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@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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European Council President expresses condole...

⚡️ European Council President expresses condolences amid explosions in Poland.
European Council President Charles Michel said he is “shocked by the news of a missile or other ammunition having killed people on Polish territory.”
Michel said he is “in contact with Polish authorities, members of the European Council and other allies.” Two people were killed due to explosions in Przewodow, Poland, on Nov. 15.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russia denies its missiles hit Poland. No ...

⚡️ Russia denies its missiles hit Poland.
“No strikes on targets near the Ukrainian-Polish state border were made by Russian means of destruction,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry called the reports “deliberate provocation(s) aimed at escalating the situation.”
On Nov. 15, explosions were reported in Poland amid Russia’s mass attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russian media: Ukraine stops transferring oi...

⚡️ Russian media: Ukraine stops transferring oil via Druzhba pipeline to Hungary.
Ukraine has “temporarily suspended” oil supply to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline, Russian state-controlled media RIA Novosti said on Nov. 15, citing Russian state-owned operator Transneft.
Hungarian oil company MOL also said it was notified that oil supply via the Druzhba pipeline has been temporarily suspended. Ukrainian authorities have yet to comment. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Media: Explosions kill 2 people in Poland. ...

⚡️ Media: Explosions kill 2 people in Poland.
Two people were killed during an explosion in Przewodow, Poland, on Nov. 15 near the Ukrainian border, reported AP. The source of the explosion is currently unconfirmed.
U.S. Defense Department spokesperson Patrick Ryder said the U.S. is “aware of the press reports alleging that two Russian missiles have struck a location inside Poland near the Ukraine border,” although it does not yet have information to corroborate the reports, CNN reported. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Media: Explosions kill 2 people in Przewodow...

⚡️ Media: Explosions kill 2 people in Przewodow, Poland amid Russian attacks on Ukraine.
AP reported, citing an unnamed senior U.S. intelligence official, that some of the missiles launched at Ukraine crossed into Poland.
U.S. Defense Department spokesperson Patrick Ryder said the U.S. is “aware of the press reports alleging that two Russian missiles have struck a location inside Poland near the Ukraine border,” although it does not yet have information to corroborate the reports, CNN reported. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Baltic nations express solidarity with Polan...

⚡️ Baltic nations express solidarity with Poland amid reports of explosions.
“Estonia is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory,” Estonia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry tweeted, saying the explosions in Poland are “most concerning.”
“Criminal Russian regime fired missiles which target not only Ukrainian civilians but also landed on NATO territory in Poland,” Latvian Deputy Prime Minister Artis Pabriks said. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said Vilnius is “keeping close contact” with Warsaw. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Czech Prime Minister: Confirmation of missil...

⚡️ Czech Prime Minister: Confirmation of missiles hitting Poland would be ‘further escalation’ by Russia.
“Today’s massive missile attacks by the Russian army on Ukraine clearly show that Russia wants to further terrorize its people and destroy the country,” Petr Fiala tweeted.
“If Poland confirms that the missiles also hit its territory, this will be a further escalation by Russia,” he said. “We stand firmly behind our EU and NATO ally.” On Nov. 15, explosions were reported in Poland amid Russia’s mass attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Official: Ukraine downs 70 Russian missiles....

⚡️ Official: Ukraine downs 70 Russian missiles.
Ukraine’s air defense downed 70 of the over 90 missiles launched by Russia at Ukraine, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko reported. He said Russian strikes across Ukraine damaged 15 energy infrastructure sites.
Earlier, Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia fired around 100 missiles at Ukraine on Nov. 15, the largest mass attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since the start of the war.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Rescuers save 566 miners trapped underground...

⚡️ Rescuers save 566 miners trapped underground due to power outages in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration, said miners were stuck due to energy cut-offs caused by Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
On Nov. 15, Russia launched the largest attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since the start of its full-scale war.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Energy Minister: Russia's Nov. 15 strikes on...

⚡️ Energy Minister: Russia’s Nov. 15 strikes on energy system largest since start of war.
Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said Russia targeted power generation and transmission facilities across the country, affecting Ukraine and other countries' energy infrastructure.
“After defeats in military and international arenas, the enemy (Russia) is carrying out another attempt at terrorist revenge and is trying to inflict maximum damage on our energy system on the eve of winter,” Halushchenko said.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russia's attack on Kyiv kills 1 person. The...

⚡️ Russia’s attack on Kyiv kills 1 person.
The Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported that one person was killed due to a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi District on Nov. 15.
Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported that three apartment buildings were hit due to Russia's attack.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra: 'Russ...

⚡️ Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra: 'Russia’s mass attack shows Putin’s willingness to resort to criminal methods.'
Hoekstra was visiting Kyiv on Nov. 15 and had to take shelter during Russia's mass missile strike.
📷 Wopke Hoekstra/Twitter ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russian strikes at Ukraine's energy infrastr...

⚡️ Russian strikes at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cause mass power outages in Moldova.
The Isaccea-Vulcanesti power line supplying the electricity to Moldova was automatically disconnected as a safety measure, according to Moldovian Deputy PM Andrei Spinu and TV8.
Power outages have been reported in several Moldovian regions, and electrical transport stopped operating in the country’s capital Chisinau, TV8 wrote.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Air Force: Russian troops fire 100 missiles a...

⚡️Air Force: Russian troops fire 100 missiles at Ukraine.
Russia launched about 100 missiles at Ukrainian cities on Nov. 15 in its latest mass attack on critical infrastructure, according to Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat.
The strike's scale exceeded the Oct. 10 attack when 84 rockets were fired at Ukraine, Ihnat said. ...
@MassDara
1 year ago
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Sept: Russian frontlines collapsed in Kharkiv: ...

Sept: Russian frontlines collapsed in Kharkiv: Russia launches a wave of missiles on Ukrainian critical infrastructure.
Oct: the Kerch bridge attacked after Putin’s birthday: more missiles.
Nov: Russia completed a controlled retreat from Kherson: another wave of missiles (1/2) ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russia's Security Council Secretary calls to...

⚡️ Russia’s Security Council Secretary calls to step up air defense, protect critical infrastructure.
Nikolai Patrushev said Russia must bolster its air defense systems to protect critical infrastructure, Russian state-controlled media RIA Novosti said on Nov. 15.
Patrushev claimed that Russia's critical infrastructure is threatened by an increase in so-called "subversive activities” by Ukrainian reconnaissance groups at the border.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Poroshenko ally Hranovsky wanted on corruptio...

⚡️Poroshenko ally Hranovsky wanted on corruption charges.
In October Oleksandr Hranovsky, a former member of parliament from ex-President Petro Poroshenko's party, was charged with abuse of power for alleged embezzlement at the Odesa Portside Plant.
The corruption scheme caused losses worth Hr 93.3 million ($2.5 million) in 2015, according to the NABU.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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UK intelligence: Russia made Henichesk tempo...

⚡️UK intelligence: Russia made Henichesk ‘temporary capital’ of occupied parts of Kherson Oblast.
Russia will likely redeploy military command units to the Henichesk area in Kherson Oblast, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on Nov. 15.
The ministry added that Henichesk is well positioned for coordination against a potential Ukrainian offensive from either Kherson or Melitopol, as well as for receiving reinforcements from the occupied Crimea peninsula.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Banksy confirms creating 7 murals in Ukraine....

⚡️Banksy confirms creating 7 murals in Ukraine.
U.K. street artist Banksy has confirmed to The Art Newspaper that he has created seven murals in various locations in Ukraine, including Kyiv and two suburbs of the capital — Irpin and Borodianka.
Speculation that Banksy might be in Ukraine emerged after three works similar in style to his art were spotted in Borodianka earlier in November, the report reads.
@meduza_en
1 year ago
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Two Russian children with a rare brain disease ...

Two Russian children with a rare brain disease have died. They were receiving a US-made lifesaving medication under clinical trials, but since the Russian government has not registered it, it can no longer be imported. Parents are planning a hunger strike.
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This summer, Meduza reported on how the war in Ukraine and the resulting sanctions have affected the ability of Russian citizens with conditions like cystic fibrosis to access lifesaving medications.
@ukraine_world
1 year ago
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Zelenskyy outlines Ukraine's 10-point "formula ...

Zelenskyy outlines Ukraine’s 10-point "formula for peace" at G20 summit:
1. Radiation and nuclear safety.
2. Food security. ...
@ukraine_world
1 year ago
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The story of Artem Hurtovyi, a Ukrainian soldie...

The story of Artem Hurtovyi, a Ukrainian soldier who died in Lysychansk, Luhansk Region.Artem is survived by his wife Daria and one-and-a-half-year-old twin daughters.#UkraineWorldTestimony 1/14 ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Ukraine resumes rail service to Mykolaiv for ...

⚡️Ukraine resumes rail service to Mykolaiv for the first time since Feb. 24.
After launching its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, Russia unsuccessfully attempted to seize Mykolaiv and other cities in Mykolaiv Oblast and heavily shelled the region.
The report on the resumption of railway traffic followed the liberation of the neighboring city of Kherson by Ukrainian troops on Nov. 11.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Zelensky: Liberation of Kherson is a turning ...

⚡️Zelensky: Liberation of Kherson is a turning point in the war.
“It can be compared with D-Day — the Normandy landings. It was not yet the finale in the fight against evil, but it already determined the entire subsequent course of events,” Zelensky said at the G20 summit.
Zelensky called it the G19 group over twenty times, implying that Russia should be excluded from it.
@meduza_en
1 year ago
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Wagner PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin denied that...

Wagner PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin denied that his mercenary group is responsible for the murder of an alleged defector shown in a video that appeared online last week. He claimed the execution is more likely to have been conducted by the U.S. government.
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The man whose murder is shown in the video, Yevgeny Nuzhin, said in a September interview that he signed up to fight with the Wagner Group so that he could travel to Ukraine, surrender, then fight on the Ukrainian side.
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In his statement denying Wagner PMC's responsibility for Nuzhin's extrajudicial killing, Prigozhin claimed Wagner fighters are known for their "strict compliance with international norms." This far-from-exhaustive thread sheds light on why that's not true: https://t.co/VEtX5RMvpF ...
@meduza_en
1 year ago
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Scenes from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelen...

Scenes from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Kherson on November 14.
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See these and other photos from the 264th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine here.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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ISW: Russia likely to recommit troops to Done...

⚡️ISW: Russia likely to recommit troops to Donetsk Oblast after withdrawal from west bank of Dnipro.
Recommitting troops to the oblast will likely lead to an intensification of operations near Bakhmut, Donetsk, and western Donetsk Oblast, the Institute for the Study of War said
While Russian forces may make gains in these areas in the near future, they are unlikely to be significant, the ISW said. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russia continues to heavily shell Nikopol. ...

⚡️Russia continues to heavily shell Nikopol.
Russia continues to shell communities in the Nikopol region in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with heavy artillery, firing more than 60 times at the area overnight on Nov. 15, Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said in a post on Telegram.
High-rise buildings, houses, and businesses were targeted, Reznichenko said. Power lines and a gas pipeline were also affected by the attacks. No casualties were reported. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Canadian volunteer killed in Donetsk Oblast. ...

⚡️Canadian volunteer killed in Donetsk Oblast.
Joseph Hildebrand, a 33-year-old farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada who had served in Afghanistan, was killed while on a combat mission near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, according to his family members, CBC reports.
The family said surviving soldiers called to tell them they are currently guarding the bodies of nine out of the 12 men on the mission who were killed until they can be extracted from hostile territory.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russian troops digging in on east bank of Dni...

⚡️Russian troops digging in on east bank of Dnipro River.
Russian forces are regrouping and continuing to set up defensive lines on the east bank of the Dnipro River in Ukraine's south after their withdrawal from the west bank on Nov. 11, the Southern Operational Command said.
Russian troops are firing at Ukrainian positions and civilian areas with rockets, artillery, and kamikaze drones from the east bank, the command said. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Zelensky to G20 summit: 'Now is the time to e...

⚡️Zelensky to G20 summit: 'Now is the time to end Russia's destructive war.'
President Volodymyr Zelensky told the G20 summit in Bali virtually that he is "convinced now is the time when the Russian destructive war must and can be stopped," AFP reported.
Zelensky also said there would be no Minsk 3, a reference to two previous failed agreements to end Russia's invasion in 2014 and the ensuing war in Ukraine's east. “We will not allow Russia to wait out and build up its forces," Zelensky said, the Guardian reported. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Zelensky: Russia has deported 11,000 Ukrainia...

⚡️Zelensky: Russia has deported 11,000 Ukrainian children.
During his nightly address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that according to official data, Russian forces have deported almost 11,000 Ukrainian children to Russia.
Zelensky also said the list of children includes those the Ukrainian government knows about, but that the figure is actually higher. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Zambia seeks explanation after national consc...

⚡️Zambia seeks explanation after national conscripted by Russia and sent to Ukraine.
Zambia's government has asked Russia how its citizen serving jail time in Moscow was recruited to fight in Ukraine, where he was killed, Zambia's FM Stanley Kakubo said, Reuters reports.
According to Kakubo, the Zambian national was a student who was serving a jail sentence near Moscow after being convicted of breaking Russian law. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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UN supports resolution for Russia to pay war ...

⚡️UN supports resolution for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine.
The United Nations General Assembly on Nov. 14 passed a resolution saying that Russia must be held accountable for international law violations during its war in Ukraine, and must pay war reparations. 1/2
According to the voting, 94 countries favored the measure, 14 nations, including China and Iran, voted against it, and 73 countries abstained. 2/2
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Foreign Ministry: Russia is not in position t...

⚡️Foreign Ministry: Russia is not in position to dictate terms of negotiations.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko made the statement in response to Russia’s claim that it wouldn’t meet Ukrainian demand to withdraw forces from Ukrainian territories to start negotiations.
“Ukraine’s peace formula remains unchanged: an immediate end to the war, the withdrawal of all Russian troops, the restoration of Ukrainian territorial integrity, compensation for the damages, and the provision of effective guarantees of non-repetition of aggression," he said.
@JonathanLanday
1 year ago
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Amazing scene in Kherson today when Ukrainian P...

Amazing scene in Kherson today when Ukrainian President Zelenskiy visited to officially reclaim the city after nine month Russian occupation.Greeted by hundreds of joyful people in central square.Says “We are moving forward.” ...
@MassDara
1 year ago
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These 2 videos are important to watch. This man...

These 2 videos are important to watch.This man has been in military service before.He outlines in great detail what’s wrong with mobilization training and command. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russia attacks Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv oblast...

⚡️Russia attacks Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv oblasts, injuring 2.
Russian forces struck Kharkiv Oblast settlements located close to the frontline and the Russian-Ukrainian border, wounding two residents of Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Nov. 14.
Russia also attacked two communities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with Grad multiple launch rocket systems and heavy artillery, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russian-backed militant in Donetsk Oblast con...

⚡️Russian-backed militant in Donetsk Oblast convicted for attacking civilians in Mariupol.
The militant with the nom de guerre Phil has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for high treason and participation in the activities of illegal armed groups.
Ukraine’s Security Service said that the militant had operated a T-72 tank during the hostilities in Mariupol and conducted at least 20 attacks targeting residential high-rise buildings in the city.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Watchdog: More missiles delivered from Belaru...

⚡️Watchdog: More missiles delivered from Belarus to Russia.
A Russian IL-76 aircraft arrived on Nov. 13 at the Machulishchy airfield in Belarus and later flew to the Millerovo airfield in Russia, the Belarusian Hajun, a group that monitors the movement of Russian weapons, said.
Before the arrival of the plane, five trailers carrying 20 missiles in the direction of the Machulishchy airfield were noticed, the watchdog wrote.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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UK intelligence: Winter to complicate conditi...

⚡️UK intelligence: Winter to complicate conditions for Russian, Ukrainian forces.
Changes to daylight hours, temperature, and weather in the upcoming winter will create challenges for both Russian and Ukrainian forces, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Nov. 14.
“Any decisions that the Russian General Staff make will be in part informed by the onset of winter,” the report reads.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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General Staff: Russian forces continue to str...

⚡️General Staff: Russian forces continue to strike Ukrainian positions in Kherson Oblast.
Russian troops shelled Mylove, Zolota Balka, Mykhailivka, and Shevchenkivka in Kherson Oblast with artillery, Ukraine's General Staff reported.
The number of Russian forces in the occupied towns of Kakhovka, Tavriisk, and Nova Kakhovka has decreased, according to the Ukrainian military.
@mjluxmoore
1 year ago
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Zelensky is asked why he decided to visit Khers...

Zelensky is asked why he decided to visit Kherson with the Russians just across the river - he could easily have recorded a video message from Kyiv, a reporter says.
"Everyone takes risks, soldiers take risks, journalists take risks," he says. But he's the president of Ukraine. https://t.co/suI5wtNkZr
There's a lot of discussion about how Ukraine won the information war, but Zelensky's visits to the frontline are a key element of it - and such a stark contrast to Putin's physical distance from the military campaign he launched in February.
@meduza_en
1 year ago
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Kherson residents greet Ukrainian troops in the...

Kherson residents greet Ukrainian troops in the newly-liberated city.
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See these, Banksy, and other photos from the 263rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine here.
@ukraine_world
1 year ago
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Russia bombs Ukrainian cities. Poland takes car...

Russia bombs Ukrainian cities.Poland takes care of Ukrainian refugees escaping Russian bombing.Russians are robbing Ukrainian farmlands, while Poland is part of the EU giving a huge amount of macrofinancial support to Ukraine. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Ukraine repels Russian attacks near 7 settle...

⚡️ Ukraine repels Russian attacks near 7 settlements over past day.
Ukrainian forces have repelled Russian attacks near Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, and Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Bilohorivka, Kurdiumivka, Vodiane, and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff said.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched four missiles, 13 airstrikes, and about 60 MLRS attacks against Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Governor: Russian forces injure 4 civilians ...

⚡️ Governor: Russian forces injure 4 civilians in Donetsk Oblast on Nov. 13.
According to Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, one person was wounded in Kurakhove, one in Bakhmut, one in Andiivka, and one in Ivanivske.
It is still impossible to determine the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha, Kyrylenko added.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Official: Car blown up by mine in Kherson Ob...

⚡️ Official: Car blown up by mine in Kherson Oblast, 4 people injured.
Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko reported that a car with four civilians hit a landmine in the village of Novoraisk on Nov. 13, resulting in an explosion.
According to Tymoshenko, an 11-year-old child was among the injured.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Mayor: Russia strikes Kharkiv. Kharkiv May...

⚡️ Mayor: Russia strikes Kharkiv.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Nov. 13 that the Industrialnyi district of the city was targeted. According to preliminary information, an industrial facility was hit.
There is no information about casualties at the time of the publication.
@meduza_en
1 year ago
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The latest in PMC Wagner founder Evgeny Prigozh...

The latest in PMC Wagner founder Evgeny Prigozhin’s feud with St. Petersburg’s loyalist governor Alexander Beglov: asking the FSB to investigate Beglov for high treason.Prigozhin has not revealed the basis for the request.
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It is thought that the bad blood between Prigozhin and Beglov stems from Beglov’s refusal to hand out contracts for large state construction projects to Prigozhin’s businesses. ...
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Governor: Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivsta...

⚡️ Governor: Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivstar resumes service in Kherson.
Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych said on Nov. 13 that Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar's operations have been restored in the city.
Read more in our Sept. 28 story titled "People under Russian occupation cut off from internet, mobile connection" ...
@ukraine_world
1 year ago
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Odesa, the monument to Catherine II. Installati...

Odesa, the monument to Catherine II. Installation, presenting 🇷🇺 empress as an executioner, a who destroyed destinies of several nations: Ukrainians, Poles, Crimean Tatars etc. Decolonization is one of those the important topics in Ukraine now
🎥⁦⁦@ukraine_world⁩
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Ukrainian flag reportedly raised over Antoni...

⚡️ Ukrainian flag reportedly raised over Antonivskyi Bridge near Kherson.
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A video shot by Ukrainian soldiers and shared on social media on Nov. 13 shows the yellow and blue flag being hanged upon the Antonivskyi Bridge, a strategic passage between the Kherson Oblast's liberated west bank and the east bank to where Russians retreated.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Governor: Russians mined 'nearly everything'...

⚡️ Governor: Russians mined 'nearly everything' in Kherson.
On Nov. 14, Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych asked people to avoid gathering in the central part of liberated Kherson as sappers need to demine it first.
"The enemy has mined nearly everything (in Kherson). Please, avoid crowded places," Yanushevych said.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Ukrainian intelligence: Russia faces medicin...

⚡️ Ukrainian intelligence: Russia faces medicine shortages due to sanctions.
Russia's Health Ministry has issued an order obliging all country's regions to create a stockpile of medicines for four months, according to the Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate.
Russian surgeons face a decrease in medicine supply, which affects the medical industry and force them to indefinitely postpone operations, it reported.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Russian strike wounds 1 in Kurakhove in Done...

⚡️ Russian strike wounds 1 in Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast.
A Russian rocket hit a residential buildings and an administrative building in Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, injuring one civilian, according to the governor of this oblast, Pavlo Kyrylenko.
Kyrylenko also said Russians had damaged a hospital, a maternity hospital, and a clinic in Toretsk.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Kherson Oblast governor urges civilians to e...

⚡️ Kherson Oblast governor urges civilians to evacuate due to potential Russian strikes.
Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych asked civilians to evacuate to safer regions as Russia could retaliate against people living in the liberated part of Kherson Oblast.
"The Russian army, when it flees, begins to fight with peaceful people out of hopelessness. We have repeatedly seen this in many liberated settlements," Yanushevych said.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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General Staff: Russia amasses troops near Me...

⚡️ General Staff: Russia amasses troops near Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Russian forces are bringing more troops and building fortifications around Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the General Staff reported on Nov. 13.
Russia decreased the number of its troops in occupied Kakhovka, Tavriysk and Nova Kakhovka in Kherson Oblast, according to Ukraine's Armed Forces.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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UK defense official: It's for Ukraine to dec...

⚡️ UK defense official: It's for Ukraine to decide when, how to negotiate.
The U.K. has always supported President Volodymyr Zelensky; Britain's job was to support Ukraine politically, diplomatically and militarily, according to Tony Radakin, British chief of the defense staff.
"We've got to be respectful – and acknowledge that it's Zelensky who's going to determine for his nation when is the right negotiating point," Radakin said.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Governor: Fighting kills 2 civilians, wounds...

⚡️ Governor: Fighting kills 2 civilians, wounds 1 in Donetsk Oblast over the past day.
Additionally, two bodies of civilians were discovered in one of the liberated settlements in the southwestern part of the region. They had been killed during the Russian occupation.
Correction: The bodies of two civilians killed during Russian occupation were discovered in two separate settlements in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Putin threatens to strip passports from peopl...

⚡️Putin threatens to strip passports from people who acquired Russian citizenship.
Vladimir Putin proposed amendments to a bill that would enable Moscow to strip passports from non-birth citizens who acquired Russian citizenship if they criticized the war in Ukraine.
The changes apparently target Ukrainians who obtained Russian passports during Moscow’s occupation. Many Ukrainians were either forced or had no choice but to switch their nationality due to threats posed by Russian troops.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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Governor: Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk...

⚡️Governor: Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injure 2.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said that Russia shelled Nikopol as well as Marhanets community overnight on Nov. 13. Two women, were injured in the attack and have been hospitalized.
In the city of Nikopol, over 40 high-rise and private buildings, more than two dozen commercial buildings, and several gas pipelines and power lines were damaged, according to Reznichenko.
@KyivIndependent
1 year ago
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General Staff: Ukraine's military hits Russia...

⚡️General Staff: Ukraine's military hits Russian forces' concentration point in Kherson Oblast.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirmed on Nov. 13 that the Ukrainian military hit the Russian forces' concentration area in Kherson Oblast.
A high-precision strike was carried out near the village of Dnipriany on a building containing up to 500 Russian troops. At least two trucks carrying bodies were reportedly taken to Tavriisk, a town in the Kakhovka district located 80 kilometers east of Kherson. ...
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1 year ago
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Ukraine's military targets Russian concentrat...

⚡️Ukraine's military targets Russian concentrations of troops, equipment on southern front line.
Southern Operational Command said on Nov. 12 that the Ukrainian army has killed 40 Russian soldiers and destroyed three military vehicles over the past 24 hours.
The command also reported that Russia keeps 18 ships in the Black Sea, including one missile carrier with eight Kalibr cruise missiles on board.
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1 year ago
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Top Zelensky ally: Opportunity for peace talk...

⚡️Top Zelensky ally: Opportunity for peace talks could arise in second half of 2023.
Election campaign cycles beginning in the US and Russia could be a trigger for peace talks, Davyd Arakhamia, leader of Zelensky's Servant of the People faction in parliament, said.
“I don't think (Russian dictator Vladimir) Putin is capable of demonstrating any military success,” he said. "So they may be trying to somehow demonstrate something to their people on the diplomatic front.”
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1 year ago
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ISW: Russia's withdrawal from Kherson ignites...

⚡️ISW: Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson ignites ideological fracture between pro-war figures and Putin.
Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson is eroding confidence in Vladimir Putin’s commitment and ability to deliver his war promises, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
On Nov. 12, a pro-war Russian ideologist Alexander Dugin openly criticized Putin — whom he referred to as the autocrat — for failing to uphold Russian ideology by surrendering Kherson. ...
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1 year ago
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Zelensky: Crimea will greet our soldiers with...

⚡️Zelensky: Crimea will greet our soldiers with Ukrainian flags like in Kherson.
"We'll certainly see how our forces in Crimea will be met with Ukrainian flags, which they are keeping there, and there will be hundreds of them on the streets on the day of liberation," he said.
The comments came after dozens of videos emerged on social media of locals embracing Ukrainian soldiers on the streets of Kherson and other settlements of Kherson Oblast when the area was liberated on Nov. 11.
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1 year ago
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General Staff: Russian forces continue offens...

⚡️General Staff: Russian forces continue offensive in Donbas.
Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Nov. 12 that the Russian offensive continues near Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Novopavlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
Russian forces launched 14 airstrikes and shelled 10 times more than 15 settlements in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy oblasts, according to the General Staff.
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1 year ago
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Russian bank seeks to regain access to SWIFT ...

⚡️Russian bank seeks to regain access to SWIFT as part of grain talks.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that Moscow was hoping to reconnect Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT international messaging network as part of UN talks on Ukrainian grain exports.
Russian banks were disconnected from SWIFT in February after joint sanctions agreements between the European Union, US, UK, and Canada.
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1 year ago
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Official: Russia shells village in occupied p...

⚡️Official: Russia shells village in occupied part of Kherson Oblast.
The Russian-occupied village of Hornostaivka was shelled with Grad multiple rocket launchers on Nov. 12, according to Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanhushevych.
"With these methods, the Russians are trying to pressure the residents of Hornostaivka into a so-called 'evacuation'," Yanhushevych wrote on Telegram.
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1 year ago
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Ex-Ukreximbank CEO given state company job af...

⚡️Ex-Ukreximbank CEO given state company job after being fired for assaulting journalists.
Ukrainian Financial Housing Company, a state mortgage finance firm, said that it had hired Yevhen Metsher as CEO.
Metsher was dismissed from his post as CEO of Ukreximbank in 2021 after his security team assaulted a team of investigative journalists from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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1 year ago
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Ukrainian local authorities resume work in Kh...

⚡️Ukrainian local authorities resume work in Kherson after liberation.
Both the Kherson Oblast and city governments returned to the city on Nov. 12, one day after Ukrainian troops liberated Kherson after over eight months of Russian occupation.
The announcement was made by Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanhushevych in a video filmed on the central square of Kherson. He also announced the introduction of a curfew in Kherson from 5 p.m. until 8 a.m.
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1 year ago
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Unexploded cluster munitions from Russian mis...

⚡️Unexploded cluster munitions from Russian missile land in residential area in Zaporizhzhia.
A Russian Iskander-K ballistic missile containing 54 cluster submunitions landed among residential buildings, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a deputy head of the President’s Office.
The cluster munitions failed to explode, presenting a serious danger to civilians nearby. They will be temporarily evacuated while explosives specialists clear the area, Tymoshenko said.
@MassDara
1 year ago
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Looks like Russian forces made efforts to destr...

Looks like Russian forces made efforts to destroy their equipment in Kherson as part of a controlled retreat.Especially types that couldn’t make it across the river for whatever reason, or advanced kit.Thread below that I’ll add to as I see examples (/1) ...
@ukraine_world
1 year ago
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Russia is militarizing Zaporizhzhia NPP. It is ...

Russia is militarizing Zaporizhzhia NPP. It is occupied by the Russian military. We don't know what they are doing there. Nither IAEA nor Ukraine has access there. 1/2
#AgainstRussianLies
Meanwhile, Russia is spreading propaganda about Ukrainians making a 'dirty bomb'. But we don't know what Russians are doing at Zaporizhzhia NPP. Maybe a 'dirty bomb' is something they are making themselves? 2/2
@mjluxmoore
1 year ago
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Zelensky on the day Ukrainian troops entered li...

Zelensky on the day Ukrainian troops entered liberated Kherson:
“Today is a historic day… The people of Kherson were waiting. They never gave up on Ukraine. Hope for Ukraine is always justified - and Ukraine always regains its own.”
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1 year ago
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Police uncover Russian atrocities in recently...

⚡️Police uncover Russian atrocities in recently liberated territories of Kherson Oblast.
At the end of October, a 70-year-old resident of the village of Kachkarivka in Kherson Oblast was killed after Russian troops threw a mine into the man's yard, according to local police.
The Russian military also kidnapped a resident of Ivanivka who was trying to evacuate to Ukrainian-controlled territory, the police said. ...
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1 year ago
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IAEA: Damage to Ukrainian atomic lab after Ru...

⚡️IAEA: Damage to Ukrainian atomic lab after Russian attack 'worse than expected.'
The International Atomic Energy Agency said that damage to the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology was “dramatic and shocking, even worse than expected” but radiation levels were normal.
The institute's deputy director general told the IAEA that the site had endured around 100 missile attacks and shelling during the first three weeks of the war alone, and had been without power and water for more than a month.
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1 year ago
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Energy giant DTEK: Russia completely destroye...

⚡️Energy giant DTEK: Russia completely destroyed energy system in Kherson.
Executive director of Ukraine's largest private power producer DTEK Dmytro Sakharuk said on TV on Nov. 11 that there is no electricity at all in the city of Kherson.
Sakharuk added that it took 30 days to restore power to the parts of Kyiv Oblast occupied by Russia and expects it will take about the same amount of time to restore electricity to Kherson.
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1 year ago
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Netherlands to allocate additional 110 milli...

⚡️ Netherlands to allocate additional 110 million euros to support Ukraine in winter.
The funds will provide housing, repair water pipes and houses, and purchase gas, food, and electricity, Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Liesje Schreinemacher said.
Part of the funds will be directed toward repairing Ukraine’s energy network.
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1 year ago
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Macron congratulates Ukraine on liberating K...

⚡️ Macron congratulates Ukraine on liberating Kherson.
“I welcome Kherson’s return to Ukraine,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Nov. 11. “This is a critical step towards the restoration of its sovereign rights. France will stand beside the Ukrainian people.”
Ukraine’s Armed Forces entered the city of Kherson on Nov. 11. The city, which was Russia’s most significant gain after Feb. 24, and most of Kherson Oblast had been under Russian occupation since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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1 year ago
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Germany to send Ukraine additional 1 billion...

⚡️ Germany to send Ukraine additional 1 billion euros for cyber defense, documenting war crimes.
Germany announced on Nov. 11 that it will provide 1 billion euros ($1.03 billion) from its 2023 budget to support Ukraine.
The money will go toward countering Russian cyberattacks, collecting evidence of Russian war crimes, and supporting civil society in the broader region.
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1 year ago
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Japanese media: Japanese volunteer killed in...

⚡️ Japanese media: Japanese volunteer killed in Ukraine.
A Japanese volunteer fighting eastern Ukraine against Russia has been killed, The Japan Times reported on Nov. 11, citing Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno.
The man was reportedly in his 20s and is believed to be the first Japanese individual to have died fighting in Russia’s full-scale war.
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1 year ago
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General Staff: Ukraine's military hits Russi...

⚡️ General Staff: Ukraine’s military hits Russian control point in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that over 50 Russian troops were killed and over 40 were wounded on Nov. 11 in Enerhodar.
Russian forces launched three missiles, nine airstrikes, and over 10 MLRS attacks on Ukraine.
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1 year ago
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Official: Ukraine builds wall at border with...

⚡️ Official: Ukraine builds wall at border with Belarus.
Ukraine is constructing a concrete fence reinforced with barbed wire, a ditch, and an embankment to fortify its border with Belarus in Volyn Oblast, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Nov. 11.
According to Tymoshenko, the wall already spans three kilometers and construction is also ongoing in Ukraine's Rivne and Zhytomyr oblasts.
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1 year ago
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Prosecutor General's Office: Civilian bodies...

⚡️ Prosecutor General’s Office: Civilian bodies found in liberated parts of Kherson Oblast.
Law enforcement has found the remains of three civilians killed during Russia’s occupation of Beryslav, Kherson Oblast, reported the Prosecutor General’s Office on Nov. 11.
The bodies, which will be sent for further inspection, reportedly had fractured skulls and were found in a cellar. On Oct. 26, the Reintegration Ministry reported that around 1,000 were exhumed in recently liberated territories.
@JonathanLanday
1 year ago
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Reality: It would be politically suicidal for Z...

Reality: It would be politically suicidal for Zelenskiy to agree to negotiate now having set a complete Russian withdrawal as key condition for talks and with the Kherson victory boosting Ukraine’s military momentum it would a major mistake to think he would.
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As I was saying: https://t.co/Xd7Uxjo39s
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1 year ago
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Russian Defense Ministry says all its troops...

⚡️ Russian Defense Ministry says all its troops left Kherson.
As of Nov. 11, Russian forces have completely withdrawn from the west bank of the Dnipro River where the city of Kherson sits, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry claimed Russian troops didn't suffer any losses of personnel, weapons, and military equipment during the retreat.
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1 year ago
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Today the Kyiv Independent celebrates its first...

Today the Kyiv Independent celebrates its first anniversary.
Exactly one year ago our team announced it would be launching a new media outlet. You know the rest :)
We wouldn’t be here without you, our readers and supporters. So thank you once more. ...
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1 year ago
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Ukraine returns 45 POWs from Russian captivi...

⚡️ Ukraine returns 45 POWs from Russian captivity.
Forty-five Ukrainian soldiers were released from Russian captivity on Nov. 11, according to President's Office Head Andriy Yermak.
Yermak added that the bodies of two killed soldiers were also returned to Ukraine. ...
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1 year ago
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National Resistance Center: Abandoned Russia...

⚡️ National Resistance Center: Abandoned Russian soldiers in Kherson disguise themselves as civilians.
Russian troops wearing civilian clothes have been seen in different districts of Kherson, the National Resistance Center reported on Nov. 11.
These soldiers were left behind; they hide their uniforms and equipment in trash cans but keep their weapons, the report reads. ...
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1 year ago
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BREAKING: Ukrainian troops enter Kherson. U...

⚡️ BREAKING: Ukrainian troops enter Kherson.
Ukraine's Armed Forces entered the city of Kherson on Nov. 11, according to the Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate.
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1 year ago
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Peskov says 'Kherson remains Russian' as Ukr...

⚡️ Peskov says 'Kherson remains Russian' as Ukrainian forces enter city.
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia continues to consider Kherson its territory, despite the withdrawal of its troops from the city, according to Russian state-controlled news agency TASS.
On Sept. 30, dictator Vladimir Putin said Russia was annexing Ukraine's Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts. ...
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