Author: Aliaksandr Kudrytski
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Russian missile hits close to Zelenskyy, Greek prime minister
A deadly Russian missile strike hit Odesa close to the location that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were visiting in the southern Ukrainian port city on Wednesday. “These people don’t care, they have either gone insane or they don’t control what their terroristic army is doing,” Zelenskyy said about the…
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Ukraine says its drones hit Russian warship in Black Sea
Ukraine’s military said it destroyed a Russian warship off the south coast of Crimea, the latest in a string of operations targeting Kremlin navy vessels in the Black Sea. Ukrainian military intelligence said a special unit sank the Caesar Kunikov, a Russian large landing ship off Alupka in occupied Crimea, according to a video published…
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Ukraine claims Russia uses Musk’s Starlink terminals near front
Ukrainian military intelligence said Russian forces increasingly use Starlink terminals on the front line, a new twist in Kyiv’s uneasy relationship with Elon Musk’s internet service. Intercepted conversations between Russian troops in the occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine indicate they had Starlink devices installed for internet access, the Ukrainian defense ministry intelligence directorate said…
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Ukrainian parliament backs new mobilization rules
Ukraine’s parliament gave preliminary approval for a controversial bill on mobilization, designed to help replenish the country’s war-battered armed forces. The government’s proposal received 243 votes in a first reading, clearing a threshold of 226, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Telegram on Wednesday. The legislation must be approved in a second and final reading and…
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Russia launches strikes across Ukraine as campaign intensifies
Russia launched one of its biggest missile and drone strikes on Ukraine this year, hitting targets in Kyiv and in western regions close to the Polish border as Kremlin forces ramped up attacks. At least four people were killed and more than 30 were injured in the capital after an 18-story residential building was set…
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Ukraine struggles to restore utilities after big Russian strikes
KYIV, Ukraine • Ukraine restored electricity and other vital services to some areas, but most of the capital and other parts of the country remained without power in the cold after another wave of Russian missiles targeted civilian infrastructure. The relentless attacks threaten to trigger another refugee exodus to Europe and underscore Kyiv’s need for…