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Daria Shulzhenko

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Daria Shulzhenko is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She has been a lifestyle reporter at the Kyiv Post until November 2021. She graduated from Kyiv International University with a bachelor’s in linguistics, specializing in translation from English and German languages. She has previously worked as a freelance writer and researcher.

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What made Ukrainians feel hopeful in 2023

What made Ukrainians feel hopeful in 2023

by Daria Shulzhenko

Ukraine had high hopes for 2023. Many dreamed the war would end with Ukraine’s victory and that they would finally be able to visit liberated Crimea after nine years of Russian occupation. But Russia’s brutal attacks against civilian infrastructure continued, and with them, the death toll has continued

Ukraine war latest: Russia advances up to 2 kilometers near Avdiivka in 2 months; 4 children injured in Kherson

Ukraine war latest: Russia advances up to 2 kilometers near Avdiivka in 2 months; 4 children injured in Kherson

Key developments on Dec. 20: * Russian attacks injure nine people, including 4 children, in Kherson * Military reports Russia moves up to 2 kilometers near Avdiivka in 2 months, loses 20,000 soldiers * General Staff reports Russia using low-quality, defective North Korean shells * Poll shows majority of Ukrainians would disapprove of

Ukraine war latest: Russian assaults continue along eastern front line, decrease in southeast

Ukraine war latest: Russian assaults continue along eastern front line, decrease in southeast

Key developments on Dec. 9-10: * Russian troops continue offensive operations along the eastern front line * Fewer Russian assault operations reported in the southeast * US senator accuses Republicans of 'holding aid to Ukraine hostage' * Scholz says Germany should be prepared to do more for Ukraine 'when others are faltering' * First lady

Ukraine war latest: Russian general, 5 high-ranking officials reportedly killed in Ukraine

Ukraine war latest: Russian general, 5 high-ranking officials reportedly killed in Ukraine

Key developments on Nov. 29: * Russian general reportedly killed by landmine in Ukraine * National Resistance Center: 5 high-ranking Russian officials killed in strike on occupied part of Kherson Oblast * Zelensky visits Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odesa oblasts * Kuleba meets with Stoltenberg, discusses Euro-Atlantic defense industry * Stoltenberg says Ukraine's ability to implement

Ukraine war latest: Russia reportedly suffers 'some of highest' casualty rates over past 6 weeks

Ukraine war latest: Russia reportedly suffers 'some of highest' casualty rates over past 6 weeks

Key developments on Nov. 27: * Russian casualty rates' some of highest' over last 6 weeks, UK Defense Ministry says * Ukrainian resistance blows up car with pro-Russian Chechen fighters near Melitopol; * Ukraine reportedly hits aircraft factory in Russia's Smolensk * SBU says Kherson regional council member supplies Russia with fuel, food * Russian

Ukraine war latest: Russia lost 4,000 soldiers on eastern front in 2 weeks, commander says

Ukraine war latest: Russia lost 4,000 soldiers on eastern front in 2 weeks, commander says

Key developments on Nov. 14: * Commander: Russia lost over 4,000 soldiers on eastern front over past 2 weeks * Prosecutor's office identifies Russian soldiers who killed civilians, including well-known children's writer * Germany's Rheinmetall to provide Ukraine with 25 Leopard 1 tanks * EU provides additional $118 million in humanitarian aid for

Ukraine war latest: 128th brigade says Russian strike killed 19 of its soldiers; Attack on Odesa injures 8

Ukraine war latest: 128th brigade says Russian strike killed 19 of its soldiers; Attack on Odesa injures 8

Key developments on Nov. 6: * Ukraine's 128th brigade confirms 19 of its soldiers were killed in Russian strike * Drone strikes damage Odesa port infrastructure, six architectural sites, injures 8;  Kherson Oblast attacked with 'record high' number of aerial bombs * Navy reports Russian ship damaged in strike in occupied Crimea was

Ukraine war latest: Russia suffers heavy losses near Vuhledar; US sanctions 200 targets involved in Russian war effort

Ukraine war latest: Russia suffers heavy losses near Vuhledar; US sanctions 200 targets involved in Russian war effort

Key developments on Nov. 2: * Zelensky: Russia suffers heavy losses near Vuhledar * Ukraine destroyed at least 4 Russian surface-to-air missile launchers in one week, UK Defense Ministry reports * U.S. sanctions 200 entities and individuals for participating in the Russian war effort * North Korea likely provided Russia with short-range ballistic

Ukraine war latest: Russian drone strike likely targeted Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, Zelensky says

Ukraine war latest: Russian drone strike likely targeted Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, Zelensky says

Key developments on Oct. 25: * Russia strikes Khmelnytskyi Oblast overnight, damages buildings near local nuclear power plant, injures 20 * Zelensky says Ukraine will respond to Russia's terrorist attacks * Shmyhal meets with Steinmeier in Berlin, discusses aid and air defense for Ukraine * Germany pledges over $200 million for Ukraine's energy industry

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