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With Kyiv’s air defense crews as they race to keep up with Russia’s jet-powered drones
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With Kyiv’s air defense crews as they race to keep up with Russia’s jet-powered drones

by Polina Moroziuk

In a cornfield north of Kyiv, pieces of blackened metal are scattered among rows of dried stalks. They are all that remains of a Russian Geran attack drone, shot down by Ukrainian fighter jets as it flew toward the capital during one of Russia's mass aerial assaults. "Last year we had so many of them," says Halyna Prykhodko, deputy director of the Branytsia division of the agricultural company Zemlya i Volya. "We found three, four, even five in the fields." Above Prykhodko's land is one of the

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How Ukraine's annual radio dictation brings a nation together, one word at a time

As it turns out, dictation exercises are not just for schoolchildren. On Oct. 27, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians — from diaspora communities abroad to service members on the front lines — will take part in an annual tradition: listening, writing, and testing their mastery of the Ukrainian language. Organized by Ukrainian Radio since 2000, the annual Radio Dictation celebrates the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language, bringing participants together to transcribe a text broadcast live acros

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian forces carry out 2 aerial evacuations of wounded soldiers, video shows

Key developments on Oct. 26: * Ukrainian forces carry out 2 aerial evacuations of wounded soldiers, video shows * Death toll from Russian attack on park in Kharkiv Oblast on Oct. 19 rises to 6 after child dies in hospital * Ukraine strikes Russian plant producing missile, bomb batteries in Yelets, General Staff says * Exclusive: Russia significantly expands glide-bomb production, research shows * Russian ministry recommends underground data centers following Ukrainian drone strikes Ukrain

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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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