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Tim Mak

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Oct 24

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

For years I thought I was done with Maria Butina, the Russian agent linked with the NRA that I uncovered.

But after she was released from prison, she went back to Russia to become a legislator with Putin’s party...

… and I became a resident of Kyiv, a city being relentlessly attacked by the forces she so vigorously supports.

This is the inside story of how I came to unmask Maria Butina.

Every great investigative story starts with an unlikely tip.

Usually it sounds just a little too wild to be true.

Oftentimes, these claims are impossible to prove.

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Tim Mak

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Sep 21

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukraine’s hands.

Poland and Ukraine are strong allies.

But unresolved historical tensions strain their relations, threatening Ukraine's accession to the EU.

Many Poles, like ambassador Bartosz Cichocki, cannot forgive the Volhynian massacre.

More than 80 years ago, Ukrainian nationalists killed thousands of Poles in the western regions of Ukraine. They targeted children, women, the elderly, and other civilians. In retaliation, Poles carried out numerous revenge attacks against the Ukrainian population.

It happened almost a century ago, but these historical events have real world implications for Ukraine’s future – it is a bitter point between two countries that are otherwise close allies due to Russian aggression, and a point of friction that could keep Ukraine out of the EU.

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Tim Mak

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Sep 12

Good morning readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

A Russian documentary that whitewashes the crimes of the Russian military in Ukraine has turned out to be funded by Canada.

Olha Glotka, who saw these crimes with her own eyes, is outraged by the film's debut in Toronto.

This Friday, a documentary film about Russian soldiers illegally occupying Ukraine will make its North American debut at the Toronto Film Festival.

The movie – titled 'Russians at War' – has been criticized by Ukrainians and pro-Ukrainian Canadians as overtly propagandistic.

Filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova not only did the film with the blessing of Russian troops in Ukraine, but also with hundreds of thousands of Canadian taxpayer dollars.

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Tim Mak

@timkmak

Aug 14

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

So does the city of Sudzha.

Russia justifies its invasion by reclaiming “historic” territories.

But the past of Kyiv's seized areas in Russia, like Sudzha — a former Ukrainian city — shows the absurdity of such claims.

The history of Sudzha, like many cities along the Russian-Ukrainian border, has ties to both nations.

Putin’s imperial logic would suggest Ukraine would have a claim on this territory – something the Ukrainians themselves have rejected.

Sudzha was founded in the middle of the 17th century as a city of Cossacks – a semi-nomadic peoples who lived on the territory of Ukraine and are considered by many to be the ancestors of Ukrainians.

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Tim Mak

@timkmak

Aug 10

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

The Red Cross’s job is to monitor/facilitate international law. In Ukraine, it’s obvious that it has failed.

Meet Illia: His family didn't know he was alive because the Red Cross lost his info while he was a POW.

When Ukrainians were beaten to death in Russian prisoner of war camps, the Red Cross was nowhere to be seen.

The organization left Mariupol early in the full-blown war when more than 300,000 civilians were surrounded by occupation troops, leaving them to their fates.

And it failed to do enough as evidence has piled up that Russia has violated international humanitarian law — time and time again.

That’s despite the ICRC’s role being to enforce the so-called “rules of war”, protecting humanitarian rights.

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Tim Mak

@timkmak

Jul 8

NEWSFLASH: Children's hospital struck in brazen Russian daylight attack

Just a week ago we profiled the work of the Okhmatdyt Children's Clinic in Kyiv. Today, it was hit. We rushed to the scene to report.

In central Kyiv, you can hear the difference between outgoing air defense missiles, firing up over the city: a hollow ‘poof!’ sound.

And then there’s the kind of explosion you don’t want to hear:

…a crunchier, sharper sound indicating something on the ground has been hit.

Today, the sites hit include a children’s hospital.

Larysa Moisienko, a senior nurse at the trauma unit said:

"The blast wave completely blew us all away to the corner. At that time, all the windows and doors were blown out, absolutely everything was blown out," Larysa said.

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