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The Kyiv Independent
24 сент., 00:33изменён
⚡️Update: 2 killed, 6 injured following Russian missile attack on Kyiv. The number of casualties from the Russian strike has grown.Debris from missiles fell near a maternity hospital in the capital, shattering windows and damaging a part of the building's facade.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 23:25
⚡️Update: Russian ballistic missile attack against Kyiv kills 1, injures 2 after day of drone strikes.One person was killed, and two others were injured as Russian ballistic missile explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Sept. 24.People could also be trapped under rubble in the Dniprovskyi district, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 22:49
⚡️Russian ballistic missiles rock Kyiv after day of drone strikes against Ukraine's capital.Ballistic missile explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Sept. 24 as air defenses were engaged in the city and Russia continued launching more missiles at Ukraine.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 21:23
⚡️51 countries back Ukraine in joint statement calling for Black Sea initiative as world gathers for UN General Assembly.Fifty-one countries have backed Ukraine in a joint statement condemning Russia and calling for Black Sea passage as the U.N. Security Council meets, the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said Sept. 23, against the backdrop of the U.N. General Assembly.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 19:04
⚡️'Ukrainians did not choose this war. We choose not to die,' Zelensky says to UN General Assembly as he calls for peace.President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sept. 23, addressed the U.N. General Assembly, calling for continued support for Ukraine, stressing the importance of negotiations, and warning that Ukrainians will continue to fight back against Russia.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 18:27
⚡️UK opposes EU delisting of 2 Russian oligarchs, calls for continued sanctions, Bloomberg reports.According to Bloomberg, Burnham also told Zelensky in their private meeting during the United Nations General Assembly that Ukraine's allies must keep sanctions in place against Russia to maintain pressure and help bring the war to an end.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 17:46
⚡️More than 57,000 women serve as military personnel in Ukraine's Armed Forces, General Staff says.More than 76,000 women serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 57,000 military personnel, while the remainder hold civilian positions, the General Staff said in response to an inquiry from the Kyiv Independent.The Kyiv Independent
23 сент., 17:09
Could Trump’s 100% tariffs crush Russia’s war machine?A new U.S. law gives the president the power to impose tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian energy, while also strengthening sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet.In this interview, the Kyiv Independent's Martin Fornusek speaks with Philip Luck, director of the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), about what the new legislation means for Russia, China, and India.
The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 19:12
How Russia used parliamentary elections to legitimize occupation of Ukrainian territoriesAs Russia held its parliamentary elections from Sept. 18 to 20, it also organized, for the first time, the vote in Ukrainian territories that Russia illegally claims as its own.The purpose of holding the sham election in occupied territories goes far beyond choosing Russian lawmakers. Russia uses the elections in Ukrainian territories under military occupation to project the image that residents accept Russian rule and are integrated into Russia's political system, according to Ukrainian officials and human rights organizations.Photo: AFP via Getty Images
The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 18:59
Latvia facing 'alarming' period amid rising Russian threat in Baltics, president saysLatvian President Edgars Rinkevics said his country sees no signs of an imminent conventional attack by Russia, but described the coming weeks as an "alarming" period in an interview with the Kyiv Independent.Rinkevics said his government is preparing for cyberattacks, information campaigns, and possible disruptions by Russia around Latvia's parliamentary elections on Oct. 3.Photo: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 18:50
⚡️Update: 'Serious hit against the Russians' — Trump says meeting with Zelensky will address Ukraine's attacks on oil refineries.Ahead of his private meeting with Zelensky at the U.N. General Assembly, Trump characterized Ukraine's deep strike campaign against Russian oil refineries as "a serious hit against the Russians.""It's also a serious hit on the price of diesel," he claimed. "Diesel fuel has gone up quite a bit. ... We'll be talking about that."The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 18:24
⚡️Update: EU officially extends sanctions against Russia — at cost of delisting 2 oligarchs in Putin's inner circle.The European Union on Sept. 22 finalized a deal to extend its package of sanctions against Russia for another 36 months, after agreeing to lift sanctions against Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman.The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 18:22
⚡️Zelensky meets Trump at UN amid push for Russia-Ukraine energy truce.The two presidents are among the hundreds of world leaders and diplomats gathering in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, the highest-level forum to discuss global crises and challenges. Zelensky said earlier he is bringing "concrete security proposals and de-escalation measures that could bring the end of the war closer."The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 17:35
⚡️Russian jet-powered drones strike Kyiv, injuring 8.Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said three of the injured were hospitalized, while the others received medical assistance at the scene.The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 16:41
⚡️Ukraine strikes Russian drone storage and launch site in Oryol Oblast, damages 5 launchers.The strike targeted a facility near the settlement of Tsymbulova in Oryol Oblast, roughly 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the Ukrainian border.The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 16:16
⚡️Update: Ukraine calls for national sanctions against two oligarchs after EU faltersForeign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on all EU countries to add Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman to their own national sanctions lists after France and Slovakia forced their removal from a common EU-wide list.The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 16:05
⚡️Trump says he'll use Graham bill's Russia sanctions 'if necessary'"Last week, in honor of Senator Lindsey Graham, I signed a powerful new law passed by Congress, providing me with enormous new tariff authorities," Trump said in his address at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. "And, if necessary, I will have to use them. It's time to stop the killing."The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 15:51изменён
⚡️Lukashenko dampens Trump's hopes for Belarusian potash“Even if we wanted to supply (potash) to Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted," Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said.The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 15:45
⚡️Update: France to bolster Latvian defense as reward for allowing two Russian oligarchs to walk free.France has made new commitments to bolster its military footprint in Latvia, "especially in the field of air defense," according to a Latvian government press statement justifying the country's climbdown over an EU sanctions fight.In return for allowing the delisting of Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman to go ahead, Latvia will also begin talks to participate in France's nuclear umbrella.The Kyiv Independent
22 сент., 15:01
⚡️Latvia gives in to France's demands to lift EU sanctions on two Russian oligarchs, diplomats sayLatvia agreed to stop opposing a plan by Slovakia and France to remove two Russian oligarchs from EU sanctions on the afternoon of Sept. 22, three national diplomats told the Kyiv Independent.
