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Ukraine’s air force says Russia fired 477 drones and decoys as well as 60 missiles overnight Russia has fired more than 500 aerial weapons at Ukraine overnight, in a barrage that Kyiv described as the biggest air attack so far of the three-year war. Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday that Russia fired 477 drones and decoys as well as 60 missiles overnight. While 475 of these were shot down or lost, the onslaught marked the “most massive airstrike” on the country since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine’s air force, told The Associated Press. Continue reading...

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Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase It must be one of the most dangerous book clubs in the world. Before they can feel safe enough to talk about poetry and prose, 17-year-old Mariika (not her real name) and her friends have to first ensure all the windows are shut and check there is no one lurking by the flat’s doors. Informants frequently report anyone studying Ukrainian in the occupied territories to the Russian secret police. Ukrainian textbooks have been deemed “extremist” – possession can carry a sentence of five years. Continue reading...

The sudden freeze on USAID funding has sent shockwaves through independent newsrooms across Europe. With grants halted and uncertainty looming, many

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Who is really suffering from this conflict? We are, said the US president, in a move straight from the populist playbook, says LSE professor of media and communications Lilie Chouliaraki