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MYKOLAIV OBLAST – Early on, Ukraine’s south became one of the hardest-hit regions of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Moving out of occupied Crimea, Russians sacked the southern regional capital of Kherson on March 2. Soon, they reached the outskirts of the major port city of Mykolaiv. The 80-kilometer stretch of land between the two regional capitals became a heavily contested front line, destroying villages en masse and forcing locals to hide in basements fearing for their lives. “We sleep in the cellar. Myself, my mom, and my child,” said Anna Volynets, a resident of Kotlyareve, a small village located on the...

The information presented below confirms the participation of each of the listed individuals in the Derkach tapes disinformation campaign, demonstrates the connection between them, as well as the coordinated nature of their actions. On January 11, 2021, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a number of Ukrainian politicians and civil servants for interfering in the US presidential elections by spreading disinformation. The decision concerned the individuals involved in the publication, legitimization and distribution of the disinformation concerning so-called “Derkach tapes”, in which allegedly Joe Biden and Petro Poroshenko discuss issues of Ukrainian politics and raise the topic of Burisma....

Frontline Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russians in Donetsk 'WILL WIN WAR' 1,097,632 views Jun 15, 2022 Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russian troops on the frontline in Donetsk region said on Tuesday (June 14) they were optimistic about winning the war. Ukrainian military hardware drove through the town of Niu-York, which lies some 50 kilometres to the north from the separatists stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Donetsk region, where heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops is ongoing. Reuters witnesses said the town was under shelling on Tuesday. Speaking from the trenches in Niu-York, 28-year-old Ukrainian soldier nicknamed "Pashtet" said he doesn't understand...