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Andriy Diachenko may or may not have been a ‘railway partisan’, but he is undoubtedly a victim of Russia’s brazen persecution of Ukrainians on illegally occupied territory
Russia spent 2025 rebuilding its armored forces — there may now be more tanks than at any point in the war. The 2026 plan: take Kramatorsk & Sloviansk, reach Zaporizhzhia.
3 months in, both are behind schedule. A Ukrainian counteroffensive reversed the southern advance. The 1st mechanized assaults toward Lyman ended in disaster. Kostiantynivka holds.
Analyst: Russia "might fail" to take Orikhiv & "never reach their yearly goal"
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/02/kremlins-2026-goals/
Moldova just voted to cut its last formal tie to the post-Soviet bloc Russia built to keep its neighbors in line.
The reason? Russia violated every principle the CIS was founded on — on Ukraine's territory, Georgia's, and Moldova's own.
President Maia Sandu now needs to sign the law. Then the clock starts: 12 months to formal withdrawal.
On the anniversary of the liberation of Kyiv Oblast, a broken slab from Hostomel airport was installed in central Kyiv.
Russia's invasion arrows are painted on it. A steel stele with every liberating unit's chevron rises between the two halves.
"People who helped the army, supported each other, never lost faith. Who became an army," Ground Forces representative Yevhen Sasko said.
🔗 ZSU Ground Forces
In December 2025, the EU agreed on a €90 billion loan for Ukraine with opt-outs for Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
Hungary then vetoed the arrangement it had already agreed not to block— something EU analysts say has never happened before. Brussels now issues Council conclusions in two versions: one for 27, one for 26, on Ukraine.
A Baltic MEP warned that this is how the multi-speed EU begins. A Vienna professor warns that it creates incentives for more.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/02/hungary-ukraine-veto-eu-multi-speed-fracture/
Sweden and Denmark are shipping parts of the Tridon Mk2, a truck-mounted 40mm air defense cannon, to Ukraine, to gain "important experience and data."
Sweden's new $916m air defense spending is based around mobility and anti-drone defense, taking lessons from Ukraine.
Ukraine hasn't issued a new payment license since the full-scale invasion began. Poland's https://ZEN.com wanted still in—so it bought a failed bank instead.
Previous owner: the president of CSKA Moscow football club, now under sanctions. The buyer: a Polish fintech with a former president on its board.
Third foreign bank acquisition in Ukraine in three months. The war is still on.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/02/eastern-european-fintechs-buying-ukrainian-banks/
Russia claimed full capture of Luhansk Oblast on April Fools' Day, the third time it has made this claim since 2022.
Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade, which repelled 144 Russian assaults in six months there, confirmed it is still holding the line.
Ukraine repelled 291 Russian attacks near Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad — the 1,200 km front's hottest point, as Russia continues its spring offensive.
Four brigades blocked advances on several settlements. Top General Syrskyi visited, awarded medals, said better weapons are next.
Russia's occupation administration in Donetsk Oblast has proposed mine water — containing heavy metals and bacteria— as a drinking water substitute, calling it "innovative."
The purpose: keeping officials in post and Moscow's money flowing, Ukraine says.
