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Breaking: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue
In the city center, local media and Telegram channels reported a strike next to the main campus of Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University.
EU adopts Russia sanctions over crackdown on anti-war party, abduction of Ukrainian children
The sanctions list includes three judges from Russia's Supreme Court and an official from the country's Prosecutor General's Office, according to an EU press release.
Trump wants Zelensky to ease strikes on Russian refineries, Ukraine official says deal must go both ways
A Ukrainian official told Kyiv Independent that Ukraine would agree to stop attacking Russian refineries, but only if Russia also agrees to an energy truce.
EU approves major defense projects plan, with Ukraine featuring prominently
The projects aim to address the EU's shortfalls in key defense areas, namely air defense, maritime security, space, drone and counter-drone capabilities, and security along the EU's eastern flank.
Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi liberates 3 more settlements, inflicts 2,000 Russian losses, 3rd Army Corps announces
The villages of Ridkodub, Nove, and Katerynivka were liberated amid newly-reported territorial gains of 51 square kilometers.
French far right gains ground in Senate months before presidential election
France's National Rally (RN) party and its allies secured a record 14 seats in France's 348-seat Senate, a result RN co-leader Marine Le Pen hailed as a "historic victory."
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