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The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Apr. 9
Corruption
A Slidstvo-Info investigative journalist who released an unflattering report on Vityuk, was approached in a Kyiv shopping mall on April 1 by military draft officials, sparking corruption accusations.
Apr. 9
Putin
Ukraine’s underground Center for National Resistance asserts that the Kremlin’s Rosmolodezh plans to indoctrinate Ukrainian children with Russian “Z” propaganda.
Apr. 9
NATO
Norwegian investigations have discovered that said cottages, in close vicinity to Norwegian military bases, were owned by Russian elites with ties to the Kremlin.
Apr. 9
Bakhmut
The 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade said they used an aerial drone to track the Russian UAZ “Bukhanka” and watched a group of Russians unload the ammunition before blowing it up.
Apr. 9
HUR
A Russian serviceman says that the Russian Defense Ministry conceals the true status of its soldiers in order to avoid paying them monetary compensation.
Apr. 9
Russia
Lavrov arrived in China for a two-day official visit on Monday, with the two countries looking to deepen diplomatic ties as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on.
Apr. 9
War in Ukraine
A former minister in Russian-occupied Crimea serving a 10-year sentence for bribery said she has applied to take part in Russia’s war in Ukraine and is awaiting official Kremlin approval.
Apr. 9
War in Ukraine
Last week, Macron slammed Russia's "bizarre and threatening" tone following a conversation between French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.
Apr. 9
Slovakia
Peter Pellegrini, who supports the Fico government's pro-Russian course, won the run-off election on Saturday against the candidate from the pro-Western liberal camp, Ivan Korčok.
Apr. 9
Drones
During the operation, SSO fighters also wounded four Russian servicemen and damaged two infantry fighting vehicles and an armored personnel carrier.
Apr. 9
NATO
The continuing fallout from the IDF strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza, NATO’s 75th anniversary and the developing Russiagate scandal that has rippled across the German far-right.
Apr. 9
Ukraine
Internal Kremlin documents allegedly say Russian trolls and political strategists are undermining US public support for continued aid to Ukraine.
Apr. 9
Kyiv Post surveyed in DC, Austin, and London to ask people whether they thought the US was abandoning Ukraine or whether it was only a far-right group of Republicans holding up Ukraine aid
Apr. 8
Russia
The news is confirmed by the Smolensk region governor, who said he is en route to the site of the incident; preliminary reports said at least one woman died on the scene.
Apr. 8
“This is the largest attack on Ukraine's energy sector” since war began, Ukraine’s energy minister said.
Apr. 8