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Both Sides Confirm Russian Advance At approximately 0430 EST, initial reports from Russian military bloggers began to claim that the Russian Ground Forces had seized control of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The initial report from Polk15 reads below: "The settlement of Novomikhailovka has been completely liberated from many years of Ukrainian occupation. The enemy is retreating to the south. Our troops...

On April 19, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns commented that without U.S. military assistance, Ukraine could lose its war against Russia by the end of 2024.  According to Director Burns, the Ukrainians are at a “tough moment on the battlefield right now”, however, with military aid from the U.S., “the Ukrainians are entirely capable of holding their...

According to the Polish government, a Polish citizen has been arrested for providing intelligence to the Russian government on Ukrainian and foreign activity near the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport in Eastern Poland. This airport is near the Polish-Ukrainian border and has been an influx point for Western aid entering Western Ukraine. The purpose of collecting this intelligence was to assassinate President...

A Russian strike targeted Chernihiv, Northern Ukraine. As of 0639 EST, reports from Ukrainian authorities indicate that the attacks resulted in at least 13 fatalities and approximately 60 injuries, with local officials warning that the casualty count could rise. At approximately 0148 EST, air raid alarms began to operate in Kyiv and the Kyiv Oblast, before extending to the Chernihiv...

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a Russian citizen, born in 1983, on charges of detonating a car bomb in Moscow. The explosion targeted Vassili Prozorov, a former officer of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) who defected to Russia in 2019. Prozorov was injured in the incident. The FSB stated in a press release that the suspect, who...