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More than 13,000 children have become orphans, or children who have lost their parents, since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine.

The infighting between Republicans in the US House of Representatives and the threats to remove speaker Mike Johnson from office may further delay the long-awaited decision on American funding for Ukraine.

The United States does not provide Ukraine with capabilities to conduct strikes outside its territory, focusing instead on ensuring that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have everything they need to defend and protect their own country.

Following the example of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, the banks of Kazakhstan, a key trade partner of the Kremlin in the post-Soviet territory that is a part of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), are refusing to accept service cards issued by the Russian Mir (Peace) system.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that Western countries have not given Ukraine sufficient numbers of Patriot air defence systems, despite having more than 100 Patriots in service.

The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Poland have met on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels to discuss how Warsaw could help protect Ukraine from Russian airstrikes and better protect its own airspace.

Russian troops launched a missile strike on the city of Dnipro on the afternoon of 2 April, injuring 13 people, early reports suggest.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has stated that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be welcome at the Olympic Games to be held in the French capital this year.

Ukrainian esports team Natus Vincere (Latin for “born to win”, or NAVI for short) has won the highly prestigious Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) tournament – PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.

A Russian state-owned company exported almost 212,000 tonnes of grain from the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2023 alone, worth an estimated US$46 million. Ukrainian grain is being shipped to Türkiye, Libya, and Israel. European companies are also involved in the process.

Russian customs claim that Gabon unexpectedly rose to the top of the list of suppliers of spare parts for Russian aircraft in 2023.

In one of the world’s most popular online games, Fortnite, players now have the opportunity to help rebuild the Prybuzke Ambulance Station in Mykolaiv Oblast, which was damaged by Russian attacks.

More than 10,000 civilian Ukrainians are being held by the Russians in temporarily occupied territories and in Russia. Moreover, 5,600 Ukrainians have been identified in criminal cases as victims of torture by the Russians; however, the real number is much higher.

The leaders of the police of Ukraine and Hungary discussed cooperation, including future assistance from Budapest in identifying people killed in the war.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s accusations that Ukraine was involved in the terrorist attack in Moscow Oblast. Zelenskyy said that Putin considers everyone terrorists except himself.

During a service in the Vatican, Pope Francis mentioned “martyred Ukraine” and said the destruction of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure raises the risk of a humanitarian crisis.

Poland will demand that Russia provide explanations after a Russian missile violated NATO airspace on the night of 23-24 March.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain, have agreed during a phone conversation to accelerate the preparation of a bilateral security agreement between the two countries.

It was reported late in the evening of 23 March that cruise missiles have hit the main communications centre of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Sevastopol.

Russian propagandists from the NTV TV channel have released a deepfake featuring Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, attempting to convince audiences that “Ukraine was involved in the 22 March terrorist attack.”

Republican Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, reported that Congress’s priority is to finalise the budget of the US government for the year 2024. As this matter is nearly resolved, attention will soon shift to the aid package for Ukraine and its partners.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba shared photos of the aftermath of the morning Russian missile attack on Kyiv and called on the US Congress to finally agree to allocate funds to help Ukraine.

Pope Francis has once again urged Ukraine to hold peaceful negotiations with Russia after being criticised due to his position concerning the war in Ukraine.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has spoken out against athletes from Russia taking part in the 2024 Olympics, which are to be held in France.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia is technically prepared for a nuclear war, and that should the US send troops to Ukraine, it would be regarded as a considerable escalation of the war.