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The European Parliament once again discussed the issue of the return of Ukrainian children deported to Russia whose number can reach from 16,000 to 300,000. "The European Parliament once again discussed the issue of the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported to the territory of the Russian Federation. It was noted that currently their number can reach from 16,000 to 300,000. The MEPs explained this figure by the fact that the Russians started taking out our children back in 2014 – when Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were occupied," the press service of the Ministry of Reintegration…

Modular hospitals will be deployed in the frontline regions of Ukraine in the coming months with the support of the French government. That’s according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, Ukrinform reports. "With the support of the French government, modular hospitals will be deployed in the coming months. This will help ensure health care to patients in regions where active hostilities are ongoing and in the areas that suffered large-scale destructions," the statement reads. In addition, a plan for the reconstruction of destroyed or damaged healthcare facilities in Chernihiv region is being agreed upon. Currently, the mission of the French side,…

Ukrainian and Turkish government officials have discussed support for Ukrainian children evacuated to Turkey, according to a statement posted on the website of the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine. According to the statement, an international Ukrainian-Turkish meeting on this issue was held online. "The Ukrainian side expressed its gratitude to the Turkish people for the comprehensive support of our children. At the same time, the participants in the meeting emphasized that Ukraine strives to proactively participate in all issues related to the protection of the rights of Ukrainian children," the report reads. Since the onset…

This was stated by Mykola Balaban, Deputy Head of the Center for Strategic Communication, during the Black Sea Security Conference organized by the International Crimea Platform in Bucharest on April 13. That's according to Center's press service, Ukrinform reports. In the course of the panel “How Russia’s information warfare operates (on the example of temporarily occupied Crimea) and why it challenges international security system,” Balaban expressed the opinion that the information warfare and the hybrid operation of Russia during the occupation of Crimea in 2014 was a “textbook” example of hybrid warfare. Read also: Trials against pro-Russian propaganda pundits launched…

On April 16, a rally in support of the defenders of Zmiinyi Island, who have been in captivity for more than a year, was held on Sergel Square in the center of Stockholm. That's the community Defenders of Zmiinyi wrote on Facebook and posted a video, Ukrinform reports. "In Ukraine, Easter is one of the main family holidays. On this day, children often visit their parents, and families gather in large groups around the table. But everything has changed. And this is the second Easter that could be called sad. And we are all here today so that the world does…

Ukrainian illustrator Serhiy Maidukov refused to accept the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize on the same day as Russian writer Liudmyla Ulitskaya. That's Serhiy Maidukov said this in a letter to the prize committee, Ukrinform reports, referring to Chitomo. Ulitskaya became the laureate of the prize in 2023. She will receive the prize on June 22, the 125th anniversary of Remarque. According to Susanne Menzel-Riedl, the head of the jury, this year's prize was to be interpreted as a sign of hope for reconciliation.  Read also: Exhibition of Ukrainian avant-garde artists opens at Estonian KUMU museum "The last word should…

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has held the first-ever Easter service in the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

The Russians continue to destroy everything that’s Ukrainian on temporarily seized lands, including Ukrainian literature. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance, Ukrinform saw. "In the best traditions of the Nazis, the enemy is trying to destroy the population’s consciousness in the temporarily occupied lands. Now, 9,500 Ukrainian books were snatched form libraries on the captured lands of Donetsk region. The list of ‘extremist literature’ includes books by Volodymyr Vyatrovich, Vakhtang Kipiani, Oksana Zabuzhko, and the Kapranov brothers," the report reads. As noted, the list of books to be withdrawn is formed by "school faculties," which is yet…

On the International Day of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, a basket of flowers from President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was put at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial in the city of Kyiv. According to the president’s press service, flowers were also laid at the memorial sign to those who died in the Syrets concentration camp and the memorial sign "Memory for the sake of the future" on the territory of the National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Babyn Yar". “Ukraine remembers everyone who was killed and maimed by the Nazi regime during World War II. Just as it remembers…

Russian propaganda pundits in the temporarily occupied Crimea are coming up with new fake stories regarding NATO: while they start to recognize that Ukraine is in fact a valid actor in the international arena, they insist that its armed forces are fighting in the interests of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This was discussed during a press conference "Fakes about NATO in occupied Crimea" hosted by Ukrinform. "What accents does the Russian propaganda machine put in order to discredit both NATO - the Alliance that provides security - and Ukraine along with its Defense Forces? So, the first fake is…