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Ukraine Strikes Back After POW Executions Amid Rising Tensions

11/17/2025

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Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russian troops within 20 minutes of execution of two Ukrainian prisoners of war in Zaporizhzhia.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, condemned the incident as a violation of humanitarian law and called for action.
Russia said it thwarted a Ukrainian assassination attempt on a high-ranking official with booby-trapped flowers.
A Russian strike on Kyiv killed Natalia Khodemchuk, widow of the first Chernobyl disaster victim.

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Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russian troops within 20 minutes of execution of two Ukrainian prisoners of war in Zaporizhzhia.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, condemned the incident as a violation of humanitarian law and called for action.
Russia said it thwarted a Ukrainian assassination attempt on a high-ranking official with booby-trapped flowers.
A Russian strike on Kyiv killed Natalia Khodemchuk, widow of the first Chernobyl disaster victim.