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South Africa investigates how 17 citizens were deceived into joining Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Presidency says the men are trapped in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas after being misled by fake job recruiters — a Russian tactic previously reported in many countries including India and Nepal.

byYuri Zoria

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Pokrovsk turns gray: city becomes zone of chaos and shifting control

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) units are in the fight, conducting a complex counter-operation personally overseen by HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov.

byOlena Mukhina

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Putin sets deadline for Pokrovsk conquest, throws 17,000 more soldiers thrown into burning city

“Putin’s goal is to demonstrate that he can dictate terms,” Malomuzh said.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine is fighting for every block in Pokrovsk as 170,000-strong grouping continues to infiltrate

DeepState analysts report an expanding Russian presence on the city’s eastern outskirts near Rivne, signaling that Pokrovsk’s defenses are under severe strain.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukrainian paratroopers execute daring parachute-free airdrop under fire near Pokrovsk, breaking through Russian lines

The 7th Corps of the Air Assault Forces confirmed the operation, saying synchronized work by air defense, EW, reconnaissance, and drone units allowed troops to reinforce key positions inside the embattled city.

byOlena Mukhina

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From restaurant to trench: Iraqi “contract soldier” describes hell of Russian forces

Khalaf said he was detained in Russia for lacking a work permit and offered a brutal choice.

byOlena Mukhina

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Putin’s order on “foreign journalist corridors” in three Ukrainian cities, could end with war crimes

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry warns journalists against accepting Russia's offer, citing the 2014 Ilovaisk massacre where Moscow promised safe passage through a "humanitarian corridor" before opening fire, killing 366 Ukrainian soldiers who trusted similar Russian guarantees.

byOlena Mukhina

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“Fortress in dark”: Moscow’s assault on Sloviansk power plant masks deeper goal

Russia fights against the light. On 30 October, Russian aviation dropped guided bombs on the Sloviansk Thermal Power…

byOlena Mukhina

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“Life there looks like death”: Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar, Kostiantynivka — Ukrainian soldiers hold burning triangle of Donbas

As Moscow pushes to capture all of Donetsk Oblast, these three cities form the heart of resistance. Ukrainian experts warn that without Pokrovsk, Russia cannot advance toward Kramatorsk — the symbolic prize of the Donbas.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian Aggression

Stop fighting now, talk borders later: RFE/RL uncovers EU’s hush-hush plan to lock the Russia-Ukraine war in place

The first phase would freeze the frontline and bar Ukrainian offensives, with negotiations on territorial governance deferred to the next phase

byYuri Zoria

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Ukrainian “Ghosts” strike again, wiping out Russian radars and SAM S-300V launcher in Donbas (video)

The Defense Intelligence’s elite drone unit continues its systematic destruction of Russian air defenses in occupied eastern and southern Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

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NYP: Russia tells the world it’s winning — actual military performance paints a different picture

While Putin talks victory, Russia’s forces are stuck fighting for fields at unsustainable losses and can't break Ukrainian defenses.

byYuri Zoria

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US pressures Ukraine to stop fighting at current postions, while no security guarantees are announced

Ukraine is left choosing between rival concessions without protective mechanisms for either scenario.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House on 17 October 2025.

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Trump threw maps, cursed at Zelenskyy while demanding Ukraine cede Donbas to Russia – FT

Trump reportedly warned Zelenskyy that Putin could ‘destroy’ Ukraine if no deal was reached, pressing the Ukrainian president to consider Moscow’s territorial demands and signaling a willingness to entertain Russian proposals.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Finnish President Alexander Stubb arrives to the South Portico of the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, and other world leaders, Monday, August 18, 2025.

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Finland draws line — Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts are Ukraine’s, not Russia’s

Recognizing annexation would embolden other regimes to redraw borders by force.

byOlena Mukhina

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi (center), reviewing a military map with Ukrainian officers in Donetsk Oblast on 4 October 2025

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Ukrainian counterattacks expose Russian command chaos across Pokrovsk front

Three Russian brigades forced to halt operations as coordination failures between army corps turn tactical setbacks into operational disruptions

byMaxim Volovich

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After months of silence, Ukraine’s brings back its powerful rocket system to battlefield

Fresh ammunition reportedly breathed new life into the veteran system.

byOlena Mukhina

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US Supreme Court clears path to seize Russia’s Sberbank assets for MH17 families

The US Supreme Court refused to consider the appeal of the Russian Sberbank against a lower court ruling.…

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian drone killed French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in eastern Ukraine

Journalist unions call the killing a war crime and demand an investigation into the attack. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed sorrow over the death of Lallican, killed by a Russian attack.

byYuri Zoria

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Analysis

Putin needs Pokrovsk to unlock the Donbas—but it’s costing him everything

With 602 tanks lost, the Donbas fortress city is becoming this war's Stalingrad

byJulian McBride