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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

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

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