Society & Culture

The recruitment center in Lublin, along with Ukraine’s consular offices abroad, does not issue draft notices to Ukrainians residing abroad to join the Ukrainian Legion. Consul General of Ukraine in Lublin, Oleh Kuts, said this in a commentary to an Ukrinform correspondent that a photo of an alleged draft notice, circulating widely in Ukrainian Telegram and Facebook groups in Poland, is a fake created by Russian propaganda. The Ukrainian diplomat revealed that, in late March, a poorly constructed fake was shared via a Telegram channel for Ukrainians in Poland. This fake quickly circulated to other Telegram groups and eventually Facebook.…

In Kyiv, U.S. President Donald Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, met with Mariupol’s Azovstal defenders. That’s according to Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, who reported the news on Facebook, Ukrinform saw. "An important and moving meeting took place at the Central Synagogue of Ukraine! We, together with Pastor Mark Burns, President Trump's spiritual advisor, had the honor to receive the real Heroes, the defenders of Azovstal. Those who held the defense in the darkest days, who became a symbol of the indomitability of the Ukrainian spirit, who were severely wounded but never surrendered," Azman noted. Read also: Trump's…

Currently, human rights activists have confirmed data on 196 court cases being heard the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions against Ukrainian military personnel, in which 267 defendants were registered. This was reported by the Executive Director of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, Tetiana Katrychenko, who spoke at a presentation hosted by Ukrinform. "We can currently say that 94 cases involving military personnel are being heard or have already been completed in Russia, in which there are at least 154 defendants. As for military personnel tried in occupied areas, we are aware of 218 cases and 342 defendants.…

In Ukraine, with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, employers have shown a tremendous hike in the demand for qualified engineers. This was reported by the Rector of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Anatoliy Melnychenko, who spoke in an interview with Ukrinform. "Demand among applicants is one side of the demand for educational programs in our university, and this demand often does not reflect the real needs of the current and future economy. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the demands of the labor market for specialists. With the beginning of a…

Russian occupiers continue the forced deportation of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied Luhansk region to the Russian Federation. The National Resistance Center said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. As many as 39 children from the occupied areas of Rubizhne, Kreminna, Lysychansk, and Svatove have been taken to the Klyazma sanatorium in the Moscow region. The deportation is carried out under the pretense of "rehabilitation" and "recovery”. The occupiers claim to offer a "home-like atmosphere" and "medical examinations," but the National Resistance Center describes this as part of a hybrid genocide. Read also: Police show how Russians…

Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines are not asking the U.S. for money, but pleading for tanks, fighter jets, and air defense capabilities to shoot down Russian drones that are still shelling civilian buildings and killing people. This was stated on X by U.S. President Donald Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, who visited Bucha, Irpin, and Borodianka in Kyiv region on Monday, March 31. "These soldiers on the front lines are not asking for money. They are asking for 1,000 tanks, 300 F-35s, anti-air weapons to shoot down the drones that still fire at civilian buildings, and killing…

Some 52% of Ukrainian students need psychological help of varying degrees of intensity. This was announced by First Lady Olena Zelenska during a meeting with representatives from 30 higher education facilities implementing the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program "How Are You?", Ukrinform reports. "In February, ‘How Are You?’ ran a survey among faculties and students from 29 higher education facilities. Almost every third professor has signs of concealed burnout, 16% have signs of burnout, which manifest themselves through emotional detachment, cynicism, and frustration. Another 18% are prone to avoiding work tasks, procrastination, and loss of motivation. And only 35% believe they…

On the third anniversary of the liberation of Bucha from the Russian invaders, President Volodymyr Zelensky honored the memory of the victims. He announced this in Telegram, Ukrinform reports. “Three years ago, our soldiers liberated Bucha from the Russian invaders. And the world saw what the Russian occupation is. Killed people on the streets. Tortured people. Graves in the yards of ordinary houses. Since then, no one in the world can say that they do not know what Ukraine is defending. Ukraine is fighting for life for its people. For no one to ever do what the Russian occupiers did…