A senior U.S. envoy involved in efforts to end Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has displayed a lack of basic understanding of Ukraine's political system and the war itself while speaking to reporters, the Kyiv Independent has learned.
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Exclusive: Trump's top envoy negotiating Ukraine's fate displays 'shocking' lack of knowledge about war, politics
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Ukrainian defenders stopped 7 attempts by Russians to break through in the south #shorts
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💥AFU destroy air defense near Kachi; 1.23M Russian losses, 105 battles in 24 hours
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Ukraine: Russia masses 150,000 troops near Pokrovsk as small-arms clashes and drone strikes intensify
Russian forces have spent the past year and a half trying to seize the city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, concentrating about 150,000 troops in the area, according to the Ukrainian military.
Around Pokrovsk, Russian forces are focused on …
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As temperatures outside plunge, a Ukrainian pet shelter struggles to keep animals warm amid Russian attacks
Just over 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Kyiv, the Hostomel animal shelter is trying to keep more than 700 cats and dogs alive and warm as Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure leave the country facing rolling outages, scarce heat, and …
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister: Zelensky is ready to meet Putin to discuss territory and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared for a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha says.
Sybiha confirmed Zelensky’s readiness to meet Putin to address the most sensitive …
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Kyiv hoping to convince IMF to delay key condition for $8.1 billion loan
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Why Colombian volunteers are joining war in Ukraine
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😱 Shocking Russian TV broadcasts: how the Kremlin is preparing the world for a nuclear apocalypse
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Ukraine to receive Mirage 2000-5 jets and air-defense missiles in new French aid package
Ukraine is set to receive fighter jets and air-defense missiles as part of a new military aid package from France. Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said the country expects additional Mirage 2000-5 aircraft soon, a move he said will significantly …
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The EU has allocated the first €10 million to finance a special tribunal for the crime of aggression
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'Impossible to ban grief' — how Russia tries and fails to hide its casualties in Ukraine
Russia has tightened control over information about its battlefield losses in Ukraine, cutting off data and closing one public loophole after another. The effort has not stopped the evidence of the dead from surfacing.
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Ukrainian Railways introduces additional security measures after deadly Russian attack on passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukraine arrests alleged Belarusian KGB agent after attempt to infiltrate Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained a deep-cover Belarusian KGB agent in Kyiv who allegedly tried to infiltrate the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), the agency said.
The arrest was carried out together with the DIU’s internal security …
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14 countries close the Baltic Sea to Russia’s shadow fleet, vow to detain stateless tankers
Russia’s shadow fleet will no longer be allowed into the Baltic Sea. An official letter says growing interference with satellite navigation in European waters “originating from the Russian Federation” is creating risks. As a result, ships that …
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Russia’s top general falsely claims capture of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, pro-Kremlin bloggers push back
Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, in a briefing on January 27, claimed Russian forces had captured Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. The claim was rejected not only by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, but also by pro-Kremlin …
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Syrian president arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin
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Ukraine: U.S. to sign separate deals with Kyiv and Moscow amid dispute over Donbas-linked guarantees
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said that, at this stage, a direct agreement between Ukraine and Russia to end Russia’s war of aggression is not under discussion.
“Speaking strictly about this 20-point framework (an agreement to end the war …
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Russia strikes passenger train in Kharkiv region with 'Shahed' drones
Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of targeting civilians after a passenger train carrying nearly 300 people was struck in the Kharkiv region on January 27.
The Russian military used attack drones to hit the train, according to Ukraine’s state rail …
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Drones over railway stations and monasteries – Putin's terror crosses all red lines
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WOW! WATCH Details of Real Hell near Krasnodar: Russian Missiles Hit Their Own | Live Stream
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Russia says it's ready for Zelensky-Putin meeting — but only if Ukraine's president travels to Moscow
