The entrance sign to Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. Photo: Suspilne Посилання скопійовано Russian troops have not been able to entrench themselves in Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and Moscow’s claims that the city... Read more »
Ukraine has closed its embassy in Havana and is “downgrading” diplomatic ties due to the high number of Cuban citizens recruited to fight Russia’s full-scale war, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced Oct.... Read more »
The social-liberal Democratic 66 (D66) party is likely to win the Dutch general elections on Wednesday, Oct. 29, according to an Ipsos exit poll. D66’s projected victory came as a surprise to... Read more »
This is an excerpt from the Kyiv Independent business desk’s Ukraine Business Roundup newsletter. To get more news like this directly to your inbox every week, subscribe here. Last week, a debate... Read more »
The independent news site iStories ran a story on Wednesday showing how cadets at Russian military institutions and their families are complaining that attempts to resign are being blocked. Even worse, the... Read more »
President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on Oct. 28 to launch the “controlled export” of Ukrainian weapons abroad beginning in November 2025, the president announced on social media. “Ukrainian Minister of... Read more »
У Снігурівській громаді, що на Миколаївщині, відновлюють лісосмуги, які були пошкоджені внаслідок бойових дій та пожеж. Експерти вважають, що у майбутньому лісосмуги стануть стійкими насадженнями, які захистять агроугіддя від пилових бур, суховіїв,... Read more »
Dozens of drones attack Moscow, with explosions audible across the city. Putin is unlikely to accept a peace plan that Ukraine is drafting with European allies, Zelenskyi says. Putin and Gerasimov make... Read more »
The imposition of international sanctions against the Russian Federation for its aggression against Ukraine forced the Kremlin to seek ways to circumvent them. An important instrument became the so-called shadow fleet. These... Read more »
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include comments from the coffee chain Idealist, who clarified that its production facilities had been heavily damaged, not fully destroyed. Russian missile attacks on... Read more »