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History: April 2026

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Retrospective · events of 1 April 2026

Luhansk claim and a deadly strike on 1 April

Security

Moscow and Kyiv gave conflicting accounts of the Luhansk front, while a drone strike killed four civilians in Zolotonosha.

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Retrospective · events of 2 April 2026

Moldova leaves the CIS as Kyiv maps EU alignment

Politics

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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Retrospective · events of 2 April 2026

What 2 April 2026 showed about Russia's war reach

Security

A look back at a day when the Russo-Ukrainian war touched Crimea, Luhansk Oblast, Moldova, Kenya and a Moscow courtroom.

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Retrospective · events of 3 April 2026

Tanker seized off Sweden among day's ripples from Russia's war

Opinion

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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Retrospective · events of 4 April 2026

What 4 April 2026 said about talks and strikes

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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Retrospective · events of 6 April 2026

Washington at the table: Kyiv open to three-sided peace talks

Politics

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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Retrospective · events of 7 April 2026

Drone strike in Odesa Oblast, Azov sinking and Cameroonian deaths

Security

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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Retrospective · events of 8 April 2026

Kyiv and Chisinau signal positions as 8 April 2026 began

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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Retrospective · events of 8 April 2026

What the news of 6 April 2026 revealed

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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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2026

Putin's Orthodox Easter ceasefire declaration of 9 April

Politics

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

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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2026

What 9 April 2026 showed about Russia's wartime signals

Security

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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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2026

Why a British cable warning sat alongside an Easter ceasefire

Security

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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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2026

Easter truce, 1,000 bodies and a British submarine warning

Opinion

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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Retrospective · events of 9 April 2026

Submarines, bodies and an Easter ceasefire

Security

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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Retrospective · events of 10 April 2026

What the Easter ceasefire and submarine claim revealed

Opinion

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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Retrospective · events of 14 April 2026

Dnipro mourns four dead while Norway backs Ukrainian drone output

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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Retrospective · events of 14 April 2026

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

Security

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

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Retrospective · events of 15 April 2026

Drones at home and abroad: Ukraine's two fronts

Security

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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Retrospective · events of 16 April 2026

Russia names European drone-support sites as targets

Security

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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Retrospective · events of 16 April 2026

Russia's list of European drone sites targeted

Security

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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