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Interview with Dmytro Kuleba. Part 4 — When you invite Putin over, he always imagines that it all belongs to him

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Dmytro Kuleba answers journalists’ questions

The fourth and final part of the report on the online conference of Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba with Central Asian journalists on September 7, 2022. Questions from Kazakh journalist Karlygash Ezhenova concerned information circulating online that “Putin had instructed the development of a revanchist invasion plan, with Moldova, Georgia, or Kazakhstan named …

How Uzbeks are being drawn into the war: threats, prison, money — Verstka

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Generic image: police and migrants in the Russian context

Thousands of migrants from Uzbekistan are taking part in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Some voluntarily sign contracts in exchange for citizenship and money; others are coerced or pressured after being accused of crimes. Upon returning, they risk imprisonment at home. This is reported by Yuliya Paramonova in her article “‘We’ll plant drugs, jail you, label …

Ukrainian military recorded the participation of Uzbek citizens in combat on the Russian side near Vovchansk

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Volodymyr Zelensky with Ukrainian commanders in the Vovchansk direction, August 2025

Uzbeks fighting on the side of Russia were spotted by Ukrainian troops in the Vovchansk area. This was reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on August 4 in his official Telegram channel. On August 4, the President of Ukraine visited the positions of Ukrainian forces in the Vovchansk direction of Kharkiv region, where fierce fighting …