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    Russians won't give up war in Donetsk region, preparing offensive for spring,— Zelenskyy #shorts

    Russians won't give up war in Donetsk region, preparing offensive for spring,— Zelenskyy #shorts

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    Ukraine brings home 300 troops and two civilians in latest prisoner exchange with Russia

    Ukraine has carried out a new prisoner exchange with Russia, bringing home 300 service members and two civilians. Most of the freed defenders had been held for more than a year, and some since the start of the full-scale war in 2022.

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    Ukrainian exceptionalism

    Ukrainian exceptionalism

    Americans like to believe they are exceptional — a pioneer nation born in revolution, animated by liberty, individual freedom, and committed to the democratic separation of powers. In the spring of 2022, at a refugee camp on the Polish-Ukrainian …

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    Stab in the back: How Orban is openly selling Europe to Putin! Why is the EU tolerating this?

    Stab in the back: How Orban is openly selling Europe to Putin! Why is the EU tolerating this?

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    EU, Hungarian opposition leader rebuke Zelensky over remarks on Orban

    EU, Hungarian opposition leader rebuke Zelensky over remarks on Orban

    Peter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party, urged EU leadership to "sever all ties with Ukraine until President Zelensky clarifies his words and apologizes to all Hungarian citizens for his statements."

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    Budapest is holding Ukrainians and millions of dollars – Kyiv goes to court #shorts

    Budapest is holding Ukrainians and millions of dollars – Kyiv goes to court #shorts

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    Inside a Ukrainian prison for women who sided with Russia

    Inside a Ukrainian prison for women who sided with Russia

    Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian courts have convicted thousands of people of collaboration and treason. The Kyiv Independent’s Kateryna Hodunova and Olena Zashko report from a penal colony in southeastern Ukraine that …

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    Hungary detains ex-Ukrainian intelligence general, seizes Oschadbank armored cars in cash-and-gold probe

    Hungarian authorities have detained a former Ukrainian intelligence general and six other Ukrainians on suspicion of attempting to illegally transport large sums of cash and gold into Ukraine. According to Hungarian law enforcement, the haul included …

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    Russia reportedly provides Iran intelligence used to target US forces in Middle East

    Russia reportedly provides Iran intelligence used to target US forces in Middle East

    One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

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    NEW SCANDAL! Orban is taking hostages — Ukrainians are being FORCIBLY DETAINED in Budapest!

    NEW SCANDAL! Orban is taking hostages — Ukrainians are being FORCIBLY DETAINED in Budapest!

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    Kadyrov ally urges Putin to back Iran against the U.S. and Israel, warns Russia is next

    Apti Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya’s “Akhmat” special forces, says he is “ready to go today” to fight the United States and Israel on Iran’s side.

    A key associate of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov effectively called on Russian dictator Vladimir …

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    Orban threatens to block key goods transit to Ukraine unless oil supplies resume

    Orban threatens to block key goods transit to Ukraine unless oil supplies resume

    "We have stopped gasoline shipments to Ukraine, we are not delivering diesel either; we are still supplying electricity for now, and we will also stop the goods important to Ukraine that pass through Hungary," Orban said on Kossuth Radio.

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    Postcards from Kherson, where Russian drones hunt Ukrainians every day

    Postcards from Kherson, where Russian drones hunt Ukrainians every day

    At the moment the grey mass of radio static gives way to a clear image on the drone detector screen, the hunter still seems deceptively far away.

    Looking down on the central neighbourhood of Kherson from a bird’s-eye view, it remains unclear where …

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    Ukrainian Navy shoots down Russian Ka-27 with FPV drone on Sivash drilling platform

    The Ukrainian Navy, working with Special Operations Forces, struck Russian forces overnight on March 5 at the Sivash offshore drilling platform in the Black Sea, at the Holitsynske gas field, and for the first time hit a Russian helicopter on the …

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    Ukraine secures release of 300 POWs, 2 civilians in second stage of exchange with Russia

    Ukraine secures release of 300 POWs, 2 civilians in second stage of exchange with Russia

    The youngest freed serviceman is 26, captured at 22 in 2022, while the oldest is 60.

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    U.S. asks Ukraine for help countering Shahed drones in the Middle East, Zelensky says

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the United States has asked Kyiv to provide support to defend against Shahed-type attack drones in the Middle East. Ukraine plans to assist partners by supplying necessary equipment and deploying Ukrainian …

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    Ukraine's HUR releases video of strikes on Russian military assets in occupied Crimea

    Ukraine's HUR releases video of strikes on Russian military assets in occupied Crimea

    Among the reported targets were a Project 22460 patrol ship.

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    Audience development intern

    Audience development intern

    The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s main English-language publication, is looking for an Audience development intern.

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    Second stage of prisoner exchange with Russia: 300 more Ukrainians – HOME #shorts

    Second stage of prisoner exchange with Russia: 300 more Ukrainians – HOME #shorts

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    Ukrainian drone blitz hits Russian aircraft repair plant in occupied Crimea, SBU says

    Ukrainian drone blitz hits Russian aircraft repair plant in occupied Crimea, SBU says

    The long-range drones hit the production workshops of the Yevpatoria Aircraft Repair Plant, located in western Crimea, as well as two Pantsir-S2 systems near a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi, which sits in the peninsula's northeast, according …
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    Assistant Editor for National Desk

    Assistant Editor for National Desk

    The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s main English-language publication, is looking for an Assistant Editor for National Desk.

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    At least 2 killed, 8 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past day

    At least 2 killed, 8 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past day

    Russian forces launched 141 different types of drones against Ukraine overnight.

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    General Staff: Russia has lost around 1,271,350 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

    General Staff: Russia has lost around 1,271,350 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

    The number includes 950 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

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    Russia sending election operatives to Hungary to prop up Orban, media reports

    Russia sending election operatives to Hungary to prop up Orban, media reports

    Sergei Kiriyenko, a powerful Kremlin aide, has reportedly been tasked with overseeing the Russian operation in Hungary, applying the same set of methods deployed during Moscow-backed meddling in Moldova.

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    Reversing its position, US allows India to buy Russian oil

    Reversing its position, US allows India to buy Russian oil

    "To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 5.

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