Society & Culture

The Council of Europe anticipates up to 6 million claims to the Damage Register from Ukrainians affected by Russian aggression. This was announced by Member of Parliament and head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Maria Mezentseva-Fedorenko, in a program hosted by Ihor Dolhov on Ukrinform’s YouTube channel. “It’s important that accountability for aggression is now directly and practically linked to something every Ukrainian can do on their phone today. Applications for compensation in nine categories — covering both material and non-material losses — can be submitted through the Diia app,” Mezentseva…

The Cabinet of Ministers has revised the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Environment in Ukraine, extending its timeline to 2030, and approved the Action Plan for 2025–2026 to ensure its implementation. The Ministry of Communities and Territories Development published this information on its website, according to Ukrinform. Both documents have officially come into effect, outlining a comprehensive strategy for achieving barrier-free access across all areas of public life. Read also: Barrier-free space for war veterans: MoD reconstructs 10 hospitals The updated National Strategy outlines 22 strategic goals within six key areas of barrier-free accessibility: physical, digital, informational, social and…

Law enforcement authorities are investigating whether the suicide of a cadet from the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, which occurred on April 19 at the Chernivtsi Border Detachment, is connected to a similar incident in Khmelnytskyi on April 17. This was reported to Ukrinform by Yuliia Shevchenko, Spokesperson for the Specialized Defense Prosecutor's Office of the Western Region. "A criminal case has been opened regarding the death of the cadet from the National Border Guard Academy in Bukovyna, under Part 1, Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, with the classification of ‘suicide’. The…

Since the beginning of the year, 33 terrorist attacks have been recorded in Ukraine, 16 of which the National Police, together with the SSU, managed to prevent. Deputy Head of the National Police Andriy Nebytov said this on television, Ukrinform reports. “Unfortunately, we can record that the Russian Federation is conducting systematic work on sabotage activities throughout Ukraine. None of the regions of Ukraine can be excluded, and therefore it is very dangerous. Since the beginning of this year, 33 terrorist acts have been recorded on the territory of Ukraine. The National Police, together with the Security Service of Ukraine,…

On April 22, a new underground school was opened in Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, designed to accommodate up to 1,000 students. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced the opening to journalists, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "This school is designed for nearly 1,000 students. As of today, 808 children are already enrolled. I want to say that the demand is enormous -- every day, parents call and come in, eager to enroll their children. It was very important for us to open this school in the city center," the mayor said. The construction cost the city budget approximately UAH 107 million. The…

An 18-year-old orphan has been rescued from Russian-occupied territory as part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative. Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, announced this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. According to Yermak, after Russia's full-scale invasion, the city where the young man lived fell under occupation. He lived under the constant threat of being forcibly mobilized into the Russian army and made several unsuccessful attempts to escape on his own. Read also: Sybiha launches campaign for return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia Eventually, he reached Ukrainian-controlled territory with the help of the…

Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has been ongoing beyond three years. At the same time, profound transformations are getting underway in all spheres of public life, including the language policy. Not only the use of the Ukrainian language in the public environment is evolving into a factor of state-building, but also an effective instrument of bolstering information resilience. Although the norms of language legislation have long been established, their practical enforcement often faces challenges. This is especially true for large cities like Kyiv. Ukrinform sat down with Taras Kremin, Commissioner for Protecting the Official Language, to discuss the implementation of…

Russia is increasingly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in its information warfare against Ukraine. Since the beginning of the year, 191 Russian information operations involving AI-generated content have been recorded on social media platforms. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) via Telegram, according to Ukrinform. According to the CCD, these AI-driven operations have reached at least 84.5 million views. Examples include: deepfake – realistic but fake video recordings created by swapping a person’s face or voice; partial deepfake – a real video with an AI-generated voice or digitally inserted scenes that weren’t in the original footage; fake…

The overall postoperative mortality rate among patients at Kharkiv Military Hospital stands at 0.1%, which is considered a relatively low figure. This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by Colonel of the Medical Forces Eduard Khoroshun, Head of the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Northern Region. “The overall postoperative mortality is 0.1%, among all wounded – 1.4%. For context, in the past, a mortality rate of 0.5–1% was considered acceptable even for an appendectomy (surgery for acute appendicitis),” the military surgeon explained. Colonel Khoroshun emphasized that these figures apply specifically to those wounded who reach the hospital in…

A group of Russian activists in Washington, D.C. is planning to hold the first in several years "Immortal Regiment" march on May 3, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the so-called “Great Patriotic War”. This is stated in a pamphlet distributed by the organizers among Russian-speaking groups in the U.S., which was obtained by Ukrinform. According to the announcement, the event will start at 15:30 local time in Lafayette Square, located next to the White House complex. From there, participants are expected to march along Pennsylvania Avenue to the World War II Memorial in central Washington. “We’ll walk…