Investigations

Investigation: How EU machinery keeps feeding Russian missile makers
Investigations

Investigation: How EU machinery keeps feeding Russian missile makers

by Alisa Yurchenko

Editor's note: This investigation is a collaboration between The Kyiv Independent (Ukraine), IrpiMedia (Italy) and OCCRP.  The story is also available in German, translated by Krautreporter. Key findings * A Turkish company co-owned by an EU national shipped EU-made equipment to Russian defense plants despite European export restrictions, customs records reveal. * The Russian plants use such equipment to produce metal alloys, later used to make missiles and fighter jets. * Two plants that

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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine reports hitting 14 energy facilities in occupied Crimea over 3 days amid widespread power outages

Key developments on July 27: * Ukraine reports hitting 14 energy facilities in occupied Crimea over 3 days amid widespread power outages * Last gas station between Kharkiv and Poltava destroyed as Russian attacks kill 9, injure 76 over past day * Organizer of exhibition struck in deadly Russian ballistic missile attack remanded in custody * Ukrainian drones strike export terminal, oil infrastructure in latest deep strike attack on Russia Ukrainian drones have struck 14 energy facilities ov

The international community should provide more support for Ukraine's cultural sector

As a rule, Ukraine's cultural sector makes the headlines only when sites of exceptional significance are damaged or destroyed. This was the case not so long ago, when a Russian drone hit the cathedral of Kyiv's Pechersk Lavra. The attack was internationally condemned, and similar condemnations followed earlier attacks, such as the destruction of the Hryhorii Skovoroda Museum near Kharkiv in 2022 or the attack on Odesa Cathedral in 2023. Worldwide outrage over such crimes rarely lasts long, howe

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