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The Kyiv Independent: Opinion. Alexander Query on why Europe romanticizes Russia (VIDEO)

The Kyiv Independent: Opinion is a series of videos where our journalists share their thoughts on various political, social, and other issues. In this video, our reporter Alexander Query, a native of France, contemplates why many in his home country, and in Europe in general, romanticize Russia.
Latvian prime minister on Trump's NATO deal and new Russia sanctions

Latvian prime minister on Trump's NATO deal and new Russia sanctions

US aid swings and mysterious deaths in Russia | Ukraine This Week

US aid swings and mysterious deaths in Russia | Ukraine This Week

How Ukrainian teens are training for war

How Ukrainian teens are training for war

What Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv

What Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv

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Can You Hear Me? The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics

The Kyiv Independent's journalists Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko followed a group of Ukrainian military medics as they journeyed from the heat of battle in war-torn Ukraine to the serene forests of Sweden for a short mental health retreat.

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Chornobyl: An exclusive look at the exclusion zone during war | Dare to Ukraine

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Dare to Ukraine | Kharkiv: The city that refuses to be broken

Dare to Ukraine | Kharkiv: The city that refuses to be broken

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Dare to Ukraine | Kyiv, the heart of a war-torn country

Dare to Ukraine | Kyiv, the heart of a war-torn country

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