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πŸ‘ fire in a residential area caused by a Russian missile strike in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, on March 14, 2026

β€˜Sense of constant danger’ β€” Ukraine scrambles to adapt to Russia’s new aerial attack tactics

by Kateryna Hodunova
After a punishing winter, Ukraine has had no time to recover. Russia launched almost 6,500 drones in March, surpassing the total of each of the previous two months, with no sign of slowing down. "Russia's tactics are evolving toward more sustained, flexible, and psychologically exhausting pressure," Viktor Kevliuk, a reserve colonel and analyst at the Center for Defense Strategies, told the Kyiv Independent. Russia has steadily ramped up defense production over more than four years of full-sca
πŸ‘ Russian Izdeliye-30 cruise missile.

Russia's new Izdeliye-30 missile makes strikes harder to anticipate

by Kateryna Hodunova
Even as Russia sharply expands drone production, it continues to develop deadlier weapons, including missiles. Its latest, the Izdeliye-30 cruise missile, flattened a residential building in Kharkiv in early March within seconds, killing 11 people. "It is a mistake to assume that the future belongs exclusively to drones," Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president's commissioner for sanctions, said following the strike. Russia is seeking to build cheaper but equally destructive weapons. The Iz
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Russia back at Paralympics under national flag, its war veterans eye 2028 games

by Kateryna Hodunova
For the first time in 12 years, Russia will compete under its national flag at the 2026 Paralympic Games β€” a return that comes despite its ongoing all-out war against Ukraine and a pattern of doping scandals that led to the initial ban. "There is simply no justification for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to allow Russia and Belarus back while the invasion of Ukraine continues," Global Athlete Director General Rob Koehler told the Kyiv Independent. "The IPC has blood on its hands

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