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Russian double-tap strike on shopping center in Kryvyi Rih kills at least 14, injures more than 100
The full extent of the casualties and damage is still being assessed.
Putin has run out of moves
The broad consensus among Russia-watchers is that the country is facing a prolonged bout of stagflation. Growth this year is unlikely to exceed 1%, and inflation is still stuck at 6% (or more). Moreover, the most promising option for reviving the economy is the least likely to be pursued, because it requires President Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war in Ukraine. The downside risks are legion. Russian troops have barely advanced in Ukraine this year, and Russia cannot spend more on i
Former Trump envoy Keith Kellogg visits Odesa amid Russia's ongoing port strikes
According to the Infrastructure Ministry, the U.S. delegation led by Kellogg was shown the damage from Russian attacks on port infrastructure and briefed on measures being taken to maintain operations.
Ukrainian attack on Russian air base damages Su-34 bomber
The Akhtubinsk air base is home to Russia's 929th State Aircraft Test Center of the Ministry of Defense.
Former President's Office deputy chief, ex-lawmaker face bail hearings in corporate raiding case
On Aug. 19, the NABU said that it was "conducting a special operation to expose a criminal organization led by a current and a former Ukrainian lawmaker and involving senior officials from the President's Office."
Fedorov’s call for wartime elections, explained
The Kyiv Independent's Deputy Chief Editor Oleksiy Sorokin and Chief Editor Olga Rudenko debate whether Ukraine could hold an election during the war, what would need to change to make it possible, and whether delaying elections indefinitely could become a threat to Ukrainian democracy.
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In response to Russia's full-scale invasion, PepsiCo announced it would suspend production and sales in Russia in March 2022 — and yet, last year it still paid $237 million in income tax to the Russian state. PepsiCo, one of the largest food and drink producers in the world, remains Russia's fourth-largest foreign business — with 60,000 workers and 19 factories still producing Pepsi Cola for Russian shelves under new names, Lyubimaya Cola and Evervess Cola. That continued presence means more m
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Fedorov broke Ukraine's wartime election taboo. What happens next?
Once a hub in the rear, Pavlohrad is now in Russia's glide bomb crosshairs
'I'm skeptical' — Ukrainian soldiers react to Fedorov's bombshell election video
