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🇺🇦 Meanwhile in Ukraine — telling Ukraine’s story to the world

Every day, millions of people see only fragments of what Ukraine is living through.
Our team of Ukrainian journalists works to change that — by reporting the truth, documenting courage, and amplifying the voices that Russia tries to silence.

We show what really happens on the ground:
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— moments of resilience and humanity
— culture, history, and the people who refuse to disappear
— the global solidarity that keeps Ukraine alive

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Starlink is back. The dependency it exposed is not.
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Ukraine regained Starlink, Starshield and U.S. intelligence support as Ukrainian strikes damaged key Russian military plants.
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The dispute also exposed a wider vulnerability: battlefield capability across the West can depend on satellite infrastructure controlled by a private company.
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Restoring access fixed the immediate problem. It did not remove the strategic dependency behind it.

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Voronezh’s war industry came under attack.

A massive drone strike hit industrial sites in the Russian city overnight. Reports identify two targets as VASO, a major aircraft plant, and Voronezhsintezkauchuk.

Ukraine’s General Staff has previously linked the latter to materials used in solid rocket propellant for Iskander missiles.

Aircraft and missile production, two parts of the same system Russia uses to attack Ukraine.

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Ukraine got Starlink and Starshield back, but the real vulnerability never went away.
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The satellite services returned to normal operation as Ukrainian strikes inflicted major damage on Russian military-industrial plants.
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But the dispute exposed something larger: critical battlefield capability can hinge on infrastructure controlled by a private company.
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Ukraine regained a vital tool. The dependency behind it remains.

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For once, the blue flashes on Odesa’s coast are beautiful.

The Black Sea has been glowing along the Odesa coast this October, with waves lighting up electric blue as they break.

It is bioluminescence, produced by tiny marine organisms that emit light when the water is disturbed.

Odesa has seen enough flashes in the dark. These ones are worth watching.

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A Ukrainian teacher in Odesa is conducting an online lesson in a classroom devastated by a Russian missile strike.

Ukrainians are unbreakable! Ukraine stands strong! 🇺🇦

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Reports indicate that the Energiya plant in Yelets, Lipetsk region, Russia, is under missile attack.

The facility plays a role in Russia’s military-industrial complex, manufacturing batteries and power supplies for missile systems, aircraft, and other military equipment.

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The factory powering Iskanders and Kinzhals was hit again.

Russia’s Energia plant in Yelets produces power sources used in Iskander-K, Iskander-M, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles, as well as Pantsir systems.

This is not just another factory on a map. It is part of the industrial chain behind the weapons Russia uses against Ukraine.

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Pavlohrad, Ukraine.

Children are forced to run to shelters during yet another Russian attack in broad daylight.

This is what childhood looks like in Ukraine.

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Ukraine can reach Omsk. It still depends on 24 U.S. Patriot interceptors delivered in 90 days.
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Ukrainian strikes hit industrial and logistics targets in Omsk, Tolyatti and Oryol as Russia launched 126 drones at Ukraine.
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Kyiv says Russia produces about 140 ballistic missiles a month. Ukraine received just 24 U.S. Patriot interceptors over the past 90 days.
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Deep-strike reach is growing. The shield over Ukrainian cities is still being rationed.

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Still human after all of this.

“I am a perfectly ordinary person. I am simply a human being. Perhaps not as great a humanist as Putin, but in any case, I try to do everything in my power,” Zelenskyy said.

After everything Ukraine has endured, that simple desire to remain human says enough.

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The math behind Ukraine’s air-defense gap is brutal: Kyiv says Russia makes about 140 ballistic missiles a month; Ukraine got 24 U.S. Patriot interceptors in 90 days.
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Russia launched 126 drones at Ukraine. Ukrainian strikes hit industrial and logistics targets in Omsk, Tolyatti and Oryol.
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Ukraine is reaching deeper into Russia, but its own defense still depends on an interceptor supply that does not match the scale of the threat.

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This was not just an online-shopping warehouse.

Ozon confirmed that its logistics hub in Omsk was hit by drones today.

Ozon has become one of the channels through which Russian troops obtain equipment for the war against Ukraine. Investigations have documented body armor, military optics, firearm parts, drone components and payload-drop systems bought through the marketplace for frontline units.

Internal Ozon data reviewed by independent journalists showed more than 25 billion rubles, about $290 million, in military and dual-use goods ordered through the platform in just one year.

When a marketplace helps equip an invading army, its logistics are no longer just about delivering parcels.

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Cossacks and Their Little Birds 🐦💙💛