You missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes summarizes for you every evening. Here is the essential of this Saturday, April 25, 2026, the 1,522nd day of the conflict.
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Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday a strengthening of cooperation between his country and Azerbaijan in security and energy matters. It is the first visit to Azerbaijan since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“We signed six documents today,” said the Ukrainian president after a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliev. “These cover various areas. Today, the main one is security,” he added.
The Ukrainian president thanked his host for the energy assistance provided during the winter when Ukraine was plunged into darkness and cold due to Russian strikes on its energy installations. “We are discussing the continuation of these initiatives,” he said.
Statement
“We will have to live alone, Europe alone. It is very difficult for Germans and British to imagine a western world without the United States.”
Noting an inevitable distancing from the United States – regardless of the American president, – Francois Hollande pleaded on Saturday to quickly build a tightly knit European defense around a few willing countries.
Number of the day
6. That’s the number of people killed in Russian strikes in Dnipro, in central-eastern Ukraine, authorities announced on Saturday, leading Volodymyr Zelensky to call for new sanctions against Moscow. 47 other people, including two children, were injured.
Trend
Russia is the number one suspect in phishing attacks on Signal, according to Berlin. “The federal government assumes that the phishing campaign targeting the Signal messaging service was probably orchestrated from Russia,” AFP learned from German government circles. Several German politicians, as well as diplomats, military personnel, and journalists, have had their communications hacked since February.
According to the same source, the data breach is now contained.
Our file on the war in Ukraine
The hacking of Signal, a reputed secure messaging service, was carried out through phishing, a technique that involves impersonating a person or organization known to the recipient to persuade them to disclose personal data, click on a corrupted link, or provide their password.
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