Friday, April 17, 2026

Surviving the Russian 'human safari' in Kherson -- A new model of warfare is being introduced: drone assault units -- Russia threatens action against Finland, Baltics if Ukrainian drones strike via their airspace -- Ukrainian drone strikes turn major Russian oil refinery into 'volcano' along the Black Sea ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/friday-april-17-2026/

Thursday, April 16, 2026

A new model of warfare: Ukraine's Defense Ministry announces drone assault units -- Trump & Vance may have abandoned Ukraine, but polls show the American people remain deeply committed -- How one Ukrainian resisted Russian occupation for 8 years -- Kyiv raises alarm over Russian ship docking in Israel with stolen Ukrainian grain ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/thursday-april-16-2026/

What West doesn’t understand about Russia - a Lithuanian who knows

#Lithuania's parliamentary speaker Juozas Olekas said #peace with #Russia can be secured only from position of strength warning unless #Moscow is stopped in #Ukraine, it will continue aggression deeper in #Europe

Lithuania’s #security approach shaped by its history of #Soviet #occupation & by belief Russia’s #imperial attitudes extend beyond #Kremlin

https://kyivindependent.com/peace-with-russia-must-come-from-strength-lithuanian-speaker-juozas-olekas-warns-moscow-will-push-further-into-europe-if-not-stopped-in-ukraine/

#RussianAggression #RussianImperialism #imperialism

What the West doesn't understand about Russia, from a Lithuanian who knows

Drawing on Lithuania's own history of Soviet occupation, Juozas Olekas argues that Europe's best chance to prevent a wider war is to help Ukraine defeat Russia.

The Kyiv Independent

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

What the West doesn't understand about Russia, from a Lithuanian who knows -- Russia targets critical dam in Kharkiv Oblast with glide bombs -- Ukraine opens first Africa food supply center in Ghana -- Iceland, Poland back tribunal to prosecute Russia's aggression against Ukraine ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/wednesday-april-15-2026/

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Ukraine will unite with Europe's security system or some of Europe will become part of Russia -- Ukrainian forces withdraw from villages in eastern Sumy Oblast amid heavy fighting -- Investigation: Western companies miss deadline to exit Russia’s main drone production site -- Magyar rejects calls for Ukraine to cede territory, invokes Hungary's 1956 resistance ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-14-2026/

Monday, April 13, 2026

Why Ukraine is helping in the Middle East -- Russia accidentally kills its own soldiers while violating Easter truce -- Russian forces executed 4 Ukrainian POWs in Kharkiv Oblast -- Ukrainian partisans sabotage locomotive supplying Russian forces in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/monday-april-13-2026/

... Target-mapping today secures the option to sever them in the event of a #crisis.

The uncomfortable question is whether we are actually managing to #deter them

While the recent tracking operation was a successful display of monitoring #Russian activity, nothing appears to have been done to stop them from carrying out their task.

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/putin-waging-new-cold-war-britain-no-one-stopping-him-4347289

#RussianAggression #HybridWarfare #RussianInvasions #RussianImperialism

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Putin is waging a new Cold War on Britain – and no one is stopping him

Russia's submarines are mapping our vulnerabilities right now

The i Paper

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Civilian casualties double in Ukraine amid escalating short-range drone attacks, UN says -- Russia is giving its masterclass in election interference ahead of Hungary's vote -- Russia violates Easter ceasefire more than 400 times -- Ukraine ready to extend Easter ceasefire with Russia, Zelensky says ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/sunday-april-12-2026/

#Civilian #casualties in Ukraine spiked by nearly 49% in March compared to February, the #UN #HumanRights Monitoring Mission in #Ukraine reported on April 10.

According to the report , at least 211 #civilians were #killed in March, and 1,206 were injured.

The highest number of #deaths in March resulted from short-range drone attacks, which killed 66 civilians

https://kyivindependent.com/march-saw-un-says/

#WarCrimes #RussianInvasion #StandWithUkraine #RussianAggression #RussianImperialism #PutinIsaWarCriminal

Civilian casualties double in Ukraine amid escalating short-range drone attacks, UN says

According to the report, at least 211 people were killed in March, and 1,206 were injured.

The Kyiv Independent

Exclusive: Special tribunal for #Russia to move forward

At least 17 #European countries are ready to commit to a special #tribunal tasked with prosecuting the crime of #aggression against #Ukraine, passing a critical threshold that allows the idea to progress at a Council of Europe meeting in May.

https://kyivindependent.com/europeans-move-to-prosecute-putins-aggression-in-court/

#WarCrimes #Putin #RussianInvasion #RussianImperialism #InternationalLaw

Exclusive: Special tribunal for Russia to move forward; enough countries now committed

Editor’s Note: After publication, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that Dublin intends to join the special tribunal, becoming the 18th country to signal its interest. At least 17 European countries are ready to commit to a special tribunal tasked with prosecuting the crime of aggression against Ukraine, passing a critical threshold that allows the idea to progress at a Council of Europe meeting in May. The Kyiv Independent has learned that, in

The Kyiv Independent