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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is launching the portal “MIA: Your Support” for veterans, wounded military personnel, those released from captivity, and their families. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is noted that the portal “MIA: Your Support” is a single information resource created to provide access to information about the full list of services available to veterans, wounded military personnel, and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system, those released from captivity, and their families. [embedded content] "The portal contains comprehensive information and functionality aimed at meeting a wide range…

On July 27, the Lviv region bid farewell to Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Ruschyshyn, who died in a car accident. This was reported on Telegram by the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, according to Ukrinform. “Honest, courageous, dignified. It is still hard to believe that he left us so prematurely. Lviv region bids farewell to Yaroslav Ruschyshyn. May his memory live forever,” he wrote. Yaroslav Rushchyshyn was born in Lviv in 1967. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation from the Holos party (secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development),…

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Oleksandr Usyk on his victory, as he defended his title of undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a bout against Britain’s Daniel Dubois. The President shared his congratulations on Telegram. “Oleksandr Usyk has done it again! An undisputed champion. A legend. One of our own,” he wrote. The President expressed gratitude to the boxer for the strength and inspiration he brings to the entire country with every one of his victories. “Thank you for stepping into each fight with Ukraine in your heart. Congratulations on the win — to you, to our country,…

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 15 KOs) remains the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Usyk, who holds the WBO, WBA, WBC, and IBO titles, defeated Britain's IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (23-3, 21 KOs) in a rematch, according to Ukrinform. The bout took place at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, and ended with a knockout in the fifth round. In August 2023, Usyk knocked out Dubois in the ninth round, successfully defending his undisputed title. In December 2024, Usyk also defeated Britain's Tyson Fury for the second time in a 12-round match by judges' decision. Photo: facebook.com/Alexanderusyk

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.