Defense Scandal, Trump-Putin Call, and ‘Little Bit of a Ceasefire’ – Ukraine Latest, April 30

Just a day after King Charles III gave a solidarity speech with Ukraine in the US Congress, a phone call from Moscow reached US President Donald Trump. And it went the way... Read more »

Digital sovereignty on credit: how the Kremlin subsidizes its social media platforms

The Kremlin’s response to the mass exodus of international tech companies from Russia in 2022 was the accelerated development of so-called “digital sovereignty.” The vacuum created by the departure of Google, Meta,... Read more »

KIIS poll: Ukrainian trust in US security guarantees falls from 39% to 27% in three months

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukrainians’ confidence that the United States and European partners would provide the support needed to repel a renewed Russian attack has fallen since the start of 2026, with the sharpest drop... Read more »

Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Mi-28 gunship and Mi-17 transport chopper 150+ km from the frontline

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); On 29 April, Ukrainian drones struck two Russian military helicopters at a forward field airstrip deep inside Russia’s Voronezh Oblast, according to the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine (SBS). Voronezh is adjacent... Read more »

Day 1,524: Russia losing two times more troops per square kilometer of gained Ukrainian land than last spring, Sternenko says

Russia is losing two times more troops per square kilometer of gained Ukrainian land than last spring, Sternenko says. Ukraine and Norway will jointly manufacture middle-range drones for the Ukrainian armed forces.... Read more »

Boundeal Launches Virtual Data Room Platform for M&A

Boundeal, a software company founded by a Ukrainian engineering team and focused on secure document infrastructure for financial transactions, has announced the public launch of its virtual data room (VDR) platform. The... Read more »

Day 1,525: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery for third time in a month

Ukraine strikes Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery for the third time in a month. An overnight attack sets ablaze a Russian military base in Crimea, hosting Iskander missile systems. Russia maintains its territorial... Read more »

Ukrzaliznytsia in constructive dialogue with creditors – CEO

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways), which missed $45 million in interest payments on its 2026 and 2028 Eurobonds in January, is in a constructive dialogue with creditors, although initial restricted talks in early April... Read more »

Shahed-type drones fly deeper into Ukrainian rear using relay drones

Посилання скопійовано Russian Shahed and Gerbera-type drones fitted with mesh modems have been flying increasingly deeper into Ukraine’s rear, while electronic warfare systems are not always effective against them. Source: Serhii “Flash”... Read more »

“Next major step”: Ukraine plans 50,000 ground robots to keep troops out of danger on drone-saturated front

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has set a target to contract at least 50,000 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), calling them “the next major step” in modern warfare after aerial drones.... Read more »