Society & Culture

Since 2014, Russia has been allocating at least one billion euros annually to develop its media infrastructure worldwide. However, Ukrainian society can build "immunity" against Russian information-psychological operations (IPSO) under certain conditions. This was stated by chief specialist of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Command, Taras Dziuba, in an interview with Ukrinform. "Looking back at February 2022, the Russians didn't even consider us as objects of such IPSOs. Their efforts were aimed solely at the global community. That was their mistake, and Ukraine, or rather the Ukrainian community, took full advantage of it. In the first six…

Russia is conducting an information-psychological operation to disrupt mobilization in Ukraine. The enemy has managed to demonize the image of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers (TRC), creating a "boogeyman" to scare Ukrainians. This opinion was expressed by Colonel Taras Dziuba, chief specialist of the Communications Department of the AFU Ground Forces Command, in an interview with Ukrinform. "This IPSO (information-psychological special operation) can be conditionally called the 'draft-dodger' information campaign. Russians have managed to demonize the image of the TRC and create a 'boogeyman' for Ukrainians. The Russian Federation has used the assessment of the socio-political situation, fatigue…

On Tuesday, the Ukrainian national team won 16 medals in winter sports at the Invictus Games in Canada. According to an Ukrinform correspondent, Ukrainian competitors won prizes in four of the five adaptive sports on Tuesday. In alpine skiing, Ukraine won three medals, including two silver and one gold. In cross-country skiing, the Ukrainian team achieved remarkable success by securing two gold, two silver, and one bronze medals. Ukraine also received two medals in snowboarding: one gold and one bronze. Ukrainian athletes won two more gold, two bronze and one silver medal in biathlon. Finally, at the end of a…

The seventh Invictus Games have begun in Vancouver, Canada, with Team Ukraine participating for the fourth time. On the first day of competition, the Ukrainian team achieved success in the wheelchair basketball tournament, Ukrinform reports. In their opening match, Ukraine defeated Colombia 12-6. Next, Ukraine will face Afghanistan in Group C. As previously reported by Ukrinform, Ukrainian athletes will compete in 11 sports, including swimming, indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, basketball, and wheelchair rugby. For the first time, the Games have introduced a winter hybrid adaptive program, featuring alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, cross-country skiing, skeleton, and wheelchair curling. The Invictus Games…

Mariia Aniichyn and Bohdan Nikulin will become the flag bearers of the national team of Ukraine at the opening of the XVII Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Bakuriani, Georgia. According to the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC), the official opening ceremony will begin today, February 9, at 17.00 Kyiv time, Ukrinform reports. The best young athletes in Europe aged 14 to 18 will compete in three Georgian cities - Tbilisi, Batumi, and Bakuriani. Read also: Yaroslava Mahuchikh named best athlete in Europe for 2024 Over the course of 8 days, 48 Ukrainian young…

The Women's Tennis Organization tournament with a prize pool of more than USD 3.654 million will be held in Doha, Qatar, on February 9-15. Marta Kostyuk, Elina Svitolina, Angelina Kalinina, and Diana Yastremska will compete in the singles, Ukrinform reports. Kostyuk will start the tournament against Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey), Svitolina will face Czech Marketa Vondroushova, Kalinina will meet Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova, and Yastremska will play against American Peyton Stearns. In the doubles, Lyudmyla Kichenok will play the tournament with a new partner, American Sophia Kenin. The tennis players received the fourth seed and will start the competition in the second…

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