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The ruling Social Democratic Party in Romania supports a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to be introduced in Bulgaria's northern neighbor. This has already been done by Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, with only Bratislava allowing transit. Bulgaria is also considering a ban.

Ukrainian officials say it is not, and experts there agree with that.
No spy or whistle-blower is responsible for the leaking of alleged US secret documents about the Ukrainian counter-offensive, but a 21-year-old member of the US military.

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken and defense chief Lloyd Austin spoke with their Ukrainian counterparts on Tuesday as Washington seeks to reassure its allies after a leaked trove of highly sensitive documents appeared online.

Day 411 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) stand together before their meeting at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland, 05 April 2023. Photo: BIRN

Namely, the Ukrainian activist group Cyber Resistance and the volunteer organization Inform Napalm announced that the commander of the 980th aviation regiment, Serhiy Atroshchenko, ordered planes to drop two 500-kilogram bombs on the theater in Mariupol on March 16, 2022.

As part of its "Help for Ukraine" tour, the famous Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy will take the stage at Maximum UNIQ Open Air in Istanbul on June 11, with revenues from the concert to be used for helping children affected by the war, health institutions and the defenders of Ukraine.

Moldova's foreign ministry condemned as a war crime the execution of a Ukrainian soldier of Moldovan origin, Alexandr Matievschi, by Russian forces - and the filming of his killing.

The first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine finds us in a familiar position. There has been a regular cycle in assessments of the conflict.

"We successfully occupied a hill, an elevation that was strategically important for that area. From that place, you can see the surroundings and all the access roads north of Bakhmut. We can see that those access roads can no longer be passed as the enemy would like," a member of "Wagner" group that performs a series of tasks in that direction told Sputnik.