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A decade after journalist Pavel Sheremet’s murder, justice remains out of reach
A decade after the murder of Belarusian-born journalist Pavel Sheremet in a car bombing in central Kyiv, justice remains elusive. The prosecution's case has unraveled under criticism, the three accused have been released, and proceedings are frozen until the end of Russia's full-scale war — when the trial is expected to begin again from scratch. If the prosecutors speed up the process, it may take one and a half or two years after the end of the war, Dmytro Kruhovyi, a lawyer for one of the su
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky confirms Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil depot, Moscow Oblast logistics facilities, 6 Black Sea vessels
Key developments on July 20: * Zelensky confirms Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil depot, Moscow Oblast logistics facilities, 6 Black Sea vessels * Ukrainian drones strike Russian FSB coordination center in occupied Kherson Oblast, SBU says * Ukrainian regiment claims capture of 64 Russian soldiers * Up to 145 Russian troops remain in Kostiantynivka as Ukrainian forces hold defense, military says * Ukrainian drones strike 7 Russian shadow fleet vessels, energy infrastructure facilities in o
Syrskyi denies rift with Fedorov as Zelensky considers his dismissal
His remarks come days after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister, a move that triggered public backlash and protests in Kyiv.
Mykhailo Drapatyi, the man some protesters want to replace Syrskyi
Thousands of protesters now gather nightly in central Kyiv, many of them calling out the name of one of Ukraine's most respected generals: "Drapatyi!" The mass protest in the capital, which began on July 15 after President Volodymyr Zelensky ousted Ukraine's popular, reform-minded Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, has turned into a call to replace Oleksandr Syrskyi, the current commander-in-chief. As details surrounding Fedorov's dismissal emerged, attention shifted to his deteriorating perso
Letting Russia burn
Karl Marx once wrote that theory becomes a material force the moment it grips the masses. Soviet leaders took that line and ran with it — straight into catastrophe — again and again. Vladimir Lenin turned it into a rationale for revolution, while Joseph Stalin used it as a license to starve and work millions of people to death in pursuit of rapid industrialization and a “bright future” that never arrived. Nikita Khrushchev, for his part, invoked it to legitimize de-Stalinization in 1956, as tho
Ukrainian regiment claims capture of 64 Russian soldiers
The regiment said the operation resulted in the capture of 64 Russian soldiers, who have been added to Ukraine's pool of prisoners of war available for future exchanges.
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"These are Russian logistics facilities, specifically warehouses used to supply war materiel: navigation equipment, components for drone production, and other supplies for the Russian army," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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