Ukraine

Today, the national team of Ukraine will play a friendly match against Moldova at the Zimbru Stadium in Chisinau. Ukraine ranks 22nd, while Moldova ranks 153rd in the latest FIFA ranking.

If we want to preserve our state, we must protect it, Zelensky says, emphasizing the need to receive a full range of weapons from international partners to counter Russian aggression and mobilize enough soldiers to liberate the occupied territories.

Zelensky said that at the meeting with Scholz, they talked about what we can do in the coming months and over the next few years to provide Ukraine with sufficient energy generation. Also about Ukraine's European integration – about expectations from this June.

According to the NATO Secretary General, the eastern flank summit in Latvia will discuss ensuring stronger and more reliable support for Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is confident that only after limiting Russia's ability to terrorize its neighbors can real peace be achieved.

Zelensky stressed the importance of preventing pro-Russian populist slogans in the European Parliament elections, as they pose a danger to Ukraine and EU countries.

Russia has destroyed all thermal power plants and all generating capacities in Kharkiv, and the city does not have a single kilowatt of its own generation.

Over the past two years, Irpen, one of the most affected cities in the Kiev region, has implemented more than 200 successful restoration projects, making it a leader in reconstruction in Ukraine.

Ukraine, together with partners and donors, is launching the Skills Alliance initiative, which aims to train more than 180,000 workers in over the next 3 years.

In the Kyiv region, an underground shop for the production of cigarettes was exposed.

The World Bank's Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, said that within the framework of the PEACE project, we managed to attract 42 billion dollars, of which we have already transferred more than 38 billion dollars to Ukraine in tranches.

In the first quarter of 2024, Ukrainians made 1. 8 billion non-cash transactions in the amount of UAH 961 billion using payment cards, and most transactions took place in retail chains and during transfers from card to card.

The EU has signed the first guarantee agreements worth 1. 4 billion euros under the Ukraine Facility program, launching its investment component Ukraine Investment Framework to accelerate Ukraine's recovery, especially in the energy sector.

According to President Zelensky, the global recovery of Ukraine will take place after the end of the war.

Ukraine needs investments in the amount of 1 12-13 billion right now for rapid economic growth, and not after the end of the war.

Deputy Minister of culture Anastasia Bondar notes that this is a historic event for Ukraine and an important step in the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Ukraine and Germany signed a declaration on strengthening cooperation in the field of entrepreneurship support.

The European Commission has proposed extending temporary protection until March 2026 for people fleeing Russian aggression against Ukraine.

The Development Bank of the Council of Europe will provide Ukraine with a loan of 100 million euros for the program "Nome. Compensation for destroyed housing" is aimed at supporting citizens affected by the full-scale war.

The United States wants to allocate 8 824 million to support Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure.

Judge of the Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv Vitaliy Tsiktich filed complaints to the High Council of justice and the prosecutor general's office about the pressure and illegal interference of MP Daniil Getmantsev in the trial related to illegal tobacco production.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has called for an end to dependence on Russian oil in response to Russia's missile strikes on Ukraine's energy system.

Italy plans to provide Ukraine with a new package of assistance in the amount of 140 million euros.

In Kharkiv, an 8-year-old boy drowned at the Petrikovsky reservoir. Divers found the body of the deceased child 30 meters from the shore.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba outlined five steps for Ukraine's recovery: providing air defense systems, attracting investment, receiving macro-financial assistance, Ukraine's membership in the EU, and using frozen Russian assets to force Russia to pay for the recovery.

Ukraine has a clear plan to build up to 1 GW of gas generating capacity this year and another 4 GW over the next few years.

36-year-old IRGC artist and stylist Artur Snitkus died defending Ukraine from Russian aggression while performing a combat mission in the Donetsk region.

How Ukrainian refugees are looking for work in Moldova.

An attack on the European Union is likely, said Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who warned that the danger is greater than some people think.

Director of KNIISE Alexander Ruvin noted that a significant part of the forensic expert activity of Naraz is aimed at studying the facts of Russian aggression against Ukraine and the conclusions of Ukrainian experts become the basis for the formation of an evidence base for future international trials.