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First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska has shared a video of two Ukrainian children, who survived Russia’s overnight drone attack on Kyiv. The relevant video was posted by First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska on Twitter, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “‘How did we manage to survive there at all? -  I don’t know’. An unchildish conversation between two little Kyiv residents, whose house caught fire due to Russian attack. Thousands of Ukrainian children again could not sleep due to explosions and the falling debris. But, I believe that they will grow up to be the strongest. They will not only…

Russian propaganda is trying to sow panic after the attack on Khmelnytskyi on May 13. To this end, they invented a message about a “radiation catastrophe.” Disinformation was circulated in Russia and Ukraine, as well as in Poland, Moldova, and India. They claimed it was almost like a new Chornobyl catastrophe. The New Indian wrote: “A series of explosions at an ammunition depot in western Ukraine has led to a significant increase in gamma radiation levels, suggesting the release of depleted uranium dust into the air.… Residents have expressed panic and are reportedly gathering their belongings and leaving the affected…

Ukraine has managed to bring back Viacheslav, a teenager who had been illegally deported by Russians from the Donetsk region’s temporarily occupied city of Mariupol. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister - Temporary Occupied Territories Reintegration Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to Vereshchuk, Viacheslav was raised without parents. In 2021, he turned 15 and began studies at Mariupol Higher Metallurgical Professional School. “As the enemy seized the city of Mariupol, the occupiers deported Viacheslav to Shakhtarsk. But, the boy turned out to be brave and smart. He found a way to…

The chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, MP from the Servant of the People party, Nikita Poturaev, has proposed to create cultural and information centres for enslaved peoples living in Russia in Ukraine. He said this on the air of the New Countdown talk show on Suspilne TV, Ukrinform reports. "This work with national minorities seems very prospective to me. We know that in the so-called federation, all cultural rights and freedoms of the enslaved peoples are completely suppressed. The native language, the languages of these nationalities, have already been removed from school courses, not…

Ukraine will in the future adopt a law envisaging punishment for Ukrainian citizens who illegally crossed the border and will then return home. Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, according to Ukrinform. When asked what to do with this group of people, the minister said that there are currently no such rules and restrictions. "But I think that after the war is over, the state will do everything to remind every citizen what they did during the war. I mean those who crossed the border illegally," he said, adding that there will be a…

Another child deported from the war zone to Russia was eventually returned to Ukraine. That’s according to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, who broke the news on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. The Office has helped a Ukrainian mother get her son back from Russia, the Ombudsman said.” Nikita and his mother are now in Ukraine. However, the story of their return home can become a movie plot, where a mother goes to another country, which abducted her son under the pretext of ‘evacuation,’” noted Lubinets. According to the official, the woman almost ended up behind bars in…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has attended events to mark the Day of Ukraine's State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP). That's according to the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. The head of state congratulated all communications specialists on their professional holiday and thanked them for their daily important work for the country and people. "Today, it is important, first of all, to thank you. Each and every person who provides reliable communications for our people, Ukraine, our defense – all Ukrainians. Those who protect communication lines, restore damaged communications, and protect…

President Volodymyr Zelensky honored the memory of the victims of the Great Terror committed by the totalitarian communist regime on Ukrainian lands in 1937-1938. This was reported on the President's website, Ukrinform saw. On Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, on behalf of the Head of the State, a flower basket was placed at the monument of the repressed, erected at the entrance to the National Historical and Memorial Reserve Bykivnia Graves. Wreaths were placed at the mass grave and memorial plaque for the Polish burials on the territory of the Reserve. As the president noted, trumped…

A Ukrainian-language audio guide has been launched at Nordiska museet – a Sweden’s museum of culture and ethnography. An Ukrinform correspondent learned this from Olesia Gordiyenko, the project manager and director of the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Stockholm "I am sure that a new Ukrainian-language audio guide at Nordiska museet will be a valuable road map for Ukrainians in Sweden to explore and appreciate the rich spiritual and material cultural heritage of Northern Europe, to learn more about its customs and traditions. The project was implemented thanks to the joint efforts of our Center and the Embassy of Ukraine in…