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Law enforcement officers have dismantled a transnational drug trafficking ring through which cannabis extract was being smuggled from European Union countries into Ukraine. During the operation, drugs worth over 17 million hryvnias were seized.
The captain of a foreign vessel was detained in Odessa in December 2025. The investigation established that grain and petroleum products had been transported from the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Several explosions have been reported on the island of Khark. Meanwhile, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced the end of the period of restraint.
Talks involving the US, Iran and regional mediators have failed to yield results. Tehran has rejected the proposed terms and ruled out direct talks in the near future.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a package of measures to support agricultural producers operating in frontline and de-occupied regions. The programmes include compensation for Ukrainian agricultural machinery, the restoration of irrigation systems, and direct payments for lost crops and livestock maintenance
The Ukrainian diving team is kicking off the new season as Europe’s top team. Igor Lysov, president of the federation, has announced the prize money for their triumphant 2025 season and their preparations for the 2028 Olympics
The Donald Trump administration has officially launched a move to restore the legendary Alcatraz to its former status as an operational prison. The 2027 budget request allocates $152 million to transform the San Francisco tourist attraction into a modern high-security facility
The reform of the Economic Security Bureau, on which international partners and Ukrainian businesses had pinned their hopes, is increasingly beginning to resemble a ‘sham’. Instead of a genuine overhaul of the agency, under the leadership of Oleksandr Tsivinsky, all that is happening is a change of signage and a ‘European-style facelift’ of the old corruption schemes.
One person has been killed and eight others injured in the Kyiv region as a result of a large-scale Russian attack. Damage has been reported in three districts of the region.
A new study has revealed a link between the use of tobacco and cannabis and a reduced volume in certain areas of the brain. Against this backdrop, daily smoking rates remain high among young people in Ukraine, where e-cigarettes are particularly widespread.
During the night and on the morning of 2 April, Russian forces attacked a number of regions in Ukraine using drones, aerial bombs, artillery and other types of weaponry. The highest number of reports of strikes came from the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Odesa regions.
A military campaign by the US and Israel against Iran could result in significant economic losses for countries in the Middle East. A new UN study highlights the risk of a loss of up to $194 billion in gross domestic product across the Arab region.
