Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for renewed assault in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine’s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces “Khortytsia.” In an official statement from April 12, “Khortytsia” reported that although no offensive actions were carried out by Russian troops in the Kharkiv direction over the last day, Russians are actively replenishing their units […]
Has significantly ramped up weapons manufacturing over the past year and is using domestically produced ballistic and cruise missiles every month, the country’s Minister for Strategic Industries said. At a briefing marking Ukraine’s Gunsmith Day, Strategic Industries Minister Herman Smetanin said the country increased cruise missile production eightfold in 2024 compared to the previous year. […]
Ukrainian forces shot down 56 Russian attack drones overnight, and 24 additional decoy drones failed to reach their targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on April 12. According to the Air Force, Russia launched a total of 88 drones, including Shahed-type loitering munitions and various decoy drones, from the directions […]
Russia has lost 931,450 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on April 12. The number includes 1,240 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 10,591 tanks, 22,055 armored fighting […]
The University of Wisconsin system and several state agencies failed to specifically track spending on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, Wisconsin’s Legislative Audit Bureau (WLAB) recently revealed. The audits covered FY 2023-2024. As a result of this lack of tracking, WLAB, a state government agency, was forced to estimate what the institutions spent on […]
Economic indicators in President Donald Trump’s first term presented hard facts for a lot of positive reporting before the COVID pandemic lockdowns, but that’s not what the broadcast networks presented to America. Thirty-one Dow Jones records were set between January 1, 2017 and January, 26, 2018. Overall, in 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose […]
A lecture at Princeton University by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was cut short this week after protests erupted both inside and outside the event, with Jewish students reporting targeted slurs and hateful rhetoric from demonstrators. Danielle Shapiro, a Princeton senior who attended the event, said the protest disrupted the lecture nearly from the […]
Ukraine’s Justice Ministry has hired the American-British law firm Hogan Lovells for assistance in negotiating a critical minerals deal with the United States, according to a filing under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The news comes as Ukraine and the U.S. began technical consultations on the minerals agreement on April 11. The Justice […]
Ukraine could be partitioned into separate zones as part of a peace deal with Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said in an interview with the Times on April 11. Kellogg proposed establishing a “reassurance force” led by the U.K. and France in western Ukraine and concentrating Ukrainian troops east […]
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their talks, which focused on the “Ukrainian settlement,” the Kremlin said on April 11. The talks, held in St. Petersburg, mark Witkoff’s third in-person meeting with Putin. “The topic of the meeting was aspects of the Ukrainian […]
Kyiv is prepared to purchase additional air defense systems to better protect Ukrainian cities from Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his evening address on April 11. The need for more air defenses was the focus of his address to the participants in the Ramstein-format summit held earlier in the day in Brussels, Zelensky […]
Key developments on April 11: US envoy Witkoff proposes giving Russia ‘ownership’ of Ukrainian regions, Reuters reports Trump urges Russia “to get moving” to end war against Ukraine Putin meets U.S. envoy Witkoff to discuss Ukraine, Kremlin says “Several hundred” Chinese nationals fighting for Russia, Zelensky says Allies pledge “record” $23.8 billion to Ukraine at […]