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The suspected Russian agent guided Tymchenko on Telegram, instructing him how to source materials, assemble the devices in his flat, and carry out the attack.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Ukrainian investigators believe Tymchenko, 21, who lived with his grandmother in a five-storey apartment block, was first approached by a Russian handler in the video game’s online chat.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Less than two weeks after playing World of Tanks, Bohdan Tymchenko planted two bombs outside his flat.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Bohdan Tymchenko, a quiet and unassuming man from Bucha, logged on to his computer to play World of Tanks on a recent evening in March.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026One Ukrainian brigade said in February that it had used drones to transport 200 metric tons of goods, roughly equivalent to 10,000 troops each carrying about 44 pounds of supplies, in a single month.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Since 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.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The pet rescue operation adds to the growing list of logistics and supply feats performed in the war by small drones, including escorting prisoners of war, prompting soldiers to surrender, and delivering an electric bike for infantry stuck behind enemy lines.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Both animals are safe and in the hands of the Ukrainian military.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The clips also showed each pet later interacting with soldiers in a shelter.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Videos posted by the animal welfare organization showed each animal arriving at its destination in separate green sacks attached to a drone by a rope.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The dog was later added to the passenger list for the drone evacuation.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The cat was evacuated after the soldier caring for it was injured and admitted to the hospital.
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1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Ust-Luga, home to a large Russian oil terminal, has been hit at least five times between 22 and 31 March.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Kyiv forces have now reportedly restarted their attacks on the Leningrad region overnight on Tuesday, with explosions seen near the Ust-Luga port.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The 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.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Kyiv primarily targeted Russia's northwestern Leningrad region, which is situated on the Baltic Sea and neighboring Estonia.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The attack marks a continued development of Ukraine's naval capability, despite large parts of the fleet being destroyed earlier in the war.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026If reports are accurate, this is the first time the RBS 15 system has been shown in active combat in Ukraine.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Solovyev had just returned home on a brief leave in February, only to die less than a month later in combat.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Solovyev left behind a wife and a 15-year-old son.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Solovyev's nom de guerre was Leshy (forest goblin), a moniker he earned in combat.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The deceased was 41-year-old Yevhen Solovyev, a cameraman for Ukrainian national TV channel 1+1 in peacetime, and a drone pilot in the Ukrainian army since 2022.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Civilian mourners mixed with battle-hardened soldiers formed a semi-circle around the casket and the photo while an Orthodox priest said the homily.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026A military vehicle similar to the one a week earlier showed up, followed by a plain black van carrying a casket.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026A crowd of up to 100 people gathered around the photo of a middle-aged man on an easel beneath the Victory Column on the square.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026A week later, on Orthodox Palm Sunday, a similar, if more orderly, scene unfolds at the same location.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Within minutes the event was over - a mobile makeshift military funeral against the backdrop of everyday civilian life.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Many commuters exited their cars to follow suit in paying their respects.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The event was improvised, almost in defiance of a nearby police presence and deliberately indifferent to the resulting traffic jam of morning commuters.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Dozens of soldiers in combat fatigues piled out of the vehicles and took a knee to honour a fallen comrade from their battalion.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026A column of three or four other vehicles snaked behind the Hummer until the entire procession stopped in the middle of a busy intersection that flanks Independence Square.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Raucous music alternating with mournful condolences blared from the Hummer's speaker system.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026On a sunny Saturday morning late last month, a drab green Hummer covered in military insignia rolled into the centre of Kyiv.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The Ukrainian prosecutor's office says some 290,000 cases have been opened since 2022 against soldiers for abandoning their posts.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026According to the Washington-based think tank ISW, Russian forces took virtually no Ukrainian territory in March.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Johan Norberg is a security policy analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026On the ground, the offensive is not noticeable.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Other reports, such as from Bloomberg's sources in Moscow, say the offensive is underway.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Some reports claim that the offensive has already begun.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Donald Trump's stance fails to fully acknowledge the 'enduring and most potent' danger living right under its nose, according to a top analyst.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Russia has remained sceptical the US would leave NATO at all.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The drumbeat of withdrawal from NATO has been growing since before Donald Trump's first term in office.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The UK and the rest of the western world face a 'potent and enduring danger' as its security infrastructure comes under one of its greatest tests.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026The western security infrastructure faces a potentially existential threat from within.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Hundreds of Indians have ended up at the front in Russia.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026A man was lured to the war in Russia and never got to meet his son.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026Several similar drone crash accidents have occurred in a short time.
1 källai 1 artikel27 apr. 2026 – 27 apr. 2026In spring 2022, Take Aanstoot drove the first truck with supplies to Ukraine.
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