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Maj. Stepan Tarabalka, 29, was killed defending Ukraine’s skies on March 13. His feats of shooting down some 40 Russian aircraft since Feb. 24, when Russia renewed its invasion of Ukraine, was believe
Apr. 30, 2022
“Ukraine is, today, a slaughterhouse. Right in the heart of Europe,” said Ms. Amal Clooney, addressing the United Nations on accountability for war crimes in Ukraine. In her speech she also drew paral
Apr. 28, 2022
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Ukraine’s domestic spy agency, the Security Service (SBU), says it “neutralized” a network of alleged Russian agents who were gathering intelligence on defensive lines of Ukrainian troops and the depl
Apr. 28, 2022
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The local government in Russia’s third-largest Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk passed a resolution on April 27 to expropriate grain from the occupied parts of Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson. The ne
Apr. 27, 2022
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Ukraine’s largest single trading partner, the European Union (EU), has taken the first step to abolish import duties on all Ukrainian exports for one year in what it is calling an “unprecedented gestu
Apr. 27, 2022
A newly formed orchestra comprising Ukrainian musicians from across Europe will feature as the world’s biggest classical music festival resumes in full after the Covid pandemic, the BBC said Tuesday.
Apr. 27, 2022
It was not the first time unexplained nighttime explosions jerked villagers in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast out of their beds, but it was still a surprise. Between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning Wednesday,
Apr. 27, 2022
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An explosion near a Russian weapons depot was reported by a local official overnight on April 27 in the Belgorod regional village of Staraya Nelidovka. Open-source intelligence sites on social media p
Apr. 27, 2022
Ukrainians are by nature very free people, and this is what our anthem stresses: we would give everything for freedom, even our lives. This is something that Anna Nemtsova, a Daily Beast reporter unde
Apr. 26, 2022
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Editor’s note: The following is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly address to the nation as it appears in English on the presidential website: Unbreakable people of the bravest country i
Apr. 26, 2022
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Lt. Col. Roman Vasyliuk, a Ukrainian pilot of a ground attack Su-25 jet, was released from Russian captivity on April 24, the Air Force reported without providing many details. He was shot down on Mar
Apr. 26, 2022
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Ukraine’s state postal service, UkrPoshta, says it’s printing additional stamps of a sell-out series of carrier emblems depicting a border guardsman famously telling a threatening Russian vessel to “G
Apr. 26, 2022
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Two locations in the western Russian city of Bryansk where oil is stored were seen ablaze overnight on April 25, according to numerous open-source intelligence reports on social media platforms. A Rus
Apr. 25, 2022
Putting the Hymn into Context Like many other individuals following events in Ukraine, I have seen the viral video of the lead man of Boombox, Andriy Khvylnyuk, on St. Sophia’s Square in Kyiv. He was
Apr. 24, 2022
Two months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden’s claim that Moscow is more isolated than ever looks more like wishful thinking. Efforts to ostracise Moscow have faced resistance
Apr. 24, 2022