UK Minister Keir Starmer gave a highly public show of support for Volodymyr Zelensky. Starmer embraced Zelenskyy on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street in London. Starmer told Zelenskyy he has “full backing across the United Kingdom” — and that both the British government and the British people stand with Ukraine “for as long as it may...
European leaders rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said: “Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.” In what may prove to be a significant turning point in the tottering post-war Western alliance between Europe and the US, the Europeans pushed back against Washington’s increasing alignment with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Trump’s browbeating of...
Russia has forcibly conscripted thousands of Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories, surpassing its 2024 mobilisation plan by 104%, as Moscow seeks to minimise its war costs by having Ukrainians fight against their own people.
Peace talks this week between Russia and the US aimed at ending 3 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 negotiations. Front-line troops say they are determined to fight on, citing years of bitter sacrifices and the loss of tens of thousands of comrades-in-arms. 20:02 - The US has signalled that it could leave an international effort to prosecute Russia for invading Ukraine. The US has not yet officially withdrawn from the scheme and is expected to attend its next meeting next month in Strasbourg, France. European capitals are now holding talks over a possible collapse of the special tribunal if the US does walk away as feared - The...
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, a fact easily forgotten amid Russia’s ongoing...
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 USAID shutdown has created an opportunity for Russian money to enter the Ukrainian media space, undermining Ukraine’s statehood, democratic values, and pro-Western...
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. These actions by the occupying administration are part of a broader policy of persecution based on religious and ethnic grounds.
Вирушаючи у святкову подорож, однією з різдвяних пісень, яка резонує в усьому світі, є невмируща "Коляда дзвонів", що завдячує своїм походженням культурному багатству України та традиційній новорічній пісні "Щедрик". Розглянемо український внесок у святкування Різдва.
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.
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