I LOVE RUSSIA: Reporting From a Lost Country, by Elena Kostyuchenko. Translated by Bela Shayevich and Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse. “I Love Russia” is a provocative title for a book published in 2023. After President Vladimir Putin stunned the world by invading Ukraine in February 2022, professing a love for Russia has been risky in the…
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The Russian occupation forces inflicted six missile and 39 air strikes as well as mounted 16 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has said in the updates as of 18:00 on Monday. “Over the past day, 53 combat clashes occurred.…
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The occupiers fired at the market area in Kherson, two people were initially known to be wounded, Head of the city military administration Roman Mrochko said. “At about 15:00, Russian occupation forces struck Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank! They hit the area of one of the markets. It is preliminary known that two…
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Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko said sappers examined over 152,000 hectares and discovered over 707,000 explosive objects. “Over 707,000 explosive objects were discovered by sappers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system. The demining process continues. More than 152,000 hectares have already been surveyed. Our pyrotechnicians and explosion technicians are helped by…
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As part of a working trip to Odesa region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte visited the hospital where Ukrainian defenders who were injured during battles with the enemy in Kherson region are being treated. According to the press service of the Ukrainian head of state, Zelenskyy and…
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the United States for the decision to impose sanctions on the companies that violated the Russian oil price cap set in the world. “There are first sanctions introduced by the United States against the companies that violated the Russian oil price cap established in the world. Thank you…
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The number of deaths in the Nikopol gymnasium, destroyed due to shelling by Russian troops, has increased to four – the body of another person was pulled out from under the rubble, the clearance of the rubble has been completed, the State Emergency Service reports. “Rescuers have completed clearing the rubble at the Nikopol gymnasium.…
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Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who was held in Beijing for more than three years, has returned to Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday. Mr. Albanese said Ms. Cheng had been reunited with her two young children in Melbourne. “Her return brings an end to a very difficult few years for Cheng and…
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by Russian invaders in Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Zaporizhia directions over the past 24 hours, according to operational information on the Russian invasion as of 18.00 Tuesday, published on the Facebook page of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “In Avdiyivks direction, the…
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Russia is interested in inciting war in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message on Monday following a meeting on the situation in the Middle East. “Today was a very busy day, various meetings, among which the new international situation was especially important. I held a meeting with the heads…
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