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Looking for the 10 best Ukraine-related books of 2025? We’ve got you
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Looking for the 10 best Ukraine-related books of 2025? We’ve got you

by Kate Tsurkan

The year 2025 brought us more books about and from Ukraine that carry an inescapable heaviness, with war present on almost every page. Lives once shaped by literary ambitions continue to be cut short on the battlefield or under bombardment. Yet, thanks to the devotion of translators, publishers, and a growing audience of readers who refuse to look away, these voices keep traveling outward. They insist on being heard. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, one imperative has remained co

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Europe’s plan to fund Ukraine is being blocked by one company — Euroclear

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