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Foreign Minister Sybiha calls for Russian athlete travel ban as Moscow's ice hockey return risks forcing Ukraine out
"I call on governments that have not lost their moral compass to deny Russian players entry to their territory," said Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
Zelensky confirms attack on Russian rocket fuel factory, missile launcher system
"A ‘Pantsir-S2’ system and a command and control vehicle belonging to the S-400 ‘Triumph’ system were also struck," Zelensky said, causing an estimated $70 million in damage.
'Life simply returned' – Oleshky ceasefire gives Kherson short respite amid years of Russian terror
Editor's note: Ukrainian journalist Daria Litovchenko contributed to reporting on the ground in Kherson, while Francis Farrell compiled the material from Kyiv. In all of Ukraine, perhaps no city has suffered as much, for as long, during Russia's full-scale war as Kherson. From the initial eight months of brutal Russian occupation in 2022 — with all of the associated torture, looting and deportation — to Russia's man-made flood caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, to the systematic "h
EU Commission backs Poland government over constitutional court crisis
"The appointment of eight new members of the Constitutional Tribunal lies within the constitutional power of the Sejm (Poland's parliament)," a European Commission spokesperson told the Kyiv Independent.
Russian attacks kill 1, injure 47 over past day, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity
Russia continued its campaign against Ukraine's energy grid ahead of winter, targeting infrastructure in at least four regions overnight and injuring three workers from the Ukrainian energy company DTEK.
Russia suffers record troop losses in October, its worst month since full-scale invasion, Ukraine says
According to the data from the General Staff, Russia's estimated losses reached 54,400 soldiers in October.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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A live tracker map developed by Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, shows Russian tankers currently moving across the Atlantic Ocean, with one vessel approaching the U.S. East Coast.
