The Kyiv Independent

2023-11-08 13:38:33 Official: Remaining 16 workers evacuated from Avdiivka plant, 17 local residents refuse to leave.

The final 16 workers who remained at the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant were evacuated, Vitalii Barabash, head of the Avdiivka city military administration, said to Suspilne media outlet on Nov. 7.

According to Barabash, 17 residents of the town staying in the only warehouse still intact in the factory refuse to leave.

Russian forces are preparing for a third wave of attacks against the largely destroyed city in Donetsk Oblast, with the aim of capturing the plant, Barabash said.

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2023-07-24 20:14:54 Spain says 4 Leopard 2 tanks, 10 armored carriers en route to Ukraine.

The Spanish Defense Ministry announced on July 24 that four Leopard 2A4 tanks and other Ukraine-bound military and humanitarian aid have left a Spanish port for Poland.

The cargo shipment further included 10 M-113 armored personnel carriers, ten cargo trucks, an armored multi-purpose vehicle, and five ambulances, including two armored ones. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 19:59:31 Media: Greece, Bulgaria discuss transit of Ukrainian grain by rail.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed transporting Ukrainian grain to Greece via rail, Mediapool reported on July 24, citing Denkov.

According to the outlet, the plan would entail Bulgarian trains would loading Ukrainian grain at the Ukrainian-Romanian border and transporting it to the Greek port of Alexandroupolis. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 19:08:32 AFP journalist wounded near Bakhmut.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) video journalist Dylan Collins was wounded in a drone attack while reporting at a Ukrainian artillery position on July 24, AFP informed.

Dylan Collins, a U.S. citizen based in Lebanon but on assignment in Ukraine, sustained shrapnel injuries in forests near the Russia-occupied city of Bakhmut, the news agency reported. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 18:52:34 Stolen generation. Russia systematically abducts children from Ukraine, gives them to Russian families

Russia is systematically deporting Ukrainian children from the occupied part of Ukraine against their will – which constitutes genocide according to one of the five definitions given in the United Nations' Genocide Convention.

Once in Russia, Ukrainian children are held incommunicado, brainwashed with pro-Russian propaganda, and adopted by Russian families – even though they have living relatives in Ukraine who are their legal guardians.

Nobody knows for sure how large this "stolen generation" of Ukrainian children is. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 18:38:39 Ukrhydroenergo: Water at Dnipro hydroelectric plant drops to critical level.

Water at the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant has dropped to a critical level, threatening the station's full operational capacity, the state-owned energy company Ukrhydroenergo reported on July 24.

The water level is now 12.05 meters, while the plant requires 12-12.5 meters for full functioning, as Ukrhydroenergo wrote on Telegram. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 18:10:12 In the beginning of June, the city of Kherson experienced a humanitarian catastrophe when Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka Dam.

Moreover, for several months, Kherson residents have been enduring daily attacks from Russian forces.

Watch the full report about the aftermath of Khakhovka Dam explosion. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 17:31:52 How controversial cluster munitions give Ukraine needed punch during counteroffensive

Ukraine has begun using American cluster munitions in the field and is doing so effectively, according to the White House.

“They are using them appropriately,” National Security Spokesman John Kirby said on July 21. “They’re using them effectively, and they are actually having an impact on Russia’s defensive formations and Russia’s defensive maneuvering. I think I can leave it at that.”

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2023-07-24 17:25:21 Germany says it reached agreement with Poland on Leopard 2 repair center.

Germany and Poland have reached an agreement on a repair center for Leopard 2 tanks used in Ukraine, Ukrinform reported on July 24, citing German Defense Ministry spokesperson Mitko Müller. Open / Comment

2023-07-24 17:22:22 Sławomir Sierakowski: Poland’s destructive grievance politics

The lack of a Ukrainian apology remains one of the biggest obstacles to a Polish-Ukrainian alliance. …But this is rather ironic, considering that Poland has a robust tradition of refusing to admit guilt for its own historical wrongs." —
Sławomir Sierakowski

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