As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the three-year mark, neither party has been able to inflict a decisive military blow on its opponent to end the war on its terms. There are increasing discussions in both Kyiv and…
Category: 1. Ukraine
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Ukraine’s metals the US, EU and Russia want access to – DW – 02/09/2025
US President Donald Trump has placed new conditions on further financial and military aid to Ukraine.
On Monday, he told reporters that Washington would only continue aiding Ukraine in warding off Russian aggression in exchange for access to the…
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How War Has Wreaked Havoc on Ukraine’s Classrooms
The students meet a day a week for lessons in a tiny underground classroom that teachers call the beehive, for the buzzing of all the children packed inside.
Holding classes above ground in this part of Ukraine, in the city of Balakliya near the…
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Interview: How Ukrainian women entrepreneurs are keeping businesses alive amid Russia’s war
“Because of the Russian full-scale invasion, we lost access to high-quality seeds from regions like Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia in the south,” Rosolovska said. “Some of our farming suppliers were displaced, others were killed,…
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Nearly three years after the invasion of Ukraine, a retrospective
I hesitate to speak of lessons learned because we humans seem to learn little from history, or we only learn the lesson we like; nevertheless, we can draw some conclusions. Europe, with all its wealth and European Union institutions, is not ready…
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Russia’s Costly Conquest in Ukraine
Today, about 20 percent of southeastern Ukraine is under Russian occupation, including Crimea and large parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. Russian President Vladimir Putin has painted the war in Ukraine as a…
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Ukraine wants partner countries to join in postwar development worth billions
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine wants to collaborate with partner countries on postwar projects worth billions of dollars not just in mining rare earth elements, but also in energy and construction sectors…
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Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear power sites bring scrutiny on Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry’s failure to protect the country’s most critical energy…
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Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure heighten scrutiny of Kyiv’s preparedness
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry’s failure to protect the country’s…
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Russia Says Advancing Towards Flashpoint Ukrainian City
Russia said on Saturday it had captured a village flanking the eastern flashpoint city of Toretsk in Ukraine as Kyiv said four people had died in overnight Russian strikes.
The Russian Defence Ministry said its troops seized the…
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