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Ukraine This Year: a year of stalled peace and escalating war

In this year-end wrap-up of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur looks back at the moments that defined 2025, the fourth year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine — from stalled peace efforts and escalating Russian attacks to mass anti-corruption protests and political upheaval at home.
Ukraine This Year: a year of stalled peace and escalating war

Ukraine This Year: a year of stalled peace and escalating war

Why Russia sent Ukrainian children to North Korea, explained

Why Russia sent Ukrainian children to North Korea, explained

Between life and death under Russian drones in Kherson

Between life and death under Russian drones in Kherson

Inside a Ukrainian power plant Russia keeps hitting

Inside a Ukrainian power plant Russia keeps hitting

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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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