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Kyiv faces worst winter of war as Russia pounds Ukraine's power system

For more than three months, not a day has passed without Russian air raids striking Ukraine's power plants, plunging the country into cold and darkness in the depths of winter. RFI spoke to residents in the capital, Kyiv, where the situation is particularly critical.

Radio France Internationale

After missile strike near Kyiv, volunteers and one café owner help stitch life back together

A Russian missile has struck a neighborhood on the edge of Kyiv, leaving destruction in its wake

The Independent UK

"We opened our home and our hearts to a Ukrainian refugee – three years on, she’s part of our family"

When war broke out in Ukraine, Kara Dexter felt compelled to make her home a place of refuge. She shares how the experience has enriched her family’s lives.

Woman & Home

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Takeaways from AP report on Ukrainian POWs dying in Russian prisons

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow’s full-scale invasion three years ago

The Independent UK

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons. This is one soldier's story

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow's full-scale invasion three years ago

The Independent UK

Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week

Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow

The Guardian - UK

‘I felt euphoria’: Ukraine’s borderland refugees praise incursion into Russia

While thousands have had to flee their homes, there is widespread feeling that the attack is a justified defence

The Guardian - UK

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Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith review – a secret history

This ambitious debut uncovers a town’s dark past, in a story of teenage dissidence that is alert to the deceptions of propaganda

The Guardian - UK

Aubergine caviar, post-Soviet kebab kiosks: what Ukraine’s food culture taught me 30 years ago

The place names are now familiar for the worst reasons. Back then, when I learned to cook, it was a world of dumplings, borsch and compulsory third helpings

The Guardian - UK

'Finally': Relief And Optimism In Kyiv After US Approves New Aid

Despite gloomy weather, Ukrainians in the capital Kyiv were cheerful and cautiously optimistic on Sunday after their biggest ally Washington approved $61 billion in new war-time aid.

International Business Times

Ukraine's Avdiivka Empties In Face Of Russian Assaults

On a narrow asphalt strip scarcely visible late at night, a Ukrainian soldier sped along with his lights off at the wheel of a large armoured Humvee jeep.

International Business Times

Ukraine’s Stolen Children review – the laughter of the Russian children’s commissioner is shocking

This calm, vivid documentary looks at the thousands of youngsters missing amidst the invasion – and their families’ search. Be warned: the Russian response may cause outrage

The Guardian - UK

Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson review – criminal world

A thriller-like tale of global drugs and terrorism that may be too complex for its own good

The Guardian - UK

War disrupts education of Ukrainian kids, even those who've found safety abroad

Russian forces have destroyed or damaged thousands of Ukrainian schools

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Violinist on Russian trains soothes weary commuters

The commuter trains that take wearied workers out of Moscow every day can be difficult — a long and slow trip in close quarters with strangers, some of them drinking alcohol or sprawled sleeping across the seats

Daily Mirror

Terrified Ukrainian boy, 11, begs Rishi Sunak to let him join his dad in the UK

The family applied for Boris Johnson's Homes for Ukraine scheme last September and is one of 9,400 cases caught up in Home Office delays and red tape

Reuters

A year into Ukraine war, older refugees running out of hope

Tamila Melnichenko, 82, has one last wish: to be buried in Ukraine. A year ago, she was uprooted by the Russian invasion and now spends her days in a retirement home in Poland, longing for the life she had to leave behind.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian families vent frustration at struggle to find own homes in UK

High-cost, low-quality housing market is pushing many from war-torn country to edge of homelessness

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The Independent UK

‘I want peace’: Ukraine and a Christmas at war

Three Ukrainian photographers capture the lives of children who fled and those who stayed in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

‘It has been machine guns lately’: fighting intensifies in southern Kherson

Opposing forces now face each other across narrow part of Dnipro River as Kyiv tries to keep Russians on the retreat

Reuters

First Ukrainian passenger train rolls into newly freed Kherson

Jubilant Ukrainians rolled into Kherson by train on Saturday for the first time in more than eight months as residents of the newly liberated southern city greeted them on the platform with flowers and national flags.

The Guardian - UK

The ferries of Istanbul: a day at the crossroads of Europe and Asia

Photojournalist Frankie Mills captured some of the thousands of daily journeys across the divided city, from those fleeing turmoil in Iran and Russia to locals feeling the strain of the global economic crisis

Daily Mirror

Girl, 5, denied visa and sent back to war-torn Ukraine finally given safe haven in UK

Alika Zubets left her home with her grandmother, Tanya, 58, back in March after the war in Ukraine broke out - she has now finally arrived in Britain on her fifth birthday

Reuters

'It's survival': Fear lingers in the ruins of Ukraine's liberated Izium

Across a damaged footbridge over the river Siverskyi Donets, shrapnel-sprayed walls and charred Soviet-era housing stand in a panorama of provincial devastation in Ukraine's liberated town of Izium.

The Independent UK

A first day of school after summer in Ukraine – during a time of war

As Russia’s invasion continues, children defiantly return to school, write David L Stern, Steve Hendrix and Claire Parker

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