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Ukraine, Russia start US-mediated Geneva peace talks as Moscow signals harder line
The talks unfold after a week of pointed criticism from Russian officials, who have suggested that only Ukraine's capitulation would satisfy Moscow's objectives.
DTEK to spend $355 million restoring 4GW of power generation destroyed by Russia before next winter
DTEK has set aside 150 million euros from its own pockets, but needs help from partners to close the rest by the end of the year.
Russian drone strike on civilian car kills 3 energy workers in Donetsk Oblast
The civilian car was struck in the town of Mykolaivka, located east of the city of Sloviansk and only around ten kilometers from the front line.
Russia's mobilization arithmetic. How many can the Kremlin send to war?
When Russia announced a "partial" mobilization in the fall of 2022, its society experienced a genuine shock. The queues at the Upper Lars border crossing into Georgia and the chaotic roundups of reservists are still fresh in public memory. The Russian authorities learned from that episode and shifted tactics toward a more concealed form of mobilization. Several tools were deployed at once: mass recruitment from prisons, sending convicts to the front in exchange for pardons, and aggressive enli
1 killed, 25 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches latest mass missile, drone attack
In Odesa, long-range Russian strikes on infrastructure and residential homes saw three civilians injured, according to regional governor Serhii Lysak.
From the Gulag to Ukraine: The Kyiv Independent exposes Russia’s culture of torture in new documentary
The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit will present a new documentary, “Torture Culture,” exposing the systematic torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity and highlighting Russia’s use of torture throughout history.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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The facility is expected to produce up to 10,000 drones within a year, all of which will be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
