Society & Culture

On May 16, at 10:00 local time, the hearing in MH17 trial will resume at the Schiphol Judicial Complex in the Netherlands. According to an Ukrinform correspondent, the 13th block of court hearings will take place from May 16 to 18 and from June 8 to 10, 2022. On May 16, the Counsel for the Relatives will speak first to respond to the point concerning the claims for compensation. Next, the prosecution and the lawyers of one of the suspects – Russian Oleg Pulatov – will deliver the reply. As reported, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, en route from Amsterdam to…

The winners of the Eurovision 2022, Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine, decided to set up an auction to sell the award they had received to further donate the money to a charity fund help the military and Ukraine. This was announced during a zoom briefing by the band's leader Oleh Psiuk, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "We plan to put our statuette up for auction and donate all the money to a charity fund that helps the Armed Forces and Ukraine. We are still to select one. See, many people are already donating from abroad, and perhaps many more would like to…

The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine, emphasizes that Ukrainians are currently suffering from irreparable loss of loved ones and separation, that families are living through their darkest days, but reconsidered their values, putting care, love, and support first. The Primate spoke of this in a greeting address on International Family Day, Ukrinform reports. "This year, on the day when the international community celebrates Family Day, Ukrainians are suffering from the irreparable loss of their loved ones, forcible separations, painful emotional wounds and suffering due to the brutal war which the Russian…

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska has congratulated the band, Kalush Orchestra, and all Ukrainians on a victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The relevant statement was made by First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Mrs. Stefania, mother of Oleh Psiuk. Together with you, we are proud of your son. Together with you, we rejoice about Kalush Orchestra’s incredible victory at the Eurovision,” Zelenska wrote. In her words, every such victory, even at the cultural front, is now Ukraine’s victory in the war. According to Zelenska, Stefania was performed by musicians from Poland,…

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of support for the war-ravaged nation. The six-man band that mixes traditional folk melodies and contemporary hip hop in a purposeful defense of Ukrainian culture was the sentimental and bookmakers’ favorite among the 25 bands and performers competing in the grand finale. The public vote from home was decisive in securing their victory. The band’s front man, Oleg Psiuk, took advantage of the enormous global audience to make impassioned plea to free fighters still trapped beneath a sprawling steel plant in…

https://youtu.be/F1fl60ypdLs Ukrainian ethno-folk group Kalush Orchestra after its performance in the final of the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2022" appealed to the whole world to help the defenders of Ukraine in Mariupol. «Save Mariupol, save Azovstal now!"- the soloist of the Group Oleg Psyuk addressed from the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.

The truth about the war in Ukraine is now available in 74 languages thanks to the International Project #MyWar. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Culture and Information Policy Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “From now on, every citizen of any country can monitor the course of the Russian-Ukrainian war personally, receiving truthful information directly from thousands of Ukrainians who became witnesses of tragic but at the same time heroic actions,” the report states. The International Project #MyWar is a ‘Living Diary’ of real stories about the war written by ordinary Ukrainians who were forced to be at…

Ukrainians in Crimea are being drafted into the Russian army and are forced to fight against their homeland. Refusal may lead to detention and imprisonment. Crimean Tatar leaders and Ukrainian activists are arrested and imprisoned on espionage, sabotage, and terrorism charges. "The situation in Crimea is overshadowed by a new wave of active Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Ukrainians in Crimea are drafted into the Russian army and are forced to fight against their homeland. Refusal is punished with detention and imprisonment. They are deprived of the right to own land plots in Crimea, to study in their native language.…

Mobile communication and the Internet are being blocked in the territory of Kherson region temporarily occupied by the Russian invaders. "It is reported that mobile communication and the Internet again disappear in occupied Kherson region. The occupiers deliberately block the opportunity for Kherson residents to find out news and communicate with each other because all their plans, efforts, and "victories" are fake in real media landscape," Serhiy Khlan, a member of the Kherson Regional Council, posted on Facebook. He noted that the Russian invaders could impose their "achievements" only in the information vacuum. According to him, "the Security Service of…