Finland approves 15th military aid package to Ukraine. The package is set to include defense training equipment for the 30,000 Ukrainian troops taking part in the European Union Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine, Finnish national broadcaster Yle reported.
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Zelensky signs law banning Russian-associated place names in Ukraine
Zelensky signs law banning place names associated with Russian aggression. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on April 21 that prohibits naming places in Ukraine after Russian figures or historical events associated with Russian aggression.
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Weapons seized at Russia-Ukraine border
The case is part of an apparent surge in weapons smuggling along the Russian-Ukrainian border. It was also reported on 19 April that border guards near the Kuibyshevo-Avtodorozhny checkpoint found a cache of 12 F-1 and 5 RGD-5 grenades, and 15 UZRGM fuses.
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Russian officer arrested for arms smuggling from Ukraine
A senior Russian police officer from Smolensk has been charged with attempting to smuggle a firearm and grenades into Russia from occupied eastern Ukraine. His contraband was discovered at a border checkpoint, and he now faces a lengthy prison sentence if convicted.
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Russia detains Budanov, restricts Metropolitan
A Moscow court has detained Ukraine's Defense Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov in absentia, while a Ukrainian court upheld Metropolitan Pavlo Lebid of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate's round-the-clock house arrest.
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Spanish citizen allegedly tortured in Russian prison after Kherson arrest
75-year-old Spanish citizen is subjected to torture in a Russian prison, his inmate says Mariano Garcia Calatayud was arrested in Kherson in March 2022 during a protest against occupation and has been allegedly held in a Simferopol detention center https://
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year-old-spanish-citizen-is-subjected-to-torture-in-a-russian-prison-his-inmate-says/?swcfpc=1
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Austin: Russia’s war ’cause’ of NATO enlargement, not result.
Austin: Russia's war 'not result but cause of NATO enlargement.' Speaking after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on April 21, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Russia's war against Ukraine is "not the result of NATO enlargement" but "the cause" of it.
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Ukraine reports over 19,000 children abducted to Russia
Over 19,000 children have been abducted from the occupied territories and sent to Russia since last February, according to a Ukrainian national database. Here's what we know about the forced deportations of Ukrainian children.
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Finland Sends Training Equipment to Ukraine
Finland has announced plans to send defence training equipment to Ukrainian soldiers taking part in the EUMAM (European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine) operation in Ukraine, the Finnish Ministry of Defence has announced.
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Latvia to send all its Stinger air defense systems to Ukraine
Defense Minister Inara Murniece has announced that Latvia will send all its Stinger air defense missile systems to Ukraine “We will do everything possible to deliver them to Ukraine as soon as possible,” she added https://
euromaidanpress.com/2023/04/21/lat
via-to-send-all-its-stinger-air-defense-missile-systems-to-ukraine/?swcfpc=1
… by Armyinform