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Ukrainian writer Myroslav Laiuk poses for a photo in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 5, 2025.
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‘Compared to Bakhmut, this is already a different war’ — novelist Myroslav Laiuk on his wartime reporting

by Kate Tsurkan

As the full-scale war enters into its fourth year, novelist and poet Myroslav Laiuk has found himself drawn to front-line reporting. He has traveled everywhere, from Bakhmut to Pokrovsk and Kherson, documenting the war and those living through it. His novel “The World Is Not Yet Made” is forthcoming in English translation from Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute, and his wartime reportage “Bakhmut” was published in English translation by Ukrainer earlier this year. (Kate Tsurkan, who conduct

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Ukraine war latest live: Ukrainian troops conduct operation in Pokrovsk direction, neutralize Russian forces, evacuate wounded

Hello, this is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,370 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukrainian soldiers from the 3rd Special Operations Forces Regiment stormed Russian positions in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk Oblast, the Special Operations Forces Command reported on Nov. 24. The report did not provide details on the exact location or timing of the operation. During the mission, members of the Sword Group detachment advanced through for

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