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05/08/2024

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Criticizes Calls to Lift Anti-Russian Sanctions

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis addressed calls by Russian oppositionists to cancel anti-Russian sanctions, emphasizing the complicity of ordinary Russians in the war against Ukraine.

"I hear conversations about the innocence of ordinary Russians, but then I see how ordinary Russians kill ordinary Ukrainians," Landsbergis stated.

"I see ordinary Russian mothers saying goodbye to their sons, wishing them success in their war crimes. I see parents dressing their children in military uniforms, drawing the letter Z on cardboard tank suits. I see crowds forming the letter Z in public squares.

Simple Russia is sick. Healing will be long and arduous and will only begin when Russia, not just Putin, is defeated.

Regarding 'unfair' sanctions against 'ordinary Russians,' anything that slows down the Russian military machine will have the support of ordinary Lithuanians, no matter the cost of victory. Glory to Ukraine!" Landsbergis wrote on the social network X.

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08/10/2023

People are killing each other because their imaginary friend told them it's their promised land. Fu***ng psychopaths.

06/10/2023

Editor's note: This article contains graphic images. The Kyiv Independent doesn't blur these images. We show Russia's war as it is. Key developments on Oct. 5: * Russia attacks the village of Hroza in Kharkiv Oblast, killing 51 people, injuring 6 * Zelensky visits Spain for European Political Commun...

05/10/2023

"Russian troops struck a grocery store and a cafe in Kharkiv Oblast’s village of Hroza, killing at least 49 people, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Oct. 5. The victims included a six-year-old boy."

“Russia needs this and similar terrorist attacks for only one thing: to make its genocidal aggression the new norm for the whole world,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said following the strike.

04/10/2023

The Kremlin’s occupational leader of the Zaporizhzhia region said Russia should invade the Baltic States so that “the whole world does not turn into S***m and Gomorrah.”

04/10/2023

Germany will not send long-range Ta**us missiles to Ukraine due to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's fears that the move will draw Germany into the war, Bild reported on Oct. 4, citing unnamed German and Ukrainian sources as well as Scholz's previous comments.

04/10/2023

Ukrainian special forces landed on Russian-occupied Crimea and conducted a combat operation, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) announced via a video published online on Oct. 4.

04/10/2023

The investigation into the killing of EuroMaidan protesters in Kyiv in February 2014 has been completed and former President Viktor Yanukovych has been formally charged with a range of crimes including murder, the General Prosecutor's Office announced on Oct. 4.

04/10/2023

Six in 10 continue to support providing economic aid and sending additional arms and military supplies to the Ukrainian government, down slightly from a year ago.

04/10/2023

A Russian Ptero reconnaissance drone recently downed by Ukrainian forces was full of Western parts, according to Trap Aggressor, a Ukrainian investigative journalism project.
Trap Aggressor got access to the drone wreckage, identified the components, and found that they were manufactured in the U.S., Japan, and Germany...
A Ukrainian military expert told Trap Aggressor that without importing Western components, Russia could not sustain the production of drones it extensively uses in its war against Ukraine.

Welcome to Investigative Stories from Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent's newsletter that walks you through the most prominent investigations of the past week. If you are fond of in-depth journalism that exposes war crimes, corruption, and abuse of power across state organizations in Ukraine and beyond,...

04/10/2023

Several academics, a British MP and countless Ukrainians are among those who have expressed outrage at Musk’s latest comments about Ukraine.

04/10/2023

Elon Musk secretly instructed his engineers to turn off Starlink satellite communications near Crimea last year to prevent a Ukrainian submarine drone attack against Russian military ships, CNN reported on Sept. 7, citing an excerpt from an upcoming book by Walter Isaacson.

04/10/2023

EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova noted that compared to other major players such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, TikTok, or LinkedIn, the X platform has the largest ratio of misinformation and disinformation posts.

04/10/2023

Welcome to Investigative Stories from Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent's newsletter that walks you through the most prominent investigations of the past week. If you are fond of in-depth journalism that exposes war crimes, corruption, and abuse of power across state organizations in Ukraine and beyond,...

02/10/2023

Ukrainian prosecutors discovered that Russian forces had tortured 75 children throughout the full-scale invasion, Interfax Ukraine reported on Aug. 31. Most cases of torture took place in Chernihiv Oblast's village of Yahidne, which was under Russian occupation for about a month.

02/10/2023

Editor's Note: The story is based on the documentary “Bullet Holes,” published by the Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigations Unit. On a cold March morning, the Mahdyk family bundled themselves into their minivan. Their village near Kyiv was occupied, and they couldn’t bear staying there ...

02/10/2023

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has found evidence that Russian Colonel Viktor Bedryk tortured and killed two Ukrainian civilians in occupied Kherson Oblast, the SBU reported via Telegram on Aug. 29.

02/10/2023

Russia carried out attacks against nine oblasts over the past day, killing at least five civilians and injuring at least 15 others, local officials reported early on Oct. 2.

Russian forces targeted Donetsk Oblast over the past day, killing three people and injuring five, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration said.

10/09/2023

"Its Russian taxes pay for 39 bullets every second but still it boasts how ethical its products are"

Its Russian taxes pay for 39 bullets every second but still it boasts how ethical its products are

10/09/2023

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06/09/2023

The enemy hit the central market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, on September 6, killing at least 16 people and wounding five others. — Ukrinform.

28/08/2023

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing southeast of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmachka.
"Offensive operations are ongoing in the southern region. Robotyne has been liberated. And our troops are moving further south-east of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmachka. These are the directions of Novodanylivka, Novoprokopivka, and Mala Tokmachka – Ocheretuvate," Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said during the United News national telethon, Ukrinform reports.

As noted, the enemy holds the defense in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. The Russians strike the populated settlements of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolayiv regions, in particular, by using Lancet loitering munitions.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing southeast of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmachka. — Ukrinform.

28/08/2023

Representatives of the Ukrainian resistance movement have eliminated enemy military patrols in temporarily occupied Luhansk. The partisans also conduct reconnaissance in the city controlled by the Russian invaders.
The ATESH partisan movement reported this on its Telegram Channel on Sunday, August 27, according to Ukrinform.

Representatives of the Ukrainian resistance movement have eliminated enemy military patrols in temporarily occupied Luhansk. The partisans also conduct reconnaissance in the city controlled by the Russian invaders. — Ukrinform.

28/08/2023

Ukrainian forces have liberated Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and are moving southeast of the village, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar confirmed on Aug. 28.

Ukraine’s military is advancing towards nearby settlements of Novoprokopivka and Ocheretuvate "despite fierce enemy resistance," Maliar said.

Securing Robotyne, around 20 kilometers from Orikhiv, allows Ukrainian troops to continue advancing south toward the Russian-occupied Tokmak and Melitopol.

Apart from the gains in the south, Ukrainian forces are also advancing in eastern Donetsk Oblast near Bakhmut.

They have regained one square kilometer of land on Bakhmut’s southern flank over the past week, according to Maliar.

A total of 44 square kilometers have been liberated around Bakhmut since the start of Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive, the official added.

Ukrainian forces have liberated Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and are moving southeast of the village, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar confirmed on Aug. 28.

28/08/2023

Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 261,310

The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 261,310 Russian invaders in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to August 28, 2023, including 490 invaders in the past day alone.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

The Ukrainian defenders have also destroyed 4,400 enemy tanks (+4 in the past day), 8,562 armored combat vehicles (+8), 5,425 artillery systems (+22), 730 multiple launch rocket systems (+2), 499 air defense systems (+1), 315 aircraft, 316 helicopters, 4,383 unmanned aerial vehicles (+5), 1,415 cruise missiles (+4), 18 warships/cutters, 7,866 motor vehicles (+12), and 809 special equipment units (+1).

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3753846-russian-military-death-toll-in-ukraine-rises-to-261310.html

27/08/2023

Skirmishes between Ukraine and Russia's maritime and air forces are unfolding over strategically important gas and oil platforms in the Black Sea, the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote in its intelligence update on Aug. 27.

When Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, occupation authorities seized control of the platforms, which the Chornomornaftogaz company operates.

Skirmishes between Ukraine and Russia's maritime and air forces are unfolding over strategically important gas and oil platforms in the Black Sea, the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote in its intelligence update on Aug. 27.

27/08/2023

Ukrainian forces have made tactically significant gains in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast, attacking through some of the most challenging series of Russian fortifications, the Institute for the Study of War reported in its daily briefing on Aug. 26.

Ukrainian forces have made tactically significant gains in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast, attacking through some of the most challenging series of Russian fortifications, the Institute for the Study of War reported in its daily briefing on Aug. 26.

27/08/2023

Russia has already lost about 260,820 troops in Ukraine (+550 over the past day). — Ukrinform.

26/08/2023

Total approximate losses of Russian troops between 24 February and 26 August 2023 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.]:

approximately 260,270 (+640) military personnel
4,390 (+12) tanks
8,539 (+18) armoured fighting vehicles
5,379 (+18) artillery systems
726 (+2) multiple-launch rocket systems
497 (+2) air defence systems
315 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft
316 (+0) helicopters
4,367 (+11) tactical UAVs
1,411 (+2) cruise missiles
18 (+0) ships and boats
7,823 (+33) vehicles and tankers
804 (+2) other vehicles and equipment

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

26/08/2023

Russian forces attacked over 100 settlements across seven Ukrainian regions, killing three civilians and injuring at least four others over the past day, regional authorities reported on Aug. 26.

Russian forces attacked over 100 settlements across seven Ukrainian regions, killing three civilians and injuring at least four others over the past day, regional authorities reported on Aug. 26.