friday’s Ramstein format meeting.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin would send air defense systems and missiles to Kyiv in an upcoming defense package.
Pistorius listed four IRIS-T surface-to-air defense systems with missiles and another 30 missiles for Patriot systems among the components of an upcoming package in a comment ahead of Friday’s Ukrainian Defense Coordination Group (UDCG) meeting, commonly known as the Ramstein group, at the NATO HQ in Brussels.
During his annual situation report to the Senate Armed Services Committee on EUCOM operations, Gen. Cavoli said Ukraine’s Vipers were achieving 80% mission success on a daily basis.
US Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, who is both Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and commander of the US European Command (EUCOM), told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week that the Ukrainian Air Force (UAF) pilots operate their F-16 “Viper” fighter aircraft “every day.”
He said they were performing defensive operations against Russian cruise missile and Shahed kamikaze drone attacks and offensive strikes against Russian forces in Ukraine’s eastern region. His assessment that with its limited numbers of Vipers the UAF was achieving a laudable level of operational success rate.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Russia for a third round of talks with Putin amid US frustration over stalled ceasefire progress and mounting pressure for a breakthrough.
Special envoy of US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, traveled to Russia, where he is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, April 11.
This will mark their third meeting as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to find a path toward ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, Axios reports, citing a source familiar with the trip and flight data from FlightRadar.
Britain weighs deploying troops in Ukraine for five years to help rebuild its military and deter Russia, as part of a broader Western plan to support post-conflict peace efforts.
Britain is considering plans to deploy troops to Ukraine for up to five years as part of a wider Western effort to rebuild and strengthen Ukraine’s armed forces and prevent further Russian aggression.
The Telegraph reports that military chiefs in London are exploring the option as part of discussions with France and other allies over a potential “coalition of the willing” that would help uphold any post-war peace deal with Moscow.
US Defense Secretary will participate in the meeting via video call, Defense News reports.
A meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (the Ramstein format) is being held in Brussels under the joint German-British chairmanship, chaired by British Defense Minister John Healy and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
The meeting is attended by Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.
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A CIA spokesperson emphasized that other Americans remain wrongfully detained in Russia, and work continues for their release.
A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Ksenia Karelina, a US-Russian dual national convicted in Russia of “treason” over a one-time donation worth around $50 to a pro-Ukraine charity, landed at Joint Base Andrews just before 11:00 pm local time Thursday (0300 GMT).
“It’s a national security issue and I urge the administration to do the right thing and protect our allies from these harmful tariffs,” Senator Catherine Cortez Masto tells Kyiv Post
US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat from Nevada, introduced fresh legislation on April 9 urging the Trump administration to exempt Ukraine and Israel from its sweeping tariffs.
The draft bill, shortly called Supporting American Allies Act, was obtained exclusively by Kyiv Post on Thursday. The author makes the case that the presidential Executive Order on import tariffs shall not apply to two of the US’s war-torn allies: Ukraine and Israel.
With all sides in Poland expressing reservations about boots on the ground, no firm declarations can be expected before the presidential elections in June.
Last Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with the British and French military chiefs in Kyiv. Future working meetings are expected to take place regularly. At the helm of the European Coalition of the Willing, which would undertake a peacekeeping mission after the end of hostilities in Ukraine, are the French and the British, but the list of participants is longer. Will Poland be among these countries?
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland’s policy has been hawkish towards Russia, providing clear support to Ukraine in its defense. While Western capitals discussed potential support, Warsaw sent hundreds of tanks, ammunition, and other military equipment. Poland’s stance on this matter has been and remains unequivocal.
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Georgia on Wednesday marked 36 years since Soviet troops brutally crushed a peaceful pro-independence rally in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989, killing 21 people - mostly women - and injuring hundreds.
Georgia’s former president, Salome Zourabichvili, has lashed out at the country’s prime minister after he avoided any mention of the Soviet Union while commemorating the victims of a 1989 massacre, instead attributing the violence to a “foreign power.”
The pro-Europe ex-president also said that “only Russians and their servants bring war and violence,” in apparent reference to the current government, which she regards as being pro-Moscow.
US State Department Spokesperson said Trump is focused solely on securing a ceasefire in Ukraine, and no other negotiations with Russia will happen until the fighting stops.
US President Donald Trump has made it clear that the only topic on the table in any talks with Russia is a ceasefire in Ukraine, US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said during a press briefing on Thursday, April 11.
Asked whether the latest US-Russia prisoner swap could be seen as a positive sign of Moscow’s willingness to negotiate on Ukraine, Bruce said:
Russia’s missile strike on Dnipro sparked a massive fire that took emergency crews hours to extinguish. Meanwhile, a drone strike in Zhytomyr damaged residential buildings and killed another civilian.
Russia launched a missile strike on the city of Dnipro on Thursday, April 10, killing one person and injuring nearly a dozen others.
On April 11, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, reported via Telegram that the number of injured had increased to nine while on Thursday it was reported that eight were wounded.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is already in Brussels where a new Ramstein meeting will be held.
Ukraine has achieved certain agreements with partners participating in the Ramstein meeting to reinforce Ukraine’s air defense.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in his evening video address, Ukrinform reports.
The Ukrainian pipe industry could suffer the most from 10% import tariffs imposed by the US, but for other, the tariffs could create a market opportunity.
Small and medium-sized exporters in Ukraine will suffer the most from the 10% import tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, according to Ukraine’s Trade Representative Taras Kachka in interview with Ekonomichna Pravda.
However, some Ukrainian companies, especially those in the tech sector, could benefit as a result of differences in tariffs imposed on other countries, Forbes Ukraine reported.
Zelensky said Russian forces are posting advertisements on TikTok and other Chinese social networks to recruit Chinese citizens.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukrainian authorities have identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine but that there are likely many more.
Zelensky stated that Chinese nationals are fighting as part of the Russian 70th and 71st motorized rifle regiments (both of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) and the 255th Motorized Rifle Regiment (20th Motorized Rifle Division, 8th CAA, SMD).
The former British Army captain and son of King Charles III met with Ukraine’s Minister of Veteran’s Affairs.
The UK’s Prince Harry visited Ukraine on Thursday, a spokesperson said, becoming the second British royal to travel to the country since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
The 40-year-old prince spent time with war casualties in Lviv in western Ukraine, the spokesperson told AFP.
Bridget Brink, whom Zelensky accused during the Trump administration of being weak on Russia, is resigning from her post after a lifetime of diplomatic service and about three years in Kyiv.
The US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, announced on Thursday that she is stepping down from the post, roughly coinciding with a new leadership in Washington and a well-couched displeasure with the new US foreign policy by the administration in Kyiv.
Brink, a career diplomat, was nominated by then-president Joe Biden and arrived in Kyiv in May 2022, about three months after the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. At the time of her appointment, the United States was voting to provide billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.
