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How pregnant medic kept working on front line amid heavy combat -- Russia blocks international commission from investigating Il-76 crash -- No delays expected in delivery of first F-16s from Denmark to Ukraine -- All EU members appear to agree on approving 4-year aid package for Ukraine -- and more

Special section on Il-76 crash -- Russia imported over $1 billion worth of advanced US and European chips in 2023 -- Forced conscription in occupied Ukraine pushes essential services to brink -- Some POWs from Russian list of Il-76 crash victims had already been exchanged -- PACE calls on European parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as genocide -- and more

Cyberattack on Russian scientific research center deals 'devastating' damage -- Fire breaks out at oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai -- Ukraine says it was not informed about need to ensure safety of airspace before plane crash in Belgorod Oblast -- Russia's use of North Korean ballistic missiles not a sign of Moscow's depleted domestic capacity -- and more

Russia using relatively accurate, recently designed North Korean missiles against Ukraine -- Russian marine oil exports hit 2 month low after storms, suspected Ukrainian attack on refinery -- Russia to be grilled on fate of forcibly deported Ukrainian children at UN Committee -- ‘I thought it was the end’: Russian missile strike hits apartment complex outside Kyiv -- and more

Russian opposition calls for nomination of anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin in presidential race -- Russia deports 17 Ukrainian children with disabilities from occupied Donetsk Oblast -- Russian attacks cause fire, destroy equipment at Kharkiv Oblast energy facility -- Can Ukraine’s economy survive without foreign aid? Experts aren’t sure -- and more

North Korea currently Russia's largest arms supplier -- Explosions, fires reported overnight deep in Russian rear in alleged long-range Ukrainian strikes -- Explosions reported in occupied Sevastopol -- UK gives UN photos of North Korean illegal arms shipments to Russia -- and more

Does Russia really want to negotiate peace? [video podcast] -- Russian air defense sufficient on front lines, in Crimea but not on Russian soil -- Slovak PM promises to block Ukraine's NATO entry, says it must cede territory -- Europe to produce around 1.3 to 1.4 million shells by the end of 2024 -- and more

Previously removed mines at Zaporizhzhia power plant 'back in place' -- Russian Air Force more cautious after destroyed A-50 plane -- NATO official warns of 'all-out war' with Russia within next 20 years -- Zelensky invites Trump to Ukraine -- and more

European Parliament backs resolution calling for suspending Hungary's EU voting rights -- All Russian missiles have dozens of critical foreign-made parts -- Cameron compares situation in Europe to 1930s, warns against appeasement -- Ukrainians criticize historic UK security agreement as weak, but encouraging -- and more

Ukraine uses FrankenSAM hybrid system for first time, downs Russian kamikaze drone -- Putin attempts to destabilize Baltic countries -- Railways in western Russia hit by sabotage attacks -- What happens if the West abandons Ukraine? -- and more

F-16s for Ukraine: When will they arrive and what can they do? -- EU chief says aid package for Ukraine will be approved 'with or without' Hungary's approval -- Belarus prepares new military doctrine allowing use of nuclear weapons -- Downed A-50 spy plane 'serious blow' to Russia's aviation -- and more

Zaluzhnyi confirms downing of Russian A-50 spy plane, IL-22 command aircraft -- Hamas uses arms made in Russia, Iran, China, North Korea -- North Korea supplying over 1 million 122 mm, 152 mm shells to Russia -- Ukrainian partisans in occupied Melitopol blow up vehicle with Russian soldiers -- and more