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Russian missiles hit Kyiv, Odesa

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Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv and Odesa overnight, wounding at least a dozen people and damaging multiple residential buildings, local officials said.

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

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Ukraine's military goes to extreme lengths to save injured soldiers. Meanwhile, Russia's wounded-to-killed ratio is worse than during WWI.

My latest in The Atlantic (gift article):
The Armored Sarcophagus Saving Ukrainian Soldiers
Unmanned ground vehicles are conducting once-impossible medical evacuations along Ukraine’s front lines.
www.theatlantic.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Solar and renewables for resilience and national security: Tired of relying on a grid that was being routinely bombarded by Russian missiles, Yaroslav, the facility’s owner, decided to switch to solar earlier this year
kyivindependent.com/as-russia-at...
As Russia attacks Ukraine’s grid, solar offers a path to resilience
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with the Kyiv Independent. On a spring day earlier this year, 10 men stood on the rooftop of a door manufacturing facility in the central Ukrainian t...
kyivindependent.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM

Reposted by Bessma Momani

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A building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed suddenly in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people.

Over one-fifth of buildings in Gaza assessed by a refugee council in March were not structurally sound, but residents said they had nowhere else to go. https://wapo.st/46YipoO
September 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM