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Kyiv repatriates 522 bodies that Moscow claims are Ukrainian citizens

The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) has not specified how many civilians and military personnel were among the 522 repatriated bodies.

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‘It all comes down to the job you do’ — Ukrainian author Kateryna Zarembo on women serving in the military

Kateryna Zarembo has spent years researching and telling important stories from Ukraine. As a researcher and writer, she famously captured the cultural and linguistic richness of eastern Ukraine through field work while Russian propaganda tried to erase it. Her book "Ukrainian Sunrise" stands as evidence that Donbas was never, as the Kremlin claimed, a "Russian" region but one with deep Ukrainian roots. Then the full-scale invasion came, and the need to tell stories stopped. Today, Zarembo i

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Zelensky says anti-ballistic cooperation with allies should yield results by winter

"Russian ballistic missiles remain a problem, and we need an answer to that problem," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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Ukraine holds key rate at 15% as inflation risks persist after Middle East energy shock

The bank said that inflation slowed in May to 8.2%, after a bump from 7.4% in January to 8.6% in April, partly driven by the war in the Middle East.

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Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands announce new military aid, F-16s for Ukraine ahead of NATO defense ministers' meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that around 10 countries had expressed support for the new Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) packages.

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Ukraine denies Russian claim that Ukrainian drone struck bus carrying Belarusian children's football team

Ukraine's General Staff denied Russian claims that a Ukrainian drone struck a bus carrying a Belarusian children's football team in Bryansk Oblast, saying no Ukrainian drones were deployed in the region at the time.

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