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Ukraine war latest live: British Terrahawk Paladin air defense systems deployed in Ukraine
Hello, this is Chris York reporting from Kyiv on day 1,366 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Pictures have emerged of a U.K.-made Terrahawk Paladin air defense system deployed in Ukraine, the first such instance since they were promised to Kyiv in October 2023. The system was pictured in a video released by the 156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force. The Terrahawk Paladin is a mobile air defense system designed to track and destroy
US sides with Russia, pushes Ukraine toward capitulation — here's what we know so far
The United States is advancing a new peace proposal for ending Russia's war against Ukraine, a plan that Ukrainian officials say mirrors Moscow's maximalist demands and revives concessions the Kremlin had previously dropped. The framework, reportedly approved by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week, includes requirements for Ukraine to cede territory, cut its military, and limit its alliances — proposals far more sweeping than those discussed in earlier negotiation rounds. A source in
Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream sabotage case to be extradited to Germany within 10 days, official says
Late on Nov. 19, Italy's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in favor of extraditing the suspect, Serhii Kuznetsov.
22 people still missing in Ternopil after devastating Russian missile strike, 26 already confirmed dead
The Russian attack on Ternopil killed at least 26 people, including three children, and injured 93 others, among them 18 children, according to Ukraine's Emergency Service.
Oil refinery in Russia's Ryazan Oblast reportedly hit in drone attack
An oil refinery was reportedly hit in Ryazan Oblast overnight on Nov. 20, local residents claimed.
Why I won’t encourage my Ukrainian child to speak Russian
As a foreigner in Ukraine, I often hesitate to speak on certain social issues. Despite living here for nearly a decade, I know that my American upbringing still limits how deeply I can feel what my Ukrainian friends and colleagues experience, no matter how much I sympathize. Still, now that I have given birth to a Ukrainian citizen, I feel I have the right to say at least this: I will never allow my child to believe there isn't a difference between speaking Ukrainian and Russian. Recently, I w
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At first glance, a YouTube interview with Philippe Marques Pinto looks like one of dozens of others in Ukraine’s long-running campaign to recruit South American soldiers to bolster its ranks in the fight against Russia. “I worked as a private security guard in Brazil, and when I arrived here, I got training, and it was just a question of adaptation,” Pinto says in an April 25, 2025, video for the Foreign Recruitment Center, a channel run by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. But according to police i
