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Ukraine's wartime action thriller 'Killhouse' reaches global audience on Netflix

by Kate Tsurkan

Ukraine's new action film "Killhouse" is set to reach a global audience, hitting the Netflix streaming platform on June 26 in Ukraine, with international distribution planned for autumn. Few scenes hit as hard in "Killhouse" as when Ukrainian soldiers decide to launch a high-risk mission to rescue a near-death civilian from the gray zone, a territory sandwiched between Ukrainian and Russian lines. In the film, the Russian commander watching them from his position assumes that the civilian bein

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Wednesday, July 15

Second Russian strike on foreign vessel within days kills 2 in Odesa Oblast

Russia struck a foreign ship in Odesa Oblast for the second time within days on July 14, killing two people, Governor Oleh Kiper said. "This evening, the enemy launched another attack on port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast. During the attack, a hostile drone struck a civilian vessel flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, damaging the ship's superstructure. A fire broke out on board," Kiper reported. Russia hit a civilian cargo vessel flying the Togolese flag while it was unloading mineral fe

Tuesday, July 14

What Zelensky wants from his next government

President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision on July 12 to reshuffle the government came as a surprise to many — both on the streets and in the halls of parliament. According to the Constitution, the president cannot single-handedly dismiss the prime minister. Yet lawmakers who spoke with the Kyiv Independent appeared largely unfazed by Zelensky's move to replace Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, which parliament rubber-stamped on July 14. The reasons behind the reshuffle remain unclear. Many lawma

Ukraine war latest: 'Revenge is inevitable' — Ukraine sinks Russian border guard ship involved in 2018 Kerch Strait attack

Key developments on July 14: * 'Revenge is inevitable' — Ukraine sinks Russian border guard ship involved in 2018 Kerch Strait attack * June deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022, U.N. says * Ukraine hits 2 Russian oil refineries, 11 vessels in strike spanning hundreds of miles * Head of Ukraine's state-run defense giant steps down week after deadly Vyshneve depot blast * Russian attacks kill 7, injure 78 across Ukraine over past day as Kyiv comes under another ballisti

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'A new era of war begins' — Ukrainian sea, ground drone team up for combat mission on Kinburn Spit

'A new era of war begins' — Ukrainian sea, ground drone team up for combat mission on Kinburn Spit

In the "first combat mission of this type known," a Ukrainian sea drone delivered a ground drone to Russian-held territory on the Kinburn Spit, Ukraine's 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade said on July 13. "A ground-based robotic complex was delivered to the enemy shore by an unmanned sea platform, landed on the occupied territory and used to perform a combat mission," the brigade said in a post on social media. "This is a new approach to war, where the most dangerous tasks are performed by a m

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