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

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

Ukraine war latest: Starshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms

Key developments on Oct. 24-25: * Starshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms * Russian attacks kill 8, injure 51 across Ukraine over past day as drone strikes residential building in Vinnytsia * Moscow ready to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine, US after Nov. 4, Kremlin aide says * In less than 24 hours, Russia hits 4 hypermarkets belonging to one of Ukraine's largest retail chains * Massive Ukrainian drone attac

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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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