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'We're not telling' — Ukraine won't say what first FP-7 ballistic missile strike hit
Asked what the missile struck, Zelensky's communications advisor told the Kyiv Independent: "We're not telling."
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Ukraine confirms strikes on Russian cruise missile fuel plant, missile facilities
Ukraine's military launched an attack on Russia's Tver Oblast overnight on Oct. 9, reportedly targeting a Russian factory that manufactures fuel components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
US sanctions court that seeks to arrest Putin, prompts backlash
The U.S. on Oct. 9 imposed severe financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2023. The new sanctions would prohibit transactions with the court after a grace period of six months. Any companies doing business with the court afterward can be punished by the U.S. government. The foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the U.K. issued a joint statement in su
Record 20 Russian officers killed in Ukrainian strikes on headquarters in Donetsk, monitors say
According to Mediazona, 18 of the Russian officers died immediately in the missile strike, while two succumbed to their injuries.
Why have EU sanctions missed the company behind Russia’s tank industry?
With more than four years of full-scale war and 12 years since Russia first invaded Ukraine, it seems the European Union has developed an extensive arsenal of tools to sanction Moscow, but one problem appears to persist: the visibility problem. Consider two companies that share a name. The first is Research and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil, Russia's only tank manufacturer. It has been under EU sanctions since March 2022 for supplying the T-72B3 tanks used against Ukrai
Russian airports closed amid alleged Ukrainian balloon and drone raid
Local Russian Telegram channels showed mysterious balloons in the skies near Moscow, and air defense activity.
'We were being arrested like terrorists' - Ukrainian journalist says his detention in Austria was brutal
The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.
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The Kyiv Independent's coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, after eight years of aggression against Ukraine that began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and fighting in Donbas. The war has resulted in tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties and displaced millions of Ukrainians. NATO and Western allies have provided military aid to Ukraine while the conflict continues across fronts in Ukraine’s south and east.
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