Eastern Europe

During the day, the Russian army struck two border communities of Sumy region. — Ukrinform....

Enemy guided bombs can theoretically be shot down by anti-aircraft missiles, but this could deplete Ukrainian supplies and leave Ukrainian skies defenseless against Russian cruise missiles, aircraft, and helicopters. — Ukrinform....

The invaders carry out forced passportization in the temporarily captured territory in Tavria direction and threaten to deprive locals of their school-age children if they refuse to take Russian passports. — Ukrinform....

In the Marinka and Avdiivka directions, the Russian army loses about two military units every day, positional battles continue. — Ukrinform....

In Zaporizhzhia, special services, volunteers and local residents throughout the day have been eliminating the aftermath of nighttime Russian missile attack. — Ukrinform....

The enemy shelled Ukrainian positions in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk areas 1,844 times during the past week, which is three times less than in February this year. — Ukrinform....

Overnight on April 9, Russian troops shelled the city of Zaporizhzhia. According to regional emergency services, the attack partially damaged a private home and started a fire....

Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Armed Forces, says that Russia is now sending regular troops to Bakhmut where Wagner Group mercenaries have been done the bulk of the fighting for Russia. Ukraine says deploying regular troops is necessar...

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck six enemy positions, while missile and artillery units hit 11 more throughout the day. — Ukrinform....

The Russian army shelled the town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, with multiple launch rocket systems, injuring two civilians. — Ukrinform....

Ukrainian defense forces destroyed a Russian Repeynik radar station. — Ukrinform....

Israel continued humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees who were forced to flee Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale aggression. — Ukrinform....

Ukrainian children who were deported by Russia and managed to return to Ukraine report beatings and other punishments for refusing to sing the Russian anthem and even mentioning that they identify as Ukrainians. — Ukrinform....

For Russian language students, the main impact of the war has been to make it impossible to visit the place they are studying....

Chisinau, 9 apr. /MOLDPRES/. The Greater flamingos inhabiting Bulgaria's Atanasovsko Lake have begun nesting. Experts of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) saw that at least 80 birds are positioned on nests in the lake. The newly...

Chisinau, April 9 /MOLDPRES/- Dozens of horticultural producers from different districts of the Republic of Moldova are participating today in Cimilia Flower Festival exhibition-fair. The event, organized by the local authorities, has become traditional i...

Chisinau, April 9 /MOLDPRES/- President Maia Sandu today conveyed a congratulatory message to all Roman Catholic Christians, Protestants and parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church around the world, but also in our country, who are celebrating the R...

In early February, residents of Moscow's Kosino-Ukhtomsky District started protesting in opposition to the rumored construction of a new mosque in their area. Over the weeks that followed, the demonstrations grew into a bizarre and ugly spectacle on w...

MOSCOW. April 6 (Interfax) - Ukraine's economy is projected to grow 0.5% this year after shrinking 29.2% in 2022, and to rise 3.5% next year, the World Bank said in an Economic Update for the region published on Thursday.The World Bank said in January...

TASHKENT. April 6 (Interfax) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is organizing a financial package of $205 million for Masdar of the United Arab Emirates to build three greenfield solar power plants with total installed capacity ...

MOSCOW. April 6 (Interfax) - The increase in FX revenues from exports on the back of rising energy prices will reverse the current trend of the ruble weakening, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said."Changes in the exchange rate are connected w...

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Evan Gershkovich categorically denied the espionage accusations, TASS reported....

Russia added military training to its school curriculum following the invasion of Ukraine in a controversial move....

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A London-registered company reportedly sent technical equipment including servers, laptops and computer parts to Russia....

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After months of relative stability, the Russian ruble continued to weaken rapidly against major currencies on Friday....

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Russian invaders opened fire at Stanislav, Kherson region, injuring three civilians, including two children aged three and 10. — Ukrinform....

Panattoni has secured a 67 million loan for the two-building Panattoni Park Pozna A2 project in Wielkopolska. The development is to be handed over in October this year, with one of the buildings comprising 82,000 sqm to be fully lease d by a c lot hing in...

During the day, the Ukrainian military destroyed about 480 personnel of the Russian army, two tanks, eight artillery systems, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said....

Over $300 million of funds from all over the world have been collected with the help of the Ukrainian government charitable platform UNITED24 over 11 months of its operation, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said....

The explosions that were reported in the Melitopol district late on April 6 have been recorded in the village of Vesele, Melitopol district, Zaporizhzhia region, where the invaders had been bringing their military equipment and personnel for four days. &m...

Chisinau, Apr. 7 /MOLDPRES/- Today we mark 14 years since the events of 7 April 2009, when thousands of people protested disappointed by the election results and the return of the communists to power. Then several state buildings were devastated, and doze...

An aerial reconnaissance unit of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service has destroyed an ammunition depot and an Ural truck of the Russian army on the Svatove axis. — Ukrinform....

In recent days, Russian occupation forces have regained some momentum in the battle for the town of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, which may be due to the fact that locally Wagner PMC and the formations of the Russian Armed Forces have paused their ongoing fe...

The Prague Transport authority has announced that due to scheduled maintenance work over the Easter break sections of the Prague Metro' s A and C lines will be out of operation between Friday morning and Tuesday morning. A replacement bus service will...

Traffic police will be out in force to monitor adherence to traffic regulations over the Easter holidays, the head of the force Ji Zl, told the news site Novinky.cz. Many people leave the big cities and head for their country cottages for Easter and Easte...

Public trust in the government, Senate and local governments has seen a slight drop in February and March, according to the outcome of a survey conducted by the CVVM agency.The government received a 33 percent trust rating, down by one percent compared to...

Czech farmers have protested against imports of cheap grains from Ukraine which will make it difficult for them to sell their own produce. They also point to the fact that the duty-free wheat, corn and soya from Ukraine, which is being imported to a numbe...

S&P Global Ratings lowered the long-term foreign currency rating on Ukraine to 'CCC' from 'CCC+', the outlook on the foreign-currency rating is negative and that on the local-currency rating is stable, the agency said on its website....

Chisinau, Apr. 7 /MOLDPRES/- Comrat electoral commission approved the format and content of the ballots for the governor (bashkan) elections and the partial elections in the People's Assembly of Gagauzia of April 30.According to the CEC in the region,...

A key supply route for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the west of the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region is likely severely threatened. — Ukrinform....

Chisinau, Apr. 7 /MOLDPRES/- Bismobil Kitchen founder, who was to return to preventive detention for 30 days escaped.According to PCCOCS, he was to return to pretrial detention after the Chisinau Court of Appeal previously accepted the lawyers' appeal...

Russian invaders are bringing prosecutors from Russia to the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region. — Ukrinform....

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely focused on the strengthening of Russian economic control over Belarus, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said in its daily report....

The Russian occupiers have tasked substance abusers in the construction of fortifications in temporarily occupied Crimea, the General Staff of Ukraine has said....

On Friday, April 7, at 10.00, the press centre of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency (8/5a Reitarska Street) will host a press conference of the Global 100% RE Ukrain expert platform entitled "Signing cooperation agreement with German renewable energy a...