Society & Culture

Situation with Russian attacks on Ukraine (morning of the third day) Office of the President of Ukraine: “We continue to work and I will now briefly explain what is happening in our country. We knew that this night would be difficult, because Russia was supposed to and did use all its reserves in order to cause maximum damage to as many cities as possible. So far, I can tell they have failed – the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the National Police of Ukraine have complete control of the situation and the entire territory of Ukraine. Briefly on the…

Due to the high risk of aviation security for civil aviation from 00.45 utc (2.45 Kyiv time), Ukraine’s Civil-Military Air Traffic Management System took urgent measures to close the airspace of Ukraine for civil airspace users. Ukrinform reports with reference to the website of the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise  (UkSATSE). “Based on the urgent message of the Main Center for the Use of Airspace of Civil Aviation of the Russian Federation, due to the high risk of aviation safety for civil aviation from 00.45 utc (2.45 Kyiv time) of the Joint Civil-Military Air Traffic Management System of Ukraine…

The Kalush Orchestra band will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. According to Ukrinform, Svitlana Ostapa, the head of the supervisory board at the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, announced this on Facebook. "The Kalush Orchestra will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin," Ostapa wrote. Photo: @Artem Galkin

Ukraine has extended the enhanced duty regime for police officers until February 26. Head of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko announced, the press service of the Interior Ministry wrote on Telegram. Klymenko stressed that the active phase of the hybrid war against Ukraine is currently underway. "The police are working as a single mechanism with other law enforcement agencies to counter any attempts to destabilize the situation in the country," Klymenko added. Read also: Monastyrsky: Situation in cities and villages under control As Ukrinform reported, the personnel of the National Police was put on high alert from February…

Adele, who won three of the main awards at the Brit Awards 2022, came to the event in the outfit by Ukrainian designer Marianna Senchina. “So proud to watch Adele gets her Brit Awards 2022 wearing Ukrainian designer Marianna Senchina,” the Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland posted on Twitter. So proud to watch @adele gets her Brit Awards 2022 wearing Ukrainian designer #mariannasenchina(📸: @RAVIEB ) pic.twitter.com/k8DC6GhUYG — Ukraine's Emb. to UK (@UkrEmbLondon) February 9, 2022 Adele won best album for "30", the song of the year for single "Easy On Me", and…

The Crimean Tatar Resource Center has sent a report on Militarization of the Occupied Crimea and Persecution of the Indigenous Crimean Tatar People to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UN Human Rights Council. That’s according to a CRC statement posted on Facebook and seen by Ukrinform. "The CRC provided information on the situation of the militarization of the Russian-occupied Crimea, systematic military exercises, deployment of weapons on the peninsula, illegitimate conscription campaigns, and shaping of a war cult among children," the statement said. Read also: Ukraine does not plan military liberation of Crimea, parts…

Netflix bought the rights to stream Rhino by Oleh Sentsov. "Netflix acquired streaming rights to Rhino," Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov posted on Facebook. As reported, Rhino is the second full-length motion picture by Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. The world premiere took place in the Horizons section of the 78th Venice International Film Festival. In Ukraine, the movie was premiered at the Kyiv Critics' Week in the autumn of 2021. Recently, the film won the Best Picture and the Best Actor awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The movie is based on a true story of the 1990s in…

The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has established the Community Development and Advocacy Fund to support Ukrainian NGOs in the Diaspora. Ukrinform reports this with reference to the UWC website. “Making our communities around the world stronger is one of the UWC’s strategic priorities. Together, we are building Ukrainian institutions, a real Ukrainian world, from cradle to grave. With this newly established fund, the UWC will be able to provide strong support to local community initiatives that advocate for Ukrainian issues and help NGOs in new parts of the world. We’re building communities together,” said UWC President Paul Grod. The Fund…

In 2021, 4.27 million foreigners arrived in Ukraine, which is 26% more than in 2020, Ukrinform reports, referring to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. “The State Border Guard Service summarizes the volume of traffic operations in 2021. We are pointing out the figures that reflect the top ten countries in terms of the number of citizens who entered Ukraine last year,” the report reads. Thus, the largest number of visitors arrived in Ukraine last year from the Republic of Moldova - 1.05 million people (up 13%), the Russian Federation – 518 thousand people (up 33%), and Poland –…