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How Ukrainian helicopter pilots hunt down Russian drones

As Russia bombards Ukraine with Shahed drones almost every night, the 12th Army Aviation Brigade takes to the skies in decades-old helicopters to intercept them. The Kyiv Independent’s Kollen Post joined the pilots to understand how they fly, maneuver, and shoot down drones in darkness — and what keeps them going.
Between life and death under Russian drones in Kherson

Between life and death under Russian drones in Kherson

EU ministers on the bloc's 2-point peace plan for Ukraine

EU ministers on the bloc's 2-point peace plan for Ukraine

What Ukrainians actually think about ceding Donbas to Russia

What Ukrainians actually think about ceding Donbas to Russia

Zelensky faces election pressure as war drags on | Ukraine This Week

Zelensky faces election pressure as war drags on | Ukraine This Week

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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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