Russia has been forced to withdraw about 40 aircraft of various types from the area of the Kushchevskaya airfield after a recent Ukrainian strike – and to redeploy them to numerous airfields further from the original missile launch areas.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will likely end the war against Ukraine only when he feels that he cannot win it, and it is dangerous to hope for any further agreements with Russia.
Bill Blair, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, announced on 26 April that CAD 3 million [roughly US$2.2 million] will be allocated to the Ukrainian defence industry for the production of drones.
US President Joe Biden has announced that the first batch of aid to Ukraine under the newly signed supplemental funding law will be sent “in the next few hours” and listed what will be included in the package.
Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has instructed newly appointed Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Sergei Maslyak to search for oil in the country.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the United States and the G7 countries are “absolutely committed” to supporting Ukraine and called on Congress to approve urgent military and budget support.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a proposal to observe a ceasefire in the world’s major conflicts – including the war in Ukraine – during the Olympic Games, and he is counting on assistance from China’s leader in this regard.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has said he hopes his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive at the next Three Seas Initiative (TSI) summit in 2025 “in a suit”, symbolising that the war in Ukraine is over.
Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the European Commission, has confirmed that the EU started working on the next 14th sanctions package against Russia due to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The residents of the Russian city of Orsk have started a protest due to the insufficient compensation provided to those affected by a massive flood by the authorities.
Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, believes that Russian propaganda gained some ground in the US Congress since the members of the Congress are spreading false narratives about Russia’s war against Ukraine.