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Thursday, January 15
Ukraine war latest live: 70 Russian soldiers 'destroyed' during assault near Kharkiv, Khartiia claims in new video
This is Chris York reporting from Kyiv on day 1,422 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: A large group of Russian soldiers crossing snowy ground north of Kharkiv was obliterated by drones, artillery and infantry, Ukraine's Khartiia Brigade said on Jan. 15, killing around 70 of them. The Khartiia Brigade repelled an attempted assault by the Russian Federation and destroyed about 70 Russian occupiers," the unit said in a post on YouTube. "For a week, Russian oc
As Russia tries to freeze Ukrainians to submission, families try everything to stay warm
Pechersk is a leafy, affluent neighborhood in central Kyiv. Its prerevolutionary buildings are tucked away from the main roads, surrounded by quiet courtyards and trees. In peacetime, it's where many Ukrainians dreamed of living. Now, in the fourth winter of the war, it's 3 degrees celsius (37 degrees Fahrenheit) inside some apartments without additional heating, and the temperature continues to drop. Thick brick walls once insulated the well-off residents from the city's noise — now they make
Russian drone strikes Lviv playground as Kyiv faces 7th night in row of drone threats
Russia struck a playground in the city center of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported on Jan. 15.
Trump claims Putin ready to reach peace deal, Zelensky in the way
"I think (Russian President Vladimir Putin is) ready to make a deal. I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Wednesday, January 14
Republican congressman blasts Trump's Greenland invasion talk as 'one of the dumbest things' that could wreck NATO
A U.S. invasion of Greenland would be "one of the worst things" any American president has done in recent years, Republican Representative Don Bacon told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 14, as White House escalates rhetoric toward Denmark's autonomous territory. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly argued that Greenland is vital to U.S. national security, saying Washington will acquire the island "one way or the other" and that all options, including military force, remain on the table. Gre
Czechia's new government faces early divisions over Ukraine
Fears that the new Czech populist government would add another brick to the anti-Ukraine camp appear to be premature — at least, for now. Petr Macinka, Czechia's new foreign minister, who visited Ukraine on Jan. 9 mere hours after a Russian Oreshnik strike, affirmed that the two countries remain allies and that the Czech ammunition initiative will continue. Yet, the conciliatory messaging is being muddled by more radical members of the new ruling coalition. The anti-Ukrainian rhetoric of Tomi
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