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VASILISA STEPANENKO

VASILISA STEPANENKO

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 2 Chinese were caught fighting alongside Russia

Ukraine's president says the military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 2 Chinese were caught fighting alongside Russia
Business|Economy|Europe|Political|World

US and Ukraine near an economic deal with mineral rights but no security promise, officials say

Three senior Ukrainian officials say that Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals

US and Ukraine near an economic deal with mineral rights but no security promise, officials say
Europe|Health|World

Wounded, recovered and back to war. Ukrainian soldiers are returning to battle after amputation

Ukrainian soldiers who lost limbs in the three-year war against Russia are returning to the battlefield out of a sense of duty amid the grim outlook for their country

Wounded, recovered and back to war. Ukrainian soldiers are returning to battle after amputation
News|World

Russia strikes cities from east to west in Ukraine ahead of key Zelenskyy meetings in US

Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles pounded cities across Ukraine, starting fires, killing at least five people and trapping others under rubble

Russia strikes cities from east to west in Ukraine ahead of key Zelenskyy meetings in US
Europe|News|World

Ukrainian war veterans with amputated limbs find freedom in the practice of jiu-jitsu

More than 20,000 people in Ukraine have lost limbs because of injuries since the start of Russia’s brutal war there, many of them soldiers

Ukrainian war veterans with amputated limbs find freedom in the practice of jiu-jitsu
Europe|News|World

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country’s army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way
Europe|News|World

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

The Russian Defense Ministry says Moscow’s forces have captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
News|World

Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid

Ukrainian soldiers say relentless Russian attacks on their positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies

Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid
Europe|News|Political|World

Zelenskyy appeals to West to relax targeting limits for Ukraine as glide bombs hammer front line

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia dropped more than 800 glide bombs in Ukraine in the past week alone and appealed to Western countries to further relax targeting restrictions inside Russia

Zelenskyy appeals to West to relax targeting limits for Ukraine as glide bombs hammer front line
Europe|News|Political|World

Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia

Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion

Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia
Election|Political|World

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US

Ukrainian soldiers on the front know that the reelection of Donald Trump will change their lives, but most say that they can't afford to lose focus on their more urgent mission: holding back Russian forces

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US
Election|Political|World

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US

Ukrainian soldiers on the front know that the reelection of Donald Trump will change their lives, but most say that they can't afford to lose focus on their more urgent mission: holding back Russian forces

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US
Election|Europe|Political|US|World

Trump's Ukraine envoy postpones planned trip to Kyiv, top Ukrainian diplomat says

A visit to Kyiv by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia has been canceled but will be rescheduled, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Tuesday

Trump's Ukraine envoy postpones planned trip to Kyiv, top Ukrainian diplomat says

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