All news on the topic: Ukraine

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Ukrainian editor's news website goes from start-up to essential war source
Olga Rudenko is editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, a news website now heralded the world over for its reporting of the conflict
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Vital kit for Ukraine still not delivered - nine months after £520m fund set up
The equipment is desperately needed by Kyiv as it fights a war for survival, but just three deals to buy gear using the special pot of cash have been agreed
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Chernobyl survivors describe horror symptoms they're still suffering 37 years on
Mykhaylo Khrushchenko was 34 and working as the director of the food processing manufacture that served Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986 when his life changed forever
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Moment drone explodes at Kremlin as Russia claims Ukraine has attacked Moscow
Russia has branded a two-drone air strike on the Kremlin a "terrorist act" as it accused Ukraine of trying to assassinate President Vladimir Putin with smoke filmed rising above the building
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Blast hits Russian base as flames erupt into sky after 'Ukrainian drone attack'
The site near Skilne, Crimea, is a Federal Security Service [FSB] building used by Russian border guards who control the movement of people in Vladimir Putin's illegally annexed slice of Ukraine
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'Sweet' Ukrainian girl, 8, and entire family killed in evil Russia rocket attack
Almost all of the 23 victims of the attack on Friday died when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in Uman, Ukraine, with six children among the dead
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Ukrainians captured defending Chernobyl nuclear plant starving in Russian prison
After a fierce firefight, Russian troops seized Chernobyl from the hands of Ukraine's National Guard on day one of the war at the end of February before taking over the 19-mile perimeter of the plant for over a month and bunking on the grounds
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Real-life Rapunzel with 6ft-long hair refuses to let daughters cut their locks
Alena Kravchenko, from Odessa, Ukraine, and her daughters Valeria and Miroslava have extremely long hair and often get compliments for it
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Ukraine vows 'iron fist' response to Russia strikes that killed 25
Earlier this week, Russia unleashed a devastating series of airstrikes on targets across Ukraine - hitting a number of residential buildings and killing at least 23 people, including three children
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Chernobyl survivor fears 'very high risk' of nuclear disaster as Russians fight
As Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine rumbles on, fears are growing among Chernobyl survivors about another nuclear disaster which would cause mayhem for Europe and the world
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'We've been banned from changing our name - but we're mocked every day'
A German court has denied a couple's request to change their surname, after they were cruelly taunted over the fact it sounded similar to that of a Polish adult actress
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Terrifying moment Ukrainian drone explodes over Russian naval port in Crimea
Sevastopol in Crimea was "put on alert" after a Ukrainian drone was shot down one week after Russia announced it would be stepping up nuclear war games in the Pacific
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Russian forces 'execute' fighter who said he had 'no regrets' in final recording
Dubovik was killed in combat on December 23, 2022, but his identity has only just been made public, with recent reports suggesting he was injured during battle, captured by Russian forces and then executed
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Russian woman, 70, fined for calling Volodymyr Zelensky 'handsome young man'
Russian woman Olga Slegina, 70, has been fined almost £400 for calling Volodymyr Zelensky a “handsome young man” during a conversation with another woman who said the Ukrainian leader was a "freak"
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Ukraine will become NATO member as all states agree to war-torn country joining
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine's "rightful place" is in the military alliance and pledged more support for the country during a visit to Kyiv - in a move that Vladimir Putin has feared for years
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Mystery surrounds bright flash in Kyiv sky after NASA denies it is satellite
Kyiv's military adviser Sergiy Popko said a bright flash was seen over the Ukrainian capital at around 10pm, but it has not yet been established what caused the glow
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Ukraine 'will choose for itself when to launch counter-attack against Russians'
Western officials admitted Kyiv would come under pressure over the timing of its long-awaited offensive - but insisted the regime must be left in charge of deciding when the time is right
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Wall Street Journal reporter seen for first time since spy arrest in Russia
Journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested last month and accused of trying to obtain classified information about a Russian arms factory. A judge in Moscow, Russia, today upheld his detention
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Inside underground shelters where Ukrainians await fate as Russians advance
The Mirror entered Avdiivka before it turned into a military “red zone” that is off-limits to journalists and spoke with those sheltering, as deafening blasts pummelled the surface of bomb shelters
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Putin visibly limps as health speculation grows on visit to occupied Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the command post for Russian forces in the southern Kherson region of Ukraine - he arrived by helicopter to meet military leaders
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Britain in talks to boost support for Ukraine as Russia 'beheads soldier'
The PM and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke after gruesome footage emerged apparently showing a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded by a Russian serviceman
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Russia uses horror incendiary thermite shells with lethal combustion at 2,700C
Vladimir Putin's army used incendiary thermite shells overnight as the Kremlin leader 'demands Bakhmut is taken by end of month' in his ongoing invasion of Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin receiving chemotherapy for cancer, leaked US documents confirm
Highly sensitive information about Ukraine, South Korea, Israel and the UAE collected by the US through communications monitoring was leaked last week in a major security breach
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Russians tried to blast RAF jet packed with 30 Brits out of sky, leaked docs say
Britain's RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint was carrying a crew of up to 30 over the Black Sea when a Russian pilot thought he had permission to fire, secret documents have revealed
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Terrifying moment Russian bullet misses Ukrainian soldier’s head by an inch
Incredible footage shows the moment a Russian bullet zooms past the Ukrainian soldier and hits the wall with a puff of dust, seeming no higher than an inch above his head