What's corroborated

European Commission and Council proposed technical and financial support to restore Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia.

Hungary threatened to suspend power supply to Ukraine if oil transit was not restored.

EU Ambassador to Ukraine requested to inspect the Druzhba pipeline but was denied.

Ukrainian troops used a drone to evacuate a cat and dog from the front lines.

Blågula Bilen has delivered 133 lorries/cargo trucks, pickups, SUVs, fire trucks, buses, etc. to Ukraine since March 2022.

Take Aanstoot founded the aid organization Blågula Bilen four years ago.

Blågula Bilen has increased from delivering one car per month to 30-40 cars per month.

Blågula Bilen has around 200 volunteers, many of whom work more than ten hours a week.

Zelenskyy questioned the easing of sanctions on Russia, arguing it provides intelligence for strikes against Western and Middle Eastern targets.

The EU has introduced tough travel restrictions on Russian citizens, ending multiple-entry Schengen visas and requiring a new visa for each trip.

Intelligence agencies warn that Russia uses tourists, business travelers, and 'nontraditional actors' to move people, money, and equipment into the EU.

European officials point to incidents like rail sabotage in Germany, arson attempts in the Baltics, and suspected Russian-linked drone activity across the Nordics as reasons for the visa tightening.

Russia produced around 2,700 Shaheds per month by the end of May 2025.

Poland's military spending is expected to exceed 4.8% of GDP in 2026.

France and Poland planned increased defence cooperation covering nuclear deterrence, military satellites, joint drills, defence industry, and shared intelligence.

Ukrainian visas in the UK were extended by 18 months from March 2025.

Those who flee or refuse orders face brutal punishment.

Commanders send their men into 'meat storm' battles, likened to suicide missions.

The soldier is believed to have run away before being caught and punished in the torture pit.

A new video shows a near-naked Russian soldier being forced to eat dirt by his commander in Russia's 82nd Motor Rifle Regiment.

Jens Stoltenberg served as NATO Secretary General from 2014 to 2024.

In the Hungarian election, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has a real challenger with a chance of victory for the first time in a long time, opposition leader Peter Magyar.

Ukraine needs Taurus missiles (German medium-range missiles) and other weapons to manage on the battlefield, which is how wars are won.

Ukraine carried out two previously undisclosed space-intelligence missions during the war with Russia.

The first mission reached altitudes of more than 100 kilometers.

Blågula Bilen provides ways to donate, including Swish, Bankgiro, and international payments via IBAN and BIC.

Donations of truck tyres and spare parts were received from automotive suppliers in the local area.

Blågula Bilen's lorry TA1 left Linköping on 1 April and was handed over to the 10th Ukrainian Mountain Brigade (Edelweiss Brigade) on 4 April.

During the Hedgehog exercise, a Ukrainian team simulated destroying 17 armored vehicles and neutralizing two NATO battalions.

The war results in significant military losses.

The incursions occurred amid one of Ukraine's largest mass deepstrike drone attacks on Russia, with two key targets on the Baltic Sea coast struck: a terminal in Ust-Luga and a military icebreaker in Vyborg.

Since last year, Ukraine and Russia have increasingly relied on small aerial and ground drones for tasks beyond direct attack or reconnaissance, deploying them extensively to carry supplies and matériel to and from the front lines.

The land captured in 2025 is more than in 2023 and 2024 combined.

A man posing as a Ukrainian soldier interrupted a recruitment event for Russian university students via video call.

The soldiers weighed over 80-90 kg when they arrived at the front, but now weigh about 50 kg.

Anastasija Siltjuk, wife of one of the soldiers, posted photos of emaciated soldiers on Facebook.

An installation on the National Mall near Capitol Hill featured 20,000 stuffed teddy bears attached to a fence to represent Ukrainian children deported or forcibly transferred to Russia since the 2022 invasion.

Russian propaganda portrays Zelenskyy as a neo-Nazi, drug addict, homosexual, corrupt, and profiting from Western aid.

Storm-1516 is a pro-Russian disinformation operation first identified in December 2023 by Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub.

About 11 Ukrainians a month are still seeking safety in Gloucestershire, with over 1,700 having settled since 2022.

The war is in its fifth year, with Russian forces slowly expanding territory control, mostly in eastern Ukraine.

The 'kill ratio' is estimated to be around one Ukrainian dead for every eight or more Russians.

Russia unveils a battlefield robot armed with a rapid-fire mortar system capable of 'loading and firing rounds without any human input'.

Putin strolls into Easter Sunday service in Moscow after 'breaking Kremlin-declared ceasefire'.

Putin ramps up anti-drone defences at his secluded mansion in Valdai with 27 towers armed with anti-aircraft systems.

Putin's 'poison empire' is revealed, with thousands of scientists linked to secret laboratories accused of testing toxins on humans.

Influential Kremlin propagandist Victoria Bonya turns on Putin over Russia's economic crisis and warns the public are ready to 'snap'.

Russia closes off Arctic waters near NATO borders and designates them 'missile impact zones' until April 30.

A Moscow-born gunman opened fire in Kyiv, killing at least six people and wounding fifteen.

In February 2026, Interpol published an online database detailing artifacts stolen from Ukrainian museums, compiled by the National Police of Ukraine.