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Von der Leyen: 'Illegal annexation proclaimed by Putin won’t change anything'

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said via Twitter on Sept. 30 that “all territories illegally occupied by Russian invaders are Ukrainian land and will always be part of this sovereign nation.”

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The Kyiv Independent’s Jared Goyette speaks with a Canadian volunteer, Brittney Shki-Giizis, who left the Canadian military to fight in Ukraine. A former tank instructor, she explains why she chose to come to the front, how she learned Ukrainian to serve in a Ukrainian unit, and how the war’s shift toward drones led her to become an FPV (first-person view) drone pilot.

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