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‘Our desire to create is bigger than our fear’: How one Kyiv restaurant rebuilds, adapts and keeps going after 3 Russian attacks
It was never normal for Anna Zavertailo to shelter in her restaurant’s basement kitchen alongside her employees and diners as drones flew overhead. But after multiple attacks damaged her popular family-run businesses in Kyiv, safety has become the top priority. Her restaurants-cum-bakeries, Zavertailo and Honey, which Anna runs with her husband, Stas, have been victims of three separate attacks in just over a year. But the couple has been selling carefully crafted cakes and pastries to foreigne

As Russia-Ukraine war escalates in the air, what comes next?
In this interview, The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell speaks with Mykola Bielieskov, senior analyst at Come Back Alive and research fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, about why Russian advances have slowed, how Ukraine’s drone tactics are reshaping the battlefield, and the limits of relying on manpower alone.

Moldovan President Sandu condemns Russian drone strike on border crossing point that killed two, injured three
The Moldovan President called for more air defense for Ukraine.

Russia tells Trump ending US support for Ukraine could help end war
"They should stop providing any assistance to Kyiv," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

EU frontrunner Montenegro ready to help Ukraine with reforms
"Believe me, this is not an easy process at all," Montenegro's European Affairs Minister Maida Gorcevic said, expressing solidarity with the EU reform work still to be done by Ukraine.

Amid EU push, Council of Europe launches rival bid to use Russian assets to help Ukraine
"Given the scale of the damage inflicted on Ukraine... any awards (of compensation) could potentially amount to billions, tens of billions, or hundreds of billions of euros," reads a Council of Europe statement.

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