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Russia’s FSB report the ‘arrest’ of a young mother 18 months after they abducted her in occupied Crimea
https://khpg.org/en/1608815656
Russia’s FSB report the ‘arrest’ of a young mother 18 months after they abducted her in occupied Crimea

The videoed 'confession' was doubtless extracted, almost certainly through torture or threats, during the 15 months when Sakha Manhubi was held incommunicado in an FSB-controlled prison

Human Rights in Ukraine

Ukraine's interceptor drones destroyed 33,000 Russian UAVs in March which is twice the previous month's record

Ukraine is now paying drone companies per Shahed they shoot down, and it's working https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/08/ukraines-interceptor-drones-just-set-record-as-industry-has-crossed-threshold/

Ukraine's interceptor drones just set record as industry has crossed threshold - Euromaidan Press

Ukrainian interceptor drones destroyed 33,000+ enemy UAVs in March, scaling air defense with AI, high-speed interceptors.

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Kostiantynivka is disappearing under continuous Russian artillery fire. Any movement in open areas becomes a target for enemy drones, vehicles, local residents, and the evacuation team

Entering or leaving the area is a risk that can cost lives
📸 The 24th Mechanized Brigade

Views of Feodosiia maritime terminal's oil depot in occupied Crimea today

Only a handful of fuel tanks remained undamaged after a series of attacks last fall. Ukraine's Armed Forces decided to fix this issue last night.

Details: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/08/ukraine-hit-crimeas-key-fuel-hub-and-struck-deep-into-luhansk-oblast-while-clearing-more-air-defenses-across-the-occupied-south/
📷Astra, Exilenova+

The 16th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shows what happens when Russian troops try to “quietly slip in” across the border

Here, they encounter drone-dropped munitions and low-flying UAVs moving almost unnoticed above the ground
📹 Operatyvno ZSU

Hungary fabricated "corruption money" subtitles on a video it stole from a seized phone to justify keeping $82 million it robbed from Ukraine's state bank.

Oschadbank published the real audio alongside — the phrase doesn't exist in it.

🔗 https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/08/hungary-robbed-82-million-from-ukraines-state-bank-now-it-has-fabricated-subtitles-on-a-toilet-office-joke-video-to-justify-it/

Ukraine's intelligence says it put Russia's last railway ferry in the Kerch Strait out of action — striking the Slavyanin with drones overnight into 6 April.

The vessel carried fuel, weapons, and ammunition to Russian forces in occupied Crimea.

🔗 https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/08/ukrainian-intelligence-called-it-the-last-russian-railway-ferry-in-the-kerch-strait-still-afloat-now-its-out-of-action-too/

Oil's biggest one-day crash since 1991—and the ceasefire causing it was already unraveling when markets opened.

Missiles were still hitting the UAE and Israel as Iran declared a halt. Abu Dhabi's Habshan gas facility caught fire after the announcement. The ceasefire's Farsi version included nuclear enrichment language the English text omitted.

What the deal does deliver: Hormuz "open" at $2 million per escorted transit, with US- and Israeli-linked ships barred.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/08/us-iran-ceasefire-oil-price-hormuz-russia-ukraine/

Ukrainian drones hit Crimea's Feodosiia fuel terminal and Luhansk Oblast overnight into 8 April — while separate strikes took down a Buk-M3, Tor-M2, and Zoopark-1M radar across occupied Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts.

Ukraine's SBS drone forces commander confirmed each target.

🔗 https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/08/ukraine-hit-crimeas-key-fuel-hub-and-struck-deep-into-luhansk-oblast-while-clearing-more-air-defenses-across-the-occupied-south/