A family sleeps while taking shelter inside a metro station during a Russian missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

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Fire rages after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Yevhen Kotenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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An injured service member is pushed in a wheelchair as he attends the funeral of a fallen colleague at St Michael’s Cathedral

Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

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A woman with her children takes shelter inside a metro station during an air raid alert in Kyiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

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On Sofia Square in #Kyiv, #Ukraine

"Empty Chairs" in support of prisoners, missing journalists and artists

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In February 2022, as #Russia invaded #Ukraine, hundreds of Western companies pledged to exit the Russian market in protest. Yet three years later, as the war continues, the #Kyiv School of Economics reports that of the 4,000 international companies operating in Russia before the invasion, only 440 – a mere 10% – have fully withdrawn.

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German luxury cars keep flowing to Putin's elite. How BMW, Mercedes, and Audi "left" Russia - Euromaidan Press

German luxury cars were once the crown jewel of Russia's premium market, with over 100,000 vehicles sold annually.

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Vita Tkachenko, who was injured by flying debris while asleep, inspects the damage to her apartment after a Russian drone strike in Kyiv.

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Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

Due to Russia's violence, a new war crime theory is being explored - environmental destruction, or #ecocide .

Few have witnessed it like Olena, a volunteer who worked with animals after Russia's hit on the Kakhovka Dam.

Here’s what we’re reading today:

Chechen leader Kadyrov bragged about using Ukrainian POWs as human shields during a drone attack on #Chechnya and blamed #Kyiv for the attack.

#Ukrainian intelligence reported that the strike possibly came from a neighbouring #Russian republics.

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Chechnya drone strike: Kadyrov claims to use Ukrainian POWs as human shields

Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov on Oct. 29 apparently boasted about using Ukrainian prisoners as human shields, claiming there were casualties among the captives after a drone strike on Chechnya.

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Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

For years I thought I was done with Maria Butina, the #Russian agent linked with the #NRA that I uncovered.

But after she was released from prison, she went back to Russia to become a legislator with Putin’s party...