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Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit Russian plant making Iskander engines

OSINT analysts from CyberBoroshno, a Ukrainian OSINT community, have confirmed that Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck the Votkinsk plant in Russia, with impacts recorded on the plant’s production workshops.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/02/21/8022076/
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Ukrainian forces hunt down two Russian radar stations, strike drone depot and disrupt logistics – Ukraine's General Staff

Ukraine's defence forces attacked Russian military facilities, including S-400 air defence systems, depots, logistics infrastructure and clusters of personnel.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/15/8030270/
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Russia again trying to draw Belarus into its war, Zelenskyy says

Belarus is building roads towards the Ukrainian border and setting up artillery positions near Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said after receiving a report from Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030638/
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Zelenskyy reveals what he discussed with King of Sweden

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, during which they discussed support for Ukraine and defence cooperation, among other issues.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030628/
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Ukraine's foreign minister to discuss unblocking €90 billion for Ukraine with EU foreign ministers

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybigha is expected to join, likely via video link, a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 21 April in Luxembourg to discuss prospects for unblocking a €90 billion loan for 2026-2027.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030611/
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Oil flows via Druzhba pipeline may resume next week, says Hungary's Magyar

Russian oil supplies to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline running via Ukraine may resume next week after a break of several months.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030610/
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Zelenskyy imposes sanctions on over 120 Russian commanders and religious propagandists

Ukraine has imposed sanctions on 121 Russian commanders and nine religious figures over missile strikes and propaganda.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030609/
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Ukraine's foreign minister responds to Trump's claim that Ukraine has no cards

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has insisted in response to Trump that Ukraine does have leverage in the negotiations with Russia.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030581/
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Ukraine's EU accession may speed up after Orbán election defeat, says Ukrainian foreign minister

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said he hopes the collapse of Viktor Orbán's regime in Hungary will give Ukraine a chance to accelerate its accession to the European Union.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030578/
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Russia's demand that Ukraine withdraw troops from Donbas is unworkable – Ukraine's foreign minister

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated that Ukraine will not agree to Russia's demand that Ukrainian troops be withdrawn from Donbas, calling it an unworkable ultimatum, and stressed that Kyiv will not accept any initiatives at the cost of its territorial integrity and sovereignty.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030576/
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Rebuilding Ukraine begins in the classroom

Wars are often measured in territory lost or regained. But history teaches us that the true measure of a nation's survival is found elsewhere: in its people, its institutions, and above all, its children.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/columns/2026/02/24/8022551/
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Number of people injured in Russian strikes on Sumy rises to 17

Emergency services say 17 people, including a child, were injured in Russian drone strikes on Sumy, with multiple residential buildings and a kindergarten damaged.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/11/8029718/
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"Stay away": Trump sharply responds to NATO offer to help with Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump has told NATO allies to stay away after they offered assistance in addressing the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030621/
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Russian forces advance further into Ukraine near Myrnohrad

Russian troops have captured new territory north of the city of Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast, including in the town of Rodynske.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030613/
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Oil drops below US$90 a barrel and keeps falling after Strait of Hormuz news

Crude oil prices have fallen below US$90 a barrel and continue to decline after reports that Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, through which large volumes of the world's oil pass.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030605/
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Iran says it has reopened Strait of Hormuz

Iran has said it has reopened the previously blocked Strait of Hormuz.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030604/
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"I believe that people should care about survivors without having to hear their stories

Analee Pepper, adviser to the Head of the UN in Ukraine, on CRSV survivors, UN support, and on the need to give survivors not only a voice, but the power to influence change

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/columns/2026/04/17/8030569/
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EU calls Russian claims about Baltic states and Finland taking part in aggression against Russia "groundless"

Anitta Hipper, Lead Spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Commission, has said that Russian officials' statements, including those by Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, alleging that the Baltic states and Finland helped organise flights of Ukrainian drones for further attacks on Russian territory are "groundless".

One killed and two injured in Russian FPV drone attack on Nikopol district

A 72-year-old man was killed and two other people were injured in a Russian FPV drone attack on the Myrove hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 17 April. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030594/
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Electronic warfare jams over 50% of Russian aerial assets – Ukraine's Ground Forces

Ukrainian electronic warfare systems neutralise more than half of Russian drones and missiles by disrupting control and navigation.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030590/
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Zelenskyy is willing to meet Putin in Türkiye, says Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

Ukraine has proposed a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin in Türkiye with the participation of Erdoğan and Trump.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030587/
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Police officer seriously injured while clearing mines in Kherson district

A police officer has been injured while carrying out work to disable Pryanik (Gingerbread) anti-personnel mines in the Kherson district.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030573/
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Czechia summons Russian ambassador after Moscow issues threats over joint drone production with Ukraine

Czechia has summoned the Russian ambassador after Moscow made veiled threats to several European countries regarding joint drone production with Ukraine.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/17/8030565/
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