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Writer and filmmaker based in Kyiv. Director of @MoscowNSleeps, @WeatherStationF
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How Stalingrad provided the inspiration for Russia's new war rhetoric and its battlefield tactics...

How Stalingrad provided the inspiration for Russia's new war rhetoric and its battlefield tactics...

With one week left before the mud season starts, the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine sees Russia's mu…

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In Ukraine's Second City, A Bombed-Out Market Slowly Comes Back To Life

In Ukraine's Second City, A Bombed-Out Market Slowly Comes Back To Life

Forty kilometers from the Russian border, traders are slowly setting up shop again at a sprawling, rubble-str…

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The grotesque normality of war has become the soundtrack of life in Kharkiv - The Currency

The grotesque normality of war has become the soundtrack of life in Kharkiv - The Currency

It's midnight on Thursday, June 9 in downtown Kharkiv, two hours into the nightly curfew. The city of 1.5 mil…

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McSavage brings smiles to war zone with comedy tour

McSavage brings smiles to war zone with comedy tour

An Irish comedian is planning a tour of stand-up clubs around Ukraine this week.

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A Ukrainian family's desperate journey from Russian-occupied Kherson to safety in Poland: 'We cou...

A Ukrainian family's desperate journey from Russian-occupied Kherson to safety in Poland: 'We cou...

Kyiv, UKRAINE - Artillery shells exploded around 56-year-old Orthodox priest Father Mykola Dovgan as he pushe…

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Before The Russian Retreat, A Rescue Mission And A Reunion In Ukraine

Before The Russian Retreat, A Rescue Mission And A Reunion In Ukraine

As Russian forces neared their town outside Ukraine's capital, the mayor and his family decided to separate, …

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On March 2nd, Russia bombed residential apartments in one Ukrainian town. 45 days later, nobody k...

On March 2nd, Russia bombed residential apartments in one Ukrainian town. 45 days later, nobody k...

"I watched the jets fly twenty metres above me," local parish priest Father Dmytry recalls the moment Russian…

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In the satellite towns outside Kyiv, they remember what happened when Putin's army came and they ...

In the satellite towns outside Kyiv, they remember what happened when Putin's army came and they ...

As she leads us down an unpaved lane between rows of rickety village homes near Ozera village, 60-year-old gr…

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Inspired by either hope or denial, a normality returns to Kyiv, while in Irpin the horrors are to...

Inspired by either hope or denial, a normality returns to Kyiv, while in Irpin the horrors are to...

Scenes of death and destruction haunt the bucolic town of Irpin following the retreat of Russian forces who o…

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Kyiv's Nightlife Took Off During the Pandemic. Now, the Scene Is Feeding the Resistance

Kyiv's Nightlife Took Off During the Pandemic. Now, the Scene Is Feeding the Resistance

" Ukraine is a frontier society and I have a frontier mentality. I thrive in this kind of chaos." Max Leonov,…

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The propaganda war marches in time with the real war as the new symbols of fascism appear - The C...

The propaganda war marches in time with the real war as the new symbols of fascism appear - The C...

A renowned orator once said that "propaganda should be popular and should accommodate itself to the comprehen…

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'Even though I'm a priest, I have the full moral right to take up arms': Ukrainian cleric tells M...

'Even though I'm a priest, I have the full moral right to take up arms': Ukrainian cleric tells M...

ODESSA, Ukraine - When the first bombs landed on Ukraine's southern port city of Kherson in the early morning…

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"Before they started killing children, many of us were half-Russian, half Ukrainian, but now I'm ...

"Before they started killing children, many of us were half-Russian, half Ukrainian, but now I'm ...

"I never thought I'd be capable of so much hate. It frightens me," said 19-year-old art student, Irina, as sh…

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"I have an ageing mother, a lovely wife, and a daughter. I have nowhere to take them, so this tim...

"I have an ageing mother, a lovely wife, and a daughter. I have nowhere to take them, so this tim...

Last Friday, the Ukrainian military handed out over eighteen thousand weapons to civilians across Kyiv alone.…

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Hipsters represent a threat to Putin's vision of Russian satellite

Hipsters represent a threat to Putin's vision of Russian satellite

KYIV - Liubov Tsybulska, a specialist in hybrid warfare, splits her time between speaking at Nato conferences…

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Female volunteers 'move like angels' in Ukrainian army as Russia tensions escalate

Female volunteers 'move like angels' in Ukrainian army as Russia tensions escalate

Women were the catalyst that brought the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year-old regime to bri…

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Sanctions, not military aid, are what will hurt Russia the most in Ukraine conflict

Sanctions, not military aid, are what will hurt Russia the most in Ukraine conflict

KYIV - In recent weeks, Boris Johnson has sprinted ahead of his EU counterparts in the race to provide Ukrain…

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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has gone from TV star to global stage in three years

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has gone from TV star to global stage in three years

A political ingenue only three years ago, Ukraine's 44-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky has travelled a …

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Britons based in Ukraine 'prepare for the worst' amid fears of Russian invasion

Britons based in Ukraine 'prepare for the worst' amid fears of Russian invasion

An overnight dusting of snow and an uneasy calm has settled over Ukraine's capital amid fears of a Russian in…

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Belarus protests: Lukashenko threatens to jail opposition 'hotheads'

Belarus protests: Lukashenko threatens to jail opposition 'hotheads'

President Lukashenko of Belarus accused opposition leaders of an attempted overthrow and threatened them with…

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Riot police break up Minsk rally as Lukashenko threatens new crackdown

Riot police break up Minsk rally as Lukashenko threatens new crackdown

Riot police broke up a rally outside a tractor factory in Minsk yesterday as President Lukashenko of Belarus …

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Belarus protests: Workers jeer dictator Lukashenko and tell him to stand down

Belarus protests: Workers jeer dictator Lukashenko and tell him to stand down

President Lukashenko was jeered by factory workers yesterday amid widespread protests over the disputed elect…

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Belarus protests: Workers jeer dictator Lukashenko and tell him to stand down

Belarus protests: Workers jeer dictator Lukashenko and tell him to stand down

President Lukashenko was jeered by factory workers yesterday amid widespread protests over the disputed elect…

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Belarus protests: Putin threatens to intervene as 200,000 gather to oppose Lukashenko

Belarus protests: Putin threatens to intervene as 200,000 gather to oppose Lukashenko

Russia said yesterday that it was ready to intervene in Belarus as an estimated 200,000 protesters in Minsk d…

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