Finland joins PURL with a €100 million pledge and sends a €52 million defense package after Orpo’s meeting with Zelenskyy. The partners will buy missiles, drones, and shells via SAFE, repair energy assets, and speed up shelter construction across Ukraine before winter.
Russian full-scale war has triggered a dramatic Ukrainian language shift, as families abandon Russian at home while optimism, hard-earned unity and detailed plans for rebuilding a secure, European future grow under fire and relentless daily pressure.
United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave a highly public show of support for Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. UK Minister Starmer embraced Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street in London during a meeting.
European leaders rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after United States President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office in Washington, DC.
Russia has forcibly conscripted thousands of Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine, surpassing its 2024 mobilization plan by 104%, as Moscow seeks to minimize its current war costs by having Ukrainians fight against their own people.
Peace talks this week between Russia and the US aimed at ending three years of war in Ukraine have not impressed front-line Ukrainian troops, who see no quick end to the fighting if Kyiv is left out of the negotiations. Front-line troops say they are determined to fight on.
An estimated 6.3 million individuals worldwide will die of HIV/AIDS by 2029, and the infection will spread to millions more if the US permanently halts the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Ukraine has the 2nd-highest number of HIV cases in Europe.
Ukraine’s independent media, including small regional outlets, investigative websites, and online platforms, have been reeling since the USAID announcement, with some warning they may be just weeks away from staff cuts or a complete shutdown.
The occupying administration closed an Islamic school in the Simferopol District of Crimea. Crimean Tatars, the Indigenous people of Ukraine, are systematically targeted for repression, as they are historically perceived as disloyal to Moscow and Russia.
Embarking on a festive journey, one Christmas carol that resonates globally is the timeless “Carol of the Bells,” which owes its origins to the cultural richness of Ukraine and the traditional New Year’s song “Shchedryk.” Let’s explore the Ukrainian contribution to Christmas.
Four servals, which zoo activists took out of the Russian-occupied city of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region last year and transferred to KyivZoo, underwent treatment, rehabilitation and socialization. This was reported by the Kyiv Zoo.
The Ukrainian documentaries “The Porcelain War” and “Once Upon a Time in Ukraine” have been shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards.
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