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Russian Aggression

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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.

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Frontline report: Ukraine forces repel Russian advances, dealing heavy blows to modern tanks

As Ukrainian forces thwart Russian advances in Klishchiyivka and Andriyivka, their effective defense and destruction of advanced T-90M tanks mark a significant tactical victory, potentially altering the course of the war.

byReporting from Ukraine

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ISW: Russian commander suggests freezing the war along the current frontlines

Recent Ukrainian gains near the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia area have prompted a Russian commander to propose freezing the war in Ukraine along the current frontlines; ISW assessed this would only benefit Russia.

byMaria Tril

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“We will kill them all”: Why Russia’s war against Ukraine is genocide

Russia’s intent is clear, and its crimes fit all five criteria of the UN’s definition of genocide.

byKazys Kleiza

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Frontline report: Ukrainian troops launch offensive on Robotyne, successfully using Leopard tanks

Ukrainian forces have seized control of 35% of the territory in Robotyno, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, forcing Russians to abandon their positions as Ukrainians successfully use Leopard tanks to advance

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Ukrainians targeted Russian vehicles fleeing Urozhaine

Taking advantage of the Russian withdrawal from Urozhaine, Ukrainian drone operators targeted and destroyed several fleeing Russian armored vehicles and ATGM positions; This indicates Ukraine's preparations to advance further.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Ukrainians make swift advances on bridgehead in left-bank Kherson, exploiting captured intel

Ukrainian troops exploit captured information and a demoralized Russian battalion to achieve swift progress in Kozachi Laheri in the Russian-controlled left-bank Kherson Oblast.

byYuri Zoria

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2024

Survey: Poles lead the world in anti-Russia sentiment. However, Ukrainians were not asked

Only 1% of Poles have described their opinion towards the aggressor country as "favorable." In Argentina, the proportion of people who have a good sentiment about Russia has dropped from 36% to 17% since 2019. India is the only country where more than half of the population has a positive view of Russia, a new survey finds.

byOlena Mukhina

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Frontline report: Inside Ukraine’s cross-river raid in Kherson oblast and capture of Russian battalion commander

In a swift overnight operation, Ukrainian forces crossed the Dnipro River in Kozachi Laheri, captured territory and troops, including a Russian battalion commander.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Russians abandon Urozhaine as Ukrainians exploit weakness of Russian defense in southern flank

After Ukrainians established full control over Staromaiorske, Ukrainian forces secured Urozhaine, continuing advancing on the southern front

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Ukraine’s complex drone and missile strike on Crimea exposes positions of Russian air defense

On 12 August 2023, Ukrainian Air Force conducted a complex drone and missile strike on Crimea. Ukraine attacked western Crimea with a group of cheap drones, while Crimean bridge with two missile attacks. While there is little information about damage, Ukrainians collected valuable information about Russia's air defense.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2024

Analyst: Ukraine constantly conducts Israeli-style raids into Russian territory

Military analyst Yigal Levin explained how Ukraine's guerrilla-style raids to gather intelligence emulate Israel's storied operations against regional foes.

byAlya Shandra

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2024

Russians ready to end the war, but don’t repent – Ukrainian sociologists

Up to 74% of Russians would approve the war ending tomorrow and would return occupied territories if propaganda says so, but have no awareness of responsibility for the damage inflicted

byTexty.org.ua

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2024

Volunteers’ needles aid Ukraine’s wounded warriors

They survived Russia's bombs and bullets, but dressing their own wounds posed a new challenge - until Ukraine's sewing volunteers stepped in with custom adaptive clothes.

byTexty.org.ua

Vladimir Putin and Moscow Patriarch Kirill presiding over a meeting with the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate on July 27, 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine, less than a year before the Russian annexation of Crimea and the occupation of the Donbas. The head of this Moscow exarchate in Ukraine, Metropolitan Onufriy, is seated in the middle of the front row. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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Hybrid War

Fact check for Tucker Carlson: Russia, not Ukraine, is persecuting Christians

Sorry Tucker, Ukrainians are still praying, just not for Russian victory anymore, no matter how you twist Ukraine's fully justified actions.

byMartin Fornusek

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Old weapons, new tricks: Ukraine’s air defense adapts to beat Russia

Ukraine can't shield its whole territory from Russian missiles, but with layered defenses, 80-90% shoot-down rates, and help from civilians' apps, Ukrainian air defense blocks Russia's air superiority even while reanimating WWII techniques.

byCensor.net

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2024

From Javelin sims to suicide subs: Five top Ukrainian military technology innovations

In the skies, on the ground, and in the waters of Ukraine, a new era of warfare has emerged. It includes drone combats, psychological warfare, the adoption of advanced Western weapons, and precision strikes with underwater torpedoes.

byEkonomichna Pravda

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Russian War Crimes

“Abducted Childhood”: A documentary revealing life inside Russia’s Ukrainian child brainwashing program

First-hand accounts depict the hunger, homesickness, and violence kidnapped kids endure at propaganda centers training them to be Russian. One boy, forcefully adopted into Russia, has never seen his mother again.

byOlena Mukhina

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Frontline report: Ukrainian drone blitz shatters Russian Black Sea fleet

In a daring move, Ukrainian drones launched a significant attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet, targeting Novorossiysk instead of Sevastopol. The attack inflicted severe damage, sinking a Russian assault landing ship and disrupting fuel supplies. Simultaneously, Ukraine conducted a massive aerial drone strike on Crimea, drawing attention away from the main strike. The Kerch Bridge was also targeted by Ukrainian drones, with explosions reported.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Russia suffers heavy losses in suicidal counterattacks on southern front

While Ukraine's Armed Forces were consolidating territorial gains on the southern front, Russian troops attempted a series of unsuccessful counterattacks on the Ukrainians near the recently liberated Staromairske and suffered heavy losses. Meanwhile, down south, in occupied Mariupol, Ukrainian partisans poisoned 20 Russian officers, and two of them died immediately.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Meet the gray cardinals of anti-Russian sanctions

Every new Russian sanctions list in the US, UK, EU, and other countries is underpinned by weeks of research by the Yermak-McFaul Group. Here is how it works

byKyiv not Kiev