Sasha Vakulina
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Ukraine's new assault into Russia: What is happening in Kursk region?
Ukraine has launched a new assault into Russia's Kursk region, five months since Kyiv's surprise incursion into the same border area. Russia has been trying to force the Ukrainian troops out of its territory by sending in reinforcements, including the North Korean soldiers.
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War on children: How Russia is stealing generations of Ukrainians
When Russia takes Ukrainian children from their homes and families, Ukrainian mothers have no other choice but to risk their lives trying to bring their kids back, even if that means weeks of travel through Russia and days-long FSB interrogations Otherwise, entire generations might be lost forever.
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Ukrainian POWs and families face yet another Christmas in captivity
"While you are waiting for Christmas — we are waiting for our loved ones to return from Russian captivity," say the families of Ukrainian prisoners of war holding rallies to remember people held in Russian prisons and torture chambers.
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Putin’s end-of-year presser: ‘When everything is quiet, we are bored’
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is going into its third winter, Russian President Vladimir Putin held its annual end-of-year press-conference, two days after a Kyiv-orchestrated killing of a high-ranking general on the streets of Moscow.
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Last chance: The story of harrowing evacuations of Ukraine's civilians
A TV host, a YouTube blogger and a showman. Denys Khrystov had a very different life before Russia’s invasion. Now a volunteer evacuating civilians from the most dangerous places on the frontline, Denys says he doesn’t know how many he rescued, but he remembers everyone he did not evacuate.
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Ukraine: New EU sanctions package against Russia 'not enough'
The European Union on Wednesday issued new sanctions against Russia, targeting the "shadow fleet" of tankers. Ukraine’s Presidential advisor and commissioner for sanctions policy says he welcomes the step, but believes pace remains a problem.
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EU will continue support for Ukraine, predicts Ukrainian official
"We are going to see very big changes," said Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.
Stefanishyna said the spoke with members of the European Parliament about the Danish model of employing joint production with the Ukrainian defence industry.
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Taken away and brainwashed: How Moscow ‘Russifies’ Ukrainian children
The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab released a new report on Russia's coerced adoption of Ukrainian children. According to it, Moscow launched the programme together with its all-out invasion, pointing to crimes against humanity.
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Can Russia launch an assault on Ukraine's city of Zaporizhzhia?
As Russian forces continue to gain momentum in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Moscow could also be planning an imminent push further south, according to Kyiv, with fears rising over Zaporizhzhia. Does Russia have enough resources for this?
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Explosions and power outages across Ukraine after missile attack
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack against Ukraine on Thursday morning, targeting energy infrastructure across the country. President Zelenskyy said several regions have been attacked with cluster munitions.
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Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk region gains momentum
Russian troops continue to push forward in eastern Ukraine, making significant advances in the western Donetsk region. They may now get closer and threaten important Ukrainian ground lines of communication running into eastern Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
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