Russian POWs speak about their capture in Kursk Oblast

The Kyiv Independent got exclusive access to the POWs captured during the Kursk operation and interviewed them about their motivations and experience of fighting for Russia.


The Kyiv Independent got exclusive access to the POWs captured during the Kursk operation and interviewed them about their motivations and experience of fighting for Russia.






Six Russians and four Belarusians will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Games in Milan. It will be the first time the Russian flag has flown at the Paralympics since 2014.
Russia launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 126 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.
The alleged raid was described by Zaluzhnyi as "an act of intimidation," according to AP.
Investigators and bomb disposal experts continue to work at the scene, the report read.
"We agreed to continue and move forward," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"We will significantly step up efforts to counter all forms of his facilitation of the killing of Ukrainians. We will work with our partners so that this has a global effect," Zelensky said.
The number includes 740 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"Discussions focused on practical issues and the mechanics of possible solutions," Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said.
The attack on the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai was carried out overnight between Feb. 16-17 by deep strike specialists from the SBU's Alpha unit.
Presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev called the European raids on shadow fleet ships "piracy," and expressed concern that the next step would be a full-fledged blockade.



