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Russian Mi-8 helicopter reportedly shot down in friendly-fire incident over Voronezh Oblast
Ukrainian Telegram channel, Dossier of a Spy, said that the Mi-8 was mistakenly shot down by a Su-35 during Ukraine's drone attack.
Latvia votes with Russia threat looming large
Latvia will elect a new parliament this weekend, in an election dominated by security concerns over the now emboldened Russia next door and a cost-of-living crisis shaping the domestic agenda. The Oct. 3 vote for the 100-member unicameral parliament — the Saeima — will be the second since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war in which Latvia threw its full support behind Kyiv. It also comes as Western officials raise alarm over Moscow's escalating hybrid threat — a particul
Inside Odesa port attacks: How Russia targets Ukraine's Black Sea trade
In this report, the Kyiv Independent travels to Odesa and the surrounding region to document how intensified Russian attacks are threatening the city, its ports, and Ukraine’s vital Black Sea trade route.
UK sanctions 7 Russians over deportation, indoctrination of Ukrainian children
The sanctions target Artur Orlov, head of Russia's Movement of the First, a state-backed organization for children and young people, as well as five heads of its regional branches in occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and Crimea.
Ukraine aims to produce up to 400 interceptor drones as Russian jet-powered drone use grows, Zelensky says
Ukraine is testing five types of high-speed interceptor drones designed to shoot down the faster Russian weapons, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
Breaking: Key Kyiv bridge hit by Russian drones fourth time in two days
The Kyiv City Military Administration said on Oct. 2 that the Southern Bridge is closed in both directions.
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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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Compared to the most recent figure from July 2026, the decree increases total staff by only around 15,500, is the fourth such incremental raise announced this year.
