Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Ukraine is ready to sign the long-anticipated minerals agreement with the U.S. and the signing could happen as early as April 30, a source in the President’s Office has told the Kyiv Independent. According to the source, the final version of the deal includes […]
At least three people were killed and 70 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day, regional authorities reported on April 30. Russia launched 108 drones, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type drones, overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Air defenses intercepted 50 drones, while 22 vanished from radars — likely used as decoys to overload […]
Ukrainian drones struck the Murom Instrument-Making Plant in Russia’s Vladimir Oblast overnight on April 30, damaging two buildings and sparking a fire, a source in Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent. The facility, known locally as the city’s “powder factory,” produces ignition components for ammunition used by Russia’s Armed Forces, Interior Ministry, and […]
Western partners should not grant premature concessions to Russia, particularly by lifting aviation sanctions, Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, wrote in an April 30 opinion piece for the Guardian. “On the surface, Moscow’s demands for concessions look simple and easy to fulfil — the definition of a quick win for both sides,” […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on April 29 that Russia is preparing potential military aggression under the guise of joint exercises with Belarus this summer. “Look at Belarus — this summer, Russia is preparing something there under the guise of military exercises. This is how its new attacks usually start,” Zelensky said at the Three Seas […]
Ukraine’s military said Russia “increased the intensity” of its fighting during what Secretary of State Marco Rubio called “a very critical week” for peace talks. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that there have been 177 combat clashes over the past day, including 91 airstrikes “at the positions of Ukrainian units and […]
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested and charged last week with hiding a previously deported illegal immigrant in her jury room in order to shield him from immigration officials, has tapped former Bush solicitor general Paul Clemente to represent her, according to Law.com. Clemente, an appellate legal heavyweight, served as the U.S. solicitor general from […]
There are moments when I still wake up in terror, my heart pounding, convinced I’m back in those dark tunnels beneath Gaza. Then reality slowly breaks through—I am free. After 471 days held hostage by Hamas, I have returned to the world of light, of family, of possibility. But my heart remains heavy, knowing that […]
U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg on April 29 dismissed Russia’s plan for a three-day ceasefire next week as “absurd” and reiterated that the United States is seeking a comprehensive and lasting peace deal to end the war. “A three-day ceasefire is absurd. What the president wants is a permanent, comprehensive ceasefire — sea, air, land, […]
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on April 29 that two Ukrainian citizens have been arrested for allegedly voting illegally in the 2024 presidential election. The detentions appear to be one of the first enforcement actions by the Trump administration targeting non-citizen voting. Noem said on X that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Russian drone attacks struck multiple locations across Kharkiv late on April 29, injuring at least 38 people, including a 5-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy, and a 24-year-old pregnant woman, local authorities reported. Four civilians have been hospitalized following the attack. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has endured repeated air assaults throughout the full-scale war. “There have […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is insisting that any deal to end the war in Ukraine must include full Russian control of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions, three Moscow-based sources familiar with the talks told Bloomberg. The demand has dealt a blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a ceasefire, with frustration reportedly mounting […]