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The government formally appointed Viktor Pavlushchyk as the new head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), said Taras Melnychuk, the government's representative in the parliament, on Feb. 27.

The Hankyoreh reached out to five Ukrainians it met while reporting on the ground in Kyiv, Lviv and the country’s border with Poland after the outbreak of war to see how their perceptions have changed as the war passes the two-year mark

Colonel Artyom Zhoga, commander of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic’s Sparta battalion, had just delivered a spirited speech in which he asked Putin to run again in the upcoming presidential elections. No one doubted that Putin would run in the elections in less than three weeks and win them overwhelmingly. The Kremlin least of all, because they have done everything in their power to ensure that the March 17 elections will end with Putin’s triumph.

Debris from a Russian drone damaged a power line in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast, leaving 208 homes and 4 businesses without electricity during a Russian attack on the night of Feb. 27, Poltava Regional State Administration head, Philip Pronin, reported on Telegram.

Russians directed the Shahed drones in two unusual directions in their last attack, head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk reported on Feb. 27.

After the news that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC KP) revoked an award to the head of the LGBT+ Military association, Viktor Pylypenko, because he is openly gay, Ukrainians launched a flash mob online, publicly renouncing the awards issued by this church, Ukraine’s LGBT Military community reported on social media on Feb. 26.

While the path forward as the Ukraine-Russia war drags on is uncertain, Ukrainians have never been more sure of their identity. Read more.

Два года героического сопротивления. Война глазами иностранца в Украине. Наблюдения, размышления, открытия

A total of 86 combat clashes took place on the front line over the past day. The Russians launched four missile strikes and 52 airstrikes, and fired multiple-launch rocket systems at Ukrainian military positions and populated areas 94 times.

Russians directed the Shahed drones in two unusual directions in their last attack, head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk reported on Feb. 27.