Estonia and Latvia say territories hit by stray Ukrainian drones

The incidents occurred on the same night that Ukraine launched a massive attack on Russia's port of Ust-Luga, near the Estonian border.

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas

Ukrainian president says peace deal proposed by US included ceding land to Russia. What we know on day 1,492 The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country’s eastern region of Donbas to Russia, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters in an interview. With the US focused on its own conflict with Iran, president Donald Trump is applying pressure to Ukraine in an effort to bring a quick end to the four-year war trigg...

By Guardian staff and agencies

Russia's Gazprom and Rosneft funded deportation and "re-education" of over 2,000 Ukrainian children – report

A Yale research report says Gazprom and Rosneft helped fund the transfer and ideological “re-education” of over 2,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine.

By Ivan Diakonov

US ties Ukraine security guarantees to Donbas withdrawal, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said the US is conditioning post-war security guarantees on Kyiv ceding the Russian-occupied Donbas, as Washington pushes for a swift end to the war. Zelensky warned such terms would weaken Ukraine’s defences and embolden Moscow, amid uncertainty over future US support despite continued military aid.

By FRANCE 24

Russia sought to blackmail US using intelligence to Iran, Zelensky says

Zelensky had said on Monday that Ukraine's military intelligence has "irrefutable" evidence that Russia is continuing to provide intelligence to Iran.

Ukraine-US fund approves first investment, in navigation tech producer - The Straits Times

Ukraine-US fund approves first investment, in navigation tech producer  The Straits Times

Hungary to curb gas flows to Ukraine: Orban

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- Hungary will gradually stop sending natural gas to Ukraine until crude oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline resume, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Wednesday, escalating a standoff with Kyiv over energy supplies disrupted by ‌the Ukraine war. Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the EU for maintaining relations with Moscow, blame Kyiv for an outage on the Druzhba oil pipeline that supplies their refineries with Russian crude pumped through Ukraine

By The Korea Herald

U.S. links security guarantees to Ukraine giving up Donbas, Zelenskyy says

U.S. President Donald Trump is applying pressure ​to Ukraine in an effort to bring a quick end to the four-year war there.

Zelensky appoints new heads of SBU counterintelligence departments - The Kyiv Independent

Zelensky appoints new heads of SBU counterintelligence departments  The Kyiv Independent

Kremlin says US briefed Russia on its latest talks with Ukraine, Interfax reports - Arab News

Kremlin says US briefed Russia on its latest talks with Ukraine, Interfax reports  Arab News

Russia Launches Springtime Offensive On Ukraine, As "That Other War" Drags On

Russia Launches Springtime Offensive On Ukraine, As "That Other War" Drags On Just days after we reported that trilateral peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the Trump administration had been suspended -  likely indefinitely - thanks to Washington's escalating involvement in the Iran war, Reuters is now confirming the inevitable: Moscow is pressing ahead with a fresh springtime offensive while Kiev scrambles to hold the line. As we reported before, from the collapse ...

By Tyler Durden

Four Russian State Duma deputies charged over support for seizure of Ukrainian territories

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have issued notices of suspicion to four more deputies of Russia's State Duma for encroaching on Ukraine's territorial integrity.