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Co-chair of Russian Memorial rights group, Oleg Orlov, appears at a Moscow court on charges of repeatedly discrediting the army, which could see him jailed for up to five years. IMAGES
"In the ongoing counteroffensive progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. This new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum", says US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during his unannounced visit to Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices hope that a successful offensive by Ukraine would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending its invasion. "Success in the counteroffensive would do two things -- it would strengthen its position at any negotiating table that emerges, and it may have the effect as well of actually causing Putin to finally focus on negotiating an end to the war that he started," Blinken tells a joint news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. SOUNDBITE
Yevgeny Roizman, a prominent Kremlin critic and popular former mayor, goes on trial in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg over accusations of discrediting the Russian army over the Ukraine offensive. Authorities opened a criminal probe against Roizman who stands accused of "discrediting" the Russian army in comments about Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine. IMAGES
People gather in Moscow ahead of the funeral of a high-profile military blogger and staunch supporter of Moscow's assault on Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second city, Saint Petersburg, on April 2nd. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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