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Analysis: Hard lessons for Ukraine as clean-up of August Dobropillia 'breakthrough' wraps up
After two and a half months of intense fighting, the red rabbit-ear-looking shape on the battlefield map of Donetsk Oblast is gone for good. With the liberation of two more villages, Sukhetske and Kucheriv Yar, announced by the Ukrainian military over the weekend, the operation to clear the major Russian breach of Ukrainian lines near the city of Dobropillia is all but over. Compared to the dramatic alarm of mid-August, when hundreds of Russian troops pierced through a porous and chaotic defen
Ukraine war latest: HUR 'liquidates' son of Russian general, releases footage of bombing
Hi, this is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,342 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: An operation by Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has killed the son of a Russian general in Zaporizhia Oblast, the agency said on Oct. 27. Lieutenant Vasily Marzoev was killed by a glide bomb after drone operators in his unit were spotted in the village of Plavni, HUR said in a post on Telegram, adding he was also at the position at the time of the strike.
Poland detains 2 Ukrainians on suspicion of spying for foreign intelligence
The pair allegedly gathered intelligence on Polish military personnel and infrastructure, including transport hubs used to supply Ukraine with foreign military aid.
Ukraine rescues 17 children from occupation, Yermak says
Seventeen children and teenagers were rescued from temporarily occupied territories as part of the president’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post on Oct. 7.
Over $100 million in losses reported after Russia’s weekend missile strikes on Kyiv businesses
Russian missile attacks on Kyiv over the weekend destroyed the warehouse of one of Ukraine's largest pharmaceutical distributors and a production facility of a popular coffee chain, reportedly causing at least $100 million in damage and losses.
Lego enters Russia through European intermediaries, despite Danish manufacturer's withdrawal from the Russian market
Lego toys, manufactured at a Czech factory of the Danish Lego Group, continue to flow to Russia through a Dutch trading company, according to an investigation by the Czech publication Page Not Found.
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The video clearly shows at least four men in a field abandoning agricultural equipment and running from the drone.
