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Ukraine Strikes Oil Depot Near Russian Air Base, Ukrainian Military Says
Russia-Ukraine War The attack was the latest effort to inflict pain on Russia even as Kyiv is losing ground on the battlefield at home. By Cassandra Vinograd Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine attacked an oil depot near a critical military airfield in southern Russia on Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said, the latest strike in a…
In a workforce transformed by war, Ukrainian women are now working in coal mines
By Joanna Kakissis , Michael Robinson Chávez TERNIVKA, Ukraine — It’s still dark when the busload of miners arrives for the morning shift at this small city in eastern Ukraine’s coal country. Among the workers is 36-year-old Iryna Ostanko, effusive and athletic, smiling at her fellow coal workers in the cold dawn as they walk…
Scottish man killed while serving as medic with Ukrainian army
Jordan Maclachlan, 26, died on Friday while serving on the frontline in Ukraine, his family says A Scottish man has been killed while serving on the frontline with the Ukrainian army, his family has said. Jordan Maclachlan, 26, from Ardnamurchan in the Scottish Highlands, died on Friday while serving as a medic with the Ukrainian…
Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia’s siege of Pokrovsk tightens
Brian Mann POKROVSK, Ukraine — In the final hours of 2024, the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk suddenly went dark. Its electric grid, long battered by Russian drones and artillery, failed on Monday for what the city’s military administration said would be the last time. “The past year has been extremely difficult,” local officials said…