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How Putin began taking Crimea long before 2014

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Russia’s takeover of Crimea did not begin in 2014. In the first part of a new documentary, The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigation Unit looks at how Russia began moving to seize the peninsula immediately after Ukraine gained independence in 1991.
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POWs on why Russians still volunteer to fight in Ukraine

POWs on why Russians still volunteer to fight in Ukraine

Battle-tested, contest ready: Inside Ukraine's drone competition

Battle-tested, contest ready: Inside Ukraine's drone competition

How adult content could help Ukraine's war effort | Ukraine This Week

How adult content could help Ukraine's war effort | Ukraine This Week

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Why this prominent Ukrainian female writer voluntarily joined the army

Why this prominent Ukrainian female writer voluntarily joined the army

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Can You Hear Me? The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics

The Kyiv Independent's journalists Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko followed a group of Ukrainian military medics as they journeyed from the heat of battle in war-torn Ukraine to the serene forests of Sweden for a short mental health retreat.

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