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A total of 1,300 Ukrainian schools have already connected to the Mriia digital education platform, with over 5,000 more having submitted applications. This was announced on Telegram by Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science, and Technology Development – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukrinform reports. “As many as 1,300 schools will start the new academic year with Mriia. Over 5,000 more have applied for connection. In just one year, the educational ecosystem has grown from a pilot in six regions to implementation across 18 – from major cities to frontline communities,” the statement reads. According to Fedorov, during…

The Canadian organization Mriya Aid was established shortly after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Founded by Canadian veterans (including those who served in the UNIFIER and professionals from the fields of management and security, the organization initially sent containers of various aid to Ukraine: drones, night vision devices, tourniquets, and medical kits. Over time, however, Mriya Aid decided to focus on a critical niche: supporting Ukraine’s demining efforts. Ukrinform spoke with Mriya Aid’s leaders, the husband-and-wife team of Lesya Granger and Lubomyr Chabursky, who manage the organization’s efforts for Ukraine from their home in Ottawa. WE DO…

As of June 27, as many as 59 Ukrposhta (Ukrainian post) branches continue to operate in the part of the Donetsk region controlled by Ukrainian authorities — 48 are stationary, and 11 are mobile units operating from vehicles. This was reported via phone to a Ukrinform corrspondent by Maksym Sutkovyi, Director of Ukrposhta for Donetsk region. “Ukrposhta continues to operate in the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk region. Over the past four months, changes have occurred due to the situation on the front line. Currently, we have 48 stationary branches and 11 mobile teams in operation,” said Sutkovyi. He recalled that…

The Ukrainian women's national 3x3 basketball team will play in the 2025 World Championship next week. According to the press service of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation, the matches will take place on June 23-29 in Ulaganbagator (Mongolia), Ukrinform reports. Yuriy Protsiuk's team is in Group D, where they will play alongside Germany and Spain, who played in the 2024 Olympic final, as well as Mongolia and Brazil. On June 24, Ukraine will play Spain and Germany, and on June 26, they will face Brazil and Mongolia. According to the format, the winners of the four groups will advance directly to…

On Friday, June 7, the Ukrainian-Romanian duo Marta Kostyuk - Elena-Gabriela Ruse will play a semifinal match at the Grand Slam series tennis tournament, the French Open (Roland Garros), in Paris. To seal promotion to the doubles final, Kostyuk and Ruse will have to win over the 11th seeded Italian tandem of Sara Errani - Jasmine Paolini, reports Ukrinform. Kostyuk and Ruse will play a Grand Slam semifinal for the second time in their career. Last season, they reached this stage at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Read also: Kalinina loses to world's eighth seed at WTA 1000 tournament in…

About 100 Ukrainian athletes will take part in the 2024 Olympics. This was announced by acting Minister of Youth and Sports Matvey Bidnyi on the air of the United News telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "As of today, about 100 of our athletes will participate in this Olympics," Bidnyi said. He also noted that there is no definitive information yet on whether Russian athletes will participate in the Games. "There is no final answer yet, because the licences that have been allocated are information from international sports federations. But there will be another stage of their verification, which has been…

The Ring magazine has published an updated ranking of the world's best boxers regardless of weight category. The list is headed by Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated British Tyson Fury and became the absolute heavyweight champion, Ukrinform reports. Naoya Inoue from Japan, who recently defended the title of absolute champion in the second lightest weight in a fight with Mexican Luis Neri, took second place. Read also: Usyk beats Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion The third position in The Ring rankings goes to American Terence Crawford, who will have his first fight in the middleweight division against Israil Madrimov…

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk has defeated the UK's Tyson Fury in a 12-round fight to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion. According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian unified the titles and became the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in the era of four main belts. The bout lasted 12 rounds, with Usyk winning by a split decision of 115-112, 113-114, 114-113. The Ukrainian knocked down the Briton in the ninth round. The boxers' contract contains a rematch clause. The rematch is scheduled for October 12-13 in Riyadh. Photo: Getty Images

The English Premier League (EPL) football championship matches continue. "Manchester City defeated Tottenham in London with a score of 2-0, Ukrinform reports. The goals were scored by the Norwegian forward Erling Holland, who scored in the 51st minute of the match and in the 90+1 minute - from the penalty spot. Read also: International Women's Award "Guardian of Humanity" presented in Kyiv In the final round of the Premier League, on 19 May, "Arsenal" of London, the defender of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Zinchenko, will host "Everton" of Liverpool, the Ukrainian Vitaliy Mykolenko, "Manchester City" will face "West Ham",…

Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina has completed her performances at the WTA 1000 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome with a prize pool of USD 5,509,771. In the third-round match, Angelina (WTA No. 31) lost to the eighth-ranked Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-7 (4-7), 0-6, Ukrinform reports. Read also: Ukraine's Yastremska reaches semi-finals of Australian Open The game on the court lasted an hour and 51 minutes. The tournament in the Italian capital will end on 18 May. Photo: btu.org.ua.