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• Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine's Donetsk region, officials say VOA 25 Apr 2024 -- Russian airstrikes killed at least six people in a Ukrainian-held part of the embattled Donetsk territory on Thursday, according to local officials.

Ukraine

• Ukraine welcomes long-delayed aid package from U.S. People's Daily 25 Apr 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday thanked U.S. President Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress for approving a long-delayed support package for Ukraine worth about 61 billion U.S. dollars.
• Zelenskiy Urges Tightening Of Russia Sanctions As Ukraine's Infrastructure Attacked RFE/RL 25 Apr 2024 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for expanding international sanctions against Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as Kyiv battles against Moscow's more numerous and better armed forces.
• Establishment of a Tribunal and Compensation Mechanism: Iryna Mudra Met with the Ambassador of Japan President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2024
• I Am Grateful to All the Countries That Have Recently Adopted New Decisions on Aid for Ukraine - Address by the President President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2024
• The President Had Phone Conversations with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate's Republican and Democratic Majority Leaders President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2024
• Iryna Mudra: Confiscated Russian Assets Should Be Used to Restore and Protect Energy Sector President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2024
• The President of Ukraine Met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK President of Ukraine 25 Apr 2024

Russia

• Ukraine's Military Casualties in Donetsk and Lugansk Regions Reach Up to 500 - Defense Ministry Sputnik 25 Apr 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have suffered up to 470 military casualties near several settlements in the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics in the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
• Russian Troops Building 'Protective Dome' Over Zaporozhye Sputnik 25 Apr 2024 -- The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported that Russian troops deployed in the area are working on additional security measures to protect the Zaporozhye region from Ukrainian attacks against civilians.

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 25 Apr 2024
• U.S.-led Ukraine Coalition to Meet Amid Renewed Momentum DoD News 25 Apr 2024 -- The U.S.-led coalition of allies that have joined together in backing Ukraine's defense against Russia's ongoing invasion will mark the two-year anniversary as nearly 50 countries convene this week.
• National Armaments Directors Maintain Urgency in Support for Ukraine DoD News 25 Apr 2024 -- Ahead of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group's second anniversary, National Armaments Directors from UDCG member nations, the European Union and NATO gathered for the 11th time last week in Brussels.
• US secretly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine in recent weeks for use against Russia: Official Press TV 25 Apr 2024 -- The United States has shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine in recent weeks for use against Russia, an American official says, as President Joe Biden signed into law legislation that authorizes more than $60 billion in war assistance to the ex-Soviet republic.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 225 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 25 Apr 2024 -- Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have continued to hear military activity in the region where Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is located, but there have been no reports of new drone attacks on the site over the past week, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.

Foreign Reactions

• Moscow Mechanism experts present report on Ukraine to OSCE Permanent Council OSCE 25 Apr 2024 -- The OSCE Moscow Mechanism mission of experts undertaken by Professor Veronika Bílková, Dr. Cecilie Hellestveit and Dr. Elīna Šteinerte presented their findings to the OSCE Permanent Council on 25 April 2024, collected in the report entitled 'Report on Violations and Abuses of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, related to the Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty of Ukrainian Civilians by the Russian Federation'.
• UK condemns environmental damage caused by Russia's war: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 25 Apr 2024 -- Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown calls for the OSCE to continue monitoring the environmental impact of Russia's war.
• UK condemns widespread arbitrary detention and torture of thousands of Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces: Statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 25 Apr 2024 -- The UK condemns Russia's use of arbitrary detention and calls for an immediate and unconditional release of Ukrainian civilian detainees. Statement on Moscow Mechanism Report.
• 45 OSCE participating States condemn arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation: Joint Statement on publication of the Moscow Mechanism Report UK FCDO 25 Apr 2024 -- Romanian Ambassador delivers joint statement on behalf of 45 countries condemning arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians by Russia and calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
• Minister Tavio visits Kiev to support reconstruction of Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland 25 Apr 2024 -- Finland's Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio visited Kiev on 25 April.
• Poland and Lithuania May Help Press Gang Ukrainians Into Kiev Regime's Military Sputnik 25 Apr 2024 -- Two Eastern European countries appear poised to help Kiev round up military-age Ukrainians who fled abroad and have them press-ganged into the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, if recent statements by their respective defense ministers are any indication.

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