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Polish farmers terminate border blockade with Ukraine, easing tensions Euromaidan Press (RSS) On 29 April, Polish farmers stopped protesting at the last blocked border crossing with Ukraine, ending a blockade that has lasted for months and worsened relations between both countries, Kyiv and Warsaw said, according to Reuters. At the same time, trucks carrying grain crops will be prohibited from entering Poland. Following late last year’s end of a Polish truckers’ blockade disrupting Ukrainian aid and goods supplies, including drone parts, Polish farmers launched nationwide protests in February. They blocked checkpoints, affecting truck movement and disrupting ports and roads. This action benefited Russia by undermining Ukraine’s economy amid its two-year war. Ukraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has hailed ... View original post

Telegram blocks then unblocks chatbots used by Ukraine’s security services to get info on Russian activities Euromaidan Press (RSS) On 29 April, Ukraine announced that the Russian-origin Telegram messaging app had reinstated access to several chatbots utilized by its security agencies to gather information on Russian aggression. This action followed a brief suspension the previous night. In 2019 and then in 2022, the current Ukrainian authorities widely promoted Telegram messenger, founded by Russian nationals. While using it themselves, Ukrainian special services say it’s a threat to national security. Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security reported that Ukrainian chatbots crucial for combating Russian aggression, including those operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), and the Ministry of Digital Transformation... View original post

Ukraine to pay urgent reparations to victims of Russian wartime sexual violence Euromaidan Press (RSS) Ukraine initiated a pilot project to provide urgent interim reparations to victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) during the ongoing war with Russia. Since 2014, Russia has weaponized internationally recognized crimes, such as sexual violence, in its aggression against Ukraine. The severity and frequency of Russia’s sexual violence escalated significantly with the full-scale invasion in 2022. The project aims to identify victims of sexual violence and provide them with one-time interim compensation by the end of October 2024. As part of the pilot, 500 people will receive this compensation.  Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna ... View original post

All Russian movements toward Chasiv Yar getting destroyed, Ukraine drone unit commander says Euromaidan Press (RSS) Russian forces are intensifying efforts to capture Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast before 9 May, Russia’s WWII Victory Day, deploying all available units to the assault. A Ukrainian drone unit commander says currently everything Russia sends to capture the city is destroyed by the Ukrainian forces. The ISW think tank assessed on 26 April that Russian forces pose a credible threat to seizing Chasiv Yar, although it may not happen swiftly. The strategically located city, situated 10 kilometers from Bakhmut, stands on commanding heights beneficial for defensive operations. According to ... View original post

Latvia donates high-voltage equipment to bolster Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Euromaidan Press (RSS) The Latvian joint-stock energy supply company Latvenergo donated a high-voltage transformer, 60 tons of transformer oil, and an air compressor for the restoration of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, according to Delfi. This spring, Russia intensified its air assaults on the Ukrainian energy grid, causing damage to power plants and power distribution facilities across Ukraine. The donated equipment, which includes a TS-250000/330 transformer with a capacity of 250 MVA previously used at the Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant, a GR110 oil-injected screw air compressor, and 60 tons of transformer oil, is expected to contribute to the critical support that Ukraine’s energy system needs in the wake of the Russian bombing campaign.  Latvenergo’s Administrative Director, Arnis Kurgs, ... View original post

FT: Western banks handed €800mn to Kremlin in taxes in 2023 despite promises to exit Euromaidan Press (RSS) The EU’s major banks operating in Russia paid the Kremlin more than €800 million or over $857 million in taxes last year, a fourfold increase from pre-war levels, despite promises to reduce their operations in Russia following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to The Financial Times. These profits were partly generated by funds that the banks cannot withdraw from Russia due to regulatory restrictions imposed in 2022 prohibiting dividend payouts from Russian subsidiaries to businesses from “unfriendly” Western countries. Higher interest rates, with the Russian central bank’s key rate now at 16%, almost double the pre-invasion level, also boosted the banks’ earnings from their floating-rate loans and accumulation of extra income from funds trapped in Russian deposit accounts. Locked-up... View original post

Euromaidan Press (Twitter) “For love of country they accepted death & thus resolved all doubts & made immortal their patriotism & their virtue” We honour the men & women who laid down their lives for🇺🇦 RIP - Andriy Yushchenko, Ivan Shaivarovskyi, Nazariy Kravchuk, Stanislav Stetsenko #ArmUkraineNow

‌Euromaidan Press (Twitter) HRW, Truth Hounds document Russia’s destruction of Mariupol Satellite imagery analysis of mass graves in Mariupol suggests at least 10,284 people were buried between March 2022 and February 2023, according to a new report https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/29/hrw-truth-hounds-document-russias-destruction-of-mariupol/

‌Euromaidan Press (Twitter) Polish FM Sikorski warns that a victorious Putin might mobilize Ukraine's industry and people for war, similar to Hitler's use of Czechoslovakia, potentially escalating to a direct threat against NATO countries including Poland. https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/29/polish-fm-if-putin-wins-hell-mobilize-ukraines-people-and-industry-to-continue-war-like-hitler-did-with-czechoslovakia/

‌Euromaidan Press (Twitter) #Russia plans extra #propaganda classes in occupied #Ukraine to “correct flawed understanding of history” #Kherson #Zaporizhzhia #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia khpg.org/en/1608813635