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Senior Sergeant - S2 -46th Brigade DShV (дшв) Ukrainian Defense Forces / Friend- United Front of Resistance

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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo’s Biography

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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (born 1977), also known as Sarah Ashton and Sarah Cirillo, is an American journalist who enlisted as a combat medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, having previously worked as a war correspondent in that conflict. A self-described "recovering political operative" from Las Vegas, Nevada, she was active in Nevada politics from 2020 to 2021, including an abortive run for Las Vegas City Council.

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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo’s Journalist Portfolio

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Winning The War Without Losing A Nation's Humanity

Winning The War Without Losing A Nation's Humanity

Despite seeming counterintuitive to achieving combat-related successes, prioritizing life over death during t…

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Putin's Expiration Date

Putin's Expiration Date

With Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine failing, the number of dead Russians keeps rising as Putin's power …

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A Rise To The Call Exposes The Weak

A Rise To The Call Exposes The Weak

Sarah Ashton Cirillo writes that President Zelenskyy's return to visits abroad, starting in the US, shows the…

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Fighting Back Against Russian Information Warfare

Fighting Back Against Russian Information Warfare

It has now become obvious to all that Russian media is simply another weapon in the arsenal of Putin's hybrid…

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The Last Death

The Last Death

Meters. A word that suggests a measurement both small and imprecise. In Kyiv this morning that word signified…

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GRAPHIC & ORIGINAL FOOTAGE: UNCENSORED VIDEO OF IZYUM VICTIMS

GRAPHIC & ORIGINAL FOOTAGE: UNCENSORED VIDEO OF IZYUM VICTIMS

On Sunday, Sept. 18 I visited the mass graves left by Russian war criminals near Izyum, in Kharkiv Oblast. Af…

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The Kiwi who went to defend Ukraine from Russian invaders

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Exclusive: Kidnapped Ukrainian Children Forced into Genetic Testing Nightmare by Russia

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Share this story. Thousands of young people’s lives depend on you. Days before the beckoning of spring and just months after an ignominious retreat ordered by the Kremlin from the city of Kherson, a little-seen press piece put out by the Russian Interior Ministry in March of 2023 heralded the opening of a genetic research laboratory located in a still occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast.
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Leaked Iranian Memo: The Ukraine Crisis and Its Impact on Tehran’s Foreign Relations

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A leaked Iranian memo revealed Tehran’s growing anxiety in 2023 over its involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the escalating fallout with Kyiv, and the potential collapse of its diplomatic standing with Europe. The document, intended for an internal ambassadors’ seminar, lays bare Iran’s frantic efforts to manage the repercussions of its military cooperation with Moscow, which has led to Ukrainian sanctions, EU scrutiny, and mounting global isolation.
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