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Court sets bail for Ukraine's ex-grid operator chief at $325,000. He calls the case against him 'political'
At the hearing, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi's lawyer, Mykola Hrabyk, called the allegations "unfounded," saying that the case materials contain no evidence of criminal wrongdoing on his part.
US to cut some troops on NATO's eastern flank, Romania says
"The American decision involves halting the rotation in Europe of a brigade that had units in several NATO countries," the Romanian Defense Ministry said.
Is Russia’s ‘flying Chornobyl’ a real threat?
On Oct. 21, Russia announced a successful test of Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered cruise missile with a claimed “unlimited range.” Does this "super-weapon’ pose a new threat?
Vegetables. Monetary policy. Facebook: How one post about a central bank decision fired up Ukraine's top economists
This is an excerpt from the Kyiv Independent business desk's Ukraine Business Roundup newsletter. To get more news like this directly to your inbox every week, subscribe here. Last week, a debate ensued over Ukraine's monetary policy on Facebook, after the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) held the interest rate at 15.5% for the fifth consecutive meeting, warning that inflation could intensify amid Russian attacks and ongoing budgetary strain. The normally routine and — to most people — dull exer
Ukraine war latest live: Putin more committed than ever to continuing war, US intelligence report says
Hi, this is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,343 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Russian President Vladimir Putin is more determined than ever to continue his full-scale war against Ukraine and achieve further military gains, according to a recent U.S. intelligence assessment shared with members of Congress this month, NBC reported on Oct. 28. The analysis, cited by a senior U.S. official and a senior congressional official, reportedly indic
'Nothing like this has ever happened here'
In the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war, parts of Ukraine are still facing devastating firsts. On Oct. 22, tragedy struck the village of Pohreby in Kyiv Oblast — a Russian drone hit a house where 38-year-old Antonina Zaichenko, her six-month-old daughter Adelina, and her 12-year-old niece, Nastya Nehoda, were sleeping. All three were killed. "Nothing like this has ever happened here. We all know one another. It’s a tragedy for the whole community," Vitalii Krupenko, the village head, to
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After two and a half months of intense fighting, the red rabbit-ear-looking shape on the battlefield map of Donetsk Oblast is gone for good. With the liberation of two more villages, Sukhetske and Kucheriv Yar, announced by the Ukrainian military over the weekend, the operation to clear the major Russian breach of Ukrainian lines near the city of Dobropillia is all but over. Compared to the dramatic alarm of mid-August, when hundreds of Russian troops pierced through a porous and chaotic defen
