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Russia strikes 2 gas stations, kills 2, injures 12, including 12-year-old child, in Kyiv during morning rush hour
One emergency responder was among the injured in the Russian attacks on the gas stations, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
'Dialogue and diplomacy' are path toward ending conflicts, India's Modi tells Putin
The two leaders met in New Delhi ahead of a BRICS summit held in India's capital between Sept. 12 and 13.
Lawmaker charged in graft case involving President's Office returns to Ukraine
In August President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former Deputy Chief of Staff Iryna Mudra, lawmaker Maksym Mykytas, and Viktor Dubovyk, head of the legal policy department at the President's Office, were also charged as part of the case. The suspects are accused of both corporate raiding and money laundering.
Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery, Ozon warehouse as Russia's Saratov comes under attack
The attack on an oil refinery owned by Russian energy giant Rosneft sparked a fire at the facility, Ukraine's General Staff said, adding that the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
'Shameful and immoral' — Ukraine reacts to far-right Polish politician vandalizing UPA monument
Polish far-right politician Grzegorz Braun published a video of himself damaging a memorial in eastern Poland, which commemorates UPA fighters killed while fighting the Soviet secret police.
Ukrainian Flamingo missiles strike chemical plant in Russia's Volgograd, Fire Point says
"Flamingos paid a little visit to Volgograd last night," Fire Point said in a social media statement. "Ukrainian sanctions, as always, proved to be the most effective."
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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Russia's total military losses in Ukraine have reached 1,500,870, Ukraine's General Staff said on Sept. 9, marking another grim milestone in the war for the Kremlin. It took roughly two years and three months for the Russian Armed Forces to incur their first 500,000 casualties. Moscow has now suffered roughly the same number in just the past 15 months, as technology increasingly shapes the battlefield and drones expand the kill zone almost daily. The Kremlin's total personnel losses in Ukraine
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