Society & Culture

The leadership of the National Police and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko attended a demonstration of demining equipment organized by the Howard Buffett Foundation. This was reported by the press service of the National Police, Ukrinform reports. The event was attended by the head of the National Police Ivan Vyhivskyi, his deputy Andriy Nebytov, as well as representatives of The HALO Trust, who have been helping to demine Ukraine since 2015. Read also: Lithuania sends demining equipment to Ukraine As noted, the demonstrated equipment is controlled remotely by the operator, moving along specified lines and…

Ukraine is grateful to the community in Canada for its continued help and support amid the Russian war of aggression. According to an Ukrinform correspondent, this was stated by the wife of the President of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, addressing the participants of the Ukrainian Festival in Toronto. “Dear residents of Toronto, Canadians! I thank each and every one of you for what you do, and most importantly, for your wisdom, for what you understand: Ukraine is now defending not only itself, but also the global rules of coexistence, security and justice as values of the normal world. If we stand,…

More than 3.7 million first residence permits were issued in the EU to non-EU citizens in 2023, a 4.7% increase compared with 2022, and the highest number recorded to date.  That’s according to Eurostat, Ukrinform reports. In 2023, the highest number of first residence permits was issued to citizens of Ukraine (307,313), followed by Belarus (281,279) and India (207,966). When looking at the top 10 countries of citizenship of those granted residence permits, employment was the most frequent reason for nationals of Ukraine (71.7%), Belarus (52.3%), India (45.2%) and Türkiye (31.8%). Other reasons, including international protection, dominated for citizens of…

Thirty-one Azovstal defenders are among the 103 Ukrainians released from Russian captivity on September 14. That is according to Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Ukrinform reports. All those released today are men, including 82 soldiers and sergeants and 21 officers. The freed servicemen took part in the defense against the Russian invaders of Mariupol - 69 people (including 31 Azovstal defenders), Donetsk, Luhansk regions, as well as the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Kharkiv and Kyiv sectors. Among them are also two guards of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Among those released are 38 National Guards soldiers. It…

Ukraine's SBU State Security Service has released an exclusive video of the release of 103 Ukrainians from Russian captivity, which took place on Saturday, September 14. A respective video was posted on the SBU website, Ukrinform reports. [embedded content] "This is the result of the work of the Joint Center for the Coordination of the Search and Release of Prisoners of War, which implemented the decision of the Coordination Headquarters on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. The life of every Ukrainian is the highest value! We are working to fulfill the instructions of the President of Ukraine and return…

American actor Michael Douglas visited the Iron Land children's space at the Central Railway Station in Kyiv on September 13. Ukraine's state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Tonight (September 13), you could see the actor walking through the country's main railway station, talking to passengers and sharing his impressions of our railway," the post reads. In particular, Douglas talked to children at Iron Land. The Ukrzaliznytsia team prepared a unique pin for the actor in the form of a blue and yellow train window. Douglas said that he had dreamed of having a symbol of Ukraine…

Of the 103 Ukrainians who were returned from Russian captivity on September 14, 38 were National Guardsmen, eight border guards, four police officers and a rescuer. According to Ukrinform, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko reported this in Telegram. According to him, there are 103 more heroes at home, including 51 from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “38 guardsmen, 8 border guards, 4 police officers and a rescuer. Now our defenders are safe and will soon hug their families,” said Klymenko. Most of them are defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal. There are also those who defended the…

As of today, 219 Crimean political prisoners remain in Russian prisons. Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said this on Ukrainian television, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “According to our data, there are 219 Crimean political prisoners. We have a separate brief that we have developed together with our colleagues, the Permanent Mission of the President of Ukraine in Crimea. We use these materials to draw attention to the illegal detention of citizens on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea,” the Ombudsman said. Read also: Umerov: Crimea is key battlefield for Ukraine's freedom At the same time, he stated…

In Sumy region, Russian shelling of a power plant damaged equipment and shelters, killing a driver and hospitalizing seven other workers with injuries. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. Over the past day, power companies restored power to 22,912 consumers who were cut off as a result of hostilities and technological disruptions. In total, 572 settlements remain without power supply as of this morning due to hostilities and technical disruptions. According to the Ministry of Energy, civilian energy infrastructure in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy and Chernihiv regions came under enemy fire. In Sumy region,…

Over the last day, 900 people, including 217 children, were evacuated from the front line in Donetsk region. According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Facebook by the head of the Donetsk Military District Administration Vadym Filashkin. “In just one day, Russians fired 23 times at the settlements of Donetsk region. 900 people were evacuated from the front line, including 217 children,” Filashkin wrote. It is noted that a person died in Bohoyavlenka, Volnovakha district. As for the situation in Pokrovsk district, a person was wounded in Kurakhove, two high-rise buildings and two educational institutions were damaged in Hirnyk, and…