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        <pubDate>2026-08-29 16:06:20</pubDate>

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                <title><![CDATA[Over 113,000 Russians Flee to Georgia Amid Draft Rumors]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83340</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[More than 113,000 Russian citizens crossed into Georgia via the Verkhny Lars checkpoint in a single week, driven by rumors of a new military mobilization. On Aug. 20 alone, over 20,000 people crossed the border. Armenia has also indicated it will welcome Russians fleeing the draft. The exodus follows reports of intensified Kremlin recruitment efforts and Ukrainian intelligence assessments predicting a 600,000-person mobilization wave across 2026 and 2027.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Georgia</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83340</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:47:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Kremlin Says Peace Talks on ‘Deep Pause’]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83336</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Friday that peace negotiations with Ukraine are on a “deep pause” as Russian forces press their offensive in the east. The statement dismisses recent diplomatic efforts, including a reported visit to Moscow by US CIA Director John Ratcliffe and a Vatican envoy. Peskov reiterated President Vladimir Putin’s demand that Ukraine cede full control of the Donetsk region for a ceasefire.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kremlin</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83336</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[64 Ukrainians Missing in Nepal Floods as MFA Secures Phone Data]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83351</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced on Aug. 29 that the number of Ukrainian citizens missing following catastrophic floods and landslides in Nepal has risen from 56 to 64. Currently, there is no information indicating that Ukrainians are among the confirmed dead or injured. Search operations, which are complicated by fog and unstable terrain, are ongoing. At the initiative of the Ukrainian Embassy in India, Interpol obtained the last known geolocation coordinates from the devices of some of the missing Ukrainians.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Asia</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Asia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83351</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:12:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Drone Strikes Kill 1, Injure 3 in Kherson]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83335</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian drone strikes on the city of Kherson on the morning of Aug. 29 killed one man in the Korabelny district and injured at least three others across the city. The attacks follow a previous day in the region that left one dead and 26 injured.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Kherson</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83335</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:53:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU Officials Deny Imminent Russian Threat to NATO Despite CIA Visit]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83350</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[European officials stated there is no intelligence indicating Russia is preparing for a conventional military attack on NATO or the Baltic states, contradicting reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent Moscow visit was focused on preventing such a strike. Oficials believe the trip addressed the wars in Ukraine and Iran, as well as NATO’s Article 5 commitments. While acknowledging a rise in Russian hybrid attacks and sabotage across Europe, officials confirmed no changes in Russia’s conventional military posture.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83350</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Baltic Nations Form Task Force Against Hybrid Threats]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83348</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt hosted counterparts from nine European nations to discuss escalating hybrid warfare in the Baltic Sea region. The coalition agreed to establish a joint task force to protect critical infrastructure and improve drone defense through joint exercises following recent incidents, including a drone attack at Leipzig airport and severed sub-sea cables. The nations are also lobbying to prioritize defense spending in the EU’s upcoming seven-year budget negotiations, currently led by the Irish Council Presidency.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                <topic>Baltic Sea</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="945"><![CDATA[Euractiv]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83348</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:40:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Strikes Hit Nova Poshta, Book Publishers, Distillery]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83334</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian drones and guided bombs destroyed Nova Poshta’s sorting depots in the Kyiv and Sumy regions overnight and burned down warehouses belonging to book publishers Readeat, Vivat, Book.ua and Ababahalamaha. Additionally, Global Spirits’ Khortytsia distillery in Zaporizhzhia burned beyond repair, while four people were injured in a strike on an Epicenter store and a fire destroyed part of a warehouse belonging to energy retailer Yasno.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Business</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Books</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Zaporizhzhia</topic>
                                <topic>Business</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>Sumy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1062"><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></dc:creator>
                                <author id="1779"><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83334</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:26:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Planning Operations Targeting Kyiv and Chernihiv, Palisa Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83332</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Deputy head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa stated that Russia’s political leadership has ordered its military to draft contingency plans for operations toward Kyiv and Chernihiv. While Ukrainian intelligence has verified these orders from multiple sources, Palisa emphasized that no Russian strike force is currently being formed in those directions, and the Ukrainian General Staff has prepared defensive responses.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Chernihiv</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83332</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:59:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Toddler Killed in Kyiv Drone Strike Amid Ongoing Attacks]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83346</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A two-year-old girl died on Aug. 29 after a Russian drone crashed in Kyiv’s Obolon district, while ongoing daytime strikes triggered massive fires at logistics facilities in the wider Kyiv region. The daytime attacks follow a drone strike on an ammunition warehouse in the village of Myla in the Bucha district. Secondary explosions at the Myla depot killed at least 37 people, including local official Taras Didych, and injured 42 others.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83346</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:41:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Polish PM Tusk Warns of Russian Escalation in Coming Months]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83331</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Aug. 28 that Russia is actively preparing for a regional escalation, describing the next seven to eight months as critical for the security of Ukraine and Poland. Speaking at a public event in Olsztyn, Tusk stated that Moscow views the upcoming autumn and winter as key periods. He also noted that Warsaw was not surprised by CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow due to constant contact with US intelligence.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Poland</topic>
                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="14"><![CDATA[UkrInform]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83331</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:32:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Strikes Drone Launch Sites in Crimea, Donetsk]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83343</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian attack drone storage and launch sites in occupied Donetsk and Gvardiyske, Crimea, on Aug. 28 and 29. Additional targets included an electronic warfare complex in Znamianka and a drone control point in Berestky. The military also confirmed the destruction of a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft system in Russia’s Bryansk region.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Crimea</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Donetsk</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
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                                                <guid>83343</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:23:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Renews ‘Do Not Travel’ Warning for Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83326</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The US State Department has updated its travel advisory for Ukraine, maintaining the highest risk designation, Level 4: “Do Not Travel.” In the Aug. 28 update, the agency reiterated its guidance that US citizens should not travel to Ukraine for any reason due to the ongoing war and the persistent threat of indiscriminate Russian missile and drone attacks. The State Department clarified that while the advisory level remains unchanged, the specific risk information was updated. The US Embassy in Kyiv remains open.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83326</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[35 Years of Independent Ukrainian Media. Part III. Serhii Nikitenko on the Boom in Regional Media and Frontline Work]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83305</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Four well-known Ukrainian journalists from different areas of the media industry – television (Oksana Sokolova), regional and online media (Serhii Nikitenko), business journalism (Dmytro Koshovyi), and investigative journalism (Anna Babinets) – tell the story of journalism in Ukraine: how it emerged from an almost completely sterile information space controlled by the Communists, and the problems and prospects it faces in the future.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>History</category>
                                <category>Culture</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Journalism</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1012"><![CDATA[Sergii Kostezh]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergii Kostezh]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83305</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:38:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Sweden to Deploy Gripen Jets, Warships to Finland]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83325</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Sweden has agreed to deploy Gripen fighter jets, naval vessels, and military personnel to Finland until at least the end of 2026 to bolster the country’s territorial defense. The deployment, announced on Aug. 28, aims to enhance air surveillance and counter drone threats stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war. Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson stated the move responds to a deteriorating security situation, while Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen confirmed operations will run under Finnish command.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Sweden</topic>
                                <topic>Finland</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83325</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:11:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Death Toll in Bucha District Explosions Rises to 37]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83333</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The death toll from a Russian drone strike and subsequent secondary explosions at an enterprise in the village of Myla, Bucha district, has risen to at least 37, with 42 injured and 381 evacuated. Kyiv Regional Governor Tymur Tkachenko confirmed that Dmytrivka community head Taras Didych was among the dead.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83333</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:53:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko, Putin to Hold Security Talks in Russia]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83324</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 29 to discuss bilateral cooperation and security. The meeting follows Lukashenko’s Aug. 28 talks with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and an earlier visit to Minsk by Russian First Deputy PM Denis Manturov. The diplomatic engagements coincide with heightened regional tensions, including an unannounced visit to Moscow by CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Aug. 25, during which Washington asked Ukraine to pause strikes on the Russian capital.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Belarus</topic>
                                <topic>Lukashenko</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83324</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:44:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Urges ITU to Block Russian Rassvet Satellites]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83319</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced on Aug. 28 that Kyiv has petitioned the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to exclude Ukraine’s territory from the service areas of the Russian military satellite system “Rassvet.” Sybiha stated the system is used solely to support Russia’s war effort and urged international partners to block it over their own territories. Rassvet, developed by Bureau 1440 as a domestic alternative to Starlink, has faced recent technical failures in orbit but can currently provide Russian forces with limited daily communication windows over Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>UN</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Starlink</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83319</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:17:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Strikes Ukraine's Largest Toy Retailer, Other Major Retail Chains]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83309</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian drones and missiles hit Ukraine's largest retail and industrial companies on Thursday, Aug. 27, killing at least one person and injuring five. Warehouses run by Budynok Ihrashok, Fora, Roshen, Comfy, and Aurora were damaged, along with an Epicentr store and a Shchaslyve Kurcha poultry farm in Kharkiv. The Zaporizhstal steel plant also took its second missile strike in weeks after an Aug. 11 attack killed seven workers.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Business</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Business</topic>
                                <topic>Russian War Crimes</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1062"><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></dc:creator>
                                <author id="1779"><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83309</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[PM Koretskyi Condemns Negligence After Deadly Bucha Explosions]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83316</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi demanded severe punishment for “criminal negligence” after a Russian drone strike on an enterprise in the Bucha district triggered massive secondary explosions. The incident, which began late Friday and continued into Saturday, Aug. 29, forced the evacuation of over 200 people and temporarily closed the Kyiv-Chop highway. Kyiv Regional Governor Tymur Tkachenko confirmed there are uncounted fatalities and injuries. The blasts prompted prosecutors to investigate the legal storage of explosives at the site.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83316</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:23:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Drones Strike Ozon and DNS Logistics Hubs in Rostov]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83312</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack on Russia’s Rostov region on Aug. 29, striking a logistics center belonging to e-commerce giant Ozon, and warehouses owned by electronics retailer DNS. The strikes, which sparked fires at both commercial facilities, coincide with Rostov Governor Yury Slyusar’s declaration of a regional state of emergency. The decree, retroactively effective from July 10, 2026, cites severe economic disruptions and agricultural pile-ups caused by Armed Forces of Ukraine attacks halting Azov-Black Sea shipping.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1061"><![CDATA[Tymur Dubovyk]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tymur Dubovyk]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83312</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:56:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Budanov Warns of Winter Combat, Dismisses Near-Term Ceasefire]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83310</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Presidential Office Head Kyrylo Budanov stated that halting the war along the current line of contact is impossible due to Russia’s categorical refusal, predicting that combat operations will continue through the winter. He noted that current negotiations are primarily focused on an imminent major prisoner exchange, which he characterized as technical preparation for “something major.” Budanov also recounted a 2025 incident where Russian negotiators mistakenly interpreted Ukrainian protests as a Western coup, prematurely declaring the war “over.”]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Budanov</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83310</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:29:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Intel Reveals Russia’s Secret Island Biolab]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83307</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[In an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence reveals what is known about Russia’s heavily guarded laboratory complex on Lisiy Island, its alleged links to the Russian Defense Ministry, and the potentially catastrophic consequences of an accident.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Interview</topic>
                                <topic>HUR</topic>
                                <topic>FSB</topic>
                                <topic>Chemical Weapons</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="757"><![CDATA[Kateryna Zakharchenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kateryna Zakharchenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83307</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:02:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Drone Strike Kills 1, Destroys Grain Trucks in Odesa Region]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83306</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian drone attack on the Izmail district in the southern Odesa region early Saturday morning, Aug. 29, killed one person and injured three others. Odesa Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Kiper reported that the strike damaged transport infrastructure and destroyed five trucks loaded with grain, damaging three others. The attack follows a sustained wave of drone strikes across the Kyiv region on Aug. 28 that killed one person and injured at least nine.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Odesa</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83306</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:35:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 28, 2026]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83304</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on August 28, 2026.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>ISW</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="2"><![CDATA[ISW]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ISW]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83304</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:08:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Shuts Out OSCE Observers From September Duma Elections]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83303</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia will not invite OSCE election monitors to its September parliamentary vote, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed, accusing the organization of “double standards.”]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>OSCE</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1640"><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83303</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:48:40 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says US Secures Majority Control of 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83302</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Trump has announced an unprecedented oil agreement giving the US majority control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves as Washington seeks to lower fuel prices.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                <category>Latin America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Venezuela</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1"><![CDATA[AFP]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[AFP]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83302</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:05:43 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[‘An Excellent Idea’: CIA Chief’s Kyiv Briefings Around Secret Moscow Talks Hailed]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83301</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Former US Ambassador Daniel Fried called reported briefings to Kyiv before and after CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s secret Moscow talks an “excellent idea.”]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1640"><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83301</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:21:20 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[1 Killed, 9 Injured as Russian Attacks Hit Kyiv Region]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83299</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian attacks across Kyiv region on Aug. 28 killed one person and injured at least nine, with 165 evacuated after a strike triggered a major fire and secondary explosions in Myla.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83299</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:11:12 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Kanye West’s Russia Concerts in Doubt After St Petersburg Venue Pulls Out]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83298</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Kanye West’s planned concerts in St Petersburg have sparked controversy in Russia, with officials divided over the US rapper’s appearance and Gazprom Arena denying it will host the events.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1"><![CDATA[AFP]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[AFP]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83298</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:02:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[‘Forrest Gump’ Probe: Businessman Vasyl Astion Served With Notice of Suspicion]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83295</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Friday, Aug. 28, that they served businessman and former Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council member Vasyl Astion with a notice of suspicion in connection with the “Forrest Gump” probe.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Interview</topic>
                                <topic>HUR</topic>
                                <topic>FSB</topic>
                                <topic>NABU</topic>
                                <topic>Chemical Weapons</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83295</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:39:11 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NATO Project Trains 1,000 Ukrainian Service Members in Psychological Support]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83294</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) completed the sixth cycle of a NATO-backed psychological support project, after 34 seminars were held for more than 1,000 service members in July and August. According to the General Staff on Friday, Aug. 28, the program focused on psychological resilience, acute-stress response and psychological recovery after combat.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83294</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:39:58 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Says US Briefed Ukraine on CIA-Moscow Meetings]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83293</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, Aug. 28, that Ukraine received information from the US about several meetings between CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Russian intelligence officials. He welcomed Washington’s approach to talks with Russia, saying coordinated international action must create the conditions for Moscow to end its aggression against Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Trump</topic>
                                <topic>CIA</topic>
                                <topic>Washington</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83293</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:48:24 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Crosetto Appoints Fedorov as Defense Innovation Adviser]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83292</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Friday, Aug. 28, that he accepted Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto’s invitation to serve as an adviser on defense innovation. During their meeting, the two discussed autonomous systems, drones, air defense, and the development of defense-technology ecosystems.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Italy</topic>
                                <topic>Fedorov</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83292</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:08:09 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Vikings Star Katheryn Winnick Ran to a Shelter in Kyiv: ‘No Right to Be Tired’]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/83283</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Hollywood star and UNITED24 ambassador Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) sits down with Kyiv Post for an exclusive, raw interview in the heart of wartime Kyiv.]]></description>
                                                <category>Video</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Cinema</topic>
                                <topic>Culture</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83283</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Attacks Wound 8 in Dnipropetrovsk Region]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83291</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces attacked four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times on Friday, Aug. 28, injuring eight people. A supermarket caught fire in Pavlohrad, while civilian infrastructure, including private homes and residential buildings, was damaged across the region.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kryvyi Rih</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83291</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:34:38 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Needs 30,000 Monthly Mobilizations, Budanov Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83290</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine must mobilize at least 30,000 people every month to sustain its current position at the front, Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov said on Friday, Aug. 28. He said the government should address coercive recruitment practices, although it would not change the monthly target.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Washington</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83290</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:54:06 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Hits Suspected Russian Army HQ in Apparent SCALP Strike]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83282</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian forces struck the main and reserve Russian command posts in occupied Donetsk with air-launched missiles. OSINT analysts identified one target as a suspected headquarters of Russia’s 51st Combined Arms Army. Russian-installed officials said eight civilians were wounded, while reports that Lt. Gen. Sergei Milchakov was killed and that Ukraine used the new JDAM-LR have not been confirmed.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Storm Shadow / SCALP</topic>
                                <topic>Donetsk</topic>
                                <topic>Military Analysis</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="11"><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83282</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:51:33 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[35 Years of Independent Ukrainian Media. Part II – Journalist and News Show Host Oksana Sokolova on Ukrainian Television]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83236</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Four well-known Ukrainian journalists from different areas of the media industry – television (Oksana Sokolova), regional and online media (Serhii Nikitenko), business journalism (Dmytro Koshovyi), and investigative journalism (Anna Babinets) – tell the story of journalism in Ukraine: how it emerged from an almost completely sterile information space controlled by the Communists, and the problems and prospects it faces in the future.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Independent Ukraine at 35</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1012"><![CDATA[Sergii Kostezh]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergii Kostezh]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83236</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:48:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Burns Thousands of Ukrainian Books in Strikes on Multiple Warehouses]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83279</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia destroyed multiple warehouses storing books for major Ukrainian publishers during an overnight attack on Aug. 28, burning thousands of books and disrupting order deliveries. Warehouses used by A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha, Vivat and bookstores Readeat and Book.ua were hit.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Culture</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Books</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Business</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83279</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:16:17 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Where the City Becomes the Front Line]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83134</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Nearly four years after Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson, the city remains on the front line of Russia’s war. Separated from Russian-held territory by only the Dnipro River, residents live under relentless artillery fire, guided bombs, and thousands of drone attacks. Russian FPV drones have become a defining threat, targeting infrastructure, emergency responders, and civilians in what locals call a “human safari.”]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Kherson</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1528"><![CDATA[Korbinian Leo Kramer]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Korbinian Leo Kramer]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83134</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russians Rush for Homes Abroad Amid Fears of New Mobilization]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83277</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russians are reportedly rushing to secure long-term rentals in Georgia and Armenia as fears of a new mobilization wave grow, with realtors reporting a sharp increase in demand reminiscent of the mass exodus that followed Russia’s 2022 mobilization.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="803"><![CDATA[TVP World]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[TVP World]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83277</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:31:58 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[CARTOON: Putin Escalates War Against Ukraine as Moscow Struggles to Subdue Ukrainian Resistance]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83275</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Serhii Kolyada’s ironic take on the latest international events.]]></description>
                                                <category>Cartoons</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="30"><![CDATA[Serhiy Kolyada]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serhiy Kolyada]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83275</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:24:18 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Death of Mladić Won’t End His War]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/83274</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ratko Mladić died in prison after he was judged to have committed atrocities. But until successive generations treat all victims with dignity, rather than as instruments for focusing hatred, they will be used by politicians to foment the next war.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>History</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Serbia</topic>
                                <topic>War Crimes</topic>
                                <topic>History</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="34"><![CDATA[Dr. Orhan Dragas]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Orhan Dragas]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83274</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:10:17 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Putin Tests NATO’s Article 5 Defense]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/83269</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit raised a few questions – what intel prompted the visit? If the visit was about NATO’s Article 5 and against a Baltic escalation, what prompted Trump’s U-turn? And why was Elbridge Colby also meeting NATO’s Rutte in Brussels?]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="35"><![CDATA[Timothy Ash]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Ash]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83269</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:08:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Officer Killed in St. Petersburg Blast May Have Been Major in Regiment Accused of Ukraine War Crimes]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83262</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The Russian serviceman killed in a St. Petersburg car blast on Aug. 27 may have been identified as Major Sergei Sechkov, who reportedly served in a helicopter regiment previously accused by Ukraine of attacks on civilians, Russian and Ukrainian outlets reported Friday.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                <topic>Russian War Crimes</topic>
                                <topic>St. Petersburg</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="17"><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83262</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:26:59 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Putin’s Knee-Jerk Nuclear Saber-Rattling]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/83261</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Bloomberg and other Western media outlets have latched on to signals coming from Moscow that it is prepared to escalate its war against Ukraine and the “collective West.” Don’t buy into the Kremlin’s tired old Soviet playbook.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Nuclear weapons</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="245"><![CDATA[Ivana Stradner]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivana Stradner]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83261</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:37:39 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukrainian Drones Set Major Russian Refinery Ablaze for 8th Time This Year]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83260</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian drones reportedly struck and set fire to a major oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl overnight, marking the facility’s eighth reported attack this year as Kyiv intensifies strikes on Moscow’s oil industry.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Oil</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Oil Crisis</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83260</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:16 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Norway’s King Harald Dead at 89]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83256</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Norway’s King Harald has died at 89 after a period of serious health problems, the palace said Friday. His 53-year-old son, Crown Prince Haakon, automatically succeeds him on the throne. Harald, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, had ruled Norway since 1991.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Norway</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1"><![CDATA[AFP]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[AFP]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83256</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:05:39 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Strike Burns Down Zaporizhzhia’s Last Operating Epicentr Hypermarket]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83254</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces struck an Epicentr shopping center in Zaporizhzhia on Aug. 28, injuring at least four people, just a day after a jet-powered drone hit the retailer’s store in Kharkiv, killing one and injuring five. The latest attack adds to a growing pattern of strikes on Epicentr stores across Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Zaporizhzhia</topic>
                                <topic>Business</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83254</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:29:59 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Forces Strike Nova Poshta Warehouses in Kyiv Region, Killing One and Injuring Two]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83250</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces struck Nova Poshta warehouse facilities near Kyiv three times overnight, including two follow-up strikes as firefighters battled the resulting blaze. The attack was part of a broader Russian assault that damaged logistics facilities and warehouses across the Kyiv region.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="17"><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83250</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:10:18 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Keeps Kyiv Under Siege With 17 Air Raid Alerts in 33 Hours]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83248</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Kyiv was placed under air raid alert 17 times between midnight on Aug. 27 and 9 a.m. on Aug. 28 as Russia launched repeated waves of attack drones. The alerts disrupted public transport, businesses and daily life across the Ukrainian capital.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="17"><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83248</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:49:01 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tax Russia: Make the Beast Pay for Its Cage]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/83055</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Zubrin contends that Russia should bear the financial burden of the security and economic costs its invasion of Ukraine has imposed on Europe. A proposed 25% RVAT on all goods entering or would weaken Russia’s war economy, generate revenue to support Ukraine and European defense spending, and reduce Moscow’s ability to finance future military aggression.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>Defense Industries</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="29"><![CDATA[Robert Zubrin]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Zubrin]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83055</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[‘Playing with Fire’: Moscow Lashes Out at UK Over Burnham’s Missile Support for Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83246</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Moscow threatened British military targets after Prime Minister Andy Burnham approved deeper missile cooperation with Ukraine, as Russia’s repeated warnings again failed to shift UK policy.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>UK</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1640"><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83246</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:24:24 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[CIA Chief Told Kremlin Russia’s War Is Going Badly – and Putin May Not Know It, NYT Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83245</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow unannounced and warned senior Russian intelligence officials that Russia’s military and economic position is worsening, as US intelligence questions whether Putin is receiving an accurate picture of the war.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83245</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:54:16 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Attacks UN Tribunal After Death of Convicted Bosnian Serb War Criminal Ratko Mladic]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83243</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia condemned the UN tribunal that convicted Ratko Mladic after the former Bosnian Serb commander died in The Hague while serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Serbia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83243</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:48:46 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Explosions Heard in Kyiv as Russian Jet-Powered Drone Heads Toward City Center]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83242</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia launched another jet-powered drone toward central Kyiv late Thursday, triggering explosions and air defenses after a day of repeated attacks on the capital.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83242</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:03:10 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Receives Moldova’s Highest State Award as Regional Cooperation Deepens]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83239</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Moldovan President Maia Sandu awarded President Volodymyr Zelensky the Order of the Republic, Moldova’s highest state award on Monday, Aug. 24, while Ukraine was marking its 35th Independence Day. She reiterated the honor in Chișinău on Thursday, Aug. 27, citing Zelensky’s role in defending peace and freedom in Europe as Moldova celebrated its own Independence.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Moldova</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83239</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:18:11 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Russia Will Not Attack NATO]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83238</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump said Thursday, Aug. 27, that he has no concerns regarding a possible Russian attack on NATO countries, dismissing reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Moscow against such a move during his Tuesday, Aug. 25 visit. He described Ratcliffe’s meeting with Russian intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin as a standard procedure.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Trump</topic>
                                <topic>Washington</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83238</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:03:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Taken Hostage by Pro-Russian ‘DNR’ Forces]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/83227</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Simon Ostrovsky, the PBS Newshour correspondent and former VICE News reporter, joins Kyiv Post’s Jason Jay Smart to explain what firsthand reporting revealed in 2014 and what has changed since.]]></description>
                                                <category>Video</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Donbas</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="5"><![CDATA[Jason Jay Smart]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Jay Smart]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83227</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko Arrives in Russia for Talks With Putin]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83237</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Russia on Thursday, Aug. 27, for a diplomatic visit that included talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. According to BelTA, the meeting is expected to cover bilateral cooperation, regional security and international issues.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Belarus</topic>
                                <topic>Lukashenko</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83237</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:06:07 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Dnipropetrovsk Region Expands School Shelter Network]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83235</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Hanzha, on Thursday, the network of shelters is being expanded. One new shelter, designed to accommodate more than 1,000 children, is being built in Samar district ahead of the new academic year.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Education</topic>
                                <topic>Children</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83235</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:28:32 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[‘Shoulder to Shoulder’: Zelensky Joins Moldova’s Independence Day Amid Russian Drone Incursions]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83234</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Chișinău for Moldova’s 35th Independence Day, joining Maia Sandu and Romanian President Nicușor Dan for talks on security, energy, infrastructure and European integration as Russian drones crossed into Moldovan airspace.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Romania</topic>
                                <topic>Moldova</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83234</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:45:38 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Attacks Injure 8 in Almost 40 Attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Region]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83233</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces carried out nearly 40 attacks on two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk Region on Thursday, Aug. 27, injuring eight people. Drones, artillery, and a guided aerial bomb (KAB) damaged educational facilities, homes, stores, vehicles, and residential buildings, local authorities reported.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83233</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:02:22 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Epicentr Strike in Kharkiv Kills 1, Injures 5]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83232</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian jet-powered drone struck an Epicentr hypermarket in Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district on Thursday, Aug. 27, killing one man and injuring five others. The attack caused partial structural damage and ignited a fire.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kharkiv</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83232</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:40:10 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[CARTOON: Transactional Diplomacy in Action]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83226</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Serhii Kolyada’s ironic take on the latest international events.]]></description>
                                                <category>Cartoons</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Trump</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="30"><![CDATA[Serhiy Kolyada]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serhiy Kolyada]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83226</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:36:39 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Top Two ‘Mustang’ Generals Named to Hold Critical Donbas Sector]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83225</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Zelensky has put battle-tested generals Denys Prokopenko and Andriy Biletsky in charge of new force groupings defending Donetsk. The move aims to strengthen command, integrate corps and drones, and halt Russia’s advance before winter.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Donbas</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="11"><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83225</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:32:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Preparing New Mobilization Wave of 600,000, Ukrainian Intelligence Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83224</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s intelligence agencies say Russia is preparing a new mobilization wave that could bring 600,000 additional troops into the war effort across 2026–2027. Kyiv says Moscow is tightening recruitment and coercive measures as battlefield losses rise and contract recruitment slows.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="847"><![CDATA[Petro Zhyzhyian]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Petro Zhyzhyian]]></dc:creator>
                                <author id="17"><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83224</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:13:14 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Berlin Reportedly Weighs Funding UK Nuclear Arsenal Amid Growing Russian Threat]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83223</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Germany is reportedly considering helping finance the UK’s nuclear program as European allies seek to strengthen their deterrence against Russia and reduce reliance on the US. Berlin is said to favor deeper cooperation with Britain and France rather than developing its own nuclear arsenal.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Germany</topic>
                                <topic>France</topic>
                                <topic>UK</topic>
                                <topic>Nuclear weapons</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="803"><![CDATA[TVP World]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[TVP World]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83223</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:03:25 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Central Bank Makes Leap of Faith for Money Market]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83222</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The National Bank of Ukraine adjusted deposit-certificate rules, its main liquidity tool, nudging lenders toward trading with each other and setting market-based benchmarks. The move comes amid wartime inflation and destruction, testing the credibility the NBU built since 2022. Bankers are puzzled, but the NBU is betting on markets Ukraine almost never had.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Finance</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>NBU (National Bank of Ukraine)</topic>
                                <topic>Finance</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1062"><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83222</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:59:17 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Inside Kherson’s Red Zone: A Kyiv Post Special Report]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82823</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Inside Kherson’s Red Zone, Kyiv Post takes you to one of Ukraine’s most dangerous civilian environments, where drones stalk streets, artillery crosses the Dnipro, and residents refuse to abandon their homes. Journalist Korbinian Leo Kramer spent more than two weeks documenting life on the front line and the people who endure it.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Kherson</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1528"><![CDATA[Korbinian Leo Kramer]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Korbinian Leo Kramer]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>82823</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:40:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks Could Resume in September, Budanov Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83218</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[the Kremlin has little appetite for compromise. On July 22, Bloomberg, citing people close to the Kremlin, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to resume talks with Ukraine until Russian forces seize the rest of the Donbas.

The sources also said Moscow intends to keep occupied parts of the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, turning them into a buffer zone.

Putin has already publicly dismissed proposals for a limited de-escalation. On June 28, he said Russia had rejected an offer to halt long-range strikes and confine fighting to the partially occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions, arguing it would allow Ukraine to shift troops to other sectors of the front.

Last week, on July 23, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Manila, saying afterwards that any breakthrough would require “new ideas“ after previous proposals failed to gain traction. 

Despite Russia’s continued insistence on its maximalist demands,]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Budanov</topic>
                                <topic>Peace Plan</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="17"><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83218</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:06:57 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Military Lieutenant Colonel Reportedly Killed in Car Blast in St. Petersburg]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83214</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian military lieutenant colonel was killed and his wife seriously injured in a car blast in St. Petersburg on Thursday, according to Russian media. Investigators confirmed one death and opened a criminal probe, but described the incident as a vehicle fire.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                <topic>St. Petersburg</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83214</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:43:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU States Push to Revive Russian-Asset ‘Reparations Loan’ for Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83212</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[EU countries are pushing Brussels to revive a stalled plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, as Kyiv faces a €23.1 billion defense funding gap. Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, and Poland are urging the European Commission to find ways around Belgium’s opposition to the proposed “reparations loan.”]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                <topic>Frozen Assets</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83212</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:56:32 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Army Chief Visits Troops on Ukraine Front]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83209</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia’s army chief Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces are advancing toward Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine, claiming they are just four kilometers from the city’s outskirts. The Kremlin has vowed to seize all of Donetsk as fighting intensifies and US-brokered peace talks remain stalled.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                <topic>Donbas</topic>
                                <topic>Gerasimov</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1"><![CDATA[AFP]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[AFP]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83209</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:52:21 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukrainian Drones Hit Ozon Logistics Hubs in Russia as Marketplace Warehouses Come Under Sustained Attack]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83207</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian drones struck Ozon logistics facilities in Ufa and Orenburg overnight on Thursday, Aug. 27, disrupting operations at Russia’s second-largest online marketplace. The strikes come amid a widening campaign targeting major e-commerce warehouses, with billions of rubles in potential losses reported.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83207</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:35:22 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Kyiv Endures Hours-Long Russian Drone Assault as Drones Fall in City Center]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83203</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia launched a fresh drone attack on Kyiv Thursday, just hours after an overnight missile-and-drone barrage. Around a dozen attack drones targeted the capital, triggering air defense fire and explosions. Fires were reported at Kyiv’s Lobanovskyi Stadium and in the Holosiivskyi District as residents sheltered underground.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83203</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:47:17 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[CIA Chief Warned Putin Against NATO Attack During Surprise Moscow Visit – Reports]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83198</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Moscow this week to warn Vladimir Putin against attacking NATO, The Wall Street Journal and Politico reported. The warning reportedly focused on the Baltic states, amid US intelligence concerns that Russia could seek to “test NATO’s resolve” with a limited attack.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Intelligence</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83198</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:59:44 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[How Russia Finds the Cracks in American Society – and Widens Them]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/83197</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia has a well-developed playbook for influence operations through propaganda. Laura Loomer got sucked into one of those operations, but she eventually realized what happened and is now exposing how Moscow works.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Propaganda</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1024"><![CDATA[Mitzi Perdue]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitzi Perdue]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83197</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:45:37 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[35 Years of Independent Ukrainian Media. Part I: The Birth of an Independent Ukrainian Press, From Samvydav to Modern Journalism]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82971</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Before Ukraine’s independence, uncensored journalistic ideas travelled through hidden networks of typed manuscripts, unofficial newspapers, and foreign radio broadcasts. Radio Liberty and a new generation of journalists then helped to loosen Soviet control, connect Ukraine’s regions and prepare the ground for a more modern independent press – one that emerged before 1991 and would soon face the hard tests of freedom.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Journalism</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="12"><![CDATA[Bohdan Nahaylo]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bohdan Nahaylo]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>82971</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[53 Ukrainians Missing After Nepal-Tibet Disaster, Second Flood Feared]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83196</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[At least 53 Ukrainians are missing after catastrophic floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 165 people and left more than 1,000 unaccounted for. The US Geological Survey says a glacial collapse triggered the disaster, while experts warn an upstream blockage could cause a second flood.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Asia</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83196</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:44:51 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Barrage Hits Kyiv, Sets Warehouses Ablaze in Latest Overnight Attack]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83195</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia launched a coordinated overnight attack on Kyiv using ballistic missiles and drones, triggering explosions across the capital. Debris fell in the Podilskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, while the broader barrage also struck Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, and Zaporizhzhia, injuring civilians.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Ballistic Missile</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="17"><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Orlova]]></dc:creator>
                                <author id="1640"><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83195</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:22:05 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Did CIA Chief Warn Moscow Against NATO Attack – or Discuss Iran-Russia Ties?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83194</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unannounced visit to Moscow has fueled speculation over its purpose, with the most prominent theory being that he warned Russia against testing or attacking NATO. Trump called the trip “semi-routine,” while the Kremlin said Ratcliffe did not meet Putin. A less-discussed possibility is that talks touched on Russia-Iran cooperation.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83194</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:19:03 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Drone Strikes on Kherson Injure 4, Including Child]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83192</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Two Russian drone attacks struck separate districts of Kherson on Aug. 26, injuring three adults and a 10-year-old boy. The child was hospitalized in moderate condition after a drone struck a car in the Korabelnyi district.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83192</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:46:01 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[France Warns of New Hybrid Threat After Leipzig Drone Attack]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83191</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[France’s domestic intelligence chief says an explosives-laden drone apparently targeting a Ukrainian military supply aircraft in Germany signals a growing risk of more violent hybrid attacks in Europe. French officials are particularly concerned about threats to defense, technology, energy and communications infrastructure.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Germany</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>France</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83191</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:27:08 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Senator Says ‘Sledgehammer’ Russia Sanctions Could Pass House Next Month]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83190</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he hopes sweeping sanctions targeting Russia will pass the House of Representatives next month, calling the legislation a “sledgehammer” against Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83190</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:05:42 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[53 Ukrainian Nationals Missing in Nepal Flash Flood That Killed At Least 160]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83187</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Fifty-three Ukrainian nationals, including a group of 46 tourists, are reported missing after a flash flood struck villages in Nepal, near the country’s border with China. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said its embassies in India and China are coordinating with local authorities as searches continue.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>China</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83187</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:05:55 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia’s Mobilization Looming as Putin Sticks to Ambitions]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83186</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia insists that no new mobilization is planned, despite nationwide readiness exercises and Ukrainian warnings that Vladimir Putin could call up 300,000 troops after September’s parliamentary elections. The denials come as Russia’s paid recruitment system struggles to generate net manpower, its Donbas offensive produces diminishing territorial returns, and the country’s remaining liquid fiscal reserve falls below its accumulated 2026 budget deficit. US intelligence has separately assessed that Putin could test NATO with a limited assault, while unconfirmed reporting linked CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Moscow trip to a possible warning against further escalation.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Donbas</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="4"><![CDATA[Lesia Dubenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lesia Dubenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83186</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:04:46 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia May Escalate Strikes on Ukraine, Kremlin Sources Say]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83185</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia is considering intensifying ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine amid stalled peace negotiations, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, Aug. 26, citing Kremlin-linked sources. Moscow reportedly sees further escalation as one of its few remaining ways to pursue its military aims.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Trump</topic>
                                <topic>Kremlin</topic>
                                <topic>Washington</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83185</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:03:10 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Belarus Builds Military Rail Link Near Ukraine Border]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83184</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Belarus is building rail infrastructure near Yakimivka in the Gomel region, near its border with Ukraine. Kyiv has said it is monitoring the project – which could receive military trains and unload heavy equipment – though no troop movements have been detected.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Belarus</topic>
                                <topic>Lukashenko</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83184</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:46:51 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says US ‘Working Very Hard’ to End War in Ukraine Amid CIA Chief’s Visit to Moscow]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83182</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, Aug. 26, that CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Moscow could produce results as Washington seeks to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Kremlin said Ratcliffe did not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Trump</topic>
                                <topic>Washington</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83182</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:26:40 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Hungary Formally Classifies Russia a ‘Threat’ in UN Document]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83181</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Led by Prime Minister Péter Magyar, Hungary’s new government officially classified Russia as a “threat” in a document submitted for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, marking a sharp break from its previous Kremlin-aligned policy under former PM Viktor Orbán.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Hungary</topic>
                                <topic>Orban</topic>
                                <topic>Magyar</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83181</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:16:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Polish President Wishes Ukraine Victory in War With Russia, Zelensky Publishes Letter]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83179</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Polish President Karol Nawrocki sent President Volodymyr Zelensky a letter marking Ukraine’s 35th anniversary of independence, in which he wished Ukraine victory in its war with Russia and the restoration of its territorial integrity within internationally recognized borders. Zelensky later published the letter and said Ukraine would remember Poland’s support while emphasizing the need to develop relations based on respect, historical truth and a shared future in the EU and NATO.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Poland</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83179</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:54:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukrainian Military Adds Jet-Powered 'Alexa Spatium' Interceptor Drones to Its Arsenal]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83175</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s defense ministry unveiled its new “Alexa Spatium” drone but remained tight-lipped about its performance. It said the drone can be equipped with different warheads, with TV and infrared guidance, without losing its ability to be controlled remotely by operators. It also shared footage of its catapult launches.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Weapons</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83175</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:44:09 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Drone Washes Up on Beach Near Bulgaria's Varna, Navy Sappers Called In]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83173</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A drone measuring about 2 meters long and 1.5 meters wide washed ashore at Kabakum beach near Varna, Bulgaria, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, Bulgarian broadcaster BNT reported. Navy sappers cordoned off the area and began securing the device, which initial information suggested posed no danger.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Black Sea</topic>
                                <topic>Bulgaria</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83173</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:27:10 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Norway Pledges $9.2 Billion to Ukraine for 2027: With Most Going to Military]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83172</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Norway will give Ukraine 85 billion kroner ($9.2 billion) in 2027, the same amount it committed for 2026, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Of the total, most is earmarked for military aid, with a smaller portion for civilian support.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>Norway</topic>
                                <topic>Aid</topic>
                                <topic>Fiscal</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1062"><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></dc:creator>
                                <author id="1779"><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83172</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:22:39 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ratcliffe Visits Moscow]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/83170</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[With Russia refusing to negotiate in earnest and helping Iran against the US, CIA director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow. The unexpected visit was intended to cool the rapidly overheating engine driving the world to all-out war.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>CIA</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="604"><![CDATA[Jonathan Sweet]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Sweet]]></dc:creator>
                                <author id="605"><![CDATA[Mark Toth]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Toth]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83170</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:13:48 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Risks Losing 2 More Starlink Alternative Satellites]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83164</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Two of Russia’s Rassvet satellites – the country’s answer to the US’s Starlink – are falling and risk burning up in the atmosphere, according to a cosmonaut researcher. Intelligence suggests that Russia aims to put 292 satellites in orbit by 2027 – while the number falls short of Starlink’s over 7,800 in orbit, analysts warned that the existing few dozen still provide regular albeit brief coverage over Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>Technology</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Technology</topic>
                                <topic>Starlink</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83164</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:29:16 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Belarus Orders Surprise Military Readiness Check as CIA Chief Visits Moscow]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83168</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Belarus has ordered a surprise military readiness check as CIA Director John Ratcliffe visits Moscow for unannounced intelligence contacts. The exercise will deploy a brigade from its permanent base and test combat capabilities, including strikes against a potential enemy, amid growing concerns over Russia’s military plans and Belarus’ role in the war.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Belarus</topic>
                                <topic>Lukashenko</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83168</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:23:17 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[China Helps Russia Upgrade Shaheds Into a New Threat for Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83161</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[China has emerged as a key supplier of components for Russia’s increasingly sophisticated Shahed drones. New turbojet-powered variants can reach 483 km/h, making them harder for Ukraine to intercept, increasing pressure on its limited air-defense resources.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>China</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83161</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:47:55 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Strikes Russian Military Network, Hitting Radar, Drone Center, Key Supply Depots]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83160</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian Defense Forces struck several Russian military targets on Aug. 25 and overnight into Aug. 26, including a Kasta radar station in occupied Crimea, a drone training center in Luhansk, a repair and recovery base in occupied Crimea, and multiple fuel, equipment and ammunition depots. Ukrainian forces also hit a ground relay used to control Geran and Gerbera drones in occupied Crimea.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>83160</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:40:32 +0300</pubDate>
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