Category World News

Fighting

• 71 Ukrainian drones were destroyed or intercepted overnight, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, of which 49 were fatally shot in the Kursk region.
• According to state news agency TASS, the ministry reportedly seized the village of Preobrazhensky in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
• Russia launched five missiles and 75 drones at Ukraine overnight, according to Kyiv’s air force, 25 of which were shot down, and 30 of them did not arrive at their targets due to electronic warfare measures.

• According to regional governor Serhiy Lysak, two people were killed and five were hurt by Russian artillery shelling in Nikopol, in southern Ukraine.
• Three people were killed in the most recent mass killings in Dnipro by Russians, and 31 others were hurt. According to Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov, at least 15 other buildings were also damaged.
• Two road workers were killed by a Russian drone attack in Kherson’s southern region of Ukraine, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, the governor of the area.
• Near the Ukrainian cities of Udachne, Kotlyne, and Shevchenko, all of which are close to Pokrovsk, the country’s top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, claimed that Ukraine had acquired a small area of land measuring about 16 square kilometers (6 square miles).

Ceasefire

• Despite a mutually agreed 30-day moratorium on energy strikes, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s management, under the leadership of Russia, claimed Ukrainian drones were attacking the facility.
• According to Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Ukraine has already carried out 80 strikes on energy sites. In the last day, ten attacks have been carried out, according to Moscow’s defense ministry.
• DTEK, the country’s largest private energy producer, claimed that Russian drone strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region had destroyed the country’s energy infrastructure.

• According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, a delegation from the Ukraine met with representatives from the UK, France, and Germany in Paris to discuss a potential ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.
• In Paris, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkoff addressed Ukraine and the European nations’ requests for an equitable ceasefire agreement.
• A meeting between the US, Ukraine, and other European nations in Paris, according to Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, would provide Witkoff with an update on the status of the ceasefire discussions.
• Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Witkoff was “extremely productive,” according to a Russian envoy, who accused some nations of trying to stifle the dialogue between the two nations.

diplomacy and politics

According to Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the US and Ukraine have signed a memorandum of intent as a first step toward a conclusion of an agreement regarding the extraction of minerals in Ukraine.

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, urged Russia to put an end to its three-year conflict with Kyiv.
• Additionally, President Zelenskyy claimed that there is proof that China supplied Russia with artillery and gunpowder.
• Zelenskyy claimed that Russia has started focusing instead on civilian infrastructure rather than reducing its attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities.
• Zelenskyy added that Kyiv was willing to purchase at least ten Patriot air defense systems to defend itself from Russian attacks.
• According to Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Germany would be regarded as having directly participated in the Ukrainian conflict by using a Taurus missile. Her remarks came after Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor-in-waiting, said he was willing to send missiles to Kyiv.

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At least 38 people have been killed by American airstrikes on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port, according to Houthi-affiliated media reports.

According to the Hodeidah Health Office, the strikes on Thursday also claimed the lives of 102 people.

According to the US military, Houthi fighters are being stifled by strikes carried out to stop them from getting fuel.

According to a post on social media by US Central Command (CENTCOM), “the purpose of these strikes was to degrade the Houthis’ economic source of power.” They continue to aggravate and abuse their fellow countrymen.

A request for comment on the Houthis’ death toll was not immediately addressed by the Pentagon.

Since US President Donald Trump took office in January, the US has carried out one of the deadliest airstrikes against the Houthis.

Houthi officials claimed that more than 50 people were killed in US attacks in March, according to Houthi officials.

According to the United Nations Development Programme, Ras Isa hosts an oil pipeline and port, which constitute “critical and irreplaceable infrastructure” in Yemen. Approximately 70% of Yemen’s imports and 80% of its humanitarian aid transit through Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and as-Salif.

Washington has warned the Houthis that attacks won’t stop until the armed movement stops attacking ships in the Red Sea.

After United threw away a two-goal lead on the night, the match was rearranged in extra time with goals from Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette, who put Lyon on the verge of the semifinals at a stunned Old Trafford on Thursday.

United, however, made their numerical advantage counted after Corentin Tolisso’s late red card in normal time. With his 121st-minute header that earned Old Trafford a 5-4 victory in the second leg, Maguire sent Old Trafford into delirium.

The hosts took a 10 minute lead into the game with Manuel Ugarte scoring the winning goal after a successful teamwork, before Diogo Dalot added two more minutes just before the break to double the hosts’ lead.

However, as the minutes progressed, the nerves started to wane, and Tolisso and Tagliafico both scored twice in six second-half goals to tie the game up in a sensational way.

United’s momentum was turned back to them after Tolisso’s late sending off, but the coolly-taken penalty and Cherki’s excellent strike seemed to have settled the thrilling game.

The home supporters were hoping for a dramatic finale with Fernandes’ spot kick straight down the other end, with Maguire having the final say when United advanced to face Athletic Bilbao in the final four.

Frankfurt wins at Tottenham.

Tottenham also put its domestic issues behind them by placing them in the top four.

With a first-half penalty, Dominic Solanke’s victory over Eintracht Frankfurt earned a 1-0 victory on aggregate.

Spurs’ hopes of salvaging a desperate campaign that have left them languishing in 15th place in the Premier League are kept alive by the victory. A triumph would not only guarantee a first trophy since 2008, but also ensure qualification for the Champions League next year. The long run in the second-tier competition has provided rare moments of optimism.

Athletic Bilbao also advanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 victory over Rangers following a goalless draw in the first leg.

Bodo and Glimt also had extra time on the game. Lazio leveled the tie at 2-2 on aggregate after winning with a 2-0 on the night.

When James Maddison was given a penalty by Frankfurt goalkeeper Kaua Santos, Spurs erred, and they needed VAR’s assistance.

In the 43rd minute, Solanke scored the winning goal down the middle.

According to investigators, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, age 20, opened fire on Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two people and injuring at least six others.

The student union at the Tallahassee school was attacked on Friday at around 11:50 a.m. Eastern Time (15:50 GMT).

The university quickly issued an active shooter alert, with Florida State’s alert system reporting that law enforcement had soon “neutralized the threat.”

The two people killed, according to Florida State University Police Chief Jason Trumbower, were not students, according to the police chief.

He claimed that the attacker was also receiving treatment at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital after being taken into custody, along with five other people.

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, stated in a statement from the Oval Office that he had been “fully briefed.”

It’s a terrible thing, they say. Trump called it “cruel” that things like this happen.

He quickly jumped on the gun and said, “These things are terrible, but the gun doesn’t do the shooting. The people actually do.

The suspect, Phoenix Ikner, 20, the son of a sheriff’s deputy within his own department, was later identified by Leon County Sheriff Walter McNeil.

He claimed that Ikner had used his mother’s former service weapon in the attack. He added that the attacker had long been a youth advisory council member and had collaborated with the sheriff’s office on a number of training programs.

According to McNeil, “We will make sure that we do everything in our power to prosecute and make sure that we send a message to people that this will never be tolerated here in Leon County, and I dare say, across the state and across this country,”

Ikner is reportedly a student at the university, according to police, but it was not immediately known what led to the attack. According to authorities, Ikner made use of his right to silence while being detained.

In the US, there are a lot of school shootings, and this one was not the first.

In the middle of the university campus, three people were shot inside the Strozier Library entrance in 2014.

The 31-year-old man who arrived within two minutes of the first call was shot and killed.

Yulia Svyrydenko, a member of the social media platform X, wrote, “We are happy to announce the signing, with our American partners, of a Memorandum of Intent, which opens the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.”

In February, Kyiv and Washington had been talking about a deal to extract Ukraine’s strategic minerals, but a conflict between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy temporarily scuppered progress.

Trump claims that the agreement, which was intended to compensate for the aid provided to Ukraine by his predecessor, Joe Biden, should pay US royalty payments for the proceeds of Ukrainian mining of resources and rare minerals.

Svyrydenko said work was still being done to secure a final agreement despite not providing specifics about the memo.

We hope the Fund will be a useful tool for attracting money to help with our nation’s reconstruction, infrastructure modernization, business support, and the development of new economic opportunities, she said.

The document will be very useful for both countries given the significant progress and the current pace.

At the conclusion of last week, the Trump administration offered a new, more expansive deal, so the Ukrainian delegation made their way to Washington for negotiations. The original framework agreement that was reached has never been ratified.

Trump earlier told reporters at the White House, “We have a minerals deal, which I guess will be signed on Thursday.

Zelenskyy had previously stated that both nations could sign memorandas of intent online.

A memorandum of intent is present. And Zelenskyy in Kyiv stated to the media that we have good, constructive intentions.

The US side made the offer to sign the memorandum before the comprehensive agreement, which would need to be ratified by the Ukrainian parliament, he added.

In the event of a ceasefire, US officials claim that bolstering American business interests in Ukraine will help deter Russian aggression in the future.