Isobel Koshiw
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I'm only just starting to understand the scale and extent of Russian atrocities in Kyiv region over the past 2 weeks. It's unbelievable. It's not just Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, Borodyanka etc. Dozens of smaller villages were completely terrorized, cut off, people were executed.
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1/ The pictures from Bucha, Kyiv oblast confirm reams of eyewitness reports. Unfortunately, we're hearing almost identical descriptions from dozens of places under Russian occupation or seige.
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50,000 have died in Mariupol, acc to one man coordinating the burials. Loved ones are rushing to find their dead before they're buried, unidentified in mass graves.
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5/They then sit terrified in cellars or basements or in their corridors and hope they aren't hit. When I met people coming out of Irpin, they'd be essentially locked up, in the dark, for over two weeks. They saw my press vest and cried out to me to tell them the news.
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Here's the article
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2/ It's the same pattern, or rather tactic, (some of which they used in Syria). First comes the civilian infrastructure - cut off gas, water electricity
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3/ Then even those who find ways to charge their phones don't have signal - the Ukrainians are convinced they are using jamming devices and targeting telecoms masts. I heard reports that in Mariupol they targeted Kyiv Star's infrastructure
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4/ These people then try to survive on whatever supplies they have and if they are lucky, in a village, they have access to a well for water. If they are unlucky, like in Mariupol, they drink water from their radiators.
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Our trip to Balakiia, formerly on the frontline of occupied Kharkiv region 1/ One of the most striking things was the ‘information vacuum’ and differences in perception of the last 7 months. Most people had no internet or TV for most of the period bc of power and internet cuts.
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I interviewed people from 3 villages in Kyiv region. Russian forces behaved +/- similarly in each case. In Andriivka, they executed at least 2 civilians, shelled houses on the main street, then they went house to house confiscating phones and laptops.
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1/ On Feb 24, there was only a platoon of paratroopers in Sumy city, they destroyed one column but then were ordered to move out, leaving Sumy residents to defend the city.
The armed civilians managed for 6 weeks.
Pictures
@sia_vlasova
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Train tracks were destroyed by Russians yesterday so these buses are the only way out. Pictures of people waiting with their belongings
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Video of Russian forces shooting a civilian in Kyiv region who raised his hands above his head - German public broadcaster ZDF releases drone footage
@guardian
heard a report of two civilians being murdered with their hands in the air & other unarmed civilians being shot.
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Ukraine is under attack. We are in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers and border guards are taking the brunt of this atm. All but a few major cities have been hit. The president has told people to stay home and that the army and security service are all working
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International aid orgs are sitting on over £2 billion worth of funds, while Ukrainian orgs and volunteers, who have been providing "virtually all" the aid, have received £5.3 million (or 0.24%) of the total donated for humanitarian causes -
@HumOutcomes
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Ukraine's retreat from Avdiivka, where troops said they were up against 7 Russian brigades, outnumbered 1 to 15. At Munich, Zelensky said troops were hamstrung by lack of weapons: “Our dear friends are ... keeping Ukraine in an artificial deficit"
Wounded now being treated:
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A Russian cluster bomb struck Mykolaiv late this afternoon, killing two people waiting for the bus and injuring 12. An attack of this scale usually doesn’t get much media attention bc it can happen 1,2,3,4x per day. But each person killed was loved by someone.
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1/Yesterday, people were allowed to visit Izium, in Kharkiv region, for the first time since it was occupied by Russia in early March. It has often been described as a second Mariupol.
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4/ Either way, reconciling this vast info gap could be challenging - esp when the rest of Ukraine has been through this immense societal-wide shared experience, ‘everything for the victory’, redefinition of Ukrainianess, the grief and trauma over the Russian crimes
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Around 200 people are waiting on the Kyiv side of Irpin Bridge while we can hear shelling and shooting on the other side. They are in desperate need of transport and completely shell shocked after days inside the town.
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@charliekreuz
I don't know re Mykolaiv. I heard Russian soldiers are behaving comparatively well in Kherson region, (in the places where I have sources at least). In Kyiv region, acc to sources, it has been a living hell on par with Mariupol. Real picture is only just coming out as ppl escape
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2/ No one we spoke to had heard about the atrocities committed by Russian forces against Ukrainians in other regions, or the events in Mariupol, where at least 20,000 people are estimated to have died.
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Scoop w
@iankmsmith
Ukraine finalising insurance for up to 30 grain ships in the Black Sea ‘danger spot’, (Ukrainian waters), as early as next month w help of London brokers and underwriters.
Seems Ukraine will export grain with or without Russia’s say
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Kharkiv was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine. Ukrainian writers and artists flocked there during Lenin's Ukrainianization policy. But many were later executed by Stalin.
Kharkiv's current literary crowd feel like history is repeating itself.
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3/ Russia broadcast a ‘Z’ radio station into the town. It’s hard to tell how much people absorbed Ru narratives. Some were happy to see Ukrainian soldiers, some people said there were people who welcomed the Russians, another said no one would now voice their ‘real’ views
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We are at a gas station near Pavlograd, one man said he left because he was afraid they'd hit the nuclear power plant. There's queues at every gas station. People don't know where to go
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5/ The locals we spoke to say they had little interaction with the Russian forces, who based themselves on the edges of town. Unlike in northern Ukraine, they said though the Russians didn’t respect them and looted a lot but didn’t bully them.
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There are thousands and thousands of bodies lying around the city, in the streets, in homes, under the rubble. The Russian-DNR proxy authorities don't appear to be collecting DNA samples. We may never know the scale and truth of what happened in Mariupol.
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Kyivans are posting their last photos of peaceful Kyiv on Instagram. Here's a throwback that my parents just sent me from 2000 taken in Kyiv's Botanical Garden.
Thinking about the children I saw crying at Kyiv's main station and sad that they can't enjoy this winter at home.
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But NB, this is just one town, events may differ from place to place, still much more to see.
Read our piece
@lorenzo_tondo
Artem Mazhulin, and
@AlessioMamo
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Relatives are using Telegram to navigate the chaos of locating bodies and getting them buried or re-buried. In one group, they've confirmed over 1,200 deaths. Causes include hunger, lack of medical treatment, died while getting water, fire, airstrike
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6/ But there was anecdotal evidence that former soldiers, volunteers and police officers were sought out and detained by Russian forces, (seen as political and military threats)
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(1/3) I'm increasingly worried about food & medicine supplies for people living in areas under attack like Kyiv. Everything is closed, there's no access to money, deliveries have stopped and movement is restricted.
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7/ Balakiia itself wasn’t bombed out, there was a bit of damage (some buildings hit, some windows covered in plastic, and one traffic light knocked over) but most of the fighting appears to have taken place outside of the town.
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Evidence collected re Kherson shows the 20+ torture facilities were not “random” but part of a plan to destroy Ukrainian identity the Russians implemented, acc to a team of Ukrainian and international lawyers.
Over 400 still missing
@WayneJordash
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4/ Credit: Oleh Anatoliivych, a 57-year-old from Krasnopilia, a village in Sumy region on the border with Russia, spent days hiding in the bushes along the motorway, counting and filming the tank columns & the passing the information to his son, an officer further south
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Many in Mariupol are starving & comms are cut off 'one brave tenant went door to door collecting phone numbers of neighbours’ relatives. He would then roam in search of reception and call each number on the list'
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8/ ie there didn’t seem to have been a big or prolonged battle for the town. But locals said they heard shelling every day and that several locals were killed by the shelling. We met at least two locals who had shrapnel wounds from incoming shells.
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9/ It seems the Russian forces almost walked away from the town last week.
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10/ The damage on the outskirts of, near the town consisted of several houses as well as large farms and factories that locals say were used as bases by both sides. The damage appears to be the result of the recent fighting.
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Eduard Lysovyk lay for 7 days in a basement after being shot by a Russian sniper. He and his wife Iryna climbed over their balcony after seeing Russian soldiers place what they believed was a trip wire in front of their door with
@_EmmaGH
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A Russian MP picks a child’s wish from under a charity tree “Vova, a boy from Kyiv dreams of rockets. Vova, you’ll get rockets - just wait” Before adding - “That’s a joke of course.”
Депутат ГД Олег Нилов пошутил на благотворительной елке:
«Мальчик Вова из Киева мечтает о ракетах. Вова, ты получишь ракеты, жди».
Полная моральная деградация. Похоже, они вообще перестали осознавать категории добра и зла.
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Horrible scenes today at Kyiv's main train station. The boy with the bobble hat was briefly separated from his mother. A family next to me walked away because they weren't leaving 'dad' behind.
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A candid message from Ukraine's chief general Syrsky: the situation along Ukraine's eastern front has "significantly worsened" in recent days. Russian forces have upped their attacks since Russia's presidential elections, he wrote on Telegram.
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1/Russia’s aim now appears to be to destroy Ukraine’s energy system beyond repair not inflict blackouts like winter 22-23. They have focused their missiles on power stations outside of Kyiv. Kyiv currently being the only place with sufficient air defense
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Exclusive - Southern offensive announced almost two weeks ago was a disinformation campaign to trick the Russians and distract them from real offensive prep in Kharkiv - Ukraine special forces
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Sumy civilians setting alight to a parked tank near Krasnopilia on the Russian border in March 2022- photo credit Oleh Anatoliivych
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Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons.
‘A Russian government document obtained by AP dating to January outlined plans to create 25 new prison colonies and six other detention centers in occupied Ukraine by 2026.’
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Exclusive - Ukraine has almost run out of ammo and dependent on western supplies
"This is an artillery war now...and in terms of artillery we are losing," Ukraine's deputy head of military intel Vadym Skibitsky ahead of June 15 meeting with NATO allies.
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This story cut through me. Sasha was an 18-year-old boy who was shot dead by Russian snipers in Hostomel on Feb 25. But the ordeal for his family didn't stop there. His grandmother ended up in a hospital in Bucha, his grandfather spent 44 days in his basement in Hostomel
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5/ Credit unknown, here the Sumy territorial defense forces can be seen standing around a tank. The voice on the video claims they’ve destroyed three.
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A Russian rocket struck a children’s rehab centre in Sumy region late on Sunday, local authorities have confirmed so far that two children were injured. Earlier today, a series of Russian missiles hit civilian areas in Kharkiv city, injuring 41 people.
Наслідки російської ракетної атаки по Сумах у неділю ввечері. Відео: Суспільне Суми
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8/ Major general and Sumy native, Oleksandr Nesterenko, said a repeat of February is not possible.
“These people who were accountants and businessmen nine months ago, now have nine months of training. We’re here with more manpower, weaponry”
@sia_vlasova
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6/ Ihor (1) and Serhiy (3), interviewees in the story, organised youth events for Sumy city council before the war. On Feb 24, Ihor rang Serhiy who was already on his way to volunteer. Neither had previous military experience. They have since joined the regular army in Bakhmut
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I don't know where this is but what a video. A Ukrainian army band play the national anthem around a crater and surrounded by shelled buildings.
Слава Україні!🇺🇦
Glory to Ukraine!🇺🇦
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Kherson was shelled very heavily last night by Russian troops stationed on the eastern bank. According to Kherson’s head, Yanushevych, 10 people died and 54 were badly injured as a result.
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Ukrainian journalists need PPE and other equipment.
@zaborona_media
an independent Ukr media org has started a funding campaign. Foreign pubs have headspace and resources, Ukr pubs are dealing with everything all at once.
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Uman city has almost no strategic significance. It seems Russia are pursuing a terror campaign.
The moment a cyclist was killed by Russian artillery in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast was caught on camera. We've verified
@Cen4infoRes
geolocation of the attack to 48.748716, 30.218705
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3/ The Sumy TDF helped thwart Russian supply lines towards Kyiv. In his NYE speech, Zelenskiy singled out the efforts of the Sumy territorial defence forces, describing them as the ‘bone in Russia’s throat’
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Russia has carried out 203 attacks on Ukraine today, Ukrainian Interior Ministry
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Every Ukrainian journalist - who just received a collective Pulitzer prize - became a war correspondent overnight on Feb 24. Despite the warnings from the west, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale invasion seemed farcical inside Ukraine.
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7/ One of their main tasks was ambushing and destroying trucks carrying fuel - it was easier than attacking a tank and meant the tanks could only travel so far. (Four of Ihor and Serhiy’s group were killed on an ambush mission.)
@suspilne_news
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765 civilian bodies recovered from April 1-12 in Kyiv region, three cases of mass torture under investigation, and tens of rape cases opened - deputy Kyiv region prosecutor, Oleh Tkalenko, told me this morning
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Last week I went to Kupiansk for
@openDemocracy
to look into what NATO training actually comprises. Atm due to time constraints and NATO regulations, the training is limited & not that realistic, meaning the risk burden gets pushed back onto Ukraine.
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2/ The Sumy regional head appealed to the Ukr leadership on March 1, saying:
(Rough translation) ‘Small children to old people are being protected by NATO, not the countries but NATO - Our Fucking Amazing Territorial Defense Forces’
“НАТО – Наша А*уєнна Територіальна Оборона”
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(1/3) Really important statement from journalists currently working in Ukraine to
@ZelenskyyUa
For 30 years journos in Ukraine have been a force for democracy and human rights in Ukraine. Ukraine stands out in eastern Europe bc of its free press.
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Videos slowly trickling out of Kherson, where phone signal is reportedly very patchy. Here residents raise the flag and shout “Slava Ukraiini, Smert Voroham” Glory to Ukraine, Death to the enemies. What a moment!
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@anastasiatl
and I went to Dnipro, Ukraine's humanitarian hub, where residents have been volunteering to help the 100,000s of refugees who pass through and/or move to the city. They are continuing, despite being tired and struggling for money.
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Ukraine applies to join NATO - (the fast track option) -
@ZelenskyyUa
What a move!
“De facto, we have already made our way to NATO. Today, Ukraine is applying to make it de jure.“
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I’ve left
@guardian
. I’m incredibly proud to have been the first Guardian Ukraine correspondent and want to say a huge thanks to my editors for their hard work and everything they have done for me,
@wilsonjamie
@DevikaBhat
@SimonJeffery
@PaulTOwen
@olireports
@alexolorenshaw
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The daily nightmare Ukrainian frontline troops face from Russians attempts to advance and the generational hole the mounting losses will leave behind - spelled out by the death of headteacher Viktor Shulik in Bakhmut w/
@sia_vlasova
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Big shout out to all the hotel staff in Ukraine who stayed put and must have served thousands, maybe even as many as 10k, journalists over the course of 2022. We’d didn’t always come back bearing the best news and demanding all kinds of things, under all kinds of conditions.
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This is surreal. You have the US saying the invasion will happen in the next few days/hours and then you have this, Kharkiv, hours away from the Russian troops.
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'They are willing to leave behind them a wasteland on a massive scale' - almost all buildings destroyed and populations trapped.
@_EmmaGH
and I
report on the tactics Russia has used in two eastern Ukrainian cities
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“We were like soldiers without uniforms” - how one young Kherson couple helped the Ukrainian army and withstood the risks, including torture. One of the best told stories I’ve heard in a while. Photos
@AlessioMamo
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2/ Much of left bank of Izium was in ruins. The town’s residents have been living in abject poverty for the last six months. Apart for one period, they said they lived without electricity, some districts weren’t reconnected at all, which meant..
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Just arrived in Kharkiv, there’s no electricity. The Kharkiv branch of the public broadcaster Suspilne say Russia has hit critical infrastructure and the regional energy company is working to restore power.
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In 2014, Russia put a fair amount of effort into covering up its crimes and distancing itself using proxy leaders. In 2022, they +/- stopped caring. This morning they hit power infrastructure again in 3 regions. Overall 30-40% has been damaged. Winter temperatures can reach -20.
UN on Russian strikes: Under international humanitarian law, attacks on civilian infrastructure are prohibited. Combined w soaring gas and coal prices, they expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life-endangering conditions this winter.
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The Rio, a restaurant frequented by almost everyone who visits Kramatorsk, flattened. Radio Svoboda correspondent on the scene: 4 dead, 42 injured. Rescue workers have had to pause work amid news there may be another rocket attack.
⚡️Russian missile strike destroys popular restaurant in Kramatorsk, killing 3, injuring 25.
President’s Office Head Andriy Yermak said at least three people were killed by a Russian June 27 missile strike at Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast.
Video: Andriy Yermak / Telegram
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Irpin residents fled under Russian shelling today. When we met them they were in shock. They'd spent days hiding in basements and corridors. Some of them asked us what's happening in the rest of Ukraine bc they hadn't had internet
@Kiehart
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Chrystia Freeland is a Ukrainian Canadian so if she became head of NATO, it would be well received by Ukraine.
Canada’s deputy PM Chrystia Freeland is reportedly the U.S.’s preferred candidate to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as secretary-general of NATO when he steps down next year…
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Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says they are stopping evacuations after a French journalist was killed in an evacuation vehicle near Severodonetsk. So awful.
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Ukraine’s finance minister has called on the west to finalise the $50bn Russian assets windfall loan, claiming delays in weapons deliveries has contributed to a budget deficit that has left Kyiv scrambling to find money to pay its army.
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Ukraine to give $1.2 billion worth of cheap credit and grants to domestic manufacturers of war-related goods and weapons to generate much-needed tax revenue and make Ukraine less reliant on (unreliable) western aid
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Kyiv's youth is out for the first big event since the war started, an exhibition on war-time art at one of the city's most popular techno venues.
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3/ no electricity for their water pumps so no running water to wash and to wash their clothes.
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I’ve never seen people as happy as in the newly retaken southern areas. It was just like the images on TV. They were anticipating the Ukrainian offensive from late June and so they could imagine an end to their misery. They longed for it. And then it came true.
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We are in darkness. Question is how much worse will it get. No Wi-Fi, radio, patchy mobile signal (where we are in Mykolaiv). Ukraine’s authorities say that this winter will be the ultimate challenge.
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5/ Multiple residents said the damage was carried out when Russia was trying to capture the city. Charred or halved buildings, ripped apart, few houses left untouched. People were buried in their basements.
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12/ The residents were completely isolated, to call someone they had to climb a hill on the outskirts and find someone with a solar charger, or some other way. One woman wiped tears as she talked about not seeing her family all this time.
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10/ Izium’s suffering, psychological and physical, was immense. We don’t have a picture of what happened yet.
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4/ There was also no gas, according to those we spoke to. So they cooked on stoves outside their houses.
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8/ Most residents we saw used bicycles, a few had motor bikes. We saw them fighting over an aid delivery from ICRC. Everyone looked visibly worn out and people welled up describing their experience.
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11/ Initial interviews inidicate Izium experienced a horror with some similarities (abductions, bombings) to the northern regions but also different (length of occupation, months of poverty, isolation)
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9/ Law enforcement were there on a fact finding trip re war crimes. Those we asked to said that they did not have direct knowledge of soldiers beating or torturing people and the soldiers kept to themselves but that they had abducted ex military, their families and police.
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Electricity has been restored where we are in Kharkiv
Just arrived in Kharkiv, there’s no electricity. The Kharkiv branch of the public broadcaster Suspilne say Russia has hit critical infrastructure and the regional energy company is working to restore power.
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