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Ukraine war latest: Russia threatens families of Ukrainian POWs to register Starlink terminals

Key developments on Feb. 10 * Russia threatens families of Ukrainian POWs to register Starlink terminals, Ukraine says; * More arms purchases for Ukraine under NATO-led PURL initiative on the way; * 11-year-old child killed alongside mother after Russia strikes Sloviansk with glide bombs; * Japan to join NATO-led initiative to purchase US weapons for Ukraine * 'Second stage' of Ukrainian military's corps reform underway, Syrskyi says Russia is coercing the families of Ukrainian prisoners

Russia broke the energy ceasefire. The West can enforce one that lasts

Russia is back to destroying Ukraine's critical infrastructure, following several days of reprieve facilitated by U.S. President Donald Trump's diplomatic push. Moscow's brief pause on terror was unmasked as a magnified attack days later. Russian drones and missiles were launched on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands without water, heat, and electricity under the polar vortex temperatures as low as -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit). Without sufficient air defense, Ukraine

The Belarusian woman at the center of Epstein’s final days

The U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 30 published over 3 million documents in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The publication of the Epstein files unearths corruption and human trafficking in countries across the globe. In Belarus, the story had another twist. The files flesh out Epstein's personal connection to Belarus through 36-year-old Belarusian national Karyna Shuliak. According to the New York Times, Shuliak was the last person Epstein talked to outside prison befo

Karyna Shuliak, seen in New York, U.S. on May 30, 2024.

'Everyone is waiting for spring' — How Kyiv's hardest hit district is coping with no heating

The east bank of Kyiv has been hit hardest by Russia’s latest attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of residents facing much of the winter without central heating as nighttime temperatures drop to -19°Celsius. "They destroyed our thermal power plant," 73-year-old Nina Pavlivna told the Kyiv Independent whilst standing bundled against the freezing afternoon air in the Darnitskyi District of the capital. "We don't know when it will be repaired". The most seve

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One of the most talked-about moments at the Olympics came from Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych. After his race in Beijing in 2022, just days before Russia launched its full-scale invasion, he held up a sign reading "No war in Ukraine." But his appeal went largely unheard. Four years later, Heraskevych is preparing to represent Ukraine at the Olympic Games again — at a time when the war continues to escalate, while restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus are gradually be

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