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Russian propaganda, funded by Canada
Former RT employee Anastasia Trofimova embedded with Russian troops in eastern Ukraine, paid for by Canadian taxpayer dollars. She wants to debut her…
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Mariana Lastovyria
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Tim Mak
9
Why Ukrainians love K-pop (and Korean artillery shells)
Korea has been a great help to Ukraine during a full-scale war. And Ukraine repays it with a crazy love for Korean culture: K-pop, dramas, cosmetics and…
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
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Mariana Lastovyria
5
ANALYSIS: Cabinet reshuffle takes form, but Kuleba out
Yesterday, the government dismissed a significant number of Ukrainian ministers. Many have now been reappointed to new positions. What does this mean…
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
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Alessandra Hay
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Mariana Lastovyria
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Oleh Tymoshenko
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Oleksandr Matviienko
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NEWSFLASH: Zelenskyy shakes up cabinet, ministers resign
Some of the country's most senior ministers, including top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba, have resigned as part of a shakeup that Zelenskyy said would “give…
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Tim Mak
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Mariana Lastovyria
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Alessandra Hay
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Oleh Tymoshenko
, and 
Oleksandr Miasyshchev
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My favorite Kyiv-born writer was canceled
Alessandra admires a Kyiv-born Russian author Bulgakov and grew to love Kyiv through his works, but Myroslava sees him as an imperialist against…
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Alessandra Hay
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
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August 2024

The grave of Ukraine’s first F-16 pilot killed in action
We traveled to Oleksii Mes’ hometown of Shepetivka to find where one of Ukraine’s finest was laid to rest. Zelenskyy has fired his air force chief, in…
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Alessandra Hay
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Anastasiia Kryvoruchenko
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Tim Mak
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
, and 
Oleksandr Matviienko
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Lord of the Rings in Ukraine’s War: A full history
We dive into the history of Tolkien’s universe in Russia, stretching to the mid-20th century and extending to the current war in Ukraine. Whether…
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Mariana Lastovyria
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The Granite Revolution sparked Ukrainian independence
Today is the anniversary of Ukrainian independence. But little attention is paid to the 1990 protests that sparked the imagination of Ukrainians: that…
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Alessandra Hay
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William Glover Weiss
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Tim Mak
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Is there such a thing as an anti-war film?
We speak to Ukrainian war correspondent Illia Ponomarenko about how journalists experience and memorialize war, but how its depiction almost always ends…
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Tim Mak
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Anastasiia Kryvoruchenko
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Getting married via Ukrainian iPhone app!
Ukrainian digital innovation is cutting-edge. And it makes you wonder: how high could the tech sector here soar if it could grow without the threat of…
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
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NEWSFLASH: Ancient Ukrainian city – long controlled by Russia – now in Ukrainian hands
The history of Sudzha – seized during Ukraine’s flash counteroffensive into Kursk region – shows absurdity of relying on historical ethnic, linguistic…
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Mariana Lastovyria
 and 
Tim Mak
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How the Red Cross failed Ukraine.
The international organization is meant to be a beacon for international law around the globe. But it has fallen short, standing by without fulfilling…
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Mariana Lastovyria
 and 
Tim Mak
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