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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Ivana Kottasová, Kosta Gak

    Ukraine’s battlefield optimism is ebbing as Russia threatens its ‘fortress belt’ | CNN (opens the original)

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    Iryna Rybakova is horribly aware that the front line is inching toward Kramatorsk. Having served in eastern Ukraine for several years, she has watched her units being pushed from one strategic hub after another. But she said the past few weeks have been “insane.” The city remains one of Ukraine’s last strongholds in the Donbas region, but the Russians are getting dangerously close. Nearly all of the city’s bridges have been destroyed, and barrages of guided bombs and drones are now a dai

  2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno, Billy Stockwell

    Witkoff confident of ‘good resolution’ after Kyiv meeting, as US pushes for trilateral talks with Russia | CNN (opens the original)

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    US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday after “substantive” discussions with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. It marks their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the war began and comes amid near-constant Russian missile and drone strikes on the city. Although no major breakthroughs were announced after Sunday’s talks, Witkoff said he was “confident that there’l

  3. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Billy Stockwell, CNN

    Witkoff confident of ‘good resolution’ after Kyiv meeting, as US pushes for trilateral talks with Russia (opens the original)

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    Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday after “substantive” discussions with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. It marks their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the war began and comes amid near-constant Russian missile and drone strikes on the city. Although no major breakthroughs were announced after Sunday’s talks, Witkoff said he was “

  4. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Billy Stockwell, CNN

    Witkoff confident of ‘good resolution’ after Kyiv meeting, as US pushes for trilateral talks with Russia (opens the original)

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    Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday after “substantive” discussions with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. It marks their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the war began and comes amid near-constant Russian missile and drone strikes on the city. Although no major breakthroughs were announced after Sunday’s talks, Witkoff said he was “

  5. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Kosta Gak, Issy Ronald

    Zelensky vows response after Russian strike on shopping mall kills 16 | CNN (opens the original)

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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to respond to a brutal Russian “double-tap” strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, that killed at least 16 people. Rescuers have been combing through rubble from Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky’s hometown, which has been targeted multiple times during the four-year war. The drone attack, which Zelensky condemned as “cowardly,” came as Ukraine sustains rising civilian casualties due to a critical shortage of

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