Society & Culture

Canadian philanthropist and founder of the Temerty Foundation, James Temerty, held talks with Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), to discuss new projects aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s defense intelligence. Ukrinform reports this, citing a Facebook post by the DIU. The DIU noted that Temerty is among the most influential philanthropists in the world. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he has launched a number of large-scale projects supporting Ukraine, including assistance for educational programs, hospitals, critical infrastructure, and the reconstruction of destroyed communities. Budanov met with Temerty, his wife and head of the…

Leader of Ukraine’s canoe and kayak team, Liudmyla Luzan, secured a “golden” double in a single day at the 2025 ICF World Championships in Milan. Luzan won the women’s C1 (canoe single) 500m event with a time of 2 minutes 01.27 seconds, Ukrinform reports. In the C2 (canoe double) event, Luzan and Irina Fedoriv became world champions for the second time, adding today’s 200m gold to their previous 500m victory. The winning time for their crew was 41.87 seconds. With these victories, Luzan’s collection now includes seven world championship gold medals, three of which she won at Milan 2025. Photo:…

Ukraine’s Mission to the European Union marked Ukraine’s National Flag Day in Brussels with the traditional unfurling of a 30-meter Ukrainian flag in front of the European Parliament. The Mission’s press service reported this on Facebook, according to a Ukrinform correspondent. The ceremony was opened by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the EU Vsevolod Chentsov followed by remarks from Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space, and Sergey Lagodinsky, Chair of the Euronest Delegation of the European Parliament. Also in attendance was Alessandro Chiocchetti, Secretary-General of the European Parliament. Speaking to those gathered, Ambassador Chentsov stressed: “What we hold here today…

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia was decorated with the flags of Ukraine and illuminated in blue and yellow on the occasion of the National Flag Day and the Independence Day of Ukraine. This was reported by the Latvian Foreign Ministry on the social network X, Ukrinform reports. "In honour of Ukraine's National Flag Day on 23 August and Ukraine’s Independence Day on 24 August, Ukrainian flags will fly in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and its facade will be illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. We wish our friends in Ukraine…

The Ukrainian Flag was solemnly raised near the Kyiv City Hall. According to Ukrinform, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klytschko announced this in Telegram. The ceremony was attended by military personnel, deputies of the Kyiv City Council, and representatives of the capital community. As the Mayor of Kyiv emphasized, "Ukraine continues to fight for its independence. Our flag is a symbol of statehood, our strength. This is an amulet with which Ukrainian soldiers go into battle. We solemnly raise the national flag in honor of our defenders, in honor of the resilience of Ukrainians. With the flag, we pay tribute to the…

The Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the European Commission headquarters in honor of Ukraine’s National Flag Day. The European Commission’s press service reported this on the social network X, according to Ukrinform’s own correspondent. “Courage. Resilience. Freedom. Ukraine’s flag carries them all. On Ukraine’s Flag Day, it proudly stands before our Brussels headquarters,” the message reads. The European Commission emphasizes that this gesture is a sign that “ Europe is united on Ukraine's side for a just and lasting peace. Today and every day”. “Ми з вами. We are with you,” the message said in Ukrainian. On August 23,…

Ukraine's struggle is a dramatic poem without an ending — every generation writes a new stanza To mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Ukrinform presents a photographic chronicle of the nation's unbroken fight for freedom — from the 1990s to today's fiery days. The agency's archival photos capture three decades of vivid documentary evidence. They show the nation's transformation: from posters at anti-Soviet rallies to the roar of a howitzer speaking on behalf of all Ukrainians in the war with Russia. From the "Revolution on Granite," when students protested on the cold stones of the Maidan, to the "Revolution on Cardboard," which…

On Saturday, August 23, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day. According to Ukrinform, the holiday was established “to honor the centuries-old history of Ukrainian state-building, the state symbols of independent Ukraine, and to foster citizens’ respect for the state symbols of Ukraine,” pursuant to the Presidential Decree of August 23, 2004. In 2009, amendments to this decree introduced the annual official flag-raising ceremony held across Ukraine on August 23. The blue-and-yellow colors of the flag have at least a millennium of history, dating back to the Kyivan Rus and the Galicia-Volhynia Principality. During the wave of European revolutions in 1848, known…

As of now, 2,167 children still need to be evacuated from the Donetsk region, and 263 children from the Synelnykove district in the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was announced during a briefing at Ukrinform by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Oleksii Serhieiev. “Just in the past 24 hours, 3,649 people were evacuated from the Donetsk region with the help of National Police officers, including 137 children. There are still 2,167 children to be evacuated from the Donetsk region and 263 from the Synelnykove district in the Dnipropetrovsk region,” he said. Serhieiev noted that since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the…

Today, evacuation measures are continuing in a number of frontline regions, most notably in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk. The total number of people requiring evacuation is almost 1,100,000, of whom 84,000 are children and 16,000 are citizens with reduced mobility. This was announced during a briefing at Ukrinform by Oleksii Riabykin, Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine. "If we talk about the total need for evacuation, it is almost 1,100,000 people. Of these, 84,000 are children and 16,000 are citizens with limited mobility. We need to evacuate 237,000 people directly from the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. As of…