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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ombudsman: Ukraine has returned 307 children from occupied territories. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on March 6 that an 8-year-old boy was recently returned to Ukraine from the occupied territories. Photo: Ombudsman of Ukraine/Telegram https://t.co/qInw4ZVMol
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KyivIndependent: As of March 6, more than 16,000 children were forcibly removed from Ukraine, according to the National Information Bureau, a government organization tasked with collecting and sharing information on prisoners of war, civilian internees, missing and wounded people.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Economy ministry cuts Ukraine's 2023 GDP growth forecast to 1%. Ukraine's Ministry of Economy has lowered its GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 1%, the Interfax Ukraine news agency reported on March 6, citing Deputy Minister Oleksii Sobolev.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian forces shell Sumy Oblast. Russian forces struck five communities, including Bilopillia, Esman, Shalyhyne, Nova Sloboda, and Krasnopillia, on March 6, according to the Sumy Oblast military administration. They used mortars,artillery and drones to attack the settlements.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️WSJ: Russia's budget deficit widens after Western sanctions nearly halve oil and gas revenues. Russia's budget deficit rose to $34 billion for the first two months of the year, according to the country's Ministry of Finance data, up from $25 billion in January.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️US and Lithuania pledge to provide support 'until Ukraine prevails.' Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis pledged to continue to provide support to Kyiv "until Ukraine prevails," calling on allies and partners to do the same.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky says Ukraine will not withdraw from Bakhmut despite Russian assaults. President Zelensky said that along with Ukraine's top-level commanders, the decision was made not to withdraw from Bakhmut and instead to reinforce the troops currently fighting there.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrainian paramedic receives State Department Women of Courage Award. The State Department awarded Yuliia “Taira” Paievska, a Ukrainian medic who spent months in Russian captivity, with the International Women of Courage (IWOC) award.
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KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of March 7, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/RK98esB2sl
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Ukrainian forces have 'likely stabilized' their defensive perimeter in Bakhmut. The report comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky said that there was consensus between him and Ukraine's military that Ukrainian forces should continue to hold the city.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️CNN: China’s Foreign Minister compares hypothetical military aid for Russia to US aid for Taiwan. “Why does the US ask China not to provide weapons to Russia while it keeps selling arms to Taiwan?” Qin Gang said during a news conference on March 7. https://t.co/QnbyPLBVpP
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KyivIndependent: Semen Kryvonos, the newly-appointed head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), has previously held jobs associated with anti-corruption reforms. However, he has faced corruption accusations himself. https://t.co/OwXUCyiBcq
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ZelenskyyUa: Russia is kidnapping our children. It is the largest state-sponsored kidnapping of children. With this forced deportation, tries to erase the family & national identity of young Ukrainians. It is the genocide of a nation. Everyone who organized it will be held to account. https://t.co/BHiftawDzf
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DefenceU: As you can see this ruscist is being very impolite. Polite people never come to your home uninvited. 30th Mechanized Brigade https://t.co/wBt5bW77bU
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Air force: Ukrainian pilots ready to be trained on Western fighter jets in any country. The best Ukrainian pilots have been selected and are prepared to start training in any country that is ready to receive them, according to Air Force spokesperson Yuri Ihnat.
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DefenceU: "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once." William Shakespeare Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to March 7, 2023: https://t.co/oYTv87av0X
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Situation 'stable and under control' in Luhansk Oblast as Russia pauses attacks. Russian forces in Luhansk Oblast have largely ceased attacking over the past 24 hours to replenish their reserves, according to Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️1 killed, 11 injured in Russian attacks across four Ukrainian regions over past day. Local officials reported Russian attacks in several Oblasts including Kharkiv, Kherson, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia over the last 24 hours.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Official: Less than 4,000 civilians remain in Bakhmut. The figure included 38 children remaining in the city in Donetsk Oblast, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on national television on March 7.
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DefenceU: With confidence and great love for their homeland, our defenders steadily grind the evil russian hordes. In just one day, on March 6, 1060 enemy troops were eliminated. 28th Mechanized Brigade https://t.co/RgGctB50YL
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KyivIndependent: In a cottage-turned-base some two kilometers from the front lines in Donetsk Oblast, the Kyiv Independent met soldiers from Ukraine’s 24th Mechanized Brigade who had just spent two months in Bakhmut. ‘It was becoming harder each week,’ they said. https://t.co/n9klJ2u1bP
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KyivIndependent: In a cottage-turned-base some two kilometers from the front lines in Donetsk Oblast, the Kyiv Independent met soldiers from Ukraine’s 24th Mechanized Brigade who had just spent two months in Bakhmut. ‘It was becoming harder each week,’ they said. https://t.co/n9klJ2u1bP
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DefenceU: Yuliia Paievska receives International Women of Courage Award. @taira_paievska is recognised for her extraordinary moral & physical courage in defending Ukraine against relentless russian aggression. The ceremony will be hosted tomorrow by @SecBlinken & @FLOTUS at the White House https://t.co/pJlHqAPKLA
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Lawmaker submits draft law providing legal rights to same-sex couples. Lawmaker Inna Sovsun, who submitted the draft law on March 7, noted the importance of granting legal rights to couples due to soldiers part of the LGBT community fighting in the war. https://t.co/hWbDF0eL2B
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KyivIndependent: In this edition, discover how Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty identified some 100 soldiers of Russian elite military units killed during the battle of Moshchun, three kilometers north of Kyiv, in March 2022, and more.https://t.co/kowTj8iQas
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Cabinet of Ministers approves mandatory evacuation of families with children from active combat zones. Children being evacuated from active combat zones must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, the Ministry of Integration clarified.
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KyivIndependent: Currently, only the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast falls under the criteria for mandatory evacuations.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine returns 130 more POWs from Russian captivity. President's Office Head Andrii Yermak reported that 126 servicemen and four servicewomen were released from Russian captivity during a prisoner exchange on March 7.
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KyivIndependent: Most of the released soldiers were defending the now-occupied city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, according to Yermak. Ukrainian soldiers released from Russian captivity are responding to "Slava Ukraini (Glory to Ukraine)," a Ukrainian national salute. (Andrii Yermak) https://t.co/xFoRcnYVc6
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Minister: Poland to send 10 more Leopard tanks to Ukraine this week. Ten more German-made Leopard 2 tanks would arrive in Ukraine this week, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said at a news conference on March 7, cited by Reuters. https://t.co/dvlje16X3H
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KyivIndependent: Poland has led Western efforts in providing Ukraine with modern Leopard main battle tanks, having delivered the first batch on Feb. 24. In total, Warsaw pledged to supply 14 Leopard 2 tanks.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsiubailo killed in action near Bakhmut. Dmytro Kotsiubailo, commander of the First Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" and Hero of Ukraine, was killed in action near Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on March 7. https://t.co/byM6Rrl9V9
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian landmine injures 1 in Kharkiv Oblast. A 63-year-old resident of the Snizhkivka village near Kharkiv Oblast’s Izium was injured in an explosion caused by a Russian anti-personnel mine, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on March 7.
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KyivIndependent: The victim stepped on the PFM-1 landmine, also known as Butterfly Mine, in his yard and received a shrapnel wound, according to Syniehubov.
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KyivIndependent: This video published by the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly shows one of the tank battles between Ukraine’s 72nd Mechanized Brigade and Russian troops near Vuhledar city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Oblast. https://t.co/DXhF0qqHDR
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KyivIndependent: The search for the identity of the alleged Ukrainian prisoner of war executed in a video that emerged on March 6 appears to be coming to an end. Two versions have emerged regarding the identity of the man in the video. https://t.co/WxYBDD0U8i
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KyivIndependent: The video shows an unarmed man in a military uniform with a Ukrainian flag on it being shot dead after saying “Slava Ukraini (Glory to Ukraine),” a Ukrainian national salute. The original source of the video remains unknown, as well the time and place where it was filmed. https://t.co/PrDyXlbzAM
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DefenceU: Junior Lieuteunant Dmytro Kotsiubailo, call sign Da Vinci (1995-2023). Hero of Ukraine. The youngest battalion commander in the #UAarmy Died in a battle for Ukraine's Freedom and Independence. https://t.co/53KXbjqoIG
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine's military says it hit Russian Buk missile system, repelled attacks near Bakhmut. The Ukrainian military conducted nine strikes against Russian positions over the past 24 hours, as well as a strike on a Russian Buk air defense system, the General Staff reported.
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KyivIndependent: Ukraine's military also repelled Russian attacks in the areas of Bakhmut, Ivanivske, and Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, according to the General Staff's evening update published on March 7.
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KyivIndependent: Though the mud may present a brief challenge for operations for a few weeks, it also marks the beginning of the spring 2023 campaign in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Both sides have reasons to be confident in their success. Here’s what to expect. https://t.co/o4HYj85k6s
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KyivIndependent: Most observers understand the primary aim of Russia’s current offensive as the capture of the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, which has consistently seen the heaviest fighting of the war against Ukraine. https://t.co/Uc2Q6QNED6
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KyivIndependent: With this in mind, the capture of Bakhmut, a city on Donetsk Oblast, costly as the fighting may have been, is a necessary stepping stone to then advance on the much larger cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the central hubs of Ukraine’s operations in Donbas. https://t.co/JF8OptDKt4
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KyivIndependent: Meanwhile, breaking through in Vuhledar would open the gate to taking the west of Donetsk Oblast and threaten the right flank of Ukrainian forces defending Avdiivka near Russian-occupied Donetsk. https://t.co/sguITIrhLk
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KyivIndependent: Russia’s potential success near Lyman would expose Sloviansk from the north and deliver a heavy morale blow to Ukraine, as the area was already occupied and liberated once.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky says capture of Bakhmut would give Russia 'open road' to other cities of Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces will have "open road" to seize other critical settlements in eastern Ukraine if they capture Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN. https://t.co/X0c7S9iDwI
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KyivIndependent: "This is tactical for us… after Bakhmut, they could go further. They could go to Kramatorsk, they could go to Sloviansk," Zelensky said in an interview from Kyiv. "That's why our guys are standing there."
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KyivIndependent: Russian forces will have an “open road” to seize other critical settlements in eastern Ukraine if they capture Bakhmut, Zelensky told CNN, reiterating his bid to continue the city’s defense. https://t.co/SrpKtLAT4k
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