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What Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv

The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.
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POWs on why Russians still volunteer to fight in Ukraine

POWs on why Russians still volunteer to fight in Ukraine

Battle-tested, contest ready: Inside Ukraine's drone competition

Battle-tested, contest ready: Inside Ukraine's drone competition

How adult content could help Ukraine's war effort | Ukraine This Week

How adult content could help Ukraine's war effort | Ukraine This Week

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Why this prominent Ukrainian female writer voluntarily joined the army

Why this prominent Ukrainian female writer voluntarily joined the army

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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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