Ukraine-Russia War | Kyiv Daily Briefing

Germany Tells Russia Threats Are 'Unacceptable' After Arms Makers List Published
Mon Apr 20 5:56 pm
Germany became the second country to condemn Moscow over the publication of a list of companies Russia claimed are helping produce attack drones for Ukraine, warning that "direct threats" are "unacceptable."
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Ukraine Hits Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal For Second Time In 4 Days
Mon Apr 20 6:28 am
Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse Black Sea oil port, Russian officials said, causing a fire and at least one death in the second attack on one of the country's major southern ports in the past week.
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Black Sea Oil Hub For Second Time In 4 Days
Mon Apr 20 6:10 am
Hit for the second time in four days, Russia's key oil export hub on the Black Sea, the Tuapse refinery, was burning early on April 20 in what a local governor called a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack.
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'Is He Alive?': Searching For Ukrainian Children Taken By Russia
Sun Apr 19 10:54 am
When Olha Puzyk's son, Viktor, was taken from a children's home in Kherson after the Ukrainian city was occupied by Russian forces in 2022, she was left with one agonizing question: Is he alive? This Current Time report traces a mother's relentless search for her son and struggle to bring him home.
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Zelenskyy Warns Russian Oil Revenues Are Funding War
Sun Apr 19 6:05 am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticized an easing of sanctions on Russian energy, writing on X that “every dollar paid for Russian oil is money for the war.”
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Shooter Kills Six In Daylight Incident In Kyiv
Sat Apr 18 4:16 pm
Six people were killed and 14 others injured in a daylight incident in Kyiv on April 18, Ukrainian authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the shooter had been eliminated after barricading himself in a local supermarket and taking hostages.
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Six Killed In Daylight Shooting Incident In Kyiv, Ukrainian Officials Say
Sat Apr 18 1:14 pm
A shooter killed six people in Kyiv before being eliminated by Ukraine's special forces in a daylight incident on April 18, according to local officials.
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Ukrainian Drone Hunter Units Keep Busy In Donetsk Day And Night
Sat Apr 18 10:42 am
Frontline mobile fire units of Ukraine's 100th Brigade report they are seeing more daytime attacks by Russian-launched Shahed drones while still keeping busy at night, using machine guns and night vision gear to intercept a variety of incoming strikes.
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Journalist In Kyiv Escapes Deadly Air Strike On Apartment Building
Thu Apr 16 3:16 pm
As hundreds of Russian drone and missile attacks hit Ukraine on the night of April 15-16, Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko narrowly avoided one of the strikes. He recorded a video from inside his shattered apartment building in Kyiv, where shrapnel had claimed the life of a young neighbor.
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Czechs Demand Explanation After Russia's Medvedev Threatens Europe's Drone Factories
Thu Apr 16 1:46 pm
The Czech Republic demanded an explanation after Russia’s Defense Ministry published a list of companies it claimed are helping produce attack drones for Ukraine and bellicose former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called it “a list of potential targets” for the Russian military.
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Russia Hits Ukraine Overnight With Deadly Drone And Missile Attack
Thu Apr 16 6:49 am
At least 16 people were killed in a massive wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine on April 16, which hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, and other locations across the country. Officials said more than 100 were injured in the strikes.
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No More Waivers: Ukrainian Sanctions Czar Vlasiuk Praises US Decision To End Relief For Russian Oil
Thu Apr 16 5:25 am
Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's commissioner for sanctions policy, told RFE/RL in an interview that any relief for Moscow and Russian oil only serves to extend the war.
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