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Russia moving to strategic defense after failed offensive -- Wagner mercenaries forcibly deport 4 children from Bakhmut -- Russia fighter jet accidentally fires ammunition in Russian city of Belgorod, injuring 2 -- US, Ukraine allies weigh near-total ban on exports to Russia -- and more

Russia possibly preparing to sabotage wind turbines, gas pipes, power cables in Nordic countries -- Defense Ministry says complex measures of counteroffensive underway in the east -- Ukraine’s agricultural sector has suffered more than $8 billion from war damage -- Patriot systems from US, Netherlands already in Ukraine -- Russian propaganda entrenched in eastern Ukraine -- and more

Ex-Wagner fighter who confessed to killing POWs: 'I only said 10% of what could be said' -- Russia likely diverting resources away from Donetsk sector to Bakhmut -- Russia must be prosecuted for destruction of Ukrainian culture, heritage -- G7: Third parties aiding Russia's war against Ukraine to face severe costs -- and more

Wagner ex-commanders tell Russian opposition media of their war crimes in Ukraine, Kyiv launches investigation -- Russia blocking 50 ships with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea -- Slovakia delivers MiG jets; no Chinese weapons found on the battlefield -- Ombudsman says his office has received 'dozens' of videos with alleged executions of Ukrainian POWs -- Russia increases air strikes, artillery attacks on Bakhmut -- and more

Russian forces begin deporting Ukrainian children from occupied Enerhodar -- Chinese defense minister meets Putin, discusses military cooperation -- Russia shells church on Orthodox Easter -- Italy overcomes dependence on Russian gas -- M109 howitzers delivered by Italy already in use Ukraine -- and more

Russia launches massive attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Orthodox Easter -- 5 Ukrainians from occupied Melitopol to be tried for terrorism in Russia -- Fire reported at Russian tank training ground in Kazan -- 11 people killed in Russian missile strike on Sloviansk -- and more

Melitopol Mayor reports explosion near concentration of Russian equipment -- German company producing weapons for Ukraine suffers cyberattack -- What we learned from Pentagon leak and why it matters -- Poland to gradually supply MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine -- and more

Videos show pattern of Russian atrocities throughout the war -- Former Wagner soldier recognizes killers in video of alleged beheading of Ukrainian POW -- Hague court orders Russia to pay Ukraine's Naftogaz $5 billion in compensation for losses in Crimea -- Poland to supply more MiG-29 fighter jets to Kyiv -- and more

Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children is an established genocidal tactic during war -- Russia completes 120-km defense line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast -- Iran negotiating with China, Russia to replenish missile fuel supply -- Intelligence leak contains 'mix' of true, false information -- Counteroffensive reportedly delayed; EU reacts to decapitation video -- and more

Russian air strikes front-line towns in Zaporizhzhia Oblast -- Russia violated Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 11 -- Denmark says West may decide on fighter jets for Ukraine before summer -- Wagner mercenaries will last only 2 more months in Bakhmut if tactics unchanged -- and more

Leaked US documents indicate Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia -- Russia’s new guided bombs pose increasingly serious threat to Ukraine -- Land Forces chief visits Bakhmut, says Russia resorts to 'scorched earth' tactics -- Kidnapped children from Kherson Oblast returned to Ukraine -- Russian attack on civilian boat in Kherson Oblast injures 2 civilians -- Russia 'weaponizes religion' to discredit Ukraine, achieve military goals -- and more

Kidnapped Ukrainian children punished for refusing to sing Russian national anthem -- Terrorist state Russia kills civilians in Zaporizhzhia on Palm Sunday -- Russia faces ‘colossal losses’ near Avdiivka and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast -- Ukraine alters military plans after Pentagon document leak -- and more