News in the category Zorro - Euromaidan Press

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Ukraine nears breakthrough in confiscating EU-based Russian assets

Ukraine is nearing a landmark confiscation of Russian oligarchic money in a company posing as Dutch, potentially opening the door to confiscation of other Russian assets in the West, a total of $300 bn that could be used to rebuild Ukraine.

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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“Stopping the modern Hitler”: snipers hold the line in Ukraine’s battle for survival

Ukrainian snipers take out Russian colonels from 2.8 km away, save a battalion of 600 men from encirclement, and enable capturing Russian strongholds without a single KIA. Helping them achieve this is theology professor-turned sniper patron Yuriy Chornomorets, who crowdfunds bullets, scopes, and rifles for Ukraine's victory: "Defending Ukraine is everyone's business"

byAlya Shandra

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“Do Svidaniya” to Russo-centrism: Western schools start decolonizing Eastern Europe studies

A Russo-centric approach towards Eastern European and Slavonic studies and related fields has long reigned supreme in Western…

byMartin Fornusek

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Icons on ammunition boxes: How Sofia and Oleksandr transform death into life

“Saint John, pray to God for Mykola … Yuriy … Oleksandr … Yaroslav … Volodymyr … Oleh ……

byAlya Shandra

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Russia’s destruction of Kakhovka dam: five blows to economy, environment of world and Ukraine

Russia’s destruction of the dam of the Kakhovka hydropower plant has been called the largest technogenic catastrophe since…

byAlya Shandra

10 minute read

Ukrainian counteroffensive: What is going on?

During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces built a solid system of defensive fortifications on the eastern…

byTexty.org.ua

9 minute read

The magic of Ukrainian mythology in Mavka. The Forest Song

With distribution rights in more than 80 countries and a record-breaking opening weekend in Ukraine, the animated film unveils a fantasy world rooted in the nation's folklore.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Why Ukraine’s counteroffensive is going so slow

The beginning of the offensive is the most difficult stage of the attack. If you do not expect…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Russia’s army has adapted. Here is what Ukraine faces: a military analysis

The London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has published a report outlining how Russian forces have adapted their…

byKazys Kleiza

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Why EU security is under threat without Ukraine in NATO

North Atlantic nations face a major decision at next month’s summit in Lithuania. Multiple scenarios show that leaving…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

5 minute read

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Former Wagner Commanders confess to mass shootings of civilians, children in Bakhmut

Former Russian prisoners who served as commanders in the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) have confessed to the…

byAlya Shandra

8 minute read

It makes no sense for Ukraine to blow up its Kakhovka dam, despite Tucker Carlson’s rant

The destruction of the Russia-occupied Kakhovka Hydroelectric Plant on 6 June unleashed a humanitarian and environmental cataclysm in…

byMartin Fornusek

Prostheses of Ukrainian serviceman Dmytro

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“We joke that if a leg is amputated below the knee it doesn’t count.” Soldiers get advanced prosthetics in Ukraine

In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs…

byBohdan Ben

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Tribunal or restitution? Ukraine eyes ways to return one of its richest art collections looted by Russia

In October 2022, nearly two weeks before the Ukrainian Army liberated Kherson, Russian soldiers parked several school buses…

byOlena Mukhina

8 minute read

Ukrainian refugees: blow to Ukraine’s demography, godsend for the EU

Contents Will Ukrainian refugees return home: the competition for Ukrainian people To return or not to return: motives…

byOrysia Hrudka

10 minute read

Are the sanctions on Russia working?

In the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion last year on 24 February, Ukraine’s allies unleashed an unprecedented wave…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

13 minute read

They thought we are cave people: stereotypes Ukrainian refugees face in Europe

Contents First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poorSecond stereotype: Ukrainian refugees were willing to leave UkraineThird stereotype: Ukrainians all…

byOrysia Hrudka