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From Battlefield To Racecourse: Ukraine’s Drone Pilots Compete Far From The Front Lines
Sun May 31 5:12 am
Some 300 Ukrainian drone operators recently took a break from combat to compete in an event called Wild Drones, showing off the skills they have honed on the front lines. The competition in the Lviv region gives the drone pilots a chance to earn bragging rights, share knowledge, and give feedback to the defense firms behind technology that is being used in the long-running war with Russia....
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Ukraine Says It Hit Multiple Targets Inside Russia During Overnight Assault
Sat May 30 7:44 am
Ukraine says that its forces carried out a large-scale overnight drone assault targeting military and infrastructure sites inside Russia and Russian-occupied territory....
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'Impossible To Evacuate': How Ukrainian Medics Near Dobropillya Save Wounded Soldiers
Wed May 27 9:22 am
At a medical stabilization point near the front line city of Dobropillya, medics treat soldiers wounded by mines and first-person-view (FPV) drones. Doctors say, evacuating the wounded has become increasingly difficult due to constant drone threats. ...
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Russia Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles Against Sevastopol Amid Cross-Border Air Attacks
Wed May 27 6:33 am
Authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea said Ukraine attacked the port city of Sevastopol using Storm Shadow missiles, while Ukrainian officials reported Russian drone strikes on several regions....
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Frontline Kramatorsk Hit By Russian Air Strike; Casualties Reported
Tue May 26 7:54 am
Russian forces struck the frontline city of Kramatorsk with aerial bombs, damaging residential buildings and injuring more than 10 people on May 25, according to local officials. Residents described shattered windows, destroyed apartments, and panic moments after the blasts. ...
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Amid Mounting Tensions Between Kyiv And Minsk, Belarus Opposition Leader Tsikhanouskaya Visits Ukraine
Mon May 25 6:07 am
Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Kyiv, in the exiled Belarusian opposition leader’s first trip to Ukraine more than four years into the all-out Russian invasion....
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'We Were Supposed To Be Celebrating A Birthday': Kyiv Mourns Sisters Killed In Russian Strike
Tue May 19 10:04 am
Friends, classmates, and teachers gathered in Kyiv to say goodbye to sisters Vira and Lyubava Yakovleva, killed in a Russian strike on May 14. Vira was 17. Lyubava was 12. Their father had already been killed in the war in 2023. ...
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Zelenskyy Calls Heavy Ukrainian Drone Strikes On Moscow 'Completely Fair'
Sun May 17 11:35 am
In the wake of massive drone strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine launched air attacks on May 17 called the heaviest to hit the Moscow area in over a year. At least four people died, officials said on Sunday, in strikes on the Moscow and Belgorod regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks 'completely fair' on social media, saying Ukraine had penetrated Russia's strongest air defenses....
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'The Strike Hit Right Above Us': A Night Under Russian Bombs In Dobropillya
Sun May 17 1:51 am
Russia is preparing to assault the city of Dobropillya, according to Ukraine’s military. Located a few kilometers from the front line, the city is burning and being destroyed by bombs, artillery, and drones. Despite daily shelling, some civilians flatly refuse to leave and remain in Dobropillya. ...
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As Ukrainians Mourn Victims Of Kyiv Attack, Counterstrikes Follow
Sat May 16 12:07 pm
Mourners paid tribute to Ukrainians killed on May 14 when a Russian air attack caused an apartment building to collapse in Kyiv. "They just wiped out people," said one witness about the attack at a makeshift memorial near the ruins. Meanwhile, Russia followed up with more attacks May 16 as both countries renewed drone strikes....
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