The Kyiv Independent

2023-04-29 17:10:47 Rescue operations complete in Uman after Russian missile strike kills 23.

Rescue operations are over in Uman, where an April 28 Russian missile strike on a residential building killed 23 people, including six children, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.

Nine people were wounded and a total of 17 victims were rescued from the rubble.

According to the ministry, 22 of the fatalities were recovered deceased from the collapsed building and one later died in a hospital. The children include three boys aged 1, 16 and 17 and three girls aged 8, 11 and 14. Open / Comment

2023-04-29 17:09:20 Czech President visits IDPs in Dnipro, pledges more humanitarian aid.

Czech President Petr Pavel visited internally displaced Ukrainians in Dnipro on April 29, tweeting that the region houses 200,000 people who lost their homes to the war.

Pavel, an ex-NATO general who has shown strong personal support for Ukraine before and since his inauguration, said that his country would provide humanitarian aid and help Dnipro Oblast rebuild. Open / Comment

2023-04-29 15:12:24 Zelensky: Some countries 'let down' Ukraine with aid promises.

Since the full-scale invasion, some countries promised aid to Ukraine but failed to deliver in a timely manner, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Nordic media outlets.

In the interview, published April 29, Zelensky stressed the importance of doing everything on time and being able to depend on promised aid. However, some countries that had pledged assistance let Ukraine down, he added. Open / Comment

2023-04-29 14:51:28 Kherson prepares evacuation plans in case of mass shelling of region.

Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated on April 29 that due to increased attacks in Kherson Oblast and throughout the country, he ordered means of evacuation to be prepared for larger numbers of people.

He said that safe routes out of the region have already been identified, along with temporary housing for people.

The city of Kherson and surrounding settlements have already been under consistent Russian artillery fire since they were liberated in November, with Russian forces retreating to the east bank of the Dnipro River. Open / Comment

2023-04-29 14:22:47 Ukraine sends a note to Polish Embassy, EU Representative Office on 'unacceptable' trade restrictions of Ukrainian grain.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on April 29 lashed out at Poland and the EU on what it called a "categorically unacceptable" situation concerning the trade restrictions of Ukrainian grain, urging its allies to "find a balanced solution." Open / Comment

2023-04-29 13:25:40 Le Monde: France approves Framatome's involvement in Russia-led construction of nuclear reactors in Hungary.

The French government has reportedly cleared ways for Framatome, a state-backed nuclear power operator subsidiary, to participate in a construction project in Hungary led by Russia's state-owned Rosatom.

In an article published on April 28, French newspaper Le Monde reported, citing its sources, that Paris has greenlighted Framatone to supply equipment for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Russian-backed Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary. Open / Comment

2023-04-29 11:56:11 One year on, Kherson activist kidnapped by Russian troops remains in captivity

On the morning of May 13, in the occupied city of Kherson, six armed Russians arrested the IT specialist Iryna Horobtsova for actively participating in protests against the Russian occupation.

When kidnapping Iryna that day in May, one of the Russian soldiers told her parents she would be "returned home by the evening." But it’s been nearly a year now since Iryna’s relatives last saw her.

Photo: Igor Mazurok Open / Comment

2023-04-29 11:33:48 Interior Ministry: Another child in Uman found dead after Russia's April 28 mass strike.

The authorities discovered that another child was killed in Russia's April 28 mass strike on Uman, raising the death toll of children to five, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on April 29.

It was previously believed that four children were among the 23 victims of the strike, but during the identification process, it turned out that five children were killed, Klymenko said.

Video: Ihor Klymenko Open / Comment

2023-04-21 07:33:59 Russia attacks Kyiv, Poltava Oblast with drones overnight.

Russia launched a drone attack against Kyiv and Ukraine's central Poltava Oblast, where civilian infrastructure was damaged, overnight on April 21, the government said. Open / Comment

2023-04-21 06:12:51 Washington Post: Leaked documents show Ukraine planned attacks on Russian forces in Syria.

Ukraine's military intelligence made plans to conduct covert attacks on Russian forces operating in Syria with the help of Kurds, leaked U.S. intelligence documents show, the Washington Post reported. Open / Comment