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History: April 2018

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Retrospective · events of 2 April 2018

What did Ukraine say about Iranian missile buyers?

Security

A look back at security reports from late March 2018, as Ukraine described expelling two Iranians over an attempted missile purchase.

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Retrospective · events of 2 April 2018

Ukraine and its region, 2 April 2018

World

A look back at the regional news on the eve of 2 April 2018, from the Skripal poisoning fallout to Ukraine's health reform and 4G launch.

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Retrospective · events of 3 April 2018

What happened on 3 April 2018 in Kyiv and Riga?

World

A look back at a parliamentary vote on e-declarations in Ukraine and a language dispute between Latvia and Russian MPs.

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Retrospective · events of 3 April 2018

What Ukraine and Poland signalled on security in spring 2018

Security

Three reports from late March 2018 show how Ukraine and its neighbour Poland were dealing with missiles, sanctions and the aftermath of a poisoning.

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Retrospective · events of 4 April 2018

Aviation deal, e-declaration vote and a Baltic language row

World

A look back at three developments reported between 3 and 4 April 2018 in Ukraine and its neighbourhood.

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Retrospective · events of 4 April 2018

What did 4 April 2018 bring for Kyiv?

Opinion

A look back at an arrest over a 2017 attack in Kyiv and a new aviation accord with Turkey.

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Retrospective · events of 4 April 2018

Two security stories from Ukraine, 4 April 2018

Security

An arrest over a 2017 Kyiv attack and an earlier expulsion of two Iranians offered a view of Ukrainian security work.

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Retrospective · events of 4 April 2018

What did Kyiv and Ankara agree on aviation?

World

A look back at an aviation agreement between Ukraine and Turkey, signed alongside two other regional developments.

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Retrospective · events of 6 April 2018

Washington sanctions Russian companies, arms exporter and bank under CAATSA

World

A look back at the sanctions announced under CAATSA, and a separate Ukraine–Turkey aviation deal signed days earlier.

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Retrospective · events of 6 April 2018

What did 6 April 2018 signal on Russia?

Security

A retrospective on US sanctions, a change of Ukraine's military framework in Donbas and an arrest in Kyiv, in the days around 6 April 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2018

Kiev rejects declaration rollback as US adds sanctions on Russia

Politics

A look back at the days before 9 April 2018, when Kyiv moved to end its Donbass operation, rejected a declaration rollback and saw new US sanctions on Russia.

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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2018

What changed in Ukraine's security picture by 9 April 2018?

Security

A look back at three security developments reported in the days before 9 April 2018, from Donbass to Washington and Kyiv.

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Retrospective · events of 10 April 2018

What did Odesa's detention of a Russian ship signal?

Opinion

A look back at a small maritime incident in Odesa and a deadly road-rail crash in Crimea in the days around 10 April 2018.

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Retrospective · events of 10 April 2018

What a detained sand ship said about Black Sea tensions

Opinion

A look back at a Russian vessel held in Odesa on 10 April 2018, and a deadly crash in Crimea two days earlier.

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Retrospective · events of 11 April 2018

What CAATSA sanctions meant by 11 April 2018

World

A look back at the US sanctions on Russian firms announced on 6 April 2018, and the law behind them.

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Retrospective · events of 11 April 2018

What Kyiv and Washington signalled on 11 April 2018

Security

A look back at the security picture around 11 April 2018, shaped by a planned change in Donbas operations and fresh US sanctions on Russian entities.

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Retrospective · events of 12 April 2018

Washington cites election meddling and Ukraine in Russia sanctions

Security

A look back at the US sanctions announced on 6 April 2018 under a law passed the previous year, and the reasons Washington gave.

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Retrospective · events of 12 April 2018

What did 12 April 2018 bring to Luhansk airwaves?

World

A retrospective on a test broadcast aimed at occupied Luhansk region, set against fresh US sanctions on Russian entities.

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Retrospective · events of 18 April 2018

What was reported around 18 April 2018?

World

A look back at road tragedy in Kryvyi Rih, flooding of a mine in Yenakiieve, a new broadcast and Russia's Security Council call.

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Retrospective · events of 19 April 2018

Semerak urges world to stop separatists flooding nuclear-test mine

Security

A look back at Ukraine's appeal for international help over a mine where a nuclear device was tested in the 1970s.

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