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Zelenskyy discusses Peace Summit and frontline situation in Ukraine with Lithuanian president Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has reported on a telephone conversation he had with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: Nausėda on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: Nausėda said the two leaders had discussed the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland and the current situation at the front in Ukraine. Read the full article on our website

Ukrainian energy minister comments on Russia's intention to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant There are no licensed personnel at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) who could put it into operation, and amateur activity by Russian specialists at the plant could lead to a nuclear incident. Read the full article on our website

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry announces non-recognition of Putin's presidency and calls on the world to do likewise Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it sees no reason to recognise Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin as the democratically elected and legitimate president of Russia. Source: a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as reported by European Pravda Details: The foreign ministry noted that during the so-called "elections" in Russia, there were violations of the provisions of numerous international documents that form the basis of the modern system of international relations. Read the full article on our website

How European Commission wants to change the "transport visa-free" and what it means for Ukrainian hauliers Read the full article on our website

UK Defence Intelligence on Chechen forces still fighting in Ukraine on Russia's behalf The UK's Defence Intelligence has looked into the role that pro-Russian Chechen units known as Kadyrovites are currently playing in Russia's war against Ukraine. Source: UK Defence Intelligence update on X, as reported by European Pravda Details: UK Defence Intelligence said that currently around 9,000 personnel are likely serving in pro-Russian Chechen units in Ukraine. Read the full article on our website

Ukrainian air defence downs Russian missile heading for Dnipro Ukraine's Air Force has shot down a Russian guided missile in the skies over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Source: Air Command Skhid (East) Quote: "A unit of Air Command Skhid has destroyed a Kh-59/69 guided missile in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Read the full article on our website

Ukraine's foreign minister names three components of European defence industry success Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes that there are three components that will determine the success of the European defence industry. Source: Kuleba in an address to the EU-Ukraine Defence Industries Forum on Monday, reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Details: The first component, Kuleba said, is creating a common defence industrial space within the EU and partner and candidate countries. Read the full article on our website

EU to open Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, says the European Union has started preparations to open a Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv. Source: Thierry Breton during the EU-Ukraine Defence Industries Forum, as reported by European Pravda Details: Breton said the EU recently voted in favour of a new defence industry strategy, which is "meant not only to support the European defence industry, but also to enhance ties between the European and the Ukrainian defence industries". Read the full article on our website

Two Western countries ready to finance arms production in Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, has said that two Western countries have agreed to finance the production of weapons by the Ukrainian defence industry. Source: Kamyshin at the EU-Ukraine Defence Industries Forum on Monday, 6 May, as reported by European Pravda Details: Kamyshin said that his main task at the forum was to get funding for arms production in Ukraine, "because we already have the capacity to produce it. Read the full article on our website

Russia destroys entire street in Kharkiv Oblast with a single strike ? photo The Russians struck the territory of the Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast for the first time with modified FAB-1500 glide bombs, destroying an entire street. Source: Serhii Bolvinov, Head of the Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of Ukraine's National Police in Kharkiv Oblast, on Facebook Quote: "Everything around shook as if an earthquake had begun. Read the full article on our website