Ivan Khomenko
News Writer
Ivan is a news writer for UNITED24 Media. He covers key developments in the war, providing readers with sharp, informed analysis from the front lines and beyond.
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![Russia Unleashes 1,300 Drones on Ukraine in Just One Week, Zelenskyy Says]( "Russia Unleashes 1,300 Drones on Ukraine in Just One Week, Zelenskyy Says")
![Zelenskyy Rejects Moscow Talks With Putin: “He Can Come to Kyiv”]( "Zelenskyy Rejects Moscow Talks With Putin: “He Can Come to Kyiv”")
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![How Ukraine Turned the USSR’s Last Tank Into Its Own Oplot, 40 Years Later]( "How Ukraine Turned the USSR’s Last Tank Into Its Own Oplot, 40 Years Later")
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Forty years ago, Ukraine’s Kharkiv design bureau produced the T-80UD, the final tank of the Soviet Union. What began as a late-Cold War project became the foundation for Ukraine’s modern armored fleet, including the Oplot.
