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We are the news team of the Kyiv Independent. We are here to make sure our readers get quick, essential updates about the events in Ukraine. Feel free to contact us via email with feedback and news alerts.

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Ukraine war latest: Officials hail 'difficult but productive' meeting as Ukraine, US conclude peace deal talks in Florida

by The Kyiv Independent news desk
Key developments on Nov. 29-30: * Officials hail 'productive' meeting, stress 'more work' ahead as Ukraine, US conclude peace deal talks in Florida * 'Half of Kyiv without electricity' — 2 killed, 38 injured in 'serious' Russian attack on capital * Russian victory would cost Europe twice as much as supporting Ukraine, study finds * Zelensky, Macron to hold talks on 'durable peace' in Paris Dec. 1 * 'Successful' Ukrainian naval drone strike disables 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source sa

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter with deep strike drone for first time, military claims

by The Kyiv Independent news desk
Key developments on Nov. 22-23. * Ukraine downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter with deep strike drone for first time, military claims * Russia likely captured over 15 villages in Zaporizhzhia Oblast since September, OSINT group says * Pro-Ukrainian partisans set locomotive ablaze in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, group claims * Ukraine's military reportedly strikes power plant in Moscow Oblast * Ukrainian army on 'search and destroy' missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk Ukrainian forces sho

Ukraine war latest: Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later

by The Kyiv Independent news desk
Key developments on Nov. 15-16. * Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later * Kyiv, Moscow reach deal on prisoner exchange to free 1,200 Ukrainians * Russian military reportedly executes 2 Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * Ukraine strikes major oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast, hits elite Rubikon drone base * Russian assault on key Dnipropetrovsk Oblast village repelled, Ukraine says Nataliia Khodemchuk, widow of Valerii Khodemchuk, the

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,158,260 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

by The Kyiv Independent news desk
Russia has lost around 1,158,260 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Nov. 16. The number includes 860 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,353 tanks (+3), 23,591 armored fighting vehicles (+3), 67,464 vehicles and fuel tanks (+68), 34,469 artillery systems (+26), 1,543 multiple launch rocket systems (+2), 1,244 air defense