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Wednesday, February 18
Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says
The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Bill Browder, investor and longtime sanctions advocate, about why Western sanctions have so far failed to change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior.
2026 Winter Paralympics sparks controversy over Russian, Belarusian flag decision
Six Russians and four Belarusians will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Games in Milan. It will be the first time the Russian flag has flown at the Paralympics since 2014.
At least 5 killed, 30 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day
Russia launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 126 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.
Ukraine's SBU denies Zaluzhnyi's claim that office was raided in 2022 while army commander
The alleged raid was described by Zaluzhnyi as "an act of intimidation," according to AP.
Explosion at Ukrainian military enlistment office declared terrorist attack
Investigators and bomb disposal experts continue to work at the scene, the report read.
'Difficult' talks in Geneva — Zelensky signals progress on ceasefire, political stalemate continues
"We agreed to continue and move forward," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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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
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