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The detention of Ukraine's best-known investigative journalist, Mykhailo Tkach, and his cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko in Vienna this October caused an understandable outcry in both Ukraine and Austria. The two work for Ukrainska Pravda media and were reporting on the whereabouts of former Ukrainian prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko, who had reportedly relocated to Austria's capital shortly after Kravchenko's personal office was searched by Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies as part of a large-

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04:40 PM

What it takes to survive as a Ukrainian reconnaissance soldier under a sky of drones

KHARKIV OBLAST — On a summer day in an abandoned village in eastern Ukraine, drones had just zeroed in on a house when a Russian soldier, claiming to surrender, walked out. Instead, he pulled out a grenade. Seconds later, a Ukrainian reconnaissance team opened fire and killed him, said one of its soldiers, call sign "Psycho." "It's a very big risk for our team," Psycho said. "You understand that he has a grenade in his hands, and he can throw it at any moment." Working in teams of two, soldier

08:32 PM

'Exceptionally horrific strike' — Russian bombs hit school used as humanitarian aid center in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing 33

More than 50 people may still be trapped under the rubble, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference on Nov. 3.

08:56 PM

Civil unrest near Kyiv exposes deeper social tensions but 'outside influence' played a role, Budanov says

Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov said on Nov. 3 that the incident was "not without outside influence."

03:48 PM

Ukraine's ombudsman, sanctioned Russian commissioner invited to Melania Trump's White House event, source says

The White House announced on Nov. 3 that representatives from Ukraine and Russia would join the first lady for her remarks on the humanitarian operation in Oleshky.

03:35 PM

Former deputy defense minister appointed to lead Ukraine's state-run defense giant

Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk, a former first deputy defense minister, has been appointed to lead Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's largest state-owned defense company, according to a Nov. 3 statement.

02:32 PM

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 38, injure 167, as Russia hits Dnipro hospitals in morning missile strike

The Air Force said Russia launched an unspecified number of ballistic missiles, including the Iskander-M, North Korean KN-23, and Zircon types, in addition to 59 cruise missiles and 289 attack drones against Ukraine overnight, mostly targeting Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Vinnytsia oblasts.

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