Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
"This is a historic decision, as weapons for Ukraine will be purchased at the expense of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets through the European Peace Fund," Denys Shmyhal said.
The approval marks a key step in international efforts to hold Moscow accountable for what is considered the gravest violation of international law committed against Ukraine.
Although Moscow declared on April 28 that it would halt all military actions from May 8 to midnight on May 11 to mark Victory Day, strikes on civilian areas have continued.
A fire broke out at the Kazan Higher Tank Command School in Russia's Tatarstan, the state-owned news agency TASS reported on March 7, claiming no casualties.
According to TASS, emergency services have localized the fire, which may have started due to faulty electrical wiring.
The school, located in the Tatarstan Republic's capital of Kazan, trains Russian military cadets for tank units.
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An alleged video of the fire in the Kazan Higher Tank Command School on March 6, 2024. (Shot/Telegram)
Russian Telegram channel Baza claimed that the fire impacted the school's barracks and later spread to the roof.
Another Telegram channel, Shot, claimed that evacuations had been completed, reporting no injuries.
The city of Kazan is home to over 1 million residents and lies over 700 kilometers (435 miles) east of the Russian capital, Moscow. An explosion followed by fire at the city's tank training ground was reported last April.
Another incident was reported on March 6 in the far-eastern Russian city of Shagonar north of the Mongolian border. An explosion in a boiler room of a local heating station left thousands of people without heat while killing one person and injuring dozens more.
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
