Sumy Shows Unfinished War Damage And Child Memorials
Latika visited Sumy, a frontline industrial city 10km from the Russian border, where damaged buildings and toys on a chair memorialise children killed.
She noted Sumy still bears gaping holes and slower recovery compared with Odessa and Kyiv.
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Education Attacks Seen As Strategy To Displace Youth
Ukrainians believe Russian attacks on universities aim to displace young people and weaken Ukraine's future by pushing them across the border.
This ties into broader concerns about demographic engineering and stolen children policies.
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Kharkiv Unit Built AI To Pinpoint Targets Quickly
In Kharkiv Latika met commander Achilles who described an AI tool that ingests Russian radio calls to locate targets in seconds and cue drone strikes.
He lamented a shortage of drone hardware as manufacturers are overwhelmed by foreign orders, slowing local innovation.
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Today, as the United States asks Ukraine to help intercept Iranian drones over the Gulf, Washington simultaneously removes sanctions on Russian oil trade and votes alongside Moscow against a motion condemning attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear power plants. We assess the deepening diplomatic crisis between Ukraine and Hungary after Kyiv accuses Budapest of detaining seven Ukrainian banking officials and seizing a large stash of gold, and ask whether President Zelensky's sharp response could ultimately strengthen Viktor Orbán’s election campaign. Then, in a special interview, we talk to Roman Trokhymets: a sniper in the Ukrainian Army who fought in several of the major battles we have reported on these past four years.
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Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Latika Bourke (The Nightly). @LatikaMBourke on X.
With thanks to Roman Trokhymets.
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