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Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk31 Aug 2026
Exclusive: Musk opposes allowing Ukraine to use Starlink for strikes on Russia, despite recent media reports, sources say SpaceX CEO Elon Musk remains opposed to allowing Ukraine to use Starlink...
Kyiv Independentby Yevgeniya Doluda31 Aug 2026
Editor's note: The story has been updated with the latest details. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)...
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk31 Aug 2026
Kyiv under near-constant air raid alerts for 5th day as Russian strikes kill 7, injure 43 across Ukraine Key developments: - Russia has continued attacking Ukrainian cities for a fifth consecutive...
Kyiv Independentby Yevgeniya Doluda31 Aug 2026
Lavrov calls NATO's Arctic operations 'direct threat,' says Russia's opponents will face 'asymmetric' response Moscow believes NATO's military operations in the Arctic are a "direct threat" to its...
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek31 Aug 2026
Romania's Defense Minister Radu Miruta said on Aug. 30 that he does not believe Moscow intends to attack a NATO member state, noting that other allies share this assessment, according to Romanian...
Kyiv Independentby Kateryna Denisova31 Aug 2026
Budanov's political honeymoon is over President's Office Head Kyrylo Budanov works in his office on April 18, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Kyiv Independentby Francis Farrell31 Aug 2026
Ukraine's hunt for Russia's ballistic missile launchers A Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile purportedly launched at a military factory in the Russian city of Kirov, on the early morning of July 24...
Kyiv Independentby Dmytro Basmat31 Aug 2026
Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives to approve long-awaited sweeping Russia sanctions legislation in an interview with CBS News on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Dmytro Basmat31 Aug 2026
Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of 242,747 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine.
Kyiv Independentby Dmytro Basmat30 Aug 2026
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Anna Fratsyvir30 Aug 2026
Fedorov offers drone technology to US in exchange for Patriots, seeks funding for defense tech fund Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking U.S.
Kyiv Independentby The Kyiv Independent news desk30 Aug 2026
Key developments on Aug. 29-30: - Nearly 2,000 drones fired at Ukraine in one week as Russia draws out attacks - 'Explosions every few minutes' — At least 38 killed after Russian drone strike on...
Kyiv Independentby Dominic Culverwell30 Aug 2026
Russia’s attacks on Ukraine have killed at least eight and injured at least 41 as Moscow continues to target civilian areas with waves of missiles and drones.
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek30 Aug 2026
Germany's Kremlin-friendly AfD eyes historic election win Ulrich Siegmund, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s main candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, addresses delegates during...
Kyiv Independentby Dominic Culverwell30 Aug 2026
Russia launched nearly 2,000 attack drones, more than 1,600 glide bombs, and 31 missiles, including North Korean ballistic missiles, against Ukraine in just the last week, President Volodymyr...
Kyiv Independentby Volodymyr Ivanyshyn29 Aug 2026
Russia will not use nuclear weapons against Ukraine or attack NATO, and Moscow's only option for escalating its war is mobilization, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview published...
Kyiv Independentby Anna Fratsyvir29 Aug 2026
'Orcas hunt these bears' — Putin says children should learn the 'food chain' to understand Russia's war Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked orcas "tearing polar bears apart" as a new analogy...
Kyiv Independentby Kateryna Hodunova29 Aug 2026
Fifty-six Ukrainians are considered missing as search-and-rescue operations continue in Nepal following widespread flooding, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry told journalists on Aug. 29.
Kyiv Independentby Kateryna Hodunova29 Aug 2026
At least 27 people were killed and 42 injured, including four children, in a Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast that triggered detonations and a large fire at a storage facility on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Kateryna Hodunova29 Aug 2026
Ukraine marks Remembrance Day for Defenders on Aug. 29, for the eighth time since the observance was introduced in 2019.
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