Yuri Zoria

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A philologist by education, in 2003-2007 Yuri worked as a journalist in a Luhansk online media. He was born and lived all his life in the peaceful provincial city of Luhansk, where nothing serious happened. Until 2014. Now he is an IDP. Follow Yuri on twitter: @loogunda

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isw russia gains ground kostiantynivka fortress belt stays out reach · post assessed control terrain near 10 2026 kostyantynivka-june-10-2026 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Russian Aggression

ISW: Russia gains ground in Kostiantynivka but Fortress Belt stays out of reach

Russia's strategy of stacking armies on one Donetsk Oblast city is producing slow infiltration, not the operational breakthrough Moscow needs to crack the fortified chain, ISW says.

afipsky oil refinery burns again ukrainian drones return krasnodar krai · post fire after drone strike russia 11 2026 5282989402957225318 ukraine news reports

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Afipsky oil refinery burns again as Ukrainian drones return to Krasnodar Krai

Ukrainian drones hit the Afipsky refinery for the third time in 2026, with the facility producing fuel supplied to the Russian armed forces.

kremlin enacts law grab homes bank accounts its exiled critics · post russia president vladimir putin during direct line 19 2025 official broadcast putin2025_43 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Kremlin enacts law to grab homes and bank accounts of its exiled critics

A formal charge alone can now trigger seizure of property worth many times the underlying fine, with no judge required to approve it.

sbu names 10 russians tied human safari drone hunt civilians kherson · post munition dropped russian explodes near two 2024 explosion civilian khersoners telegram channels ten soldiers single regiment accused

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SBU names 10 Russians tied to “human safari” drone hunt on civilians in Kherson

Counterintelligence built a case against Russian military drone pilots from a single regiment and charged each in absentia with war crimes.

bulgaria's new government plans halt weapons supplies ukraine · post bulgarian defense minister dimitar stoyanov council ministers sofia fakti db news ukrainian reports

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Bulgaria’s new government plans to halt weapons supplies to Ukraine

A Bulgarian minister claimed that Kyiv "needs more people, not more armament," signaling a break with EU policy.

russia starts hauling gasoline front trunks civilian cars · post jerrycans loaded supply russian forces occupied ukraine 2026 перевезення-бензину-цивільними-автівками-для-військових-рф-на-тимчасово-окупованій-тери news ukrainian reports

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Russia starts hauling gasoline to the front in the trunks of civilian cars

A convoy of sedans packed with jerrycans set out from Kizilyurt in Dagestan to supply Russian troops in occupied Tokmak, shows a video the soldiers filmed themselves.

chonhar bridge linking occupied kherson oblast crimea closed again after second attack two days · post location circled chonhar-bridge-google-maps ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Chonhar bridge linking occupied Kherson Oblast to Crimea is closed again after the second attack in two days

It is one of only two land routes between Crimea and mainland Ukraine and carries the highway Russia uses to supply its forces on the peninsula.

russian missiles kill three wound six chuhuiv drones injure 15 kharkiv including one-year-old · post fire burns amid rubble destroyed building after strike oblast 9 2026 fdd39292-265f-4a90-a09d-e1288a16f6ae ukraine news ukrainian

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Russian missiles kill three and wound six in Chuhuiv as drones injure 15 in Kharkiv, including a one-year-old

Beyond Kharkiv Oblast, Russian attacks killed civilians in Kherson, Sumy, and Donetsk oblasts and wounded dozens more over 8–9 June. Local authorities report at least 8 civilian deaths and 61 injuries.

lithuanian court roadside attack ukraine-shirt cyclist hate chance · post mountain bike bns dviratis asociatyvi - nuotr ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Lithuanian court: the roadside attack on a Ukraine-shirt cyclist was hate, not chance

Judges treated the motive, hostility toward people who support Ukraine, as an aggravating circumstance in sentencing the 1987-born man.

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Money Matters

Russia tells its regions to raise taxes on residents and businesses to plug a record budget hole

The combined regional gap grew fivefold from 2024 and almost eightfold from 2023, with the tax service now pressing governors to find more revenue.

freezing war along today's lines quickest way peace ukraine's leader told sky news · post ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during interview london 7 2026 zele skynews ukraine reports

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Freezing the war along today’s lines is “the quickest way” to peace, Ukraine’s leader told Sky News

Zelenskyy insisted it is no concession, but a way to save children and bring soldiers home, paired with monitoring missions and allied guarantees.

premature births climbing ukraine's front-line regions doctors blame ongoing war · post newborn temperature-controlled incubator hospital zaporizhzhia ukraine new born baby ap news ukrainian reports

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Premature births are climbing in Ukraine’s front-line regions, and doctors blame the ongoing war

Doctors in Zaporizhzhia now deliver babies and treat miscarriages on the same afternoons that glide bombs hit the city, AP reports.

britain france germany back ukraine's peace terms press putin ceasefire · post left right french president emmanuel macron ukrainian volodymyr zelenskyy uk prime minister keir starmer german chancellor friedrich merz

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Britain, France, and Germany back Ukraine’s peace terms and press Putin for a ceasefire

After meeting Ukraine's president in London, the three leaders set out five conditions for a just and lasting peace and welcomed Kyiv's push for direct talks.

russian crude reaches sea through tunnels under mountain ridge—and ukraine hit storage end near novorossiysk · post smoke fire rise over after ukrainian drone strike grushovaya oil depot krasnodar krai

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Russian crude reaches the sea through tunnels under a mountain ridge—and Ukraine hit the storage end near Novorossiysk

Pipelines link the Grushovaya depot to Novorossiysk's loading berths about 12 km away. Locals counted about 50 blasts before a huge fire lit the mountains above Russia's main Black Sea oil port.

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Yuri Zoria

ISW: Russia gains ground in Kostiantynivka but Fortress Belt stays out of reach

Afipsky oil refinery burns again as Ukrainian drones return to Krasnodar Krai

Kremlin enacts law to grab homes and bank accounts of its exiled critics

SBU names 10 Russians tied to “human safari” drone hunt on civilians in Kherson

Bulgaria’s new government plans to halt weapons supplies to Ukraine

Russia starts hauling gasoline to the front in the trunks of civilian cars

Chonhar bridge linking occupied Kherson Oblast to Crimea is closed again after the second attack in two days

Russian missiles kill three and wound six in Chuhuiv as drones injure 15 in Kharkiv, including a one-year-old

Lithuanian court: the roadside attack on a Ukraine-shirt cyclist was hate, not chance

Russia tells its regions to raise taxes on residents and businesses to plug a record budget hole

Freezing the war along today’s lines is “the quickest way” to peace, Ukraine’s leader told Sky News

Premature births are climbing in Ukraine’s front-line regions, and doctors blame the ongoing war

Britain, France, and Germany back Ukraine’s peace terms and press Putin for a ceasefire

Russian crude reaches the sea through tunnels under a mountain ridge—and Ukraine hit the storage end near Novorossiysk

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