Serge Havrylets

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Serge Havrylets is a Kyiv-based journalist and screenwriter with a deep interest in politics, filmmaking and anthropology. His pitch-winning script for the Ukrainian film "Brass Band" was set to become a movie in 2022, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine put the film industry in his country on hold. Sergii covers political and cultural life in Ukraine and abroad.

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Canada boosts Ukraine’s defense with rifles and ammo

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will provide Ukraine with thousands of assault rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition to help the country resist Russia’s aggression.

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Latvian President visits Ukraine to show solidarity and support

Edgars Rinkēvičs, the President of Latvia, made a surprise visit to Ukraine to discuss the continued supply and production of weapons and ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Zelenskyy has a phone call with President-elect of Argentina

The leaders of the two countries discussed ways to cooperate in investigating and prosecuting Russian war crimes in Ukraine and post-war reconstruction.

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ISW: Iran supplies Russia with glide bombs

Glide bombs can fly at low altitudes and avoid detection by radars.

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Denmark pledges long-term support to Ukraine with increased funding

Denmark boosted the Ukraine Fund to over 8 billion euros in 2023-2028.

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Zelenskyy and Rutte discuss Ukraine’s support amid political change in Netherlands

In a phone call with Mark Rutte, who is still serving as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands after his coalition lost the recent elections, Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude for the financial and military support that the Netherlands has provided to Ukraine.

vessel ukraine grain initiative depart odesa port

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Reuters: Grain ship damaged by sea mine off Ukraine coast

A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier loaded with wheat was hit by a floating sea mine in the Black Sea amid Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports.

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Finland shuts down four border crossings with Russia amid migrant surge

Finland has closed half of its border crossings with Russia for three months to prevent illegal migration, as hundreds of asylum seekers have arrived from Russia in the past week.

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Russian drone attack cuts off power and heating for thousands of Ukrainian families

A night raid by Russian kamikaze drones targeted an energy facility in the Odesa Oblast, causing power outages for about 2,000 Ukrainian households.

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British intel: Ukraine and Russia clash in three hotspots, but frontline remains stable

Ukrainian and Russian forces are locked in a fierce battle, but no major changes in the frontline are expected as winter sets in.

Ukrainian national flags shot at by Russian invaders but still flying over damaged gravestones of Ukrainian soldiers at the Yatsevo cemetery in Chernihiv after breaking the Russian siege. April 6, 2022. The Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-present. Photo: Stas Yurchenko via FB.

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Ukraine’s grim toll: Over 30,000 defenders killed in war with Russia, civic group says

The Memory Book, a Ukrainian project that tracks and verifies Ukrainain casualties, has used open-source data to compile a database of confirmed dead, missing, and prisoners of war from February 2022 to November 2023.

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ISW: Ukraine prepares for ground operations on east bank of Dnipro River

Ukrainian forces have created several bridgeheads on the east bank of the river in the Kherson Oblast, which could serve as a base for continuing the attack against Russian defenses.

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Russia unleashes kamikaze drones on Ukraine, 29 shot down

Ukraine’s Air Force said it repelled a massive attack by Russian Shahed drones that targeted several regions of the country, causing damage and injury in Odesa.

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Weekly Frontline Update: Cluster munitions save Ukraine from Russian onslaught on eastern front

Russia is stepping up offensive operations on the eastern front while Ukraine continues to decimate the Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Crimea.

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