Maria Tril

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Mariia Tril is a Ukraine-based journalist covering politics, military, and international affairs. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, completed an internship at The Kyiv Independent. For over 2 years, she has been contributing for English-language outlet Euromaidan Press.

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Ukrainian military discover Chinese mortar shells in Russian positions

Ukrainian forces uncovered Chinese-made munitions, including 60mm mortar shells at Russian positions near the occupied city of Melitopol, which is raising new questions about potential Chinese military assistance to Russia.

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Netherlands hands over Crimean Scythian artifacts to Ukraine

After a decade of legal proceedings, the Dutch museum transferred 600 artefacts from four occupied Crimean museums to Ukraine for safekeeping until the de-occupation of Crimea.

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Ukrainian teen takes home bronze from Youth World Chess Championship

A 17-year-old girl from Dnipro defeated her opponent, Anna Zhurova, who played under the FIDE (International Organization of Chess Players) flag.

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British intel: Russian casualties in Avdiivka among highest of war

Throughout November, daily Russian military casualties in Ukraine averaged 931 killed or wounded per day, reported by UK intelligence as "plausible."

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Heavy snowfall leaves 2,000 Ukrainian towns in the dark

The schools in the Kyiv Oblast shifted to remote learning on 27 Nov. Several roads in the Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts were closed because of heavy snow and low visibility.

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ISW: Recent attack on several Russian cities was a Ukraine’s military intelligence’s special operation

Overnight on 26 November, Ukrainian forces also conducted artillery and HIMARS strikes on power distribution substations, causing electricity outages.

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The Russian trace in the Polish trucker border blockade

The organizers of the Polish trucker strike at the Ukrainian border have close ties to Russia. They supported Russia's occupation of Crimea, and some voted against condemning Russian war crimes.

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Moldovan President joins Zelenskyy to honor victims of Revolution of Dignity and Freedom

On her unannounced visit to Kyiv, Maia Sandu is to discuss with Zelenskyy Ukraine's and Moldova's steps toward EU accession, enhancing regional security, and the EU's support of reforms and development for both countries

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German Defense Minister makes his second unannounced visit to Kyiv

After arriving in Ukraine's capital, Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited a memorial to the Euromaidan revolution and laid flowers, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the start of the revolution in 2014.

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Changing minds key to beating corruption, sociology professor says

Corruption exists in the EU as well. However, anti-corruption tools implemented across the EU have varying effectiveness between member states

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EU ambassador to Ukraine: “Working for a month in Ukraine feels like working for six months in another country”

Katarina Maternova, the newly appointed EU ambassador to Ukraine, highlighted that "Ukraine's made great changes since the start of the full-scale war."