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๐ญ๐บ๐ญ๐ท Hungary requested that Croatia allow the shipment of Russian crude via the Adriatic pipeline, - Bloomberg Hungarian Foreign Minister and Slovak Economy Minister jointly wrote to the Croatian government in Zagreb with the request.
๐ฌ๐ง The UK government is considering raising defence spending to 3% of GDP earlier than planned, potentially by 2029, - BBC Starmer had previously promised to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, with an ambition to reach 3% in the next parliament.
๐บ๐ฆโ๏ธ Stoltenberg: The big mistake was not to provide more support earlier to Ukraine. We should have started in 2014. The Ukrainians would control more of their territory today, and we might even have prevented the full-scale invasion if we had armed and trained them in 2014 and in 2022.
๐ตโ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ German AfD Leader Alice Weidel on Ukraine: One must not continue feeding such a regime, but must force a regime like the Ukrainian one to the negotiating table โ as Trump has done. That should have been Germanyโs task as well.
Also, for two days in a row, Russia conducted reconnaissance of objects in Kyiv and the region, as well as regions in western Ukraine.
๐โ ๏ธ Russia has completed preparations for a strike on Ukraine. The attack may take place tonight, before tomorrow's negotiations, - monitoring channels Three Tu-95MS have been redeployed closer to the border with Ukraine.
๐ "German drones, produced in German factories, with German and Ukrainian flags on board, will kill Rusnya [Russians]!" The Kremlin's chief propagandist Solovyovโฆ
๐คฏ Occupied Avdiivka, Donetsk region. Grand opening of a new hardware store. "Russian World"โฆ
According to Eurostat, Ukrainians are more than 98.4% of people who have received protection in the EU. Of these, 43.6% are adult women, 30.5% are minors and 25.9% are adult men.
โผ๏ธ Car explosion in Odesa qualified as a terrorist act, โ SBU The driver of the car was injured, he was hospitalized. Comprehensive measures are underway at the scene to establish all the circumstances of the incident and the persons involved in its commission.
Polls suggest Orbรกn could lose the April 12 vote, with the opposition Tisza party led by Pรฉter Magyar leading Orbรกnโs Fidesz by about 10 points. Roughly โฌ2.4bn in fresh funds could be disbursed to Orbรกnโs government before the elections, regardless of recent concerns.
๐ช๐บ๐ญ๐บ The EC is toning down its criticism of Orbรกn and might even disburse fresh EU funds to his illiberal government ahead of elections, - FT EU officials did not want to be seen as interfering in elections or to give more ammunition to Orbรกn in his anti-Brussels campaign.
โ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ SBU exposes 48-year-old Odesa woman who guided Russian missiles and drones at the city's energy infrastructure The woman searched for the coordinates of substations and high-voltage facilities, photographed them and sent the data to FSB curator.
๐ต๐ฑ Warsaw announces withdrawal from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines Deputy Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Defense stated that Ukrainian experience proved the effectiveness of mines at the beginning of a full-scale Russian invasion.
โ๏ธ๐ Russian UAV operator from elite unit Rubicon defected to Ukraine, project "I want to live". Myroslav Simonov said that after deployment near Kupyansk, seeing how easily orders to destroy prisoners were carried out, he went to the North-West Frontier and defected to Ukraine.
๐๐บ๐ฆ Destroyed Kupyansk in archival footage of โPomstaโ brigade.
๐ซ๐ท Macron: Two years ago, the world learned of the death of Alexei Navalny, whose memory I honor. At the time, I expressed my conviction that his death revealed the Kremlin's weakness and its fear of any opposition figure. It is now clear that it was premeditated. Truth always prevails in the end.
๐ฅ๐ UAV operators of โPredatorโ brigade are striking Russians, vehicles, and shelters in the Kostiantynivka direction.
๐ฅ Another Russian T-72 was eliminated near Yampil.
๐ตโ๐ซ Peskov: The Geneva talks will cover a broader range of issues than those in Abu Dhabi, including territories.
โ๏ธ There is information from intelligence about Russia preparing a massive strike, instructed to prepare the necessary additional protective measures during the day, โ Zelensky
These days, on the sidelines of the conference in Munich, we talked with some of our partners about energy, and in the coming days we need to implement existing agreements.
๐บ๐ฆ๐ก Zelensky: Held a selector on the situation in the regions of our country. There was a separate report on the preparation of meetings in the format of energy "Ramstein" this week in France - G7, Northern Europe and the Baltics, as well as ministers from the US, Canada and the EU.
๐ฅPokrovsk direction. BBps VORON of the 100th OMB destroys enemy equipment and personnel! Drones hit 2 motorcyclists, 8 Russians, 6 antennas, 2 quadricyclists, ground drone and Bukhanka!
๐โ๏ธFresh photos of the Crimean Bridge. The most vulnerable section on the Black Sea side is blocked by a system of barges and barriers - a physical barrier to complicate the approaches of surface and underwater unmanned vehicles, - Exilenova
โก๏ธKalynivka (Zaporizhzhia region), an area of โโconcentration of enemy manpower was hit. ๐ฅNovopavlivka (Donetsk region), an enemy communication hub was hit. ๐ฅBerezove (Dnipropetrovsk region), concentration of enemy manpower. ๐ฅZatyshok (Donetsk region), an occupiers' UAV control point was hit.
First of all, there must be clear and effective security guarantees from partners, in particular the United States. What compromise are we ready for? Not one that will give Russia the opportunity to recover quickly and come and occupy us again. This is important.
โผ๏ธ โThe fact that Ukraine is ready to compromise does not mean that we will give up our territories,โ โ Zelensky Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, but in the end was left without them.
Some of the best-trained units were transferred to Kupyansk, in particular soldiers of the 13th Khartiya Brigade. Ukrainian forces were able to push back the Russians and raised the flag over the city council building.
๐ฌ๐ง British Intelligence: Near Kupyansk Ukraine inflicted losses on the Russians in the ratio of 27 to 1 - The Times Before Christmas up to 200 Russian soldiers were surrounded. Total losses of the Russians in this area over the past year are estimated in the thousands.
๐๐บ๐ฆ In 2025, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine increased by 26% compared to 2024, โ The Guardian citing Action on Armed Violence. 2,248 civilians were killed and 12,493 were injured. This indicates a global weakening of restraint in wars.
