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Kyiv endures 5th day of near-constant air raid alerts as Russian jet-powered drones continue to swarm city
Kyiv and the surrounding region remain key targets of the strikes, with eight air raid alerts sounding by 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 31.
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Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials
Competing accounts emerged the day after a shooting incident involving two of Ukraine's security agencies. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sept. 3 that "the deputy heads (of HUR and the SBU) who are responsible for this situation will be dismissed."
Russia strikes Coca-Cola plant, injures 9 in 8th straight day of attacks on Kyiv
Nine people have been injured in Russia's latest drone barrage, including six medical personnel who have all been hospitalized.
Kyiv warns of new Russian northern offensive — could it happen?
Four-and-a-half years after Russian troops poured across the Belarusian border in a failed attempt to seize Kyiv, Ukrainian officials are warning it could happen again. Russia's political leadership has tasked its military with preparing several possible scenarios for an operation toward Kyiv and Chernihiv, Ukraine's Presidential Office said on Aug. 28. It comes after Belarus' exiled opposition warned in June that Minsk was preparing to enter the war. But while neither Ukrainian officials nor
Ukraine war latest: Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials
Key developments on Sept. 3: * Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials * Russia strikes Coca-Cola plant, injures 6 in eighth straight day of attacks on Kyiv * Moscow airports cancel flights after Zelensky's 'closed skies' warning * Russian commander shot just days after being linked to strike on Kyiv children's hospital Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov has denied allegations of contacts with Russia's Federal Secu
Ukrainians know another hard winter is coming. Their government isn’t ready
On the last day of summer in Kyiv, the city’s residents, young and old, made the most of the hot weather by sunbathing on the sandy banks of the Dnipro River, even as dozens of drones were being shot down overhead. But as the sun sets on the final warm weeks, memories of last winter — when homes went weeks without heat and electricity in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius — are setting in. Ukraine has yet to fully repair the damage Russia inflicted, while Moscow is likely to escala
Ukraine expects Witkoff, Kushner to visit Kyiv in coming days, Zelensky says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also plan another trip to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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The Kyiv Independent's coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, after eight years of aggression against Ukraine that began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and fighting in Donbas. The war has resulted in tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties and displaced millions of Ukrainians. NATO and Western allies have provided military aid to Ukraine while the conflict continues across fronts in Ukraine’s south and east.
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"Today we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports — Russian skies are becoming completely dangerous," Zelensky said.
