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Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 10, injure 40 over past day Russia launched 480 drones, including Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles, and 29 missiles, including hypersonic Zircon anti-ship missile and Iskander-M ballistic missiles, overnight, the Air Force r...

⚡️Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 10, injure 40 over past day.
Russia launched 480 drones, including Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles, and 29 missiles, including hypersonic Zircon anti-ship missile and Iskander-M ballistic missiles, overnight, the Air Force reported.

<<including two children, and injuring at least 15, local authorities reported.
Fourteen people are believed to be trapped under the rubble.

Russian mass attack on Ukraine kills 9 in Kharkiv, including children Russia attacked Kharkiv, Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles and drones overnight on March 7, targeting energy infrastructure.

⚡️Update: Russian mass attack on Ukraine kills 7 (kyivindependent.com/russia-targe...) in Kharkiv, including children.
Russian troops struck a five-story building in the city of Kharkiv with a ballistic missile overnight on March 7, killing seven people, >>

Inside Russia's everyday manhunt of Ukrainians in Kherson At the moment the grey mass of radio static gives way to a clear image on the drone detector screen, the hunter still seems deceptively far away. Looking down on the central neighbourhood of Kherson...

Inside Russia's everyday manhunt of Ukrainians in Kherson
Since summer 2024 and escalating with every month, the city of Kherson is now known as the place where civilian residents — men, women, children and the elderly — are systematically and deliberately hunted by Russian high-precision drones.

<<and Olena Zashko report from a penal colony in southeastern Ukraine that holds women who sided with Russia.

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent Inside a Ukrainian prison for women who sided with Russia

Inside a Ukrainian prison for women who sided with Russia (www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTRp...)
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian courts have convicted thousands of people of collaboration and treason. The Kyiv Independent’s Kateryna Hodunova >>

<< a 35-year-old engineering graduate retraining as a CNC operator.
As the war enters its fifth year, Ukraine faces a critical shortage of skilled blue-collar workers, with mobilization and emigration reducing the workforce by a quarter.

'Tinder for the labor market' — How Ukraine is trying to fix a critical shortage Since Dmytro Volynets studied mechanical engineering at university over a decade ago, he's worked in retail, call centers, and on a warehouse floor. Unable to join the army due to a spine injury, the...

‘Tinder for the labor market’ — How Ukraine is trying to fix a critical shortage (kyivindependent.com/tinder-for-t...)
“I can’t protect my country as a soldier, but I can make rockets,” says Dmytro Volynets,>>

Injured Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Games, Paralympic chief says "It doesn't matter to us what they have done in the past in the combat field," International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said.

⚡️ Paralympic chief says injured Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete (kyivindependent.com/paralympic-c...) at future Games.
"It doesn't matter to us what they have done in the past in the combat field," International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said.

Kyiv real estate gets 35 million euro wartime boost The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced the program with Ukrainian real estate developer Stolitsa Group on March 6.

⚡️ Kyiv real estate gets 35 million euro (kyivindependent.com/kyiv-real-es...) wartime boost.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced the program with Ukrainian real estate developer Stolitsa Group on March 6.

Ukraine hits Russian Shahed-type drone storage in Donetsk with SCALP, ATACMS missiles, military says Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian site used for the storage, preparation, and launch of Shahed-type drones with Western long-range missiles near the airport in occupied Donetsk, the General Staff re...

⚡️Ukraine hits (kyivindependent.com/ukraine-hits...) Russian Shahed-type drone storage in Donetsk with SCALP, ATACMS missiles, military says.

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"Whether or not this happened, frankly, it does not really matter, because President Trump and the United States military are absolutely decimating the rogue Iranian terrorist regime," Leavitt said. [Jesus, is there anything the US won't take of Russian actions?]

White House responds to reports that Russia is helping Iran target US forces in Middle East One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

⚡️Update: White House responds (kyivindependent.com/russia-repor...) to reports that Russia is helping Iran target US forces in Middle East.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed concerns about the reports in an interview with Fox News on March 6. >>

White House responds to reports that Russia is helping Iran target US forces in Middle East One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

⚡️ Russia reportedly provides Iran intelligence (kyivindependent.com/russia-repor...) used to target US forces in Middle East.
One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

Hungary released detained Ukrainian bank staff, Kyiv confirms amid major row "At the moment, they are already safe and have crossed the Ukrainian border," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

⚡️ Update: Kyiv sees (kyivindependent.com/taking-hosta...) ‘Russian handwriting’ in Hungary’s detention of Ukrainian bank staff.
"We saw hints a few days before this incident that some kind of provocation was being prepared," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

Hungary released detained Ukrainian bank staff, Kyiv confirms amid major row "At the moment, they are already safe and have crossed the Ukrainian border," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

⚡️ Update: Kyiv confirms Hungary released (kyivindependent.com/taking-hosta...) detained Ukrainian bank staff amid major row.

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' Peter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party, urged EU leadership to "sever all ties with Ukraine until President Zelensky clarifies his words and apologizes to all Hungarian citizens for his statement...

⚡️ 'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky (kyivindependent.com/eu-hungarian...) over Orban 'threat.'
Peter Magyar, Viktor Orban's political rival, urged EU leadership to "sever all ties with Ukraine until President Zelensky clarifies his words" and apologizes.

<<through Hungary," Viktor Orban said on Kossuth Radio.

Orban threatens to block key goods transit to Ukraine unless oil supplies resume "We have stopped gasoline shipments to Ukraine, we are not delivering diesel either; we are still supplying electricity for now, and we will also stop the goods important to Ukraine that pass through ...

⚡️ Orban threatens to block key goods transit to Ukraine unless oil supplies resume.
"We have stopped gasoline shipments to Ukraine, we are not delivering diesel either; we are still supplying electricity for now, and we will also stop the goods important to Ukraine that pass >>

US considering lifting sanctions on Russian oil to ease global shortage, Treasury chief says U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 6 that Washington is considering lifting some sanctions on Russian oil to address a global supply shortage linked to recent military operations in I...

⚡️US considering lifting sanctions on Russian oil to ease global shortage, Treasury chief says.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 6 that Washington is considering lifting some sanctions on Russian oil to address a global supply shortage linked to recent military operations in Iran.

'Russians preparing spring offensive' — Zelensky visits Donetsk Oblast, meets commanders amid risk of new Russian push "The Russians are not abandoning the war, and here, in Donetsk Oblast, they are preparing an offensive for the spring," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Kyiv Independent Telegram Highlights Thread

⚡️'Russians preparing spring offensive' — Zelensky visits Donetsk Oblast (kyivindependent.com/russians-pre...), meets commanders amid risk of new Russian push.

<<qualifying stage for the formation of the American team for the Warrior Games, but this year the organizers also invited representatives from Ukraine and Great Britain.

🇺🇦🎖 Ukrainian veterans win 43 medals at the Marine Corps & Air Force Trials in the US
Fifteen athletes from Ukraine took part in the competition, returning home with 27 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals.
These competitions are traditionally a >>

<<parcel explosions and incidents involving gas pipelines and cables in the Baltic Sea.

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The intelligence service added that Moscow aims to increase its army by 30–50% and restore weapons stockpiles. Its main goals remain the subordination of Ukraine and a shift in the balance of power in Europe.
The report also mentions the 2024 >>

<<them to fight in Ukraine to gain combat experience and later potentially using them as a base for a conflict with the Alliance.
According to the forecast, if sanctions against Russia are lifted, the Kremlin could be ready for a large-scale war with NATO in six years.>>

❗️“Will be ready for war with NATO in six years.” Russia is expanding army units on the Alliance’s eastern border — Lithuanian intelligence.
In its annual report, Lithuanian intelligence warned that Russia is building up troops near NATO borders, sending >>

<<debris was also found in the Desnianskyi and Dniprovskyi districts.
▪️ A multi-storey residential building in Mykolaiv was damaged as a result of the Russian attack.

<<station building in the Shepetivka district were damaged. A fire broke out but has already been extinguished by rescuers.
▪️ In Kyiv, a fire broke out in the Holosiivskyi district on the territory of a non-residential building and was later extinguished. Missile >>

<<was injured. Twenty houses were damaged. In another district, a large-scale fire broke out at an infrastructure facility; nearly 200 rescuers and 60 pieces of equipment are working to extinguish it.
▪️ In the Khmelnytskyi region, windows at a railway >>