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Column· No. 5504

COLUMN: Kyiv crosses its Southern Bridge on foot while its interceptors keep it waiting

A bridge, on foot. An October morning. Half an hour walking. High above the Dnipro. A hole behind you. Ihor makes this trip now. Two hours to get to work, half an hour of it on foot across the bridge, he tells The Kyiv Independent.

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EXPLAINER: Why the UN finally calls Russia’s cold a crime against humanity
Analysis· No. 5503

EXPLAINER: Why the UN finally calls Russia’s cold a crime against humanity

A man in Kyiv. Fifty-three years old. Last winter. One precise fear. Not the missiles. Not the sirens. “The scariest thing was to fall…

OPEN LETTER: Mr Hegseth, your interceptors are waiting for a signature while Kyiv counts its nights
Open letter· No. 5502

OPEN LETTER: Mr Hegseth, your interceptors are waiting for a signature while Kyiv counts its nights

Mr Hegseth. A signature. Yours. It is missing. It has been missing for weeks, for people who have never seen your office or your…

ANALYSIS: Abu Dhabi after November 4, a peace negotiated without Europe
Analysis· No. 5500

ANALYSIS: Abu Dhabi after November 4, a peace negotiated without Europe

A date. November 4. A Russian holiday. Then, maybe, a table. In the Gulf. The Kremlin set its calendar, and it pinned it to…

PROFILE: Viacheslav Klymov, the Nova Poshta boss who says his firm downs Russian drones
Profile· No. 5498

PROFILE: Viacheslav Klymov, the Nova Poshta boss who says his firm downs Russian drones

A post office. Parcels everywhere. Yellow trucks. They have rolled along Ukrainian roads for years, between cities, villages and front lines. They still roll.

OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel
Opinion· No. 5496

OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel

Researchers at the windows. A jump. On September 28, a Russian strike hits the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Scientists jump out of…

EDITORIAL: Putin wants a final deal and signs it with 21 missiles on Kyiv
Editorial· No. 5492

EDITORIAL: Putin wants a final deal and signs it with 21 missiles on Kyiv

Putin wants a final deal. He said so on television. Not a short pause. A full settlement. Nothing less.

OPINION: A tanker of Russian diesel sails for New York, and Kyiv pays the bill
Opinion· No. 5491

OPINION: A tanker of Russian diesel sails for New York, and Kyiv pays the bill

The tanker is called Agioi Fanendes. Maltese flag. Greek operator. It left Primorsk on the night of October 22 to 23.

FACT CHECK: Trump says more oil flows through Hormuz than before the war, the data say 82%
Analysis· No. 5489

FACT CHECK: Trump says more oil flows through Hormuz than before the war, the data say 82%

Donald Trump wrote on Thursday. Iran is “making up fake attacks, mines, and everything else.”

COLUMN: At 54 Volodymyrska Street, Moscow burns the address Ukrainian science has held since 1919
Column· No. 5483

COLUMN: At 54 Volodymyrska Street, Moscow burns the address Ukrainian science has held since 1919

A Russian jet-powered drone struck the presidium building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on September 28, in broad daylight, at 54…

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