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President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels, Belgium on Dec. 18, 2025.
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The corruption scandal Volodymyr Zelensky won't confront

by Kateryna Denisova

When it comes to Ukraine's largest corruption scandal, President Volodymyr Zelensky prefers to remain tight-lipped. Recent leaks, published by journalists and lawmakers over the past week, indicate that the largest corruption scandal affecting Zelensky's inner circle has expanded beyond the energy sector. It now reportedly implicates the banking and defense industries, with attention also centered on the construction of four luxury homes near Kyiv. A man named "Vova," a short form of Volodymyr

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Russia's war comes home

Toxic rain is falling on Tuapse — just 75 miles from Vladimir Putin's summer residence in Sochi — coating cars and streets in oily grime. A once-picturesque Black Sea resort town is now choking on the fallout of a war that has come home to Russia. Four times in a span of two weeks, Ukrainian drones lit up the local oil refinery and export terminal, laying bare the weakness of Russian air defenses. Clouds of smoke so vast that they were visible from space. As long-range hits were gathering pace

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