Summary of the day
Ukraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, was detained after being named as a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry.
Solskyi, who is facing allegations that he took part in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth some $7 million, was released on bail.
He has denied the allegations and offered his resignation this week.
The French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said Paris working with Germany to convince their European partners to provide more air defence capacities to Kyiv.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that another shipment of Ukrainian grain has been delivered to Sudan.
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, said “Russians killed five residents of the Donetsk region.”
One person has been killed in Russia’s Kursk as a result of shelling by Ukraine, Kursk regional governor Roman Starovoit said.The British defence secretary, Grant Shapps, has said that “the allegations of Russian malign activity in the UK are deeply concerning.”
'Allegations of Russian malign activity in the UK are deeply concerning', UK defence secretary says
The British defence secretary, Grant Shapps, has said that “the allegations of Russian malign activity in the UK are deeply concerning.”
“Anyone found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service will be held to account,” he added.
His comments came after a 20-year-old man was charged with conducting hostile activity in the UK in order to benefit Russia, and four others were charged in connection with the investigation.
The allegations of Russian malign activity in the UK are deeply concerning.
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) April 26, 2024
Anyone found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service will be held to account.
The UK will never be deterred from backing Ukraine by Russia’s futile attempts to shake our resolve. https://t.co/vGAmvCULwZ
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