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Russian forces capture Ukrainian human rights activist Maksym Butkevych

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Hromadske Radio co-founder and human rights activist Maksym Butkevych was captured by Russian forces near Hirske, Luhansk Oblast, reports Hromadske Radio. Russian state-controlled news outlet RIA Novosti posted a video featuring Butkevych and other captured Ukrainian servicepeople in late June, but his capture has now been confirmed by his relatives.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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