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    ⚡️ UKRAINE is under attack in 20-degree FREEZING TEMPERATURES – RUTTE has made a statement! #shorts

    ⚡️ UKRAINE is under attack in 20-degree FREEZING TEMPERATURES – RUTTE has made a statement! #shorts

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    LIVE | 🧸 CHILD DRAFT: Russia's crime that gives you CHILLS!

    LIVE | 🧸 CHILD DRAFT: Russia's crime that gives you CHILLS!

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    Rethinking Ukraine's economy

    Rethinking Ukraine's economy

    What kind of an economy does Ukraine have?

    This question is not of abstract interest. International financial institutions, supporting governments, private investors — anyone with an economic interest in Ukraine needs to know what they have a stake …

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    ❄️ BATTLE FOR HEAT: 9TH ATTACK on THERMAL POWER PLANT. Ukraine survived a 6‑HOUR shelling

    ❄️ BATTLE FOR HEAT: 9TH ATTACK on THERMAL POWER PLANT. Ukraine survived a 6‑HOUR shelling

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    Satellite images show Russia reviving Soviet-era base in Karelia and planning new garrisons near Finland, Yle reports

    In 2025, Russia began to restore a Soviet-era military base in Petrozavodsk and plans to build new garrisons in Karelia near the Finnish border, Finland’s public broadcaster Yle reports, citing satellite imagery analysis and Russian regional media.

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    Membership Retention Manager

    Membership Retention Manager

    The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s main English-language publication, is looking for a Membership Retention Manager.

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    Donations Manager

    Donations Manager

    The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s main English-language publication, is looking for a Donations Manager.

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    The Kremlin Connection: Mapping #Telegram Networks in #Russia, #Ukraine, and #Belarus

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    NATO chief confident allies will commit $15 billion in US arms for Ukraine in 2026

    NATO chief confident allies will commit $15 billion in US arms for Ukraine in 2026

    "I'm absolutely confident that the money will be there," Rutte said during a press conference alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv when asked about the figure requested by Ukraine.

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    German Defense Minister warns Ukraine will be 'dead tomorrow' without Western support

    Kyiv vitally needs Western support, because without it Ukraine “will be dead tomorrow.” The West must continue backing Ukraine even though it is costly.

    Ending support would be far more expensive for Europe than maintaining it, German Defense …

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    Ukraine's Foreign Minister calls FIFA president a 'moral degenerate' over push to reinstate Russia

    Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has blasted FIFA President Gianni Infantino for seeking to bring Russia back into international soccer, calling him a “moral degenerate,” he said in a post on X.

    Sybiha reminded Infantino that 679 Ukrainian …

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    Ukraine war latest live: Russian FPV drone training center hit, General Staff says

    Ukraine war latest live: Russian FPV drone training center hit, General Staff says

    Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 4 times today. A Russian first-person view (FPV) drone training center was among several targets hit by Ukrainian forces over the past day, the General …

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    Zelensky urges maximum pressure on Moscow after massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy

    Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, using more than 70 missiles and about 450 drones, as President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to increase pressure on Moscow.

    Overnight on February 3, at the height of a …

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    Russia launches massive missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv amid severe cold

    Overnight Tuesday, February 3, Russia launched another wave of massive, combined strikes on several regions of Ukraine, with explosions reported. Ukraine’s Air Force and officials in Kyiv and Kharkiv announced the attacks on Telegram. During the …

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    Hungary sues EU over 2027 Russian gas import ban

    Hungary has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice challenging the REPowerEU regulation that would fully ban imports of Russian natural gas starting in 2027, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

    “Without Russian oil and natural gas, …

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    POWERFUL massive strike: at night, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region #shorts

    POWERFUL massive strike: at night, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region #shorts

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    Zelenskyy and Rutte honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders #shorts

    Zelenskyy and Rutte honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders #shorts

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    US says 3 Ukraine investment projects achievable in 2026 under joint fund

    US says 3 Ukraine investment projects achievable in 2026 under joint fund

    The U.S. believes launching three projects under a joint U.S.-Ukrainian investment fund created under the so-called minerals deal last year is achievable, but ambitious, a senior U.S. official told reporters on Feb. 2.

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    NATO chief arrives in Kyiv as Russia bombards Ukraine

    NATO chief arrives in Kyiv as Russia bombards Ukraine

    Rutte spoke at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.

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    How Ukraine appears in the latest Epstein files

    How Ukraine appears in the latest Epstein files

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 31 published over 3 million documents in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

    Some of them had a direct connection to Ukraine.

    The files linked to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey …

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    West agrees to respond militarily to Russia's ceasefire violations in Ukraine, FT reports

    West agrees to respond militarily to Russia's ceasefire violations in Ukraine, FT reports

    A more extensive Russian attack would trigger a coordinated Western-led military response backed by U.S. forces, initiated 72 hours after the initial breach, the Financial Times reported.

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    SHELLING OF KYIV: Russians carried out a MASSIVE strike #shorts

    SHELLING OF KYIV: Russians carried out a MASSIVE strike #shorts

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    Ukraine designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization

    Ukraine stands with the Iranian people ready to fight for their freedom and is therefore recognizing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Zelensky said in his nightly video address.

    All terrorists deserve equal …

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    'Russians chose a freezing February night' — Damaged buildings, casualties reported as Russia resumes large-scale strikes on Kyiv

    'Russians chose a freezing February night' — Damaged buildings, casualties reported as Russia resumes large-scale strikes on Kyiv

    Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple residential buildings across the city and injuring at least three people, officials said.

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    Russia’s exhaustion could open a strategic window for Ukraine in 2026, analyst says

    The Russian military is more depleted than ever, and that is already affecting the pace of its offensive.

    Ukrainian military analyst Alexander Kovalenko said that despite attempts to keep up offensive operations and “sell” an image of strength to the …