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.






"We are bringing the war home to Russia, and this is entirely fair," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X.
The visit would mark the first known attendance by a representative of a U.S. president's administration at the forum in several years.
Moscow launched 124 drones across Ukraine, 115 of which were intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses, according to the Air Force.
Businessman Timur Mindich, an Israeli citizen, fled to Israel shortly before he was charged and sanctioned last fall.
The package includes maintenance and modification support, spare parts, repair services, logistics assistance, and technical support for FrankenSAM HAWK systems, the U.S. State Department said.
The ministers agreed to hold a second round of consultations on the Hungarian minority in Ukraine next week.
The number includes 880 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukraine first began conducting regular strikes on Russian oil refineries in 2023, with strikes growing in both magnitude and frequency since. In the first five months of 2026, Kyiv has recorded 32 strikes, nearly surpassing the total number of refinery strikes recorded in 2024 at 34, the outlet noted.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States will send more troops to Poland, saying the decision was based on his relationship with Polish President Karol Nawrocki.
The annual award, named in honor of the late investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze, recognizes journalists committed to independent and principled reporting.
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov reported that most of the injured were taken to hospitals. People have suffered shrapnel wounds, burns, and lacerations.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko's regime "must understand there will be consequences if there is aggression against Ukraine, against our people," Zelensky said.



