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Prince Harry, founder of the Invictus Games, met with Yuliia Paievska, also known as Taira -- a Ukrainian servicewoman, paramedic, and member of Ukraine's Invictus Games team -- during his visit to Ukraine. Paievska announced this on Instagram, according to Ukrinform. "Prince Harry came without pomp, without a motorcade, without theatrics. He simply stood beside us -- as one of us. A person who understands loss. Who knows what it means to serve. And what it means to rise after a fall. I was beyond happy to hug him again -- along with the entire Invictus team. We're all in…

British Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, arrived on a visit to Ukraine and met with victims of the Russian war of aggression at the Superhumans rehabilitation center in Lviv on Thursday. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to the BBC. “Prince Harry visited the Superhumans Center, in the western city of Lviv, where he spoke to patients and staff. He was accompanied by a group from the Invictus Games Foundation, including four veterans who had been through similar rehabilitation,” the statement said. During the visit, Prince Harry met with patients and medical professionals, as well as with the…

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, 162 collections from Ukraine have been moved for restoration and exhibition abroad. Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi said this in an interview with Ukrinform. “Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, 162 collections from Ukraine have been moved for restoration and exhibition abroad. Currently, many Ukrainian collections are being presented in about 15 countries, including Poland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Belgium,” Tochytskyi said. Read also: Volyn tragedy: Minister Tochytskyi details agreements with Poland on exhumation works According to him, almost every EU country is helping Kyiv…

Kyiv and Warsaw have agreed on a parity basis on two places in Ukraine and Poland, where search or exhumation work will be carried out on the victims of the Volyn tragedy of 1945. As of today, logistical issues regarding these places are being agreed upon, and it is also being decided who will participate in these works. This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by the Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, Mykola Tochytskyi. As the minister noted, the Ukrainian-Polish group established last December, which deals with complex issues of bilateral relations, has held three meetings…

Russian propaganda is spreading on TikTok fake reports on alleged rallies going on in Ukraine where activists demand to “stop the war” and agree to “peace on any terms”. That’s according to the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Ukrinform reports. “The Center is seeing another Russian disinformation campaign in the media space, aimed at destabilizing Ukraine from within. First of all, fake stories about alleged protests in Ukraine with demands to ‘stop the war’ and agree to ‘peace on any terms’, as well as calls to join these protests, are spreading primarily on the…

A total of 283,000 civilians remain in the Donetsk region under the control of the Ukrainian government, including 21,500 children. Mandatory evacuation in the region continues. This was announced at an online briefing by Dmytro Petlin, head of the department of operational and emergency service, communication, warning and public information of the Department for Civil Protection, Mobilization and Defense of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Evacuation measures continue, and as of yesterday (8.04.25) more than 1 million 217 thousand civilians have been evacuated. Almost 190 thousand of them are children and about 46,500 are people with…

If the demobilization was carried out without providing the Defense Forces with the necessary number of trained mobilized persons, a third of the army would actually be lost. According to Ukrinform, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said this in an interview with the publication “Livyi Bereg”. “When the Verkhovna Rada raised the issue last year to include the issue of demobilization in the law on mobilization and to provide an opportunity to demobilize those who have served for three years, we calculated that in April of this year, out of the entire number of groups…

In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, 2,228 civilians remain, and there have been reports of two civilian burials in residential yards. Despite these challenges, local authorities, utilities, and police continue to operate within the city. Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional military administration, said this on Ukrainian television, Ukrinform reports. “The city of Pokrovsk faces the most critical challenges, with daily enemy attacks utilizing FPV drones, guided aerial bombs, cannon artillery, and nearly the full range of weaponry at their disposal. Currently, 3,826 people remain in the Pokrovsk community, including 2,228 residents within the city itself,” the regional governor said. He…

During the EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting in Brussels, Health Minister Viktor Liashko signed a protocol formalizing Ukraine's accession to the Joint Procurement Agreement in the health sector. This agreement enables Ukraine to participate in EU contracts for the collective ordering and procurement of medical equipment and services, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, citing diplomatic sources. The Joint Procurement Agreement, established in 2014 to address serious cross-border health threats, allows 38 contracting parties, including EU member states, to procure medical countermeasures under framework agreements and on advantageous terms. Ukraine’s participation is expected to yield significant benefits, particularly in addressing global health challenges…

Ukrainian men residing abroad may be denied the issuance of a passport if their military registration documents are found to be invalid, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. "If military registration documents are invalid, an employee of the State Enterprise 'Dokument' will notify the applicant of the refusal to process their passport. In such cases, individuals must contact the Ministry of Defense," the ministry's press service said. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said that Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 who wish to obtain a passport while abroad must apply through a designated branch of the State Enterprise "Dokument." "There is…