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News from occupied Ukraine: FSB officers killed in Donetsk, 75% of new property buyers in Mariupol come from Russia, report says

This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin. This week, the Kyiv Independent published a long-read investigation into the endangering of pro-Ukrainian partisans and activists on Russia-occupied territories on the part of the Yellow Ribbon organization and their backers. Read it here. Key news as of April 26: * 12 Russian FSB officers kil

On the 40 year anniversary, here are 5 books to better understand Chornobyl nuclear disaster

On April 26, 1986, the explosion at Reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant forever changed the lives of millions in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Although Communist authorities initially tried to suppress news of the disaster even within the Soviet Union, radioactive fallout was soon thereafter detected by neighboring European countries, and the entire world took notice. The catastrophe became a critical turning point, exposing the flaws in the Soviet system and hastening the Soviet

Loss of specialists at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 'not a major issue,' IAEA chief says

United Nations nuclear chief Rafael Grossi said that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is adequately staffed for nuclear safety measures, despite a lack of licensed nuclear specialists at the site. Grossi arrived in Ukraine earlier this week for his 14th visit to the country during the full-scale war where he signed an agreement with Kyiv to help restore and develop Ukraine’s nuclear energy sector, which makes up over 60% of Ukraine’s energy generation. Since 2022, the UN’s

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