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Russia Ramps Up Overnight Attacks as It Prepares for a New Summer Offensive Against Ukraine
Ukrainians are enduring a significant increase in the scale and frequency of Russian attacks, reports George Llewelyn
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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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How Ukraine Used Cheap Drones and a Lot of Ingenuity to Strike a Major Blow Against Russia
“I spent most of the early hours of Saturday in my hallway feeling the walls shake as the ballistic missiles exploded”, Chris York reports from Kyiv
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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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How Russia’s Fake Spirituality Became a Key Weapon in the Kremlin’s Disinformation Toolbox
Under Putin, Christianity has been turned into a political tool to spread false narratives about the war in Ukraine
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‘How Trump Fumbled the Ukraine Peace Talks in Istanbul and Emboldened Putin — Yet Again’
The Kremlin is now so emboldened by the Trump administration’s position that it’s as if three years of Ukrainian resistance, backed by the West, never even happened, writes Chris York from Kyiv
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Germany’s Political and Cultural Establishment Prepares to Stand Up to Putin and His Allies
As Germany rearms, Patrick Howse visits the eastern state of Saxony, where the country’s cultural elite are now also taking on Putin
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‘Why Putin’s Three-Day May Ceasefire Declaration is Worthless’
The Russian president announced the ceasefire – from 8 to 11 May – without even speaking to Ukraine
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Putin’s Response to Trump’s Appeasement Plan: Hell in Kyiv
Paul Conroy surveys the scale of the destruction to the Svaytoshinsky neighbourhood, fifteen minutes from downtown Kyiv
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Trump’s ‘Devastatingly Incompetent’ Attempts at Negotiating an End to the Ukraine War
In his latest dispatch from Kyiv, Chris York details how Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ just isn’t working
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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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Russia’s Murderous Ceasefires and Musk Admiration for Putin
In his latest dispatch from Kyiv, Chris York has tales of occupied territories, tariffs, stalled talks – and storks!
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Deadly Lies: Ukraine on Tenterhooks as Putin and Trump Talk of Truces
In his latest dispatch, Chris York reports on overnight attacks on Kyiv, Trump’s diplomacy and the latest drone and media manoeuvres
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‘Russia Will Be Hungry for More if Europe Doesn’t Unite to Protect Ukraine’
Defending Ukraine without the US will be complex, costly and politically challenging – but there is simply no alternative, argues Jacob Öberg
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Clouds Darken Over Ukraine: But Is There a Sliver of a Silver Lining?
In his regular dispatch from Kyiv, Chris York explains how US actions feel like a complete betrayal in the interests of Putin
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For Ukrainian Survivors of Putin’s War, Donald Trump is Yet Another Threat to Their Lives
“Let the Trumpists come and spend a few days [here] and feel, hear, and see how Putin ‘wants peace’” a mother of a fallen Ukrainian soldier tells Kris Parker
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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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‘It’s Time to End the Trump Denialism and Admit the US Is No Longer Europe’s Ally’
Keir Starmer’s attempts to be an “honest broker” with Donald Trump are doomed to failure, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Blind Rearmament Won’t Counter the Threats from Putin and Trump’
With the US potentially allied to Russia over the fate of Ukraine, there needs to be a root and branch rethinking of British and European security
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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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‘F**k Trump’: Kyiv Faces the Darkest Hour
Chris York explores the mood in the capital as Ukrainians try to make sense of the US President’s support for the Kremlin
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‘There Is Nothing ‘Natural’ About Donald Trump’s Predatory Exploitation of Ukraine’
The US President’s attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past, argues Aleksandar Djokic
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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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From TikTok to USAID – The Perfect Storm
Paul Niland dissects the lies and outright skirting of the law being perpetrated by Trump and Musk
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What Really Lies Behind Donald Trump’s Shifting Stance On Ukraine
Trump’s new threat to Putin doesn’t necessarily mean he’s on Ukraine’s side, argues George Llewelyn
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President Zelensky Exposed Lex Fridman’s Own Bias on Ukraine
Elon Musk’s favourite podcaster was ill-prepared for the Ukrainian President’s demolition of Russian propaganda claims about the war
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Those Demanding a Swift ‘Peace Deal’ for Ukraine Don’t Understand How Complex This War Really Is
Donald Trump’s pledge to end Putin’s war “in 24 hours” is a fantasy that will be quickly met by painful reality
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Ukrainian Refugees ‘Unfairly’ Blocked From Route to Seeking Permanent Life in the UK
The UK Government is denying those fleeing Ukraine the same rights to permanent residency afforded to those fleeing other parts of the world
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Meet the Witches of Boutcha: Guardians of Kyiv’s Skies
A volunteer unit made of mainly women talk about how joining Ukraine’s Butcha Witches ‘is like taking revenge on life’
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Ignore Putin’s Bluffs and Focus On the Real ‘Red Line’ in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
There is only one red line in this war and it’s one that Russia crosses daily
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If Trump Surrenders to Putin Then Europe Will Quickly Need to Form a ‘NATO Within NATO’
European leaders fear Donald Trump could soon open Europe’s doors to Moscow
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‘Europe and Canada Must Forget Trump and Form a Coalition of the Willing to Defend Ukraine’
Senior politicians, military leaders and experts send an open letter calling on Europe and Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
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Putin’s Constant Long-Running, Long-Range Escalations in Ukraine
As tensions mount over long range missile attacks on Russia, Chris York explains the daily routine for Ukrainians living in the capital Kyiv
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‘Ukraine Will Never Capitulate and Peace Plans Won’t Work – Now Is the Time to Put the Boot Into Russia’
Paul Niland explains why Trump’s talk of a ‘deal’ for peace will never work
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‘If you Hear That Sound, You’re Probably Dead’: How Drone Attacks are Making Evacuations in Ukraine Increasingly Unsafe
Rescuers on the ground in Ukraine detail the ‘massive risks’ now involved in evacuating residents in areas under attack from Russian forces
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How the US Presidential Election may Turn November’s European Political Community Summit Into a Fight Over Ukraine
The summit, which is being hosted by Hungry’s far-right President Viktor Orbán, will take place days after the US goes to the polls.
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Politics in the Trenches: Ukrainian Soldiers Express Concern About US Support As Election Looms
The troops are fighting on as the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump puts Ukraine’s future on the frontline of US politics
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Kakhovka Dam Disaster: More Than a Year on Dnipro River is ‘Actively Recovering’ as Wildlife Returns in ‘Large Numbers’
An explosion collapsed the Russian-occupied dam on 6 June, killed 59 people and unknown amount of wildlife in the largest environmental catastrophe of the war so far
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David Lammy Unleashes On Vladimir Putin in Remarkable UN Speech – Then Takes aim at Russian Ambassador
The Foreign Secretary’s attack on Russian President was in stark contrast to Joe Biden’s final speech at the UN General Assembly on 24 September
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‘Vladimir Putin is Trapped Between Only bad Choices – he Can’t Stop the War, and he Can’t Win’
Even the Russian state’s propagandists are asking, ”What was the point of even starting this whole thing?”
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How Russia’s war on Drugs Provides a Steady Stream of Manpower for Ukraine Invasion
Russia’s prison population is shrinking fast as it pardons inmates to fill the frontlines in Ukraine
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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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‘Obscene, Illogical, Unworkable’: The Trump/Vance Plan for Ukraine Revealed
Paul Niland examines J D Vance’s recent statements on the Trump plan to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours”
