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Crunch time for Republicans on Ukraine, says ex-US State Senator

by Francis Farrell, Olena Zashko, Alexander Zabolotnyi, Vladyslav Samusenko April 30, 2025

The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell sits down with retired U.S. Army officer and former Nebraska State Senator Tom Brewer in the front-line city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, to discuss U.S.-Ukraine relations under the Trump administration, why Nebraska is interested in Ukraine's post-war recovery and why it's important for U.S. politicians to visit Ukraine to counter myths by Russian propaganda.

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Chornobyl isn’t safe anymore... again

by Kollen Post, Jason Blevins, Alexander Zabolotnyi, Vladyslav Samusenko April 25, 2025

Chornobyl disaster occurred in the early hours of April 26, 1986, in Soviet Ukraine. Nearly 39 years after the worst nuclear disaster in history, Russia’s brazen attack on the $2 billion New Safe Confinement (the sarcophagus enclosing the destroyed reactor) in February 2025 poses a new potential radioactive danger as engineers race to repair the damage. The Kyiv Independent’s Kollen Post dives into why the restoration is not as simple as it may seem.

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Crunch time for Republicans on Ukraine, says ex-US State Senator

Chornobyl isn’t safe anymore... again

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