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Putin continues to spread lies defending war, shows no signs of backing down.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken at Russia's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, saying the invasion of Ukraine was necessary "as the West was creating threats next to our borders." He added that Russia was fighting for "the Motherland" in Donbas, a drastic drop in goals compared to the Feb. 24 speech in which he announced an all-out war.

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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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