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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How one Ukrainian chef is fighting for culinary independence

NPR

How one Ukrainian chef is fighting for culinary independence toggle caption Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s most famous chef, Yevhen Klopotenko, calls himself a "culinary independence fighter." It’s like a continuation of the story about Ukraine.” toggle caption Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR Recipes include borsch, including a vegetarian version with a plum butter called levkar, as well …

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7 months ago

Record-breaking gymnast Oksana Chusovitina’s bid for ninth Olympics ends with injury at 48

Associated Press

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for what would have been her ninth Olympics. “I will not be able to take part and I am very upset as I have been preparing for this competition for a long time,” Chusovitina said in the statement Thursday. Chusovitina’s long career is …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Russian influencer starves infant son with ‘sunlight-only diet’, jailed

Hindustan Times

A Russian influencer who goes by the name Maxim Lyutyi has been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for starving his one-month-old to death. Lyutyi wanted his baby boy Kosmos ‘to be like Superman’, UK-based Tabloid Metro said in a report. Russian influencer Maxim Lyutyi According to the report by Metro, the baby boy Kosmos was born at his home …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Ageless Oksana Chusovitina -- at 48 -- is still hoping to qualify for Paris Olympics in gymnastics

Associated Press

HANGZHOU, China — Oksana Chusovitina competed in her first Olympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games and won a gold medal in gymnastics. She finished fourth in the vault this week at the Asian Games and said she’s aiming for next year’s Paris Olympics, when she would be 49. That’s what keeps motivating me.” GYMNASTICS CLOSE Gymnastics wrapped up on Friday …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Ukrainians in Nikopol are out of water and in Russia's firing line. But Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could pose the biggest threat

ABC

Living in the shadow of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, residents of Nikopol have never taken safety for granted. The war drained the life from Nikopol The Kakhovka reservoir, which once separated Nikopol in the north, from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the south, is now bone dry in many places. The IAEA says despite the depletion of the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more

Associated Press

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. A handwritten calendar is seen on the wall of a building in which Ukrainian civilians said they were detained and tortured by Russian forces, in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. …

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘The War Made Him a Monster’: Ukrainian women become victims of domestic violence after husbands return from battlefield

Firstpost

Kyiv: As the Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered its second year, the trials and tribulations of Ukrainian women, especially the ones whose husbands have been sent to fight the battle, have only seen a rise. Since February 2022, police in Ukraine have recorded an increasing number of cases of domestic violence that has been linked to the aftermath of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

“You will always be 0% prepared”: Ukraine’s refugees on life far from home

The Economist

International | Living in limbo “You will always be 0% prepared”: Ukraine’s refugees on life far from home Interviews with some of those forced to leave following Russia’s invasion Image: Katrin Streicher Editor’s note: The people featured here were interviewed for an article published in the International section on Ukraine’s refugees. I see a beautiful future for us here in …

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2 years ago

There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one

NPR

There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Enlarge this image toggle caption Carol Guzy for NPR Carol Guzy for NPR I first met Oleksandr's sister, Anya Breus, in the conference room of a hotel in downtown Kyiv. Enlarge this image toggle caption Carol Guzy for NPR Carol Guzy for NPR Villagers report a number of civilians killed in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

The bleak Ukrainian landscape Russia leaves behind: Corpses in the garden, land mines and fear

LA Times

Corpses in need of reburial, traumatized villagers, rocket remnants strewn across sunflower fields: In eastern Ukraine, this is the bleak landscape left behind when Russian troops fled. As Ukrainian and Russian troops traded artillery fire along the adjacent front line, “the dogs barked nonstop,” recalled Raisa Nikolaevna, a Sviatohirsk resident in her 60s. A 67-year-old retired cleaning lady agreed to …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Inside Ukraine’s war crimes investigations

Al Jazeera

As families confront the pain of loved ones killed by Russian forces, investigators grapple with thousands of cases. Kozhevnykova claims that since February 24, the police have identified several “repeat offenders” – Russian soldiers accused of recent crimes around Kyiv that matched earlier records from Crimea or Donbas in their database. For Matviychuk the presence of “repeat offenders” suggests that …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Oksana Linde and the forgotten pioneers of electronic music

BBC

Oksana Linde and the forgotten pioneers of electronic music Mardonio Díaz Oksana Linde The recent release of an album 39 years in the making is part of a global movement shedding a light on women composers who have been overlooked, writes Allyson McCabe. Suzanne Ciani is lauded for having done the same for Don Buchla's modular system, whose sounds have …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Escape from Mariupol: 10 minutes to pack up, then a risky 11-hour drive

LA Times

It had taken 11 hours of driving, bargaining for passage through 20 checkpoints manned by stern-faced Russian soldiers, along with the knowledge that every mile took you farther away from home, probably for good. “There were so many bombs,” said Volodymyr Korotky, a 56-year-old mechanic who left Mariupol with his family and only two suitcases’ worth of clothes he could …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Lives derailed: Fleeing Ukraine war destroyed my father’s health

Al Jazeera

For one family from Kyiv, Russia’s invasion threatened the life and health of their elderly father. “ biggest part of the day we were in the bathroom and just out … to prepare some food or to … because we didn’t know what was going to happen next,” Sergey says. “I didn’t arrange anything before because I believed that the …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Houses in Ukraine's Donetsk left in ruins after missile attack | Ground report

India Today

A missile hit a house in Leninskyi district of Donetsk, a rebel region in Ukraine recognised as an independent state by Russia. The attack completely destroyed the house, and inflicted severe damage on the neighbouring houses, leaving nothing but ruins behind. We rushed to the door, but it was jammed, so we broke open the window, cleared the glass and …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russian journalist Oksana Baulina killed in Ukraine shelling

Al Jazeera

Baulina was killed while she was filming the destruction from an earlier attack on Kyiv’s Podil district, according to her employer. A Russian journalist has been killed in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, after Russian troops shelled a residential neighbourhood where she had been filming the damage from an earlier attack, according to her employer. Oksana Baulina “died during a bombardment while …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russian journalist killed by shelling in Kyiv: Bosses slam 'war crime'

Daily Mail

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian journalist has been killed by shelling in Kyiv on a reporting assignment. The independent Russian news outlet The Insider said that Oksana Baulina was killed Wednesday when she was documenting the damage of a Russian shelling of the Podil district of the capital and came under a new strike. It said it will continue to …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine. 24 Mar 2022 - 18:32 GMT Biden says NATO will ‘respond’ if Russia uses chemical weapons US President Joe Biden has said NATO would “respond” if Russian President Vladimir Putin used a chemical weapon during his invasion of Ukraine. 24 Mar 2022 - …

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2 years, 9 months ago

A former Bolshoi dancer is helping young dancers flee Ukraine, one ballet school at a time

LA Times

“When the war started and we lost everything …” Oksana Zhuravlova trails off, searching for the words to continue. “Children don’t have to die.” Kateryna is one of more than 80 young Ukrainian dancers who have found safe haven at prestigious ballet schools throughout Europe with the help of a New York-based nonprofit called Youth America Grand Prix, which has …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Ukrainian Actor Oksana Shvets killed In Rocket Attack By Russia In Capital Kyiv

ABP News

New Delhi: Amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has been killed in a rocket attack by Russian forces in the capital Kyiv, reported news agency ANI. "During the rocket shelling of a residential building in Kyiv, a well-deserved artist of Ukraine Oksana Shvets was killed," read the statement released by the troupe. "The actress of the Young Theatre Oksana …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Rob Rinder to travel to Ukraine border to ‘help rescue’ Strictly partner Oksana Platero’s grandparents

The Independent

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2 years, 9 months ago

One Ukrainian mom had to leave her own family to save her foster children

CNN

Bilgoraj, Poland CNN — Oksana remembers how she knew the Russian attacks had started in Ukraine. CNN Tatyana, another Ukrainian woman involved with SOS Children’s Villages, managed to escape the war with her six foster children, without them hearing the bombing. “I’m worrying for my relatives, for all Ukrainians.” Traumatized and afraid Oksana, who is a psychologist, says one of …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Meet the Ukrainian women learning how to survive in the event of a Russian invasion by Vladimir Putin

ABC

When war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Oksana and her husband packed their belongings into a car and set course for the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro. While some civilians have volunteered for Ukraine's Territorial Defence Force, Oksana joined about 200 people in a lecture hall in Kyiv on Saturday to take part in a survival course for …

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3 years, 1 month ago

An Engineered Migration Crisis On The Belarus-Poland Border : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR

How A Dictator Engineered A Migration Crisis At The Belarus-Poland Border Enlarge this image toggle caption Oksana Manchuk/TASS via Getty Images Oksana Manchuk/TASS via Getty Images Migrants from faraway countries are stuck in Belarus, just across its border with Poland. EU leaders say Lukashenko and his backers in Russia are 'weaponizing' migration in retaliation for sanctions placed on Belarus last …

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How one Ukrainian chef is fighting for culinary independence

Record-breaking gymnast Oksana Chusovitina’s bid for ninth Olympics ends with injury at 48

Russian influencer starves infant son with ‘sunlight-only diet’, jailed

Ageless Oksana Chusovitina -- at 48 -- is still hoping to qualify for Paris Olympics in gymnastics

Ukrainians in Nikopol are out of water and in Russia's firing line. But Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could pose the biggest threat

Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more

‘The War Made Him a Monster’: Ukrainian women become victims of domestic violence after husbands return from battlefield

“You will always be 0% prepared”: Ukraine’s refugees on life far from home

There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one

The bleak Ukrainian landscape Russia leaves behind: Corpses in the garden, land mines and fear

Inside Ukraine’s war crimes investigations

Oksana Linde and the forgotten pioneers of electronic music

Escape from Mariupol: 10 minutes to pack up, then a risky 11-hour drive

Lives derailed: Fleeing Ukraine war destroyed my father’s health

Houses in Ukraine's Donetsk left in ruins after missile attack | Ground report

Russian journalist Oksana Baulina killed in Ukraine shelling

Russian journalist killed by shelling in Kyiv: Bosses slam 'war crime'

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

A former Bolshoi dancer is helping young dancers flee Ukraine, one ballet school at a time

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Ukrainian Actor Oksana Shvets killed In Rocket Attack By Russia In Capital Kyiv

Rob Rinder to travel to Ukraine border to ‘help rescue’ Strictly partner Oksana Platero’s grandparents

One Ukrainian mom had to leave her own family to save her foster children

Meet the Ukrainian women learning how to survive in the event of a Russian invasion by Vladimir Putin

An Engineered Migration Crisis On The Belarus-Poland Border : Consider This from NPR : NPR