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Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Orbán’s anti-#Ukraine rhetoric divides families; Christian Shkiryak is ethnically #Hungarian and a Bucha survivor, remains definitive in his pro-#Ukrainian position, despite the rhetoric. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/why-zelenskyys-photo-is-all-over

Why Zelenskyy’s photo is all over Hungary

Orbán put Ukraine at the сenter of his election campaign, rallying Hungarians against an external enemy. For a Ukrainian Hungarian man, the cost was personal: he became an enemy of a relative.

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#KYIV, Ukraine — “You have no #Hungarian heart. You’re not #Hungarian at all. You’re just a Ukrainian Nazi.”

One day, a #Ukrainian Hungarian man named Christian Shkiryak began finding comments like these under his Facebook posts. The catch: the comments were from his own relative.

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Christian still couldn’t shake the memories: waking up to his brother’s curse words in Hungarian; fleeing Bucha, in #Kyiv Region, just two hours before #Russian troops moved in; his damaged apartment and dead neighbors.
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But the #woman who carries the same surname as his beloved grandmother, the one he used to blow kisses to over video calls, was #harassing him.
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She was showing up under every post with nothing but curses. His own flesh and blood, living in #Hungary, had become his biggest hater and the only person Christian ever blocked on #Facebook.
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#Ukrainian #Hungarians like Christian, who carry both identities within them, have for years been living along the fault line between the two countries, caught in the middle of a dispute they never chose.
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To find out more about the story of Christian Shkiryak and the experiences of Ukrainian #Hungarians caught in the middle of #political #propaganda, read this story via the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/why-zelenskyys-photo-is-all-over
Why Zelenskyy’s photo is all over Hungary

Orbán put Ukraine at the сenter of his election campaign, rallying Hungarians against an external enemy. For a Ukrainian Hungarian man, the cost was personal: he became an enemy of a relative.

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#NEWS OF THE DAY:

#TELEGRAM ALMOST FULLY BLOCKED IN #RUSSIA: Access to Telegram in Russia has been nearly completely blocked, with connection issues reaching about 95% on Friday morning, according to Epravda. https://epravda.com.ua/svit/v-rf-mayzhe-povnistyu-zablokuvali-telegram-820291/

Apr 10 at 2:02pmWeb
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#UKRAINE PLANS TO FINISH DRUZHBA #PIPELINE #REPAIRS IN SPRING: Ukraine says it will complete repairs on the Druzhba pipeline by spring after damage from a Russian drone strike earlier this year, according to UKR .net. https://UKR.net
UKR.NET: Всі новини України, останні новини дня в Україні та Світі

Свіжі новини України, останні новини з-за кордону, новини політики, економіки, спорту, культури, технологій, шоу-бізнесу...

https://www.ukr.net/
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#RUSSIAN-FLAGGED #TANKER MAKES RARE PASSAGE THROUGH STRAIT OF #HORMUZ: A Russian-flagged supertanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/russian-flagged-tanker-transits-hormuz-as-iran-tensions-mount
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#EU LAUNCHES NEW ENTRY SYSTEM FOR #TRAVELERS: The European Union has fully launched a new digital border system called EES across the Schengen Area,according to Unian. https://www.unian.ua/tourism/news/v-yes-zapracyuvala-nova-sistema-v-jizdu-shcho-zminilos-dlya-ukrajinciv-13344603.html
В ЄС повноцінно запрацювала нова система в’їзду: що це означає для українців

Нова біометрична система EES фіксуватиме в’їзди та виїзди українців у Шенгені замість паспортних штампів і працюватиме на всіх кордонах ЄС.

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Check out our previous story about #Ukraine finally outshooting #Russian #drones via the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukraine-finally-outshoots-russia
Ukraine finally outshoots Russia

In March, Ukraine launched more than 7,000 cross-border attacks, surpassing the number of Russia’s launches. Serhii has been developing drones since 2022, when he realized their importance.

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#CAT OF CONFLICT:

Katia saw this cat that lives in one of the children’s hospitals in Kyiv. The name of the black-and-white cat is unknown.

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