Vladyslav Buryak, the son of Oleh Buryak, the head of the Zaporizhzhia District State Administration, has been released from Russian captivity, the campaign “Save Vlad Buryak” reported on July 7. The campaign provided no details. The boy was kidnapped at a Russian checkpoint in temporarily-occupied Vasylivka, a town in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on April 8.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the meeting had not gone as Zelensky had hoped.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said "both sides engaged constructively" with the agency to enable the repair plan.
A Latin American citizen was fatally stabbed after a dispute in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, local police said.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported downing 136 drones launched by Russia overnight.
An electrical substation in Russia's Ulyanovsk Oblast is in flames following a reported Ukrainian drone strike, Russian Telegram media channels reported on Oct. 18.
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"Hopefully, we'll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks," Trump told reporters before closed-door talks with Zelensky.
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The Crimean Wind Telegram channel earlier reported explosions and a fire at the site, with visual confirmation of burning fuel infrastructure.
Ruslan Lavryk reportedly has heart problems and needs hospitalization after prolonged captivity and torture.
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In Donetsk, a Russian ammunition depot was hit in a drone attack, with fires and explosions reported in the occupied city.
A co-founder of the New York Group — a collective of Ukrainian emigre writers — Tarnawsky helped to expand and redefine contemporary Ukrainian literature through his embrace of narrative structure experimentation and linguistic innovation.
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