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Norway will financially join the initiative to provide Ukraine with additional air defense systems, — Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre for TV2.

“We have limited time to delay, so Norway will be involved in the financing. Several other countries are contributing to this, because there is air defense equipment that can get to Ukraine quite quickly, and they have been working intensively on this in the last few days and weeks,” the Norwegian prime minister said.

He emphasized that it takes time to manufacture air defense equipment. Therefore, the countries' own air defense equipment needs to be sent now.

"This has been the pattern so far, and we have also contributed to it. Other countries will also dig deeper to contribute to this. We also need to increase production. The news every morning is about Russian missiles and drones that hit civilian buildings, power plants and killed many people,” Støre emphasized.

According to him, in order to make an effective impact, Norway will revise the budget of the Nansen program, which provides military and civilian support to Ukraine in the amount of 75 billion Norwegian kroner over five years.

Jonas Gahr Støre states that there are significant amounts of money to be spent on air defense, but does not give an exact amount.

“We will return to this when we present the revised budget. It is expensive, but preserving peace and freedom costs money. Ukraine and Ukrainians pay the most expensive price,” he emphasized.

Rest in Peace Ilya

Ilya Oskin died on April 11, 2024 in Mykolaiv. He worked as a fitter at an industrial plant that was hit by a Russian ballistic missile.

Ilya was 52 years old. Born in Kherson, later the family moved to Mykolaiv. Ilya had his own business - he performed high-rise construction work. He was an industrial climber.

The man was a candidate for master of sports in chess. He liked to play badminton and football with the children. He loved to cook.

From the first days of the full-scale war, Ilya helped restore the roofs of houses that were damaged by Russian shelling for free. Later he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces. After being wounded, he returned to civilian life.

"He believed in victory... He was stable, calm, kind. He quickly forgot the insults and trusted people again. He was not a crybaby, he did not complain. He tried to solve problems on his own," said his wife Iryna.

Ilya is survived by his wife, two children, two sisters, two nephews and a niece.

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Goodnight Resisters

⚡️The police detained two suspects in the attack on the police officers - they face life imprisonment.

🔹Two servicemen involved in the shooting of police officers in the Vinnytsia region were detained in the village of Lipetske, Podilsky District, Odesa Region.

🔹Currently, the detainees are being investigated. A notification of suspicion is prepared for them and the question of choosing preventive measures is decided.

🔹The detainees are two military men, a father and a son, aged 52 and 26. They are natives of Vinnytsia region. The policeman, who died in the line of duty, managed to injure them.

🔹 The attack on police officers took place on April 20 around two in the morning. The patrolmen stopped the car to check the documents of the two men, but they started shooting. One patrolman was killed, another was wounded.

Photo: National Police

Ignorant horse, can you tell me why then the Russians destroyed 1000+ churches in Ukraine, including those of the Moscow Patriarchate?

I answer, because they don't care, they simply pursue their goal which is not connected to religion. And even if 100 churches line up in their path, they’ll bomb them and move on

REST IN HELL

As a result of the destruction of a Russian Ka-27 helicopter over Crimea on April 10, four crew members were killed.

Among them are crew commander Aziz Shayakhmetov , air gunner Alexander Solovey , flight technician Ivan Stepin and navigator Nikita Tokarchuk .

Shayakhmetov Aziz Irshatovich, born in 1996, is a native of the city of Syzran, Samara region of the Russian Federation.

None of these pilots can fire missiles at Ukrainian Civilians again.

🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz

Who was Pavlo Petrychenko, the prominent activist recently killed in combat?

In his battle for Ukraine, Pavlo Petrychenko used not only weapons but also his voice. A renowned Kyiv activist, he fought for the prosecution of corrupt Ukrainian officials, demanding justice for his fellow activists.

On April 15, just a day before his 32nd birthday, he was killed in combat in Donetsk Oblast.

Photo courtesy of Prytula Foundation / Viktor Zalevskiy

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Goodnight Resisters everywhere

⬜ The living-legend in Krav Maga , Sagi Dovev, is training the released hostage Maya Regev to… return to a normal life, both physically and mentally. She was a fighter since Day 1, when she was shot, abducted to Gaza with her brother, enduring a surgery without anaesthesia, under the threat to be killed if she makes any noise. 4 surgeries after, in Israel, to correct the completely wrong surgery done in Gaza, Maya is still recovering, but in the FIGHTING MODE. Hero !

Miha Schwarzenberg

🇮🇱 @israel_report

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REST IN HELL

The commander of the 59th brigade, Colonel of the Central Military District Pavel Kropotov, died as a result of an attack on Lugansk on April 13

Sverdlovsk media reported about the funeral of Colonel Kropotov of the Central Military District, commander of military unit 28331, which took place the day before in Yekaterinburg.

@freerussia_report

Good morning Resisters everywhere.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere.

⚡️ Senate Democrats back Johnson's foreign aid bills.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on April 19 that Senate Democrats will support House Speaker Mike Johnson's series of bills that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel, and other priorities if they pass the House.

"If the House sends a national security package, we'll move quickly to send it to (U.S. President Joe Biden)," Schumer said on X.

"I hope the House gets it done—delay has cost the U.S. and our allies dearly."

Photo: Irynka Hromotska / The Kyiv Independent