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It is no secret that Telegram has long captured the leadership among messengers in Ukraine, used as a source for breaking news. But this is not exclusively a Ukrainian or Russian trend — the share of users of this network abroad has also been on the rise. According to analysts at Sensor Tower, Telegram has become the most downloaded messenger in Europe in 2022. That is why pro-Russian propaganda spends more and more resources on developing a range of “nets” that broadcast certain narratives exclusively to foreign audiences. The Center for Strategic Communication analyzed the operations of one of such…

According to today's tentative reports from the regions, the situation of bomb shelters is the most complicated in Kyiv but it is also relevant for other regions. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the President's Office, Oleksiy Kuleba, who spoke on the air of the national telethon. "We receive information about other regions every day. This morning we saw tentative reports. The situation is different in various regions. All regional centers and regions have work to do," he said. At the same time, Kuleba emphasized that the situation of shelters is the most difficult in the capital, judging…

On the occasion of the International Day of Innocent Children - Victims of Aggression, a monument was opened in Kharkiv in honor of Ukrainian children who died as a result of Russia’s armed aggression. The president's spouse, Olena Zelenska, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "A boy and a girl fly over the explosion spreading their wings... Such a monument by sculptor Mykhailo Yatchenko to the children who died as a result of Russia’s armed aggression now stands in Kharkiv. It is difficult to open monuments to the dead. Especially if these victims are children. After all, children should have…

Oleksandra Paskal, 7, who last year lost her leg during Russia’s missile attack on Odesa region, took part in her first gymnastics competition since the incident, having mastered her prosthetic. That’s according to Daria Herasymchuk, a presidential adviser on children’s rights and rehabilitation, Ukrinform reports. "I just received a message from Masha, Oleksandra Paskal's mother: ‘Today was our first competition!’ I watched it and could not believe how quickly she had recovered! And most importantly, what kind of powerful motivation must a 7-year-old girl have to return to rhythmic gymnastics with a prosthetic leg at such a high pace," Herasymchuk…

For many years, the UN World Food Programme has been using Ukrainian grain to save the population of the most vulnerable countries, including millions of children, from hunger. "At the same time, we see that Russia cynically continues to use hunger as a weapon, blocking Ukrainian seaports, destroying agricultural infrastructure, and contaminating agricultural lands with mines," Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, told Ukrinform in a comment. According to him, in countries where conflicts have been going on for many years – Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Syria – "the main thing to protect children is to solve…

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky as part of his working visit to Odesa region visited a hospital where Ukrainian soldiers wounded in the fighting with the Russian occupiers, particularly in the Bakhmut sector, are undergoing treatment. According to the president’s press service, the Head of State talked to the defenders. They told where they were wounded and how they are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation. "I wish you a speedy recovery. Thank you from all Ukrainians for your service. You are real heroes," Zelensky said. The President presented the Orders "For Courage" of the third degree to the servicemen. In addition,…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its protest in connection with the handing down of illegitimate sentences on terrorism charges to four Crimean Tatars by a puppet court in Rostov-on-Don on May 31, 2023. That’s according to a commentary issued on the ministry’s website, Ukrinform reports. Jebbar Bekirov was sentenced by the so-called "court" to 17 years in a high-security colony, with the first four years to be served in prison. Activists Rustem Tairov, Rustem Murasov, and Zavur Abdullayev received 12 years of imprisonment each, with the first four years ruled to be served in prison. Read also:…

The DNA database should contain information on all servicemen who are currently deployed on the front lines. That’s according to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kateryna Pavlichenko, who spoke at a briefing on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In order to clarify data on missing persons and identify bodies, DNA tests are required, the official said, adding that compiling a DNA database is important in this regard. Read also: Second mobile DNA lab to be deployed in Ukraine’s war zones "Now we are talking about the fact that there is a large number of dead, in particular,…

Russian crimes against Ukrainian children, which have been committed since the full-scale invasion started, bear signs of genocide against the Ukrainian people. The relevant statement was made by Daria Herasymchuk, Advisor and President’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights and Children’s Rehabilitation, in a commentary to journalists during the ‘UA: War. Unsung Lullaby’ conference on the occasion of International Children’s Day, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Russia kills our children, Russia injures them. Sadly, children are subjected to sexual violence; children are kidnapped; they live in conditions that are absolutely unfit for living in the temporarily occupied areas. Everything that I have just…