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America keeps losing the thread on Russia's kidnapping of Ukraine's children
In the never-ending spiral of news cycles, I worry that one of the most consequential moral stories of our time is being lost in that flood: the tens of thousands of Ukrainian children Russia has taken since 2022. I am producing a documentary on the drone war in Ukraine, and in the course of that work, I have become aware of Ukrainian organizations like Save Ukraine, Mama Jane, and others, large and small, that spend their days desperately trying to locate, document, and recover children who we
Russia's escalating port attacks choke Ukraine's grain exports as industry nears crisis
The grain corridor — a Black Sea shipping route that handles 90% of Ukraine’s agricultural exports — has not been officially closed, but it is under enormous strain as Russia steps up missile attacks on Odesa Oblast, Oleh Khomenko, CEO of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB), told the Kyiv Independent on July 24.
Russian ballistic missile strikes Kyiv arms exhibition, killing at least 10, injuring 100
Air-raid sirens rang out around 11:20 a.m., with Ukraine's Air Force reporting Russian missiles heading to the Ukrainian capital.
Syrskyi is out. Can Drapatyi fix Ukraine's army?
The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell speaks with Bohdan Krotevych, a Ukrainian military veteran, former chief of staff of the Azov Brigade, and one of the most outspoken critics of former Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
5 killed, 15 injured as Russian forces bombard Sloviansk with glide bombs
Two air-dropped bombs were used in the morning attack, said regional governor Vadym Filashkin, repeating calls for the remaining residents of the city to evacuate to safer areas.
German approval of Russia-linked nuclear venture sparks warnings over espionage, Kremlin influence
The venture, approved on July 22, will see French company Framatome manufacture nuclear fuel rods and fuel assemblies designed by TVEL, Rosatom’s fuel subsidiary, at a factory in Lingen, Lower Saxony.
About Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is Russia's president, a position he has held since 2012 and previously from 2000 to 2008, following his tenure as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. Born on October 7, 1952, Putin served as a KGB officer before entering politics in the 1990s and consolidating authoritarian control over Russia's political system.
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Nikita Malyshev signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry on April 8, the day after his 18th birthday. A little more than two months later, he was dead, becoming the youngest known Russian serviceman killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Malyshev came from Buryatia, a remote Russian republic in eastern Siberia that has supplied some of the highest numbers of contract soldiers and suffered some of the highest losses of any region since the start of the full-scale invasion. Days afte
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