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Friday, 17 April 2026, 18:23
The war waged by Russia against Ukraine has completely changed Luxembourg's approach to security. Public support for increased defense spending is strong, and the government plans to further strengthen the military in cooperation with neighboring countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine will respond decisively to any use of Belarus territory to support Russian attacks.
In the Odesa district, during a massive Russian strike, a drone hit a public bus stop, injuring an 18-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) successfully dismantled a Russian spy network operating through religious communities and prevented planned attacks orchestrated by Russian operatives.
Denys Uliutin, Ukraine's Minister of Social Policy, Family, and Unity, met with representatives of the International Monetary Fund, led by IMF Mission Chief in Ukraine Gavin Gray.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that, according to intelligence reports, Russian forces may be preparing a massive strike today.
Ukrainian Vita Kovalenko has been elected to Dordrecht City Council, becoming one of the first members of the Ukrainian community to hold local office in the Netherlands.
The escalation of the conflict in Iran strengthens Russia's position and reduces the chances of genuine peace negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
Russian forces carried out more than 60 attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, targeting the Synelnykove, Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih districts, and the city of Dnipro.
U.S. military actions in Iran are very different from what Russia is doing in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Search operations have begun in the Rivne region at a site believed to contain the remains of Ukrainian and Polish villagers killed during World War II.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces have released, for the first time, footage of their role in the battle for Kyiv at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ukraine's wartime experience can be leveraged into additional security guarantees and stronger negotiating positions for the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is planning to further deploy ground-based control stations for long-range drones, both in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and in Belarus.
The Russian army has attacked the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces 116 times since the beginning of the day. The enemy is exerting the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsk sector and is showing increased activity in the Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole sectors.
Ukrainian service members are continuing professional training on foreign weapons and military equipment abroad, and for this year, basic combined-arms training activities are planned in three EU countries.
Risks to Europe from Russia in the hybrid domain could increase significantly in the coming years, even before Moscow finishes rebuilding its military capabilities.
The Ministry of Defense has codified and authorized the Ukrainian-made unmanned aerial system JEDI Shahed Hunter for operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The settlements of Platonivka and Minkivka in Donetsk region are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Andrii Hnatov, during a meeting with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier, stated that Ukraine is ready to share its combat experience with partners in the context of high-tech warfare.
Amid media reports that Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto allegedly shared details of discussions from EU ministerial meetings with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, the European Commission has expressed concern and requested explanations from Budapest.
Satellite images indicate that after the Ukrainian strike, at least four oil tanks are burning at one of Russia’s largest export oil terminals, "Transneft – Port Primorsk."
In the Kherson region, Russian forces shelled Bilozerka, where two people were wounded; the central part of Kherson and the settlement of Zelenivka also came under attack in the morning.
All Western intelligence agencies, including European and American ones, miscalculated the duration of Russia’s war against Ukraine, significantly underestimating Ukrainian resilience and defence readiness.
For many years, Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) assessed Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia much more soberly and critically than the federal government, and recognized early on the resurgence of Russian imperialism and Ukraine’s central role in this strategy.
Russian troops have intensified their offensive operations across several fronts—between March 17 and 20, the Russian army carried out 619 assaults.
Last weekend, Russian forces damaged two schools in the Shevchenkove community of the Kupiansk district.
The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine detained a Russian agent within a few hours who carried out a double terrorist attack in Bucha, Kyiv region, on the morning of March 23.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian air defense systems and drone depots.