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'Killhouse' turns Ukraine's wartime reality into a gripping action thriller
Ukraine's new action film "Killhouse" is set to reach a global audience, hitting the Netflix streaming platform on June 26. Few scenes hit as hard in "Killhouse" as when Ukrainian soldiers decide to launch a high-risk mission to rescue a near-death civilian from the gray zone, a territory sandwiched between Ukrainian and Russian lines. In the film, the Russian commander watching them from his position assumes that the civilian being rescued must be of extraordinary importance. For the Ukrainia
The problem at the top of Ukraine's judiciary
"Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" is an idiom often attributed to American statesman Benjamin Franklin. In Ukraine, another certainty has emerged over the years: society's persistent demand for judicial reform — and the judiciary's equally persistent resistance to it. Following the 2014 EuroMaidan Revolution, Ukraine's highest court was expected to become a flagship of the country's Western-backed reform agenda. Instead, the Supreme Court has become mired in controve
Former SBU counter-terrorism chief sentenced to life in prison for passing state secrets to Russia
Colonel Dmytro Koziura was convicted of treason for passing confidential information to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), including details about critical infrastructure and the consequences of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv.
Russia launches fresh ballistic missile attack against Kyiv
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned that air defense units were at work repelling an attack against the capital. No casualties have been reported.
Top 5 Ukrainian deep strikes inside Russia in May — and how they're making Russians doubt Putin
At the end of May, a Volgograd Telegram channel published an unusual announcement: local "mobile fire groups" tasked with shooting down Ukrainian drones were asking residents to chip in for radios, laser pointers, and camouflage nets. They needed 151,400 rubles, a little over 2,000 dollars. Over several days, they collected 13,300 rubles. The state, which had promised its citizens that the war would never touch them, was asking them to fund their own air defense themselves, and the Russians "ch
Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian troops raise flag on Russian-held Kinburn Spit, military says
Key developments on June 24: * Ukrainian troops raise flag on Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast held by Russian forces since 2022, military says * Skelia assault regiment commander suspended from duty amid investigation into alleged abuse * Ukrainian strikes hit energy, oil infrastructure in Russian-occupied Crimea as power outages continue, military confirms * Russian attacks kill 7, injure 70 across Ukraine over past day, as Ukrainian gas facilities hit in several regions Ukrainian troops
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"I would like to say a few words about matters that are not directly related to today's specific agenda items," the Russian leader said during a video conference with members of the government.
