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Pictures of Odesa, as it tangles with a complex web of Russian and Ukrainian heritage

6:00am January 06, 2025

Photographer Michael Robinson Chávez visits a city in Ukraine that was partly famous as a site for Russian travelers and intellectuals, but since 2022 has come under Russian attack.

In exile, Russian book publishers revive Soviet-era tactics to defy Kremlin censors

6:00am September 11, 2024

In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, writing about the war in Ukraine, the church or LGBTQ+ life could land you in jail. A new organization helps authors publish books in Russian they couldn't back home.

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FILE - In this image made from video released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.

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The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon

5:21am August 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends an event for marking Statehood Day in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, Friday, July 28, 2023.

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Zelenskyy says bomb hit blood transfusion center, while shelling kills 3 overnight

7:03am August 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

Three people have died during a night of air strikes and intense shelling across Ukraine, officials said Sunday, as Kyiv's military exchanged fire with Russian occupation forces.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second right, talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, third left, during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday.

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Zelenskyy denies Moscow's claims that Russian forces are occupying Bakhmut

8:13am May 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russia has claimed victory in the invasion's longest battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fight for Bakhmut was not over. "We are not throwing people (away) to die," he said.

A protest against the Moldovan government and pro-EU President Maia Sandu in the capital Chisinau on Feb. 19, 2023.

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From TV to Telegram to TikTok, Moldova is being flooded with Russian propaganda

5:00am March 09, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Researchers warn that Russia is using the same kinds of techniques it tried in Ukraine to destabilize its pro-European neighbor, Moldova.

Destroyed armored vehicles litter the road in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, on Saturday.

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Russian forces withdraw from the Kharkiv region as Ukraine pushes a counteroffensive

3:18pm September 10, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's front lines in the east, retaking strategic towns and territory in a surprise counteroffensive that began just days ago.

Investigators work at the site of a car explosion that killed Daria Dugina outside Moscow. She was the daughter of a key Putin ally.

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The daughter of 'Putin's brain' ideologist was killed in a car explosion

2:59pm August 21, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Daria Dugina was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser in the outskirts of Moscow when the blast happened. Several of her father's allies say he was the likely target.

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Ukrainian soldiers ride a tank on a road, in Stupochky, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022.

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Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east

6:49am July 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine Sunday as Moscow continued efforts to expand its gains in the country's east.

Rescue workers sift through rubble on Sunday after a Russian rocket attack destroyed an apartment building in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine. At least 15 people were killed, and officials are searching for survivors.

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At least 15 were killed and others are trapped after a Russian strike in Ukraine

8:48pm July 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Russian rocket attack hit the town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment building and killing at least 15 people.