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Security expert covering invasion from day one. Countering Russian disinformation since 2014 🇺🇦

Kharkiv, Ukraine
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3 months
Out of all the rallies supporting Ukraine worldwide today, this in Prague stands out 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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2 years
Today’s morning report from Ukrainian Kharkiv.✊🏻🇺🇦
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2 years
Today is the 25th day of our defense and our unity. We defend our country, our homes, our families and children. Our military and territorial defense units are beating the enemy on all battlefields. And we will win! Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
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2 years
Missile attack on the Kharkiv regional administration, Sumska 64. Grad shelling at residential areas. Putin now in total war with Ukraine.
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Mother of deceased 4-year-old boy gave her consent for heart transplant to 6-year-old girl. First operation of this kind in Ukraine. Later, she was able to listen to the beating heart in the girl's chest. Incredible that this is happening in country in the midst of war.
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1 year
Two friends Olha Usova and Irina Salamatenko killed in Dnipro by Russian X22 missile. Excellent doctors, volunteers, Irina has two children, Olya has a little son. There’s only one way to fight terrorists. And we all know what it is.
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2 years
Beyond words. Today Ukrainian military 227th battalion of the 127th territorial defense brigade reached the border with Russia in the Kharkiv region. Glory to Ukraine! 💪🏻🇺🇦
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1 year
Ukraine has never attacked or threatened Russia, all we want is Russia to leave us alone.
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1 year
Ukraine’s main Christmas Tree in Kyiv lit up with blue and yellow. Christmas means hope. And Ukraine has one hope. This is victory.
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3 months
Please, do not ask Ukraine when the war will end. Ask yourself – why is Putin still able to continue it?
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10 months
Putin: “Russia has not yet needed to use cluster munitions, but if they are used against the country, it has the right to mirror action”. Kharkiv on February 28: one of the many cases of Russian use of Smerch cluster munitions in densely populated residential areas.
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2 years
Good morning from Kherson 😎
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1 year
Thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine. Together we fight for freedom and peace and I truly believe in our Victory. Merry Christmas to all of you! 💙💛🎄
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3 months
Putin kills because nobody stops him
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3 months
Just came across Fuminori Tsuchiko on Maidan Square—a true legend of Ukraine and my personal hero, a 75-year-old from Japan. He is helping people in Kharkiv from the very first days of invasion. Support him if you can 💙💛
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2 years
Today, for the first time, I went to Saltivka, the most devastated district of Kharkiv. The entire residential area is completely empty, the only sounds are the sounds of hail and the grinding of metal.
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1 year
Many have met this young and charismatic combat medic Yana Rykhlitska, who worked near Bakhmut. Now you won't see her again. Russia killed her. Yana and another medic were killed during the evacuation of the wounded near Bakhmut. Rest In Glory, Hero.
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2 years
Now I am often asked whether there will be a new attack on Kharkiv. The answer is yes. For 45 days, there was not a single day when the city was not shelled. Will Russia succeed this time? The answer is no. Ukraine is more prepared, but we need more weapons to stop the aggressor.
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2 years
Wedding in a city under constant shelling be like this: a photo zone against the background of a destroyed historical building and a bombarded city center, a ceremony in the subway. This is a strong message to the world - Kharkiv is resisting and living.
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1 year
Hello from sunny, beautiful, free Ukraine 🇺🇦
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2 years
22 million tonnes of grain can’t be exported from Ukraine because Russia blockades Black Sea ports. In Mykolaiv farmers are preparing for a new harvest, but cannot export even the last year's grain and sunflower seeds. Russia is using hunger as a weapon, blackmailing the world.
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2 years
Evacuation of civilians from Mariupol Azovstal began. A first group of 100 evacuees on the way to Zaporizhzhia. It is hard to imagine what these women and children went through in those two months.
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1 year
Russia wanted to crush Ukraine with cold and darkness. Their plan failed. We fought back, became stronger and united. And this spring brings us hope for victory.
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For the first time Ukraine is celebrating Christmas on December 25, shifting further away from Russia, as this magical Christmas Express departs from Kyiv Central
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Yuriy Husak from Dubno killed defending Ukraine in Bakhmut on December 6. Buried in Dubno today. The whole city came to honor the memory of the fallen soldier.
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2 years
Kharkiv today 🇺🇦
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Maria Avdeeva
10 months
No, these aren't WWII images. It’s Russian missiles in Pokrovsk, another frontline city that Russia aims to erase.
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1 month
Hey Russians, just a reminder: Odesa is a Ukrainian city. Got it?
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2 years
Russia is furiously attacking the second largest Ukrainian city to make it impossible to rebuild and return to normal. Every night rockets rain down on Kharkiv at random, leaving locals to guess where next attack will take place. Today private house and a school became targets.
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Maria Avdeeva
10 months
Are you serious @FIE_fencing ? It's a complete shame. Did you disqualify Kharlan for not shaking hands with a murderous terrorist state that kills her compatriots every day and hides behind “neutrality” flag?!
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2 years
Kharkiv these days. Volunteers and city workers plant pansies in front of the administration building destroyed by Russian Kalibrs. Ukrainian tanks pass by.
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1 year
For six months Russia turns Bakhmut into ruins. In what perverted world is this called liberation?
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Maria Avdeeva
11 months
Thousands of people gathered in Lviv to greet Zelensky and Azovstal defenders. What a day.
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1 year
The woman pulled out of the rubble in Dnipro is Kateryna Zelenskaya. She is deaf and couldn't call for help. Rescuers continue searching for her one-year-old son and husband. At the moment, the number of victims of the Russian attack is 40 innocent people.
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2 years
This city is unbreakable. In the midst of the war, just 40 km from the border, in the underground bunker, Kharkiv hosts 5th Literary Festival and a discussion on the future of the front-line city.
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2 years
This is Ukraine 🇺🇦
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2 years
When I say that Putin will not stop in Ukraine, I mean exactly that. State Russian TV show in prime time discusses possible nuclear strike on Europe, Russian invasion of Poland and Lithuania and corridor to Kaliningrad, threatens Germany and Baltic states. Act now #StopRussia .
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2 years
100 days of resistance. 100 days of fighting. 100 days of painful losses. 100 days of faith. 100 days of unity. Proud to be Ukrainian! Stand with Ukraine! 🇺🇦
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Maria Avdeeva
8 months
Albanian PM Edi Rama had the best solution for Russia at the UN: You stop the war and president Zelensky will not take the floor
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1 year
Russia - tries to crush Ukrainian infrastructure Ukrainians - smile and get the repairs done
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Maria Avdeeva
7 months
Russia’s target isn’t just Ukraine; it’s the West and Western unity. Supporting Ukraine means standing against global terrorism and aggression
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2 years
They say something interesting happening around Kherson. Can't wait to see.
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2 years
Kharkiv Music Fest - one of the best international classical music festivals in Ukraine was scheduled to start on March 26. No one could have imagined that instead there would be a concert in the subway. But here we are on the day 31 of the war.
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1 year
Kharkiv received body armor for children. I wish this news never existed.
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2 years
My Flag. My Kharkiv. My Ukraine. Glory to the Armed Forces!
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1 year
Now it’s official! Germany approves to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. A huge thank you to everyone who supported! 🤝🇩🇪🇺🇦 I guess now it’s the right time for this picture.
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Maria Avdeeva
1 year
47 missiles out of 55 shot down this morning. Kh-101, Kh-555, Kinzhal, Kalibr, Kh-59 launched from air and from the Black Sea. The aim of Russian attacks remain unchanged - energy infrastructure and civilians. They will not succeed. Ukraine stands strong.
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1 year
FIFA refused to show Zelensky’s message of peace at World Cup Final. If not from the screens at the stadium in Qatar, the world needs to hear this appeal. This is @ZelenskyyUa call for peace and support for the Global Peace Formula Summit.
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Maria Avdeeva
2 years
First visit to the liberated territories east of Kharkiv. Hrakove, 70 km from Izyum, was deoccupied two days ago. Today Kharkiv police is documenting Russian war crimes there. Territory still heavily mined. Hope to see other strategic cities in Kharkiv region liberated soon.
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2 months
Our flag flies with two colors 🇺🇦! White doesn't belong to us. #Ukraine
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Maria Avdeeva
11 months
Goodbye, dear Victoria Amelina. Thank you for everything you have done for Ukraine. Your memory will be treasured.
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2 years
Some soldiers carry stolen washing machines with them. Others carry pets in their backpacks. Guess who's gonna win this war.
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1 year
A year after we stand, we fight and we will win.
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6 months
This isn't just disgusting and shocking — it's a war crime. Sergei Mironov and his wife adopted a child abducted from Ukraine. Margarita Prokopenko, a 10-month-old girl, was in orphanage in Kherson during Russian occupation. From there, she was illegally transported to Russia,
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1 year
Thank you, this visit means a lot.
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Maria Avdeeva
2 years
My footage of the destroyed column of RU military vehicles on Shevchenko street in Kharkiv.
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Maria Avdeeva
9 months
Wrote 'This is for Kharkiv,' but it stands for every small village and all Ukrainians suffering because of Russia's invasion
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2 years
Watching the stunning success of the Ukrainian army in the east from the center of Kharkiv. All territories of Ukraine will be liberated, and Kharkiv will be rebuilt.
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10 months
Well, turns out the explosion at Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant near Moscow was just a little oopsie in a pyrotechnics warehouse. You know, typical 'violation of the technological process.' Just a regular day at a military plant producing optical sights, thermal imagers,
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11 months
I’m glued to the screen, watching Ukrainian flags rising. Neskuchne 🇺🇦 Makarivka 🇺🇦 Blahodatne 🇺🇦
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Maria Avdeeva
1 year
MoD identified this soldier as Tymofii Shadura, a serviceman of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade. He was considered missing near Bakhmut. The body is now in the temporarily occupied territory. Russia will pay for this. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!
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2 years
These children have been living in the Kharkiv subway for 45 days. We must win this war for them too.
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1 year
First, you blurred Ukrainian everyday life as sensitive, then you downplayed Ukraine in the feed, and now you are removing the blue ticks, opening the way for propaganda bots. But you know what? Truth will find its way.
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1 year
Solovyov posing in front of Kakhovka dam blown up by Russia. This photo should be used in Russian war crimes case in The Hague.
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2 years
‼️ Total blackout in Kharkiv. Also no water supply because pumps are disconnected from electricity. Strikes on critical infrastructure facilities reported. Terrorist country uses new tactics.
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2 years
While everyone is discussing a possible invasion, decided to post this photo from #Kharkiv today, which is 40 km from the border with Russia. We are calm here, ready to fight and not evacuating.
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8 months
Village of Hroza had a population of just over 300 people. Russia killed 50 today, including a 6-year-old child. There may still be people under the rubble of the destroyed shop and cafe, where locals had a funeral ceremony. This marks the most devastating atrocity for Kharkiv
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2 years
While Russia is showering Ukraine with missiles to intimidate and threaten, ballerinas at the Odesa Opera are preparing for the new season. This is what makes Ukrainians resilient. We want to create and develop, Russia brings destruction and degradation.
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All EU nations bordering Russia ban vehicles with Russian license plates Russia: ‘But how will we get our tourists to Europe?’ EU: ‘I guess you'll have to stay home and enjoy your own country.’
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Russian volunteer Corps (RDK) gives press conference. Says they managed to enter inside Russia for 40 km and their operation is not yet over. Can Russia be humiliated even more?
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2 years
A typical picture these days in the only open coffee shop in Kharkiv. New normal at the frontline city.
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1 year
This is real terrorism. And the Kremlin's whining over a damaged roof somewhere in Moscow is yet another attempt to hide responsibility for horrendous war crimes. #Kherson
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- Dotsya, they got us out - I know, Mum - Don’t you cry. We are already at home - Mommy, I'm so happy Can’t hold back tears. Evacuation of civilians from Robotyne
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2 years
This is Inna Derusova, a field medic killed by artillery attack on Okhtyrka, saving more than 10 soldiers that day. She was awarded the Hero of Ukraine title posthumously. Her courage should inspire the world, not Russian editor. Russian war crimes must be on the front pages.
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Maria Avdeeva
2 years
The fight for Ukraine continues. Overwhelming support of people of the world forced politicians and corporations to do what they have never dared before. Please keep standing with Ukraine, share information, talk about Ukraine, make yourself heard. Together we will win! ✊🏻🇺🇦
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3 months
Two years since Russia’s Kalibr missiles hit Kharkiv's Administration, then a humanitarian hub, killing at least 29. We remember, and justice will prevail.
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2 years
Ukrainian war cat in the liberated village of Kherson region.
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2 years
Kharkiv is under full control of UA Armed Forces. No RU sabotage groups in the city. Today RU landed an air assault group of 120 people on 3 helicopters in Volchansk district. The offensive attempt was unsuccessful - most of the landing force was eliminated right on the spot.
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2 years
No electricity, no water, no internet. Russia thinks that it can break Ukrainians. It only makes us stronger, why haven't they figured it out yet.
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Ukraine gave up its third largest nuclear arsenal. The world then decided Russia should become a keeper of such power. Yet history shows it was Russia who deserved nuclear disarmament the most, back in the 1990s. And Russia deserves it now: terrorists have no right to hold
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Russia attacked Kharkiv city center at 6:46 am with two missiles. Body of a 10-year-old boy found dead under the rubble. This is the most devastating attack on downtown Kharkiv in months.
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10 months
We’ve got a new symbol of Dignity here.
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1 year
A rocket hit our home. We’re all covered in blood. Children slept here. Thank God we’re all alive. All our windows are gone. We’re all covered in blood. I was so scared. I hate you Katsaps! This is what people in Uman woke up to. And this is what everyone in Ukraine feels.
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This is what humanity looks like. Presidents Zelensky and Pavel meet 14 year-old Anton Kotsko from Boryslav, Lviv region. Since March 2022, he has been undergoing treatment in the Czech Republic.
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2 years
Mass murder of Ukrainian PoWs in Olenivka is an attempt to destroy evidence of Russian war crimes. The filtration camp was used to torture and execute Ukrainian PoWs including the defenders of Mariupol.
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2 years
Amazing news from Kherson. Ukrainian army liberated Davydiv Brid. It was one of the main strongholds of occupants. The entire northern defense of Russians collapsed. Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! 💪🏻🇺🇦
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2 years
Today Odessa was again attacked by Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, which Russia got from Iran. Ukrainian army mastered to successfully land Russian aircraft, and these drones will follow. For that Ukraine needs more Western modern air defense systems. Drone launcher video below.
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10 months
Relentless Russian attacks on Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Kramatorsk, Kharkiv. Ukraine has every right to defend itself and fight back. Otherwise Russian brutality won’t stop.
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Maria Avdeeva
10 months
Ukraine has the full right to hit any Russian target to stop Russian aggression. This is the war that Russia unleashed, and the only language it understands is power.
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Maria Avdeeva
1 year
Bakhmut. Before the war 72,000 Ukrainians lived here. It hurts to see.
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1 year
Because Ukrainian soldiers are fighting for every inch of this land. Slava Ukraini! Glory to Ukraine!
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5 months
Zaluzhny's 1st presser was a punch to the gut. His strong and frank words expose the brutal realities in Ukraine & make the need for aid crystal clear 1/
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Maria Avdeeva
2 years
Putin's war is not a war against Ukraine, this is a war against the entire free world. #StopPutinNOW
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Maria Avdeeva
9 months
Children should not come to school for funerals. Russia killed the school principal, her deputy, librarian and secretary in Romny on August 23.
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7 months
Ukraine Special Forces report striking airfields in Luhansk and Berdyansk, destroying nine helicopters, a munitions depot, and air defense system. These strikes severely hinder Russian operations in eastern Ukraine, making it much harder to resupply troops and launch offensives
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1 year
Christmas concert for children in the Kharkiv metro. After the horrors of Russian terror, Ukrainian children deserve a fairy tale.
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4 months
Additional reports on the downed A-50 over Azov Sea, valued at $330-500 million. A-50 is a very fat target and this would be a significant setback for Russia, comparable to the loss of the Moskva ship
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