We operate WizardsDev training project opened in Kharkiv on regional, national, and international levels and have built an extensive network of educational partners. Among them are key stakeholders—national agencies, leading educational institutions in Ukraine, and relevant ministries. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev has arrived in Washington to meet with US officials as part of President Donald Trump’s push to press for a cease-fire in the war in Ukraine, US media reports said on April 2. However, the United States is no longer chairing the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, known as the Ramstein group, which coordinates military support for Kyiv.

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Ukraine and Russia also accused each other of fresh attacks on energy infrastructure, in breach of a US-brokered moratorium in March. The Kremlin said on April 4 that Putin and Trump had no plans to talk after a visit to Washington by the Russian president’s investment envoy as wider negotiations over a Ukraine truce appeared to have slowed. The Ukrainian president said the attack was further evidence that additional pressure on Moscow is required to broker a cease-fire for the war. In a social media post, he listed the names and ages — which ranged from three to of the nine children who died, while calling out Washington for Brink’s statement. “For Kharkiv IT Cluster, education has been a key focus of cooperation among cluster members and partners for the past 10 years.

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• Russian law enforcement officers raided the Yekaterinburg residence of Mikhail Volkov, the father of prominent opposition politician Leonid Volkov, a key ally of late Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny.
• The event brought together more than eighty scientists from Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bulgaria, Software engineering Turkey, and Japan.
• We operate on regional, national, and international levels and have built an extensive network of educational partners.
• The Russian envoy played a role in early contacts with the United States when Trump was elected president the first time in 2016.
• We must introduce additional sanctions against those who cannot exist without ballistic strikes on neighboring people,” Zelenskyy.
• However, the United States is no longer chairing the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, known as the Ramstein group, which coordinates military support for Kyiv.

The United Kingdom chaired the last meeting of the group in February, and the next one tentatively scheduled for April 11 could be co-chaired by the UK and France. Based on what they have seen and heard since Trump took office in January, European officials have expressed deep concerns about the future US role in the alliance. Rubio is expected to be confronted with questions from allies who are alarmed, angered, and confused by the Trump administration’s moves to mend ties with Russia and its rhetorical attacks on longtime transatlantic partners.

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Flexibility is essential, not only in the skills acquired but also in the process of training future specialists. In my opinion, the best way to achieve this is through the introduction of dual education in universities — through real, project-based cooperation with IT businesses. From our experience, such successful collaborations already exist, and we are actively working on them with universities in Kharkiv and Poltava. “While Ukraine accepted President Donald Trump’s proposal for a full and unconditional 30-day cease-fire nearly a month ago, and as we work with all our partners to secure peace, Russia continues its war with renewed intensity, showing no regard for civilians,” Macron wrote on X. The Kryviy Rih attack came on the heels of an overnight drone attack on the eastern city of Kharkiv that killed at least five people, including an entire family, and injured more than 30 others.

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“The Hungarian justice minister will hand over to the national parliament the paperwork on our termination of cooperation with the court,” Orban said. Hours later, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, was quoted by the state news agency MTI as saying the government was moving to pull out of The Hague-based court, confirming what diplomatic sources inside Hungary told RFE/RL earlier this week. According to Oleksii Rubel, open discussions and the creation of opportunities for young people to work in IT are essential for any transformation in technical education. The University Cup is a programming competition for high school students and university students from all over Ukraine.

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• Ukraine and Russia also accused each other of fresh attacks on energy infrastructure, in breach of a US-brokered moratorium in March.
• According to Oleksii Rubel, open discussions and the creation of opportunities for young people to work in IT are essential for any transformation in technical education.
• This scientific forum was held by Kharkiv Polytechnic together with the Project Management Associations and universities of Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
• This intellectual competition allows students to test their knowledge, improve their skills, and gain practical experience in solving algorithmic tasks.

“Unfortunately, the response from the US Embassy is surprisingly disappointing — such a strong country, such a strong people, and yet such a weak reaction,” he wrote. The University Cup also provides a chance to apply theoretical knowledge in practice and receive feedback from industry professionals. Among them were representatives from NIX, including Oleksii Rubel, Head of Technical Education at the NIX Corporate Training Center, who took part in the panel discussion. Russian law enforcement officers raided the Yekaterinburg residence of Mikhail Volkov, the father of prominent opposition politician Leonid Volkov, a key ally of late Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny. Dmitriev may be key in repairing relations between Moscow and Washington, which have sunk to the lowest level since the depths of the Cold War. The Russian envoy played a role in early contacts with the United States when Trump was elected president the first time in 2016.

This year, the event is supported by the IT team NIX, a long-time member of Kharkiv IT Cluster and the general partner of the competition. According to the speaker, dual education is not just about enhancing practical training for beginners — it is about changing the educational paradigm, defining the level of IT specialists being trained and the tasks they will be prepared for. Along with the ICC accusations, Netanyahu has come under international criticism for the conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the United States on April 6 to meet with President Donald Trump for discussions on Iran and new US trade tariffs, the Israeli leader’s office said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it had targeted a meeting of military officials in Kryviy Rih and described it as a “high-precision strike” that targeted “a meeting of unit commanders and Western instructors” in a city restaurant. Recovery operations, bolstered by international cooperation and advanced technology, lasted for several days after a military vehicle with four US soldiers aboard sank in a bog area on March 25. In his video address, Zelenskyy also said Ukraine has now shared “all the necessary information regarding Russia’s violations in the energy sector” with its US partners.

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🔸 Olympiad A competition to test knowledge of algorithms and logical thinking in an online format (with proctoring). This conference Software development was attended by the Vice President of the European Council for Small Business in Bulgaria (ECSB). The Programming Olympiad is a key part of the University Cup, aimed at developing algorithmic thinking, solving complex problems, software quality assurance (QA) analyst and working with large datasets. This intellectual competition allows students to test their knowledge, improve their skills, and gain practical experience in solving algorithmic tasks. “Today, companies need not just programmers but versatile software engineers capable of solving high-level challenges. We need to train specialists who, upon graduation, have relevant skills and can flexibly adapt to industry demands.