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How Kherson Became a Live Testing Ground for Drone Defence Against Russia’s ‘Human Safari’ of Ukrainians
Zarina Zabrisky reports from a bomb-shelter in Kherson on the cutting edge technology being used to protect Ukraine from Russia’s onslaught
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Russia’s ‘Phase Zero’ Is Here and War With NATO Is Now Inevitable, Experts Warn
The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes Zarina Zabrisky
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Russia is Using Drones and Deportations to Empty Southern Ukraine, UN Confirms
Putin’s “human safari” attacks on Ukranian civilians, first reported by Byline Times, are a war crime designed to depopulate the country, a UN investigation has found
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‘A Serious Escalation’: Putin Launches Russia’s Largest Aerial Assault on Ukraine Since 2022
Russian aggression against Ukraine continues to escalate, despite Putin’s pretence at seeking peace, reports Zarina Zabrisky
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A Russian ‘Drone Siege’ Threatens to Cut Off the Ukrainian City of Kherson
60,000 civilians risk being trapped as the Russian military adopts a deadly new form of warfare, reports Zarina Zabrisky
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The Real Story of the Trump-Putin Summit Is a US Oil Deal Hiding in Plain Sight
While no progress was made towards a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, the Kremlin opened the door to a deal that could pour billions into its own war coffers
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Trump and Putin Meeting in Alaska: ‘Chess With the Bear’
The summit’s optics could reshape alliances, potentially moving the US closer to Russia, and sidelines Europe at a moment when transatlantic unity is critical, writes Zarina Zebrisky
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Aerial Terror in Kherson – A City Under Drone Siege
As Russia declares its intent to destroy Ukraine’s front line city, 60,000 civilians face being cut off by drone attacks
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Retaliation? Putin ‘Closely Monitors’ Criminal Strikes on Civilians in Kherson
Following the UN and Human Rights Watch identifying Russian drone attacks in Kherson as war crimes and crimes against humanity—the Russian military launched a massive combined assault on the city’s central district
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UN Confirms Russian Drone Attacks on Kherson are Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes
Zarina Zabrisky, who first exposed the “human safari” in Kherson for Byline Times in July 2024, reports on the UN’s historic confirmation that Russia deliberately targeted civilians in a campaign of terror.
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An Urgent Warning to the West From the Ukrainian ‘Elves’ Fighting Russian Infiltration
Zarina Zabrisky speaks exclusively to Ukrainian officers from the ‘Elves’ unit about how Putin’s agents waged a decades-long hybrid war against their country
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One Hundred Days of Protests: Georgia on the Crossroads between East and West
Zarina Zabrisky explores the cultural and political tensions of a country caught in the crossfire of global conflict
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Caught in the Net: Star Wars Tactics and Geopolitical Struggles in Kherson
An exclusive Byline Times interview with Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration
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Fear and Favour: What Does Trump Owe Putin? Maybe His Life
With the increasingly bizarre compliance of the US President to the Russian President, Zarina Zabrisky wonders if the KGB/FSB tradition of assassination and mafia-style intimidation may be key
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Will the US Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion by Betraying Ukraine?
Zarina Zabrisky explores Trump’s new alliance with Putin and the dark economic and ideological forces behind this new phase in the war
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It’s Not Ukraine that Needs DeNazifaction: US Far-Right Operatives in Kyiv
Why was Jack Posobiec, who has spread baseless Russian propaganda about the country, accompanying a US Treasury delegation visit to Ukraine?
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Lobbyists, Oligarchs and Power: The Pro-Putin Network Raising Fears of Foreign Influence in Trump’s Team
There is growing evidence of links between senior Trump appointees, associates, and Kremlin-linked entities
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Ukraine Breaches Another Section of Russian Border in Kursk Region as it Continues to Call Putin’s Bluff
The delayed and limited Russian retaliation in the Kursk offensive has strengthened Kyiv’s argument that Putin’s “red lines” are mere scare tactics designed to deter Ukraine’s allies from supporting deeper strikes into Russian territory
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From Assassination to Misinformation: Kremlin’s Strategic Use of Digital Disinformation
“Ukraine played a role.” Once again Russian disinformation networks are weaponising an attempt on the life of a US President
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Russian Drones are Hunting Civilians in Kherson: ‘They see you and They Target you’
Estimates suggest that 50 people have been killed or injured in targeted drone attacks in the last two months, and left Kherson residents scared to leave their homes
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‘What Modi’s Moscow Meeting was Really About and why the West Must act to Stop Putin From Expanding his Influence’
Vladimir Putin seeks to build a coalition of nations that either support its actions or remain neutral, thereby undermining the unified stance of Western countries on the Russian war in Ukraine
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Under the Radar: Unmasking the Coordinated Reach of Russian Doppelgänger Bots
A new generation of information warfare tools still pose the same threat to Ukraine, unity in Europe and the US elections
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Congressional Gridlock: The Impact of Trump’s Impeachment on Ukraine’s Military Support
As President Zelensky meets President Biden and the White House approves $200 million in support to Ukraine, Zarina Zabrisky looks at the reasons why the funding faces deadlock in the US Congress in December and assesses the potentially disastrous effect of delay on Ukraine.
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Ukraine Advances in the South: Russia Unleashes Aerial Guided Bombs
Faced with the risk of losing occupied territories in Ukraine, Russia has dramatically escalated aerial bomb attacks in Kherson
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Kherson on the Verge of Ruin as Russia’s Scorched Earth Offensive Rages On
Like Sarajevo in the 1990s, the Ukrainian city of Kherson is under siege with daily bombardments – but there are only two foreign correspondents there to cover the carnage
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Prigozhin’s Jet Crash and the Collapse of Russia’s Mafia State
The reported death of ‘Putin’s chef’ following his attempted mutiny against the Kremlin shows how fragile the Russian President’s grip on power now is
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Bulgaria’s Black Sea Stand-Off Shows the Tide is Turning Against Russia in Ukraine
Bulgaria’s new pro-European Government is taking a tougher line against Moscow as Putin steps up pro-Kremlin propaganda in the region
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The Wagner ‘Musicians’ and Circus Tanks
Prigozhin’s mercenary force is not a private military company but a sub-division of the Russian Ministry of Defence. So what is really going on with the short lived mutiny?
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Kleptocracy and War: The Kremlin Seizes Assets of ‘Unfriendly’ States
Zarina Zabrisky explains how Putin’s seizure of the company property is just a continuation of his state-sponsored looting which began 30 years ago in St Petersburg
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Ochakiv and the Battle for the Kinburn Spit
Zarina Zabrisky reports from Ochakiv on the Black Sea coast, one of Ukraine’s most dangerous and underreported hotspots after almost a year of full-scale Russian aggression
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The Kremlin’s Hybrid War in Moldova
Zarina Zabrisky reports on how Russia is attempting to take advantage of the cost of living crisis in the former Soviet state
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Russian War Crimes in Ukraine: Torture as a Propaganda Tool
Zarina Zabrisky talks to survivors of the newly liberated Kharkiv region and discovers a terrifying logic of ‘psyops’ in Russian atrocities
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Putin’s Nuclear Brinkmanship in Ukraine
As the UN nuclear watchdog mission visits the Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant, Byline Times speaks to locals and experts on the ground
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‘I Looked Outside: Apocalypse’ Easter in Odesa
Zarina Zabrisky visits the site of a high-rise residential building in Odesa shelled by Russian forces on Orthodox Easter Saturday
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‘They Don’t Know How Open We Are – They Grew Up On Propaganda’
Zarina Zabrisky speaks to Katerina Tuiziukova, a Ukrainian UN volunteer helping those fleeing Putin’s war, at a temporary refugee placement centre in Moldova
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Chornobyl and Nuclear Terrorism
Zarina Zabrisky speaks to an engineer at the Ukrainian nuclear plant about the risks posed by Russia’s invasion and control of the facility
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Putin’s Purges: A ‘Frontal Attack’ on Navalny and his Allies
Zarina Zabrisky catalogues the rising suppression and prosecution of Navalny’s relatives, opposition lawyers, activists and journalists across Russia in the last few weeks
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Putin’s War: Money, Ideology, Troll Farms and TV Stations
Zarina Zabrisky talks to Russian cyber warfare and security experts Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about the Kremlin’s evolving information warfare
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Special Report: “Putin is a Thief” – the Russian People Rise Up
From the Far East to St Petersburg, Zarina Zabrisky documents the unprecedented demonstrations in Russia and talks to protestors about their demands
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A Top Priority for Joe Biden: Stop Information Warfare
Zarina Zabrisky urges the President-elect and his team to counter one of the gravest threats to modern democracy
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Pure Poison: Putin’s Links to Espionage, Terrorism and Organised Crime
Zarina Zabrisky talks to Artyom Kruglov, an independent investigative journalist and Putin biographer, about the Russian President’s background
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Russian Interference is a Threat within the Brain
The Russia Report failed to grasp the philosophical underpinning of Vladimir Putin’s plans for the West, argues Zarina Zabrisky
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Putin’s Power Trip: How the President Has Cemented Russian Autocracy and Granted Himself Lifelong Legal Immunity
Zarina Zabrisky explains how the Russian President’s reforms to the Constitution have turned the country into an ethnostate and his rule into a dictatorship
