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Founder, The Counteroffensive. Based in Kyiv, trying to tell the news of the war through compelling, human interest stories. Read us at https://www.counteroffensive.news/

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Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Today we go to the Sumy region, near the Russian border, where just few remain in a town amid constant shelling.

Here we examine why people like Nataliia, a publisher, refuse to leave their homes despite constant danger.

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Nataliia views her prized newspaper archives, holding clippings dating back to the 1940s, as even more important than her own life.

On May 8 rockets struck 300 meters from Nataliia's newspaper office in the Sumy region.

Nataliia and her colleagues refused to leave their town.

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They made sure that the archive of historical newspapers would be evacuated instead.

Nataliia is one of no more than 2,000 citizens out of the 16,500 pre-war population who remain in the town, as Yurii Zarko, the head of the Bilopillia community, explained.

Each has personal reasons for staying behind.

Nataliia Kalinichenko, editor-in-chief of a local newspaper “Bilopilshchyna”, is proud to stay in her hometown of Bilopillia, just 10 kilometers from the Ukraine-Russian border.

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She compares staying put to some kind of mission.

She has spent her entire life in Bilopillia, and has been working as a journalist and editor at the newspaper for 30 years.

When the Rapid Response Fund, a U.S. initiative to address the humanitarian needs of Ukrainians, offered to evacuate Nataliia and her colleagues, she asked instead for their editorial archive to be taken out for safety.

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It is mostly the elderly who refuse to evacuate.

They often argue that they were born here, this is their land, their parents and grandparents lived here, and so they will die here.

It's not just about material losses, but also about people's emotional attachment to their homes.

People are often living under heavy shelling and other enemy attacks, but despite all this, they still do not want to leave.

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Nataliia's son and his family live in Sumy, which is farther from the border and safer, but she hopes for a better situation in Bilopillia and is not going to leave her beloved village.

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"As long as there is us, as long as there are those who protect us, we live somehow," she said.

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Here's what we are reading today:

#European allies push the #us to allow Ukr to use U.S. made weapons to strike Rus.

Yesterday, #Macron and #Scholz said they supported #Ukraine using weapons given by allies to strike Russian bases launching missiles, but not allow other strikes on #russia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/ukraine-war-briefing-macron-scholz-agree-kyiv-should-use-allies-weapons-against-launchers-in-russia

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The residence and office of a member of the parliament who is suspected of facilitating interference has been raided by police. The PM has said that Belgian intelligence has exposed a network trying to take down support for

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240529-🔴-police-search-the-european-parliament-over-possible-russian-interference

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Following the stabbing of a #Polish border guard through the Poland-Belarus border fence by a migrant trying to cross illegally, #Poland will now create a buffer zone on this border.

Russia’s ally, #Belarus has been accused of bringing migrants to the #border as part of their "hybrid war".

https://kyivindependent.com/pm-tusk-says-poland-will-create-buffer-zone-at-belarusian-border-following-attack-on-border-guard/

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Here’s what Alessandra is listening to today:

Acalanto - Ana Mazzotti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEMvQl2SM9A

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Here's what we are reading today:

French military instructors will soon be teaching Ukrainian troops - inside .

Ukraine and have just entered an agreement to post French troops inside the country for training.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-commander-french-military-instructors-visit-ukrainian-training-centres-2024-05-27/

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A $6.6 billion dollar EU aid package, that was ready for this week, has been sidelined by Hungary.

Hungary’s Foreign Minister said that Ukraine discriminates against Hungarian companies and they will not foot the bill.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-ministers-outrageous-hungary-blocks-military-aid-arms-ukraine/

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Eighteen people, including a twelve-year-old girl, were killed inside a shopping center in Kharkiv during a Russian strike.

This marks the deadliest attack on Ukrainian soil in weeks.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/27/europe/russian-strike-kharkiv-megastore-intl

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Here's what Will is listening to today:

These Days - Wallows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWZQr7r0l0

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Here's what we are reading today:

has flown a long-range drone 140 km farther than ever before, hitting a radar station in Orsk, - 1,800 km from the Ukr border.

Ukr is accommodating for the fact that they cannot use U.S. provided weapons to hit Russia.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/27/7457788/

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After helped North Korea launch its own recon satellite, Korea conducted multiple rocket engine tests. This was seen as a violation of the UN Security Council rules which forbid launches using missile technology, Yonhap, a South Korean news agency writes.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240526000500315

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is investing $2.55 billion in its "East Shield" plan that uses anti-drone technology and recon systems to strengthen security on Poland’s borders with and This is the biggest operation to strengthen this border since 1945, says Polish DefMin.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/poland-fleshes-out-details-of-plan-to-beef-up-eastern-border/78795370#:~:text=WARSAW%20(Reuters)%20–%20Poland%20fleshed,complete%20the%20plans%20by%202028.

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Here’s what Alessandra is listening to today:

Stefania - Kalush Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8C9ePoA-Do

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Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Today’s issue – in honor of AAPI heritage month – revolves around what it’s like to be an Asian journalist in Ukraine.

... in a weird way, I found it liberating.

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Today’s Dog of War was snapped by Myroslava, who saw this pup with his pet parents at a rally where they were demonstrating in support of Ukrainian POWs.

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