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⚡️Update: Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill 2, injure 16. The fatalities included a 53-year-old woman, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

⚡️Kuwait approves defense deal with Ukraine amid fresh Iranian strikes. Kyiv has been deepening security partnerships across the Gulf region, offering to bolster local defenses against Iranian drones that Russia also uses in attacks against Ukrainian cities.

⚡️As State Duma elections near, Putin claims West seeks to politically destabilize Russia. Speaking at a congress of the ruling United Russia party, Putin said the West failed to defeat Russia "on the battlefield" and was therefore trying to "stir up the political situation and sow internal unrest."

Public support for LGBTQ equality has grown dramatically since Russias full-scale invasion, while thousands of LGBTQ Ukrainians now serve in the military. Yet many still lack basic legal protections, including the right to have their relationships legally recognized.

⚡️Zelensky proposes Cossack leader monument instead of toppled Lenin statue in Kyiv. Zelensky proposed erecting a monument to Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa on the site where a statue of Lenin was toppled during the EuroMaidan Revolution in Kyiv, calling it a step toward restoring historical justice.

⚡️Update: Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill 2, injure 16. The fatalities included a 53-year-old woman, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

⚡️Kuwait approves defense deal with Ukraine amid fresh Iranian strikes. Kyiv has been deepening security partnerships across the Gulf region, offering to bolster local defenses against Iranian drones that Russia also uses in attacks against Ukrainian cities.

⚡️As State Duma elections near, Putin claims West seeks to politically destabilize Russia. Speaking at a congress of the ruling United Russia party, Putin said the West failed to defeat Russia "on the battlefield" and was therefore trying to "stir up the political situation and sow internal unrest."

Public support for LGBTQ equality has grown dramatically since Russias full-scale invasion, while thousands of LGBTQ Ukrainians now serve in the military. Yet many still lack basic legal protections, including the right to have their relationships legally recognized.

⚡️Update: Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill 2, injure 16. The fatalities included a 53-year-old woman, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

⚡️As State Duma elections near, Putin claims West seeks to politically destabilize Russia. Speaking at a congress of the ruling United Russia party, Putin said the West failed to defeat Russia "on the battlefield" and was therefore trying to "stir up the political situation and sow internal unrest."

⚡️Zelensky proposes Cossack leader monument instead of toppled Lenin statue in Kyiv. Zelensky proposed erecting a monument to Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa on the site where a statue of Lenin was toppled during the EuroMaidan Revolution in Kyiv, calling it a step toward restoring historical justice.

Public support for LGBTQ equality has grown dramatically since Russias full-scale invasion, while thousands of LGBTQ Ukrainians now serve in the military. Yet many still lack basic legal protections, including the right to have their relationships legally recognized.

⚡️On a Sunday morning — Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia, injuring 8, including 2 children. The morning strikes followed Russias overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine, which injured 36 people across the country.

⚡️Update: Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill 2, injure 16. The fatalities included a 53-year-old woman, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

⚡️Kuwait approves defense deal with Ukraine amid fresh Iranian strikes. Kyiv has been deepening security partnerships across the Gulf region, offering to bolster local defenses against Iranian drones that Russia also uses in attacks against Ukrainian cities.

⚡️Zelensky proposes Cossack leader monument instead of toppled Lenin statue in Kyiv. Zelensky proposed erecting a monument to Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa on the site where a statue of Lenin was toppled during the EuroMaidan Revolution in Kyiv, calling it a step toward restoring historical justice.

Public support for LGBTQ equality has grown dramatically since Russias full-scale invasion, while thousands of LGBTQ Ukrainians now serve in the military. Yet many still lack basic legal protections, including the right to have their relationships legally recognized.

⚡️On a Sunday morning — Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia, injuring 8, including 2 children. The morning strikes followed Russias overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine, which injured 36 people across the country.

⚡️Update: Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill 2, injure 16. The fatalities included a 53-year-old woman, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

⚡️Ukraine says Spirit of Anchorage is dead, Russia must face reality in peace talks. "If the Spirit of Anchorage even existed, it is certainly dead now," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, mocking Russias claims about an "understanding" reached during last years summit in Alaska.

⚡️Kuwait approves defense deal with Ukraine amid fresh Iranian strikes. Kyiv has been deepening security partnerships across the Gulf region, offering to bolster local defenses against Iranian drones that Russia also uses in attacks against Ukrainian cities.

⚡️As State Duma elections near, Putin claims West seeks to politically destabilize Russia. Speaking at a congress of the ruling United Russia party, Putin said the West failed to defeat Russia "on the battlefield" and was therefore trying to "stir up the political situation and sow internal unrest."