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New Russian rocket-powered KABs mimic cruise missiles — but NATO is testing solution to shoot them down

Current modifications reach 140 km, with Russian engineers reportedly working to extend the range to 200 km, potentially endangering the capital.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia expands range of its glide bombs — Ukraine says it can shoot them down

The Air Force spokesman insists its air defenses can handle Moscow’s new jet-propelled KABs, yet none of the recent strikes were fully stopped.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Kyiv draws red line in Odesa, placing city under new military administration led by Donbas war veteran

The move signals Kyiv’s intent to secure Odesa against pro-Russian influence while keeping civilian governance under close wartime oversight.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian Navy CB90 rapid assault craft patrol Black Sea coast defense operations against Russian attacks Swedish-donated boats

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Dispatch

Ukraine’s Navy doesn’t exist—except it kind of does, and it’s brilliant

At 2 am, they rip their mooring rope racing to engage 17 Shaheds.

byDevin Woodhall

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Latest news Ukraine

BREAKING: Odesa’s untouchable mayor finally falls—and Zelenskyy is taking over the city

President confirms Russian passport, removes mayor who survived $25 million in corruption charges.

byPeeter Helme

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Ukrainian politics

The end of Odesa’s teflon mayor Trukhanov?

$25 million in corruption charges couldn't touch him. A decade-old passport allegation did.

byPeeter Helme

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Latest news Ukraine

BREAKING: Odesa’s “untouchable” mayor stripped of Ukrainian citizenship

BREAKING: Odesa’s untouchable mayor finally falls—but not for the corruption!

byPeeter Helme

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian drones hit 5 oblasts, warehouse fire rages in Odesa, 9 dead across Ukraine

Overnight attacks by Russian military claimed at least nine lives and wounded 18 people across Ukraine, including a 12-year-old girl in Chuhuiv

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine receives new Dutch minehunter — another to follow before the year ends

Ukraine’s Navy chief says a second Alkmaar-class ship is expected by year’s end as crew training begins.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia hit Ukraine’s railways overnight — and kills a civilian woman in northeastern Ukraine

Russian drones and missiles struck railway infrastructure in Odesa and Konotop while a missile hit Balakliia, killing a woman and injuring 16, including a 4-year-old..

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Kremlin hints at ambitions beyond occupied regions, saying people in Ukraine’s southern regions want to “link their fate to Russia”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “many” people in Ukraine’s Odesa and Mykolaiv regions secretly want ties with Russia, reviving concerns over Moscow’s broader territorial ambitions.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Russia claims French, British troops arrived in Odesa to target Transnistria as Sandu warns of Moldova-based assault on Ukraine

The unsubstantiated allegations mirror tactics used before Russia's 2014 Crimea annexation, creating manufactured pretexts for potential invasion from Moldova's region occupied by Russian forces.

byOlena Mukhina

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International

Moldova elections: Russia’s spy agency pushes conspiracy of planned NATO “occupation”

Kremlin intelligence targets Moldova’s elections with claims of anti-Western plots.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Woman dies in Kyiv basement, baby killed as Russia attacks Ukraine with record 800+ drones

Civilian areas took hits in the capital, and in several oblasts, including Odesa, Poltava, and Zaporizhzhia. The Russian attacks killed at least six and injured more than 70 civilians across the country.

byYuri Zoria

Damaged building in Odesa Oblast following Russian drone strikes.

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Latest news Ukraine

Tens of thousands in Odesa without power after Russian bombardment

Odesa regularly faces Russian drone and missile attacks, leaving civilians with damaged property, power outages, and ongoing safety risks.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Latest news Ukraine

Scandal-hit Odesa chemical giant goes up for sale

Privatization aims to restore facility crucial for feeding Ukraine and the world.

byPeeter Helme

Russian attack on Okhtyrka in Sumy Oblast damaged private residences and an apartment building, injuring 14 people.

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukrainian civilians pay price as Russian attacks continue despite Trump’s peace attempts

Fourteen civilians required medical treatment in northeastern Sumy Oblast after overnight strikes hit residential areas.

byVira Kravchuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia kills family with five drones in Ukrainian region, which is under Washington’s negotiation agenda

Moscow's coordinated drone assault on sleeping civilians tests whether targeted family killings can influence the peace talks in Washington.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Azerbaijan oil depot SOCAR hit by 10 Russian drones in second Odesa attack this month

The same SOCAR oil depot targeted by Russian drones on 8 Aug. came under attack again overnight, igniting fires that required over 100 emergency responders and a railway fire train to extinguish

byMaria Tril

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Latest news Ukraine

Five people injured after Russian attack on Kyiv, Odesa and Sumy oblasts overnight

Ukraine's air defense downed over 80 Russian drones during a coordinated Russian assault on civilian targets that damaged residential buildings, infrastructure, a kindergarten across 3 oblasts.

byMaria Tril