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Diana Delyurman

Diana Deliurman is a Ukrainian independent journalist and photographer. Born in Odesa, Ukraine, in 2000, she earned a degree in History of Art from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. During her studies, she began her journalism career, taking part in various training programs and fellowships, including an internship at the Kyiv bureau of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Since then, her reporting and photography have been published by outlets including The Kyiv Independent, The Telegraph, The Conversationalist, Frontliner, and LB.ua. She is also a contributor to Getty Images.

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War

Drones above, robots below — inside Operation Vivaldi, Ukraine’s push to recapture territory in Donetsk Oblast

by Diana Delyurman
DONETSK OBLAST — On a screen, live footage from a reconnaissance drone shows two men in Ukrainian pixel camouflage dashing in short bursts through the ruins of apartment buildings. Then they vanish into a basement. It is late summer, and the 3rd Army Corps and attached units are fully engaged in a counteroffensive in the Lyman sector called Operation Vivaldi. Russian forces are trying to recapture Lyman, a city in Donetsk Oblast that Russian officials have claimed their forces control. Ukrainia
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'The land cannot wait': Documentary examines toll of Kakhovka Dam destruction on Ukraine's farmland

by Diana Delyurman
A new documentary, Kakhovka. High Water. How the Destruction of the Hydroelectric Power Plant Changed Ukraine, examines the long-term consequences of the June 6, 2023 destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, which Ukrainian officials have called Europe's worst environmental disaster since Chornobyl. The Tellers Agency is releasing the documentary for free online to mark the third anniversary of the tragedy, when, according to Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka Dam in Russian-occ

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