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EU ties billions in Ukraine aid to unpopular tax reforms
Kyiv will have to improve its revenue collection and how efficiently it spends money, the European Commission said in a press release on May 20, if it wants to access more than $8 billion of the loan.
British fighter on returning to war in Ukraine after injury
The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell speaks with a British volunteer and drone operator serving in the Azov Corps’ international battalion about Russia’s war against Ukraine and how drone warfare has transformed modern combat.
UK apologizes for Russian oil sanction shambles
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a statement from the U.K. government. The United Kingdom on May 20 apologized for the way it "clumsily" handled the roll-out of new sanctions on Moscow after a day earlier it issued what appeared to be an easing of sanctions on Russian energy imports. A license posted on the U.K. government web portal on May 19 permits imports of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian oil if "the products have been processed in a third country." The move was wi
Syrskyi reveals how many Russians have been killed in Ukraine since start of 2026
The figures were revealed in Syrskyi's report on participation in a Ukraine–NATO Council meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
Russia arming missile warheads with depleted uranium, Ukraine's SBU says
The SBU findings indicated that the warhead of the R-60 missile contained depleted uranium projectiles, specifically Uranium-235 and Uranium-238.
Baltic lawmakers turn to EU for support in face of Russian strike threats
"It must be made clear that none of the EU Member States can be threatened," the letter reads.
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When 23-year-old Russian student Valery Averin signed a military contract in January after being recruited into Russia’s drone forces campaign targeting students, he was told he would train as a drone operator. Three months later, he was dead near Luhansk after reportedly being sent into an assault unit despite having no military experience. His case, reported by the BBC Russian Service, appears to be the first known death linked to Russia’s growing campaign to recruit university and college st
