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1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20

Read full article: 1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko says one person was was killed as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Sunday.

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Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy as defender of national interest after Oval Office blowout

Read full article: Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy as defender of national interest after Oval Office blowout

Ukrainians have rallied around President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a defender of their country’s interests in the hours after he left the White House after an astonishing Oval Office blowout with President Donald Trump.

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Russian attack kills at least 3 in Kyiv as Ukrainian drone strikes set Russian fuel stores alight

Read full article: Russian attack kills at least 3 in Kyiv as Ukrainian drone strikes set Russian fuel stores alight

A Russian barrage of drones and missiles left at least three people dead in Ukraine’s capital, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes.

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Russia's heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months kills at least 31 and hits a children's hospital

Read full article: Russia's heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months kills at least 31 and hits a children's hospital

Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors.

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Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, killing 5 and injuring at least 130, Kyiv officials say

Read full article: Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, killing 5 and injuring at least 130, Kyiv officials say

Officials in Ukraine say the country’s two largest cities were struck by Russian missiles that killed five people and wounded at least 130.

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Ukraine's military says Russia launched its largest drone attack since the start of the invasion

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Ukrainian military officials say Russia has launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion last year.

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

Read full article: 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.

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Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable

Read full article: Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable

Concerns around civilian safety have spiked in Ukraine, as officials announced that an inspection had found nearly a quarter of the country's air-raid shelters locked or unusable, just days after Russian missiles allegedly killed a woman in Kyiv as she waited outside a shuttered shelter.

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Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed

Read full article: Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed

Local officials in Ukraine's capital say Kyiv has been subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war as the city prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding.

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US to provide Ukraine $1.2 billion in long-term security aid

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The Pentagon says the United States will provide $1.2 billion more in long-term military aid to Ukraine to further bolster its air defenses.

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Russia bans jet skis, ride-hailing before WWII tributes

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Russia is enacting a major security clampdown before annual commemorations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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UK to supply tanks; Russian missiles hit across Ukraine

Read full article: UK to supply tanks; Russian missiles hit across Ukraine

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks.

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Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops

Read full article: Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops

Russia’s defense ministry says 63 of its soldiers have been killed by a Ukrainian strike on a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where military personnel were stationed.

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Putin, Xi hold talks as Russia fires another Ukraine barrage

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have vowed to deepen their bilateral cooperation against the backdrop of Moscow’s 10-month war in Ukraine.

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A Christmas season without its traditional glow in Ukraine

Read full article: A Christmas season without its traditional glow in Ukraine

Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza.

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Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spaces

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Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase Soviet and Russian influence from its public spaces by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor its own artists, poets, soldiers and independence leaders.

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Jewish festival of lights begins in Ukraine as battles rage

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Jews in Ukraine lit a giant menorah to start the eight-day Hanukkah holiday as tens of thousands remained without electricity.

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Ukraine: Russian strikes thwarted, wreckage hits buildings

Read full article: Ukraine: Russian strikes thwarted, wreckage hits buildings

Ukrainian authorities say they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region as their air defense system destroyed 13 explosive-laden drones.

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Russian shelling cuts off power again in liberated Kherson

Read full article: Russian shelling cuts off power again in liberated Kherson

Russian shelling has cut off power in much of the recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson just days after it was restored.

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Cold and dark: Kyiv readies for 'worst winter of our lives'

Read full article: Cold and dark: Kyiv readies for 'worst winter of our lives'

The lack of electricity turned Anastasia Pyrozhenko’s apartment into a deathtrap.

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Kyiv's mayor: Extraordinary, in extraordinarily tough times

Read full article: Kyiv's mayor: Extraordinary, in extraordinarily tough times

Once a boxing champion, Kyiv's mayor is up against a challenge bigger than any he faced in the ring: keeping Ukraine’s capital functioning during a war.

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Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts

Read full article: Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts

Ukraine’s electricity grid chief is warning of hours-long power outages as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with renewed artillery and missile attacks.

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Kyiv prepares for a winter with no heat, water or power

Read full article: Kyiv prepares for a winter with no heat, water or power

The mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, is warning residents that they must prepare for the worst this winter if Russia keeps striking the country’s energy infrastructure.

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Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off

Read full article: Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off

The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month.

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Russia strikes Kyiv as Western leaders meet in Europe

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Russia has shattered weeks of relative calm in Ukraine's capital with a missile attack as Western leaders meeting in Europe prepared to reaffirm their support for Ukraine and condemnation of Russia.

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European mayors duped into calls with fake Kyiv mayor

Read full article: European mayors duped into calls with fake Kyiv mayor

The mayor of Ukraine's capital has warned that an imposter is posing as him and communicating with other officials.

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Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy surrender-or-die demand

Read full article: Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy surrender-or-die demand

Ukrainian fighters holed up in a steel plant in the last known pocket of resistance inside the shattered city of Mariupol have ignored a surrender-or-die ultimatum from the Russians and continue to hold out against the capture of the strategically vital port.

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Live updates | Zelenskyy: Troops shell retreating Russians

Read full article: Live updates | Zelenskyy: Troops shell retreating Russians

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops retaking areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv are not allowing Russians to retreat without a fight, but are “shelling them.

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Zelenskyy says siege of Mariupol involved war crimes

Read full article: Zelenskyy says siege of Mariupol involved war crimes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the siege of Mariupol will go down in history for what he said were war crimes committed by Russian troops.

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Kyiv mayor proud of citizens' spirit, anxious about future

Read full article: Kyiv mayor proud of citizens' spirit, anxious about future

As Russian troops draw closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv's mayor is filled with pride over his citizens’ spirit and anxious about how long they can hold out.

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Ukraine invasion: What to know as Russian forces target Kyiv

Read full article: Ukraine invasion: What to know as Russian forces target Kyiv

Invading Russian forces are closing in on Ukraine’s capital.

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