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A drone has struck a Turkish-flagged tanker in Ukraine's Odesa region and set it ablaze. Monday's strike at Izmail port came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal to import U.
A HUGE CORRUPTION scandal is turning into Ukraine’s biggest crisis since Russian tanks bore down on Kyiv in early 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky is said by sources in government to have been “floored” by the scale of the charges made against members of his closest circle.
A train track between the Polish cities of Warsaw and Lublin was destroyed in an “unprecedented act of sabotage” over the weekend, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday, noting that the railway is “crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine.
The European Union wants to finance Ukraine’s war efforts using a loan based on Russia’s frozen assets in Belgium. If that falls through, there’s no easy alternative.
Amid Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian senior men’s soccer team has given Ukraine a reason for optimism and cheer by qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs.
Suspected Russian drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa, where US natural gas will go. (OBSERVATOR ANTENA 1 via The Associated Press)
Lithuanian auteur Karolis Kaupinis discusses his new movie about the 1991 Soviet invasion of the Baltic country, which is currently screening at Tallinn.