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Russian drone attack injures 22 police officers in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast
A Russian drone struck the district police department in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast the morning of March 11, destroying the building and injuring 22 officers, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported.

Ukraine war latest: Russia blames UK for Storm Shadow strike on military plant, threatens 'new level' escalation
Key developments on March 11: * Russia blames UK for Storm Shadow strike on military plant, threatens 'new level' escalation, destruction * Ukraine hits Russian depots, air defenses in occupied territories, military says * Russia's Sochi under 'unprecedented' 24-hour mass Ukrainian drone attack, mayor says * Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking facilities linked to Black Sea gas pipelines Moscow threatened "a fundamentally new level of destruction and human casualties" after Ukrainian force

Ukraine hits Russian oil depots, air defenses in occupied territories, military says
Ukrainian forces struck oil and fuel depots, Buk air defense system and other military targets in Russian-occupied territories on March 10-11, Ukraine's Armed Forces General Staff and Special Operations Forces (SOF) said.

Utility shutoffs in occupied Mariupol used to facilitate property confiscation, Ukraine says
Ukraine says Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol are cutting off utilities to apartments as part of a process to identify and seize homes.

Fact-check: Moscow internet outages spark coup rumors — experts say it's 'wishful thinking'
Speculations about coups and rebellions in Russia have been constant throughout the full-scale war. All of them, except one, were wishful thinking. The latest rumor shared by British tabloids suggests that recent internet outages in Moscow were triggered by fears of an "imminent" coup by figures close to Sergei Shoigu, a senior security official and former defense minister. The claim originates with the VChK-OGPU channel, known for sharing stories it says are leaked from Russian security servi

Where does Ukraine's anti-corruption fight stand after Mindichgate?
The Kyiv Independent’s Oleksiy Sorokin speaks with Daria Kaleniuk, executive director of Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Action Center, about the state of Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms and their impact on the country’s bid to join the European Union.

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A Saudi Arabian arms company has signed a deal to buy Ukrainian-made interceptor missiles, the Kyiv Independent has learned, with one source within Ukraine's defense industry saying that Riyadh and Kyiv are negotiating a separate "huge deal" for arms that could be finalized this week. Iran’s recent air attacks across neighboring Gulf States amid the U.S. and Israel-led war against Tehran have kicked off a scramble for military equipment to combat ballistic missiles and Shahed attack drones. Wh
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