Society & Culture

Border guards from the Luhansk Detachment took part in the special project "On the Frontier", with their photos being published in Playboy Ukraine. This was reported by the border guard agency’s press service, Ukrinform saw. The project includes 14 stories of service members from the Revenge Brigade. "Our borders are protected by men and women from all over the country, of different ages and professions. We had the honor to talk with some of them – courageous soldiers from the 3rd Border Detachment named after the Hero of Ukraine Colonel Yevheniy Pikus (Luhansk Border Detachment Brigade Revenge). During the interview,…

Americans express their gratitude and support for the Ukrainian people in their struggle against the Russian aggressor. This was stated by Mykyta Poturaiev, a member of parliament and head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, who is also the vice president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, in a comment to Ukrinform. "When people learn that we (observers from Ukraine at the election - ed.) are from Ukraine, we hear warm words of support, we see very touching reactions; they start hugging us, shaking our hands, and saying how brave we are," he said. Read also: U.S.…

Many museums in Ukraine are now changing and expanding their exhibitions in response to Russian aggression to counter Russian and Soviet narratives. Anastasia Bondar, Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications, said this in a commentary to an Ukrinform correspondent at a Warsaw conference on decolonizing museum practices and defining the role of museums in the restoration of Ukraine. “We realize that we are now facing a huge challenge to change the narratives that have been imposed on museums for years over the previous 70 or 100 years,” Bondar emphasized. According to her, given Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, many…

Sweden has handed over two aid packages totaling almost EUR 9 million to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Swedish Minister for Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin said this at a briefing following a meeting with Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “I am very pleased to announce the provision of two packages of civilian assistance. We are transferring aid worth about 9 million euros. First, the Swedish Coast Guard will transfer two vessels along with various equipment to strengthen maritime security,” he said. The second aid package will include the transfer of about 40,000…

The Canadian Armed Forces showed how they train Ukrainian defenders to provide tactical combat casualty care. According to Ukrinform, this is said in a post on the X account of Canada's military training mission UNIFIER. “Combat medicine training is provided at three of OpUNIFIER’s training elements. Here’s a look at some of the medical training that takes place at the United Kingdom Training Element during the basic training course for Ukrainian warriors,” the post reads. Навчання з бойової медицини проводяться у трьох навчальних підрозділах #ОпЮНІФАЄР. Ось деякі з медичних тренувань, які проходять у навчальному підрозділі у Великій Британії під час…

By 2025, the Ukrainian Defense Forces are planning to conduct 70 three-day psychological rehabilitation training courses for personnel involved in combat operations. This is said in a post on the Facebook page of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. In October 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a new phase of the project on psychological rehabilitation and restoration of psychological resilience of the Defense Forces, which is being implemented with the support of the NATO human-centered approach program as part of the Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine. The project activities in the troops are…

At a meeting with the soldiers of the engineering troops, President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated them on their professional holiday and awarded them with state awards. That is according to the president’s press service, Ukrinform reports. [embedded content] “You are doing one of the most crucial tasks in this war - preparing the battlefield and positions for our troops. Your efforts are ensuring the reliability of our defense and the success of our active operations. Ukraine needs your professionalism and courage,” Zelensky said. Read also: Canada sends NASAMS air defense system to Ukraine - Zelensky He called for a minute of…

Soldiers from the Artan and Shaman special forces units within the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (GUR), who had been wounded in action on the battlefields of the Russo-Ukrainian war, took part in the U.S. Marine Corps Marathon.

According to data from the Office of the Prosecutor General, as many as 57 Ukrainian journalists were killed in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, including eight international journalists. This was reported by Oleksii Boniuk, Head of the Department of Criminal Law Policy and Investment Protection at the Prosecutor General's Office, during a briefing, as reported by an Ukrinform correspondent. "The specialized department established within the Prosecutor General's Office is responsible for the procedural guidance of investigations into war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, and it handles all cases related to journalists. All of these cases are being thoroughly examined.…

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has called on veterans, who now number nearly one million, to participate in the reform of the provision system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, Umerov announced this on Facebook. "Today, nearly one million veterans live in Ukraine, returning to civilian life after defending our nation. People with invaluable combat experience who were also professionals in civilian life. We invite them to join in reforming the provision system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Non-Lethal Defense Acquisition Agency (DOT) welcomes veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war who are eager to apply their…