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The EU is preparing a “plan B” on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the Trump administration abandon Ukraine peace talks and seek rapprochement with Moscow, according to the bloc’s top diplomat.
https://www.ft.com/content/1f4ba00b-9e90-4c9b-be6b-e57efaf1e9d5
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French authorities on Tuesday accused Russia's most high-profile hacking group of orchestrating cyberattacks on President Emmanuel Macron's 2017 election campaign.
https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-leaks-cyberattack-russia-gru-moscow-war/
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Dubai emerges as key hub for Russia Today’s campaign to continue reaching Western audiences, despite sanctions.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/28/can-t-stop-the-signal
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Germany has asked the European Union to activate an emergency clause that would allow it to rapidly increase defense investment without breaching the bloc's spending rules.
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-jorg-kukies-eu-emergency-clause-defense-spending/
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National security agencies across the Trump administration are ramping up investigations into alleged leaks to the news media, in some cases using polygraph tests that current and former officials say are creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/28/leak-polygraph-fbi-justice-odni-dhs/
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Fact check: It wasn’t ‘in jest.’ Here are 53 times Trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war/index.html
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A round of explosions occurred in Kyiv around 1:00 a.m where at least two people have been killed and another 54 injured, including six children, in Russia's mass attack on Kyiv overnight on April 24, Mayor Vitali #Klitschko said.
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-heard-in-kyiv-amid-russian-missile-attack/
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Vice President JD Vance said the US has issued a “very explicit proposal” to Russia and Ukraine on a path forward to a peace deal, adding “it’s time for them to either say yes or for the United States to walk away from this process.”
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Russia on Thursday suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-removes-afghan-taliban-list-banned-terrorist-groups-2025-04-17/
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The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China.
https://www.ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-468d-ac10-14ce1eae357b
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Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
https://www.ft.com/content/c8c53a95-fbad-440a-bc57-5802e85c5328
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A slump in oil prices is allowing Russia’s crude to be carried on tankers owned and insured by western companies, helping tighten the market for those ships around the Atlantic basin.
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In February and March, the birthrate in Russia was the lowest in 200 years according to demographer Alexey Raksha.
In Russia as a whole, the number of deaths in January-February was 1.6 times higher than the number of births.
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Germany and Britain sent a message to Russia on Friday that Ukraine will be able to keep up its fight thanks to Western support, even as the U.S. pushed ahead with talks with Moscow.
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Russia will raise the issue of the resumption of direct flights with the U.S. and the return of diplomatic property at Russian-U.S. talks on Thursday in Istanbul, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance.
https://apnews.com/article/japan-defense-nato-rutte-china-15de39e226c57a893fbf9755f600dcdb
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Russian sensors suspected of attempting to spy on the UK’s nuclear submarines have been found hidden in the seas around Britain.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/russia-secret-war-uk-waters-submarines-dpbzphfx5
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Russia's only fiber optic plan in #Saransk was hit.
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Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the visit of the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev to the United States had “additional reasons,” and they were to discuss the withdrawal of frozen Russian assets.
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