Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce - AP News

Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce  AP News

Zelenskyy speaks to Pope during Russian attack: "Easter escalation" instead of truce

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he had a conversation with Pope Leo XIV amid a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine.

By Iryna Kutielieva,STANISLAV POHORILOV

Ukraine: Kharkiv under repeated attack on 1,500th day of war

Ukrainian authorities say Russia is deploying "new tactics" as the city of Kharkiv comes under rolling aerial assaults from ballistic missiles and drones fitted with jet engines.

Russia conducts massive rolling aerial attacks on Ukraine

Russia conducted rolling aerial attacks across Ukraine that began with overnight drone barrages followed by daytime missile and drone attacks, Ukrainian military officials said Friday. Russia has conducted an increasing number of daytime attacks on Ukraine as it attempts to penetrate the country's air defences.

By FRANCE 24

Yale report links Russian oil sector to child deportation from Ukraine - straitstimes.com

Yale report links Russian oil sector to child deportation from Ukraine  straitstimes.com

McEntee says no trust in Hungary after Russia leak report

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said she does not trust Hungary after it emerged that the country's foreign minister had been briefing Russia about sensitive European Union negotiations over Ukraine.

Medvedev says Russia should drop its ‘tolerant attitude’ towards Ukraine’s EU drive

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s powerful Security Council, said on Friday that Moscow should drop its “tolerant attitude” towards Ukraine’s possible EU membership. “The EU is no longer just an economic union. It can transform, and rather quickly, into a full-blown military alliance, one overtly hostile to Russia, and in some ways worse than […]

Pope-Zelensky phone call, 'we hope for a just and lasting peace'

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 3 - The hope for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine was voiced in a phone call between Pope Leo XIV and President Volodymyr Zelensky on the occasion of the Easter celebrations on Good Friday, the Vatican said. Leo reportedly reiterated his "closeness to the Ukrainian people, the Holy See said. "The discussion then focused on the humanitarian situation, reiterating the urgency of ensuring the population receives the necessary aid." Reference was made to "efforts to promote ...

By ANSA

How a Ukrainian group goes after war criminals — and what the Philippines can learn from them 

In a Manila roundtable, Ukraine's top war crimes documenters laid out the methods they've used to chase Russian perpetrators — and why they think the same playbook can work for the Philippines.

By Cristina Chi

Video call from Ukraine prison deepens mystery on Kenyan athlete’s fate

Kibet was captured in Ukraine while fighting for Russia.

Ukraine confirms strike on Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Ufa

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has confirmed strikes on the Bashneft-Novoil oil refinery in Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia), as well as on the Kulikovsky training ground and an ammunition depot of Russian forces in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.

Estonian Ukraine aid NGO sues former chief in Ukrainian court

NGO Slava Ukraini filed a lawsuit in Ukraine seeking damages over misused donations and reputational harm tied to former chief Johanna-Maria Lehtme and its Ukrainian partners.