Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, has delivered a sobering message to Ukraine’s international partners: the time for hesitation is over. In a statement posted to X, Svyrydenko called for urgent enforcement of the consequences promised to Russia, as civilian deaths mount under an intensifying wave of missile and drone attacks.
Today is Kyiv Day. And once again, the city greets the occasion not in peacetime finery, but under the long shadow of war. Air raid sirens still interrupt the morning, the night is not always quiet, and the metro shelters more than passengers. Yet Kyiv endures. Founded in the year 482, Kyiv is not merely old. It is ancient, in the way only cities shaped by rivers and blood can be. It did not rise with Russia, but long before it.
In Kyiv’s 1500 year history, invaders have come and gone Read Post »
For the second consecutive night, Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone assault on Ukrainian cities, killing at least 13 civilians and injuring over 50. The coordinated overnight attack targeted multiple regions with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and Shahed drones, in what Ukrainian officials described as a deliberate campaign to terrorize the civilian population.
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KYIV — Russia launched a six-hour overnight assault on Ukraine’s capital, targeting multiple residential districts with ballistic missiles and Shahed drones. The attack, which began late on Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday, caused fires, injuries, and widespread structural damage. Ukrainian officials say the strikes once again demonstrate that Russia is now directing its war efforts primarily at the civilian population.
Russians bombard Kyiv’s civilian population in relentless seven hour attack Read Post »
In a significant breakthrough, Ukraine has secured the return of 390 individuals from Russian captivity—270 military personnel and 120 civilians. This large-scale exchange marks one of the most substantial in recent months and underscores Ukraine’s continued efforts to bring every one of its citizens home. This is the first stage of the largest exchange during the war, — 1,000 for 1,000!
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Nine more Ukrainian children have been successfully returned from Russian-occupied territories, the Office of the President of Ukraine confirmed on May 22. The children had been unlawfully held in occupied regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts—areas currently under partial Russian military control.
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In today’s early hours, Ukrainian forces carried out a high-precision drone strike against a strategic military-industrial target deep inside Russian territory— the Bolkhov Semiconductor Device Plant (JSC “BZPP”) in Oryol Oblast. The Bolkhov plant is a key component of Russia’s defense electronics sector. It specializes in the production of microchips, semiconductors, microassemblies, indicators, and so-called “eternal batteries” used in radio-electronic systems.
Ukrainian Drone Strike Hits Russian Plant Critical to Military Industry Read Post »
Donald Trump’s latest call with Vladimir Putin has sparked outrage across Europe, as leaders were left blindsided— and deeply concerned— by what they see as another diplomatic failure by the former U.S. president. After a two-hour conversation with the Russian dictator on Monday, Trump abruptly announced that the responsibility for negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine would now fall to Kyiv and Europe. The reaction from European officials was swift and incredulous.
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