Lilia Podolyak
The third grant program of UAH 1,000,000 from the Vadym Stolar Foundation: Ukrainians are invited to choose priority areas.
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the Berlin Film Festival, is sentenced to 8 years in prison, flogging, fines and confiscation of property for films and statements deemed criminal against Iran's security.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 478,730 personnel and 7,429 tanks.
Ukraine will receive the first batch of 180,000 artillery shells from the allies in June at the Czech initiative.
Over the past day, 146 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline, during which the enemy launched 60 missile attacks, 90 air strikes and 107 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.
The air and missile forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck 3 Russian air defense systems, 2 enemy artillery installations, 10 areas of concentration of Russian troops and an important enemy object over the past day, according to the morning report of the General Staff.
Hamas refuses to make further compromises on the terms of the ceasefire with Israel, despite ongoing talks in Cairo aimed at halting Israel's offensive in Gaza.
One woman was wounded during an enemy air strike on Zaporizhzhia district, where the occupiers made 360 attacks, hitting 10 settlements with various types of weapons.
South Korea plans to create a new ministry to address the country's record low fertility rate of 0. 72 children per woman in 2023, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the population.
On the night of May 9, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down 17 of 20 Russian Shahed drones attacking the Odessa region from occupied Crimea.
A drone attack on an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Territory near Anapa caused a fire, damaging several tanks, although no injuries were reported.
The United States is considering restricting the export of patented artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, to China over concerns that they could be used for cyberattacks or biological weapons development.
A 24-year-old man was killed by a grenade explosion on the street in Boryslav, Lviv region.
Telefonica Germany will transfer one million 5G customers to the Amazon Web Services cloud, marking Amazon's entry into the global telecommunications market.
Ukrainian drones attack and cause a fire at an oil depot in the Russian village of Yuryevka near Anapa.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary on a state visit, marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and seeking to take their comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.
Russia has deployed military biological laboratories in Africa, including near the border with Chad in the Central African Republic, probably to study and potentially use as weapons viral diseases not typical of Russia.
Biden threatens to cut off arms supplies to Israel if it enters Rafah and uses U. S.-supplied weapons against civilians.
The UK is providing £196 million to Urenco Ltd to build a plant to produce high quality low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which aims to undermine Russia's monopoly on the HALEU market, which is crucial for new small nuclear reactors.
NATO does not intend to send troops to Ukraine, but will increase support by providing more weapons and ammunition to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression.
Serbian President Vucic welcomed President Xi with unprecedented enthusiasm, deploying more than 6,500 police and raising Chinese flags throughout Belgrade, demonstrating Serbia's close ties to China as a counterweight to the West.
Ukrainian and foreign athletes were called upon to help engage more countries in the Global Peace Summit aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine and restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity.
The United States is preparing new military aid packages for Ukraine to restore the previous level of arms deliveries, according to a US State Department spokesman.
Ukraine has launched an electronic register of persons liable for military service called Oberig, which will contain data on the delivery of calls and allow updating contact information.
Russians advanced near the village of Vesele in Donetsk region, trying to break through the Ukrainian defense and reach Siversk.
Armenia will not finance the programs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in 2024, effectively refusing to participate in financing the organization's activities while remaining a member.
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine emphasized the nullity of the "results" of the Russian presidential election held in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, declaring them illegitimate and calling on foreign states and international organizations not to recognize them.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed decrees appointing 116 judges to local court positions, but between 22% and 61% of judicial positions remain unfilled.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will finalize a draft law on the introduction of a funded pension system to provide additional pension savings for Ukrainian citizens.
The second line of the Ingulets - Pivdenne Reservoir water pipeline was put into operation in Dnipropetrovs'k region, providing residents of Kryvyi Rih with a stable water supply of 220,000 cubic meters per day.