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Ukraine reportedly strikes oil refinery, chemical plant in western Russia
Ukraine's military reportedly struck an oil refinery as well as a chemical plant in Russia's western regions overnight on Oct. 29, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Tainted former Odesa mayor Trukhanov charged with negligence over handling of Odesa floods, media reports
The controversial former mayor of Odesa, Hennadiy Trukhanov, has been charged with negligence over his handling of a heavy rainstorm and flooding that devastated the coastal city late last month, various Ukrainian media outlets reported on Oct. 28.
Zelensky orders Ukraine to begin export of controlled arms next month
President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed Ukraine's Defense Ministry on Oct. 28 to launch the "controlled export" of Ukrainian weapons abroad beginning in November 2025, the president announced on social media.
'Bring Ukraine more weapons' — author Andriy Lyubka on cultural diplomacy's main wartime role
When the full-scale invasion began, Andriy Lyubka struggled to write. A celebrated Ukrainian writer and translator, he turned instead to fundraising, logistics, and delivering used cars to the front for soldiers' needs. Yet somewhere between non-stop volunteer work and battling with exhaustion that comes from it, he began to see that even literature — words, sentences, imagination — could also serve Ukraine's cause, albeit in a less immediate way. His volunteer work led him to write a book of
Ukraine war latest live: Zelensky confirms first use of Flamingo and Ruta long-range missiles against Russia
Hi, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,342 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine used its domestically produced Flamingo and Ruta long-range missiles in combat for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Oct. 27, praising their effectiveness. "We are doing everything we can to ensure that this year we try not just one, two, or three, but to make a serious attempt (to do more)," Zelensky said in a closed-door br
The past Putin can’t let go
In July 2021, Putin penned a history-laden pamphlet arguing that Ukrainians and Russians are kindred nations, artificially divided by outsiders. The cherry-picked historical narratives and outright distortions were Putin's casus belli for an all-out war. Seven months later, Putin's Russia was bombing Ukraine, illegally "annexing" large swathes of territory while killing untold thousands of people in the name of historical revisionism. Since then, the Russian leader has continued to draw on pas
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Ukraine's "Black Forest" brigade detected and struck a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system at an unspecified location.
