Society & Culture

A farewell ceremony for Ukrinform journalist Tetiana Kulyk and her husband, oncologist-surgeon Pavlo Ivanchov, who were killed on February 26 in a Russian drone attack, was held at the Bohomolets National Medical University in Kyiv. According to Ukrinform, the ceremony was attended by Ukrinform Director Serhii Cherevatyi, Bohomolets University Rector Yurii Kuchyn, colleagues, friends, journalists, doctors, scientists, and students. "Russian criminals wanted to kill our faith, but thanks to the memory of people like Pavlo Vasyliovych and Tetiana Mykolaivna, they will never succeed. They continue to live in their students, in their ideas and achievements, in our hearts and memories.…

On Saturday, an exhibition of works by a Kharkiv artist Nika Kozhushko, who was killed at the age of 18 during a Russian airstrike last August, opened in the Icelandic city of Akureyri. This was reported to Ukrinform by the organizer of the event, Nika's friend Kateryna Ilchenko, a Kyiv resident who has lived and worked in Akureyri since the start of the big war. "This idea came to my mind right after I saw Nika's last video, with which she wanted to start her new thing, a joint project with journalists from Czechia about artists killed by Russia," Ilchenko…

In the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk region, Russian invaders have recruited almost 60,000 children into youth organizations that are practically preparing the younger generation for the future war. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance, Ukrinform saw. “The Kremlin is ‘reforging almost 60,000 children in the temporarily occupied areas of Luhansk region in the ranks of the ‘YouthArmy’ and ‘Pioneers’ Movement’… They hammer into children’s minds that Ukraine is their enemy, and that they are ‘Russian’. They are told that being a Kremlin soldier is not just a norm, but also an honor. They are being prepared…

Russian propaganda has deeply infiltrated Italy, particularly through soft power tools such as culture and historical distortion. As a result, older generations of Italians generally do not see Russia as a direct security threat to their country. This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by Svitlana Tereshchenko, an Italian activist of Ukrainian origin who promotes Ukrainian culture in Italy through educational events. When asked whether Italians perceive Russia as a threat, she replied: "It seems that most do not. They don’t feel it. But if you think about it, there are also many Russians in Italy. What if, one…

High technologies can become the basis for forming a new international image of Ukraine in contrast to the traditional perception of Ukraine as a state focused mainly on agriculture. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Ukrinform by Italian activist of Ukrainian origin Svitlana Tereshchenko, who spoke about the need to form a new national idea. "Our problem is that we seem to have not yet formed our own national idea. In my opinion, high technologies can become our new national idea. That is, everyone knows that Ukraine is the traditional breadbasket of Europe, but now let them start…

The Ukrainian Canadian Community has strongly condemned the outrageous verbal attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky by U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. As reported by a Ukrinform correspondent, this statement was made by Alexandra Chyczij, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC). “The shameful attack by Trump and Vance on President Zelenskyy was one of the most disgraceful things we have ever witnessed from a US Administration. To berate the leader of a country fighting for its life against Russia’s genocidal war is an act of perfidy and dishonesty that is a stain on the United States,”…

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Saturday in the heart of New York City at Times Square to express support for Ukraine and protest against the U.S. administration's policies regarding Russia's war. According to a Ukrinform correspondent in New York, participants carried blue-and-yellow flags and held signs condemning President Donald Trump and his administration. Protests were held in multiple cities across the United States that day. According to The Guardian, demonstrators in Los Angeles, waving Ukrainian flags, staged a protest in front of the SpaceX headquarters. Meanwhile, protesters in Boston held an “emergency rally” for “fair peace” for Ukraine at Boston…

American journalists have calculated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly thanked U.S. leaders and the American people at least 33 times for their support of Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion. CNN journalists published a fact-check following criticisms from U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during a meeting with the Ukrainian leader on February 28, Ukrinform reports. During a remarkably combative Oval Office meeting on Friday, both Trump and Vance told Zelensky that he was insufficiently thankful. "You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards," Trump said, adding a bit later, "You gotta…

American actors Pedro Pascal and Misha Collins, along with historian and writer Timothy Snyder, have expressed their support for Ukraine following President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on February 28. According to Ukrinform, their statements were shared on social media. "Game of Thrones" star Pedro Pascal posted several Instagram stories in support of Ukraine and Zelensky. "Courage has a name – Ukraine," he wrote. He also shared two photos of Zelensky, calling him a leader and urging people to "stay on the right side of history." Meanwhile, American actor and United24 fundraising ambassador Misha Collins, who visited…

Several dozen volunteer fighters, Ukrainian citizens living abroad, signed contracts with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Lublin on Friday, February 28. Among them are Ukrainians residing in the United States, Canada, Estonia, Norway, and Germany, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. Oleh Kuts, Ukraine's Consul General in Lublin, said the signing of contracts by the third group of volunteer fighters demonstrates that "the project is operational, stable, and continues to generate significant interest." "We are now receiving applications from women and young people. Interest is coming from all over the world, as this group includes Ukrainians from the U.S., Canada, Estonia,…