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H1 US, Russia hold closed talks in Istanbul on embassy operations, media reports
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H2 'Supporting Ukraine is America first' — Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns
H2 Russia frees woman jailed over charity gift to Ukraine in prisoner swap with US, WSJ reports
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H2 Russia frees woman jailed over charity gift to Ukraine in prisoner swap with US, WSJ reports April 10
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H3 Ukraine war latest: Russia's spring offensive 'already begun;' over 160 Chinese nationals fight against Ukraine
H3 Over 160 Chinese nationals fight for Russia in Ukraine, obtained documents show
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H3 Over 160 Chinese nationals fight for Russia in Ukraine, obtained documents show Duplicate text
H3 'Before I got there, I had never held a weapon' — Ukraine shows interrogation of Chinese POWs
H3 Russia's overnight attack on Mykolaiv injures 10
H3 Chinese national captured fighting for Russia reportedly paid $3,500 to recruiter, sought citizenship
H3 Ukrainian drone destroys Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber, Syrskyi claims
H3 Trump didn't impose tariffs on Russia but they might be wrecking its economy regardless
H3 Trump is setting Europe up for failure in a new Cold War
H3 Russia's spring offensive has 'effectively already begun,' Syrskyi says
H3 Does Trump have red lines with Russia? The question has experts stumped
H3 Kyiv responds to Ukrainian-born US lawmaker's controversial comments on Zelensky, occupied territories
H3 ‘Putin believes he has the upper hand’ — Ukraine braces for a new Russian spring offensive
H3 Inside Ukraine's desperate race to train more soldiers
H3 The rise and fall of Ukraine's Kursk gambit
H3 As Trump and Moscow align their vision, battle to stabilize Donetsk front rests on a knife edge
H3 From drone simulators to civics: Ukraine reforms school curriculum to protect next generation from Russian threat
H3 ‘We are where we're needed:’ The local entrepreneurs, businesses who stay in front-line Donetsk Oblast
H3 Yuri Andrukhovych on Ukraine’s 1980's dissident art
H3 How Trump ends wars
H3 Lithuanian FM on Europe's role in ending Russia's war
H3 UK volunteer after surviving Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih — 'Trump, Vance, come see Ukraine for yourselves’
H3 ‘He betrayed every one of us’ – US soldiers in Ukraine speak out after Trump’s military aid halt
H3 British volunteer who lost arm and leg evacuating Ukrainian civilians: ‘Russia is the enemy. How can you not see it?’
H3 Europe warns US that sudden troop reduction may destabilize NATO's defenses, Bloomberg reports
H3 US made 'no decision' yet on cutting military presence in Europe, Pentagon says
H3 US considering withdrawing 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, NBC News reports
H3 The Counteroffensive: Can Ukraine's military survive without Elon Musk's Starlink systems?
H3 Trump’s tariffs risk disaster while bipartisan Russia strategy offers hope
H3 Trump is setting Europe up for failure in a new Cold War Duplicate text
H3 'Supporting Ukraine is America first' — Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns Duplicate text
H3 Ukraine Business Roundup — Tariff war
H3 Russian drone injures 12 in Nikopol, including 16-year-old boy
H3 Kyiv Independent launches consultancy program, funding for independent regional media hit by US aid freeze
H3 EU, UNDP unveil interactive online exhibition about Ukraine’s rescuers and police officers
H3 Kyiv Independent’s film about military medics will be screened in 6 more European cities
H3 US, Russia hold closed talks in Istanbul on embassy operations, media reports.
H3 China denies role in war against Ukraine, urges Kyiv to temper rhetoric.
H3 The Counteroffensive: Can Ukraine's military survive without Elon Musk's Starlink systems? Duplicate text
H3 In first such case, Russia's ex-proxy in Crimea convicted of breaching UK sanctions.
H3 'Supporting Ukraine is America first' — Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns Duplicate text
H3 Ukraine Business Roundup — Tariff war Duplicate text
H3 Ukraine, EU prolong transport visa-free regime until end of 2025.
H3 Ukraine Reforms Tracker Weekly — Issue 20
H3 'Coalition of the willing' for Ukraine stalls over lack of US backstop, Bloomberg reports.
H3 5 killed, 24 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.
H3 Foreign companies funding Ukraine's army to face re-entry ban in Russia, media reports.
H3 Hegseth to join Ramstein summit online, media reports.
H3 Russian drone injures 12 in Nikopol, including 16-year-old boy.
H3 US-Ukraine technical consultations on minerals deal to start on April 11, deputy PM says.
H3 Russia frees woman jailed over charity gift to Ukraine in prisoner swap with US, WSJ reports.
H3 67 clergy members killed since 2022 — Kyiv decries Russia's religious persecution in occupied territories.
H3 Ukraine's military reverses mobilization of former state tax chief accused of taking bribes.
H3 Russia seeks sanctions relief, resource deal with US via negotiator Dmitriev, Zelensky says.
H3 'Before I got there, I had never held a weapon' — Ukraine shows interrogation of Chinese POWs.
H3 General Staff: Russia has lost 929,000 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.
H3 Russia's overnight attack on Mykolaiv injures 10.
H3 Ukraine presents peacekeeping mission request as US stays out of talks, Politico reports.
H3 Ukraine's PM urges EU to extend trade liberalization mechanism for Ukraine.
H3 Russia expels 2 Romanian diplomats in response to removal of Russian diplomats.
H3 Zelensky: Russia attempts to advance in Kharkiv, Sumy oblasts in new spring offensive.
H3 'Shoot them' — Russian commander ordered troops to open fire on their comrades, intercepted call suggests
H3 Ukraine's navy responds to reports US was 'angry' at sinking of Russia's Moskva Black Sea flagship
H3 As Ukraine, Russia agree to ceasefire at sea, Moscow's battered Black Sea Fleet is set to get a reprieve
H3 Some Russians celebrated Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, intercepted calls suggest
H3 'A lot of problems for Russia' — How Ukraine's new 3,000km drone could boost Kyiv's war effort
H3 The rise and fall of Ukraine's Kursk gambit Duplicate text
H3 What Russia really wants from the Black Sea ceasefire deal
H3 Unless you act, 'it's just rhetoric' — Baltic states skeptical of Western European leadership
H3 As Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, ‘Soviet’ command culture damages war effort
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