Ukraine unveiled a domestically developed drone designed to intercept and destroy Iranian-designed Shahed drones used by Russia, the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported on April 9. According to its designers, the drone has already been deployed in combat and has successfully destroyed more than 20 Shahed-type drones over the past two months. The designers said this […]
U.S. military assistance to Kyiv has decreased, with European countries now providing the main portion of aid, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with the LB.UA outlet published on April 9. Washington has been Kyiv’s leading military donor throughout the full-scale war, but President Donald Trump‘s accession to office brought a major shift in […]
A Ukrainian drone destroyed a landed Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber a “few days ago,” Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with the LB.UA outlet published on April 9. “A few days ago, our successful operations destroyed a Tu-22M3 bomber plane. Just as it landed, it was hit by our drone,” Syrskyi said in the […]
Russian offensive operations across the front line in Ukraine have intensified just as Washington is pushing for a truce, CNN reported on April 9, citing Ukraine’s General Staff and soldiers. The news comes as Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on April 9 that Moscow’s new spring offensive “has actually already begun.” For over a week, Russian […]
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon fired off a warning to those who still allow transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports in a social media post on Tuesday. President Donald Trump signed the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in early February to prohibit biological males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. However, some […]
Tony Blanco, a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Washington Nationals, was credited with saving a teammate before he died in a Dominican Republic roof collapse. Former MLB player Esteban Germán told MLB reporter Héctor Gómez he had just returned to the bathroom and sat down at their table when Blanco noticed […]
U.S. Congressional Representative Victoria Spartz issued a statement on April 8 in response to media coverage of her comments on the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian-born lawmaker stirred controversy called on President Volodymyr Zelensky to and suggested Ukraine cede territories to Russia in an interview with the Telegraph published April 7. Kyiv responded to her […]
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia targeted the city of Kharkiv with a massive drone attack late at night on April 8, causing multiple fires and injuring at least one person. The attack injured at least one person as of midnight local time, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov told the […]
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia launched a drone attack against the city of Dnipro on April 8, injuring at least 14 people, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak reported. The attack wounded at least 14 people between the ages of 18 and 87, with half of them requiring hospitalization, […]
The United States finds it “disturbing” that Chinese nationals are fighting alongside Russian soldiers in the war against Ukraine, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a press briefing on April 8. Earlier in the day, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Ukrainian troops captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting with a Russian unit […]
Key developments on April 8: Ukraine captured 2 Chinese nationals fighting for Russia, Zelensky says Russian forces sometimes outnumber Ukraine 10 to 1 in Lyman sector, military says More Patriot systems for Ukraine the “best support” from US right now, Zelensky says Belgium to provide Ukraine with $1-billion defense package Ukrainian troops have captured two […]