Olga Rozgon
The humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories of Donetsk region is escalating due to high unemployment, shortages of medicines and essential goods, and interruptions in electricity and gas supply.
Russia has begun preparing its military airfields for possible strikes by Ukraine and NATO, testing the resilience of airfields to attacks and conducting exercises to restore runways and protect aircraft.
According to White House spokesperson Karin Jean-Pierre, Republicans who block additional aid to Ukraine are siding with Russian President Putin.
Over 230 thousand Ukrainians fell ill with ARVI, flu and COVID-19 last week, and the epidemic threshold was exceeded in four regions.
Ukraine refuses to remove Raiffeisen Bank from the list of war sponsors because of doubts about the bank's plans to completely withdraw from Russia.
Power engineers have restored electricity supply to over 42,000 consumers, while repairs to damaged networks and equipment continue in many regions of Ukraine affected by rocket attacks.
Norway will start a training course for Ukrainian marines in small boat operations in the spring.
The head of a military unit in Kyiv region is suspected of systematically extorting more than UAH 160,000 from 26 subordinates, offering to facilitate their requests for financial assistance, vacations and other social issues in exchange for bribes of UAH 1,500 to 5,000.
The Russians continue their offensive south of Nevske near Terny in Donetsk region. While on the defensive, the Ukrainian military is making every effort to drain the Russians' offensive potential, causing significant losses to the occupiers.
TikTok will create "election centers" on its app to combat disinformation ahead of the EU elections in June.
A resident of Kharkiv was sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing information about Ukraine's power grids to Russian representatives, helping the enemy to disrupt the country's electricity sector.
Rescuers continue to search the Berezhonka River for an 8-year-old girl who fell from a bridge into the river.
In Cherkasy, a driver lost control and drove onto the sidewalk, hitting a woman and a small child; the injured pedestrians were taken to the hospital.
UNESCO estimates that Ukraine will need $9 billion over 10 years to rebuild its war-damaged culture and tourism sector.
Radars in Moldova cannot detect the modern Shahid drones that Russia is launching at Ukraine.
After Putin's "elections," the Russians will intensify ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians in the occupied territories by mass deportations and replacing Ukrainians with ethnic Russians to complicate the reintegration of the territories after de-occupation.
A landslide at a gold mine in eastern Turkey has raised concerns about potential contamination of the Euphrates River with cyanide from the collapsed mine.
A former German prosecutor has been found guilty of sexually abusing his 8-year-old son, the accused claiming that he was sleepwalking and committed the crime in his sleep.
Japan plans to ease travel restrictions for some companies to help rebuild Ukraine's public and private sectors.
The number of people wishing to get married decreased by 16% over the year - according to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, more than 186 thousand marriages were registered in Ukraine in 2023.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a 58-year-old local resident in Kharkiv who was guiding Russian missiles at critical infrastructure facilities and Ukrainian air defense sites.
The government passed a resolution that allows the Diia app to become an open source application so that developers from around the world can study its code and suggest improvements.
Czech farmers plan to join the protests at border crossings along with other European farmers dissatisfied with EU agricultural policy and Ukrainian imports.
According to the poll, 80% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine will win the war.
The Ombudsman appealed to the Ministry of Education and the National Police with a request to protect children from cyberbullying on social networks, where photos of schoolchildren are posted along with humiliating comments and calls for pressure.
Russian hackers tried to access Lithuanian military systems but were detected and stopped.
The Ombudsman helped restore a serviceman's right to be discharged from military service after losing his limbs by providing assistance in obtaining a referral for hospitalization and assistance in undergoing a military medical examination.
A rare photo of a white-tailed eagle, the largest raptor in the region, was taken in the Chornobyl reserve in Kyiv Oblast.
Taras Kremin, the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, met with Kateryna Zabotkina, a sign language interpreter from the Eurovision Song Contest, to discuss ensuring access to information and services in Ukrainian sign language for people with hearing impairments.
British intelligence reports that raising the age limit for contract soldiers in Russia to 70 will not significantly increase its combat capabilities.