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UK Charged Men with Helping Russia under New Law

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Dylan Earl, 20, from Elmesthorpe in Leicestershire, and Jake Reeves, 22, from Croydon, were investigated following a fire at a warehouse in east London in March.

Three other suspects linked to the fire have been held on other charges.

The investigation is being led by Met Police counter-terror officers.

Mr Earl is accused of planning to target the business, as well as attempting to recruit individuals to materially assist a foreign intelligence service, undertaking fraudulent activity and arson.

Mr Reeves is accused of accepting money knowing that it was from a foreign intelligence service.

The investigation is related to a large fire which broke out on an industrial estate on Staffa Road in Leyton in March, which the prosecution said was started using an accelerant such as petrol.

The charges do not specify who owns the businesses that were targeted, but Companies House records show they are two parcel delivery services: Oddisey and Meest UK.

They are owned by Mykhaylo Prykhodko, also known as Mikhail Boikov, and his wife Jelena Boikova, who both live in London.

Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said of Mr Earl: "Included in the alleged activity was involvement in the planning of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-linked commercial property in March 2024."

He said Mr Earl is "alleged to have engaged in conduct targeting businesses which were linked to Ukraine in order to benefit the Russian state".

Mr Earl and Mr Reeves are the first people to be charged under a new law designed to update and modernise the offences of espionage, sabotage and foreign interference.

At the time it was passed, the government said it was designed to strengthen the UK's defences against hostile activity by states "targeting the UK's democracy, economy, and values."

Mr Earl appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court last week, but for legal reasons BBC News has not been able to report this until today.

The pair are accused of taking part in the plan along with three other men.

The three others were arrested as part of the investigation but have not been charged under the national security law.

All five are due to appear at the Old Bailey on 10 May.

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Kharkiv Regional Military Administration showed the consequences of a missile strike on the territory of a psychiatric hospital.

A 53-year-old patient was wounded and treated on the spot. All patients are currently being distributed among the hospital's departments.

In a powerful act of defiance against Russia's aggression, ordinary Slovak citizens are stepping up where their government has failed. They've launched a massive crowdfunding campaign to arm Ukraine, and their efforts are backed by an inspiring figure: 99-year-old Holocaust survivor Otto Šimko. Swipe to learn more about this extraordinary story of resistance.

An essential condition for European security is that Russia not win the war of aggression in Ukraine, — French President Emmanuel Macron during a speech at the Sorbonne University.

“Our Europe today is mortal and can die. It can die, and it depends only on our choices. Europe is not armed against the risks we face in a world where the rules of the game have changed.

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is no longer clear where the limits of Moscow's power lie. So we have to build a strategic concept of a reliable European defense for ourselves. Europe cannot be a vassal of the United States,” he said.

Macron called for "producing more and faster" of the necessary weapons, and giving preference to the purchase of European military equipment.

"There is no defense without a defense industry. We have had decades of underinvestment," he said.

In Britain, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged five men with crimes against national security on behalf of Russia.

The men are accused of setting fire to Ukraine-related commercial property in East London in March. Another man is charged with "possession of information relating to terrorist activity".

According to Sky News, 20-year-old Dylan Earle is linked to the outlawed PMC "Wagner". According to the version of the investigation, in addition to arson, he was involved in fraud, research and intelligence on targets, and tried to recruit people to help foreign intelligence services.

This is the first case in which charges have been brought under the new security law, which is designed to ensure a tougher end to hostile actions against Britain, including espionage, writes Bild.

Good morning Resisters.

Every year on April 26, the International Day of Remembrance of the Chornobyl Disaster commemorates the anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in human history.

Exactly 38 years ago, an explosion and fire at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine led to the release of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. Dozens of people died immediately after the disaster, and the long-term death toll from radiation poisoning is estimated in the thousands. The consequences for people and the environment persist to this day.

On this day, we honor the memory of all the victims of this dreadful catastrophe🕯️

88-year-old man flees from TOT on his own

An 88-year-old man known only as Ivan who lived in the village of Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, has managed to get out of the occupied territory on his own. The russians had taken his Ukrainian-issued passport away in order to replace it with a russian one.

Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, said that volunteers met the old man in Ukrainian territory and helped him reach the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast.

"Ivan spent the whole night walking to a crossing. Since there were attacks, he had to wait them out. And then he kept going.

All he had was his pension certificate and a backpack with his belongings,"
Filashkin said.

Ivan is being evacuated to a temporary shelter in the city of Dnipro. Later, he will be transferred to a social protection institution, where he will be provided with housing and any help he needs.

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Good morning Resisters. 100% chance of rain. Thunderstorms. Yesterday so much rain we were moving at 40 mph on the divided highway.

Another Ukrainian family was returned from the temporarily occupied community of the Kherson Region.

The occupiers threatened the family that they would deprive their parents of custody and take away the 12-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl for refusing to go to so-called russian educational institutions.

The parents did everything possible to ensure that their children studied at a Ukrainian school. Therefore, they left for the territory controlled by Ukraine.

Now they are being helped to settle in a new place. Social services, doctors and psychologists work with adults and children.

I am grateful for this return to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets. You and your team did a tremendous job so that this family was on Ukrainian soil 🇺🇦
- commented Oleksandr Prokudin, head of Kherson OVA

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💥"Himarsom" at the enemy: destruction of the enemy self-propelled gun 2S5 "Hyacinth-S".
Operators of the 73rd SSO Marine Center identified the enemy's target, and the artillerymen of the Defense Forces delivered a devastating blow.

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More irises blooming.

Good morning Resisters everywhere. I am outside this morning getting 3 bars. It's a little cool at 45⁰. But in an hour it will be 55⁰. Wearing my quilted flannel shirt.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

The weekly rally in support of prisoners of war had an unexpected four-pawed participant this Sunday — Kamilla the dog.

Her owner explained that Kamilla was originally sold from Ukraine to a family in Moscow, but at the age of 3, they decided to put the dog down. Instead, volunteers brought Kamilla to Borodyanka, Kyiv region, where the pup found her new home. Russian world caught up with Kamilla there, when she and her owner had to flee from Russian occupation in spring of 2022.

"Free Azov," says the plaque Kamilla wore to the rally, reminding us that the defenders of Mariupol remain in Russian captivity for almost two years.

📷: Novyny Live, Hromadske

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Ukrainian developers of the UAV Wild Hornets demonstrated the testing of an intelligent kamikaze drone.

The drone is entirely made up of components of Ukrainian production: flight controller, engine regulator, video transmitter, camera, and microcomputer that operates with a neural network.

"With the help of the intelligent system, the drone autonomously identifies targets on the battlefield (vehicles, infantry). The operator only needs to select one of them by pressing a button on the control panel."

🔥Shadow unit eliminates another russian military golf cart.

There is a death in this video.

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Good morning Resisters everywhere

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

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.