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Archive: April 2026

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Russia names European drone-support sites as targets

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A Russian defence ministry list published on 16 April 2026 widened the war's threats to countries hosting Ukrainian drone work, as strikes killed at least 22 people.

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Russia's list of European drone sites targeted

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A Russian defence ministry list of European locations tied to Ukrainian drone production arrived amid deadly strikes on Ukrainian cities and a new Norway–Ukraine arrangement.

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Drones at home and abroad: Ukraine's two fronts

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A look back at two linked developments reported on 14 April 2026: a deadly Russian drone strike on Dnipro and a Norwegian plan for Ukrainian drone production.

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Drones on both sides of 14 April 2026

Posted: | Opinion

A Russian drone strike on Dnipro and a Norwegian production deal marked the same day, showing two sides of drone warfare.

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Drones on both sides of Ukraine's war, 14 April 2026

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A Norwegian production deal and a deadly strike on Dnipro marked the same day in a drone-shaped conflict.

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What the Easter ceasefire and submarine claim revealed

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A look back at three reports from 9 April 2026 that framed the war's next days: a holiday truce, a body repatriation and a North Sea warning.

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Putin's Orthodox Easter ceasefire declaration of 9 April

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the announcement of a weekend truce and the peace-talks offer that preceded it.

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What 9 April 2026 showed about Russia's wartime signals

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A retrospective on a day that combined an Easter ceasefire declaration, a repatriation of bodies and a British warning about submarines.

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Submarines, bodies and an Easter truce: 9 April 2026

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A look back at a day that combined a British warning over undersea cables, a repatriation of 1,000 bodies and a declared Easter ceasefire.

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What 9 April 2026 revealed about Russia's pressure

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A look back at a day that combined an Easter truce announcement, a repatriation of bodies and a British warning about submarines.

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Submarines, bodies and an Easter ceasefire

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A retrospective on 9 April 2026, when London reported Russian submarine activity near undersea cables, Kyiv received 1,000 bodies and Moscow announced an Easter truce.

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Kyiv and Chisinau signal positions as 8 April 2026 began

Posted: | Politics

A look back at what Ukraine and Moldova had said in the days before 8 April 2026, on peace talks and on leaving the CIS.

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What the news of 6 April 2026 revealed

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at three reports that showed different costs of the war for Russia, Ukraine and a third country.

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What the war's reach looked like on 7 April 2026

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A drone strike in Odesa Oblast, a sunken ship near Kerch and a Cameroonian casualty count showed the conflict's widening footprint.

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Zelenskyy signals readiness for another round of talks

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A look back at Ukraine's stated willingness to hold fresh talks with Russia and the United States, and the positions that divide the sides.

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What 4 April 2026 said about talks and strikes

Posted: | Opinion

A retrospective on a day when Kyiv signalled readiness for more negotiations as a Russian drone hit a market in Nikopol.

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Moldova leaves the CIS as Kyiv adopts EU programme

Posted: | Politics

A look back at two steps towards Europe reported in the days around 3 April 2026, in Chișinău and Kyiv.

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Did Moldova's CIS exit reshape regional politics?

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A look back at two steps on 1–2 April 2026 that bore on how Moldova and Ukraine align with Europe.

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What 3 April 2026 showed about Russia's widening war

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A look back at a day of strikes in Ukraine, a seized tanker off Sweden and fallout from the war reaching Moldova, Kenya and Germany.

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Moldova leaves the CIS as Kyiv maps EU alignment

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A look back at 2 April 2026, when Chișinău's parliament voted to exit a post-Soviet bloc, a day after Ukraine's cabinet backed a large EU legislative programme.

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