The Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur explains the top stories of the week, from the North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia to update on Volodymyr Zelensky’s

Russian forces are attempting to storm the Selydove sector in Donetsk Oblast, using large numbers of infantry, Ukraine's National Guard said on Oct. 21.Selydove, with

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has financed Russian state scientific research in occupied Crimea since the peninsula was illegally captured in 2014, Radio Free

Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on Oct. 17, 2024, and has been re-published by the

Russia has redeployed vessels of its Black Sea Fleet due to attacks by Ukrainian naval drones, Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian proxy head of occupation authorities

Russian pilot Dmitry Golenkov, who participated in Moscow's full-scale war against Ukraine, was found dead in the town of Suponevo in Bryansk Oblast on Oct.

Russia has lost 680,230 troops since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces

Alexei Navalny's memoir "Patriot" will be published posthumously on Oct. 22. The memoir is compiled from the Russian opposition leader's prison diaries and was edited

Russia has launched a total of 6,130 Shahed-type drones since the start of 2024, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Oct. 20.Russia

Key developments on Oct. 19-20: Ukraine says it struck airfield and 'largest explosives factory' in RussiaRussian overnight missile strike on Kryvyi Rih injures 17Tens of

The Belarusian Air Force downed a Russian Shahed-type drone over the country's Homel Oblast overnight on Oct. 20, the monitoring group Belarusian Hajun claimed. The