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Ukrainian reconnaissance detected a Russian drone operator base in southern Ukraine. A MiG-29MU1 struck the hideout with a French AASM Hammer guided bomb.
The AASM Hammer turns unguided bombs into precision stand-off weapons โ letting Ukraine's Soviet-era jets strike from a safe distance with Western accuracy.
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Update: Estonia also blocked Fico's flight to Moscow for 9 May โ all three Baltic states have now closed their airspace to him.
"We denied this last year, and the same principle applies now," said Estonian FM Tsahkna.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/19/pro-russian-fico-complains-latvia-and-lithuania-blocked-his-flight-to-moscow-for-putins-9-may-parade/
Ukraine asked Turkey to host a Zelenskyy-Putin summit โ with Erdoฤan and Trump possibly at the table.
FM Sybiha says Zelenskyy is ready. The obstacle, by his own admission: "Putin is hiding."
A Russian Gerbera decoy drone just met a Ukrainian STING interceptor head-on โ and lost its propeller.
The 1020 Regiment's operators pulled it off during a mass attack without detonating the STING, keeping it intact for the next intercept.
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Pro-Russian Fico says Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Putin's 9 May parade in Moscow โ he promises to find another route as he did last year.
He also says he'll block EU sanctions on Russia until Ukraine restores oil transit through Druzhba.
Last night, Russia killed a 16-year-old in Chernihiv. Rescuers found his body in the rubble. Four others were injured, local authorities reported.
A school, detached homes, an industrial facility, and a medical building were damaged or destroyed โ the latter had already been destroyed by Russia in 2022 and out of service since then.
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Every Shahed heading for Ukraine carries a Russian phone SIM. Ukraine blocked it. Some drones fly near border, rerouting the signal through Belarus, Poland and Romania.
ISW says Russia likely plans to exploit more European telecom loopholes.
The US integrated AGM-188A "Rusty Dagger" cruise missile, a weapon designed specifically for Ukraine, onto F-16s
It completed a live warhead test earlier this year https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/19/rusty-dagger-built-for-ukraine-reportedly-cleared-f-16-integration-testing/
Orbรกn just lost in Hungary. A week later, Bulgaria votes โ and the man leading the polls spent years blocking weapons to Ukraine and wants to talk to Moscow.
His name is Rumen Radev. Whether he can actually govern is a different question.
Over 110 Russian shadow fleet vessels are at sea right now, carrying $10 billion of oil, said Zelenskyy
Last week, Russia launched 2,360 strike drones, 1,320 guided bombs, and nearly 60 missiles at Ukraine, purchased on this money https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/19/russias-shadow-fleet-is-moving-10-billion-in-oil-right-now-thats-budget-for-next-weeks-attacks-on-ukraine/
