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After the victory, Ukraine will have to undergo a multi-year stage of reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories. Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said this in an interview with Dmytro Komarov's special project "Year. Behind the Scenes", Ukrinform reports. "For me, victory is not the end of all these events. I will surprise you a little, but everything will not stop with a victory. We will face a rather difficult stage, it will be, I may say, a multi-year stage of the actual reintegration of our territories. Because we…

Last night, the aggressor again attacked Kyiv with combat drones. Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed all air targets. "The 11th air attack on the capital since the beginning of May! The enemy is trying with all his might to inflict damage on key objects in Kyiv and at the same time exhaust the resources of our air defense. In addition, in this way, the ruscists seek to keep the civilian population in deep psychological tension. That's why they attack Kyiv from the air almost every day. In May, the residents of Kyiv did not hear air raid sirens for only…

Ukraine wants to protect all world countries from the aggression it has faced itself and tries to convey this to the Arab world. Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine said this in an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hadath TV channel, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "Ukraine seeks to tell the countries of the Arab world how it sees the end of this war, how to protect the world countries from similar aggressions, and, in particular, to convey the peace formula proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky," Yermak posted on Telegram. As noted, "this formula is fully based…

All identified air targets moving towards Kyiv were destroyed by the Ukrainian air defense forces and means. "All identified air targets that were moving towards Kyiv were destroyed by the forces and means of our air defense. No strikes on Kyiv were allowed!" the Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram. As noted, the air raid alert in the capital last night was declared as the aggressor launched UAVs. According to preliminary data, the Russians again launched Shahed loitering munitions to attack the capital. From a tactical point of view, it was an attack in several waves, with short intervals…

Ukraine and the United States have discussed the transparency of the use of direct budgetary assistance provided by the U.S. and the needs for Ukraine's recovery, particularly in the energy sector. The discussion took place during a meeting between Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko and Richard Verma, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, according to Ukrinform, citing the Ministry of Finance press service. “Thanks to the direct budget support of the United States, we continue to ensure stable public administration in Ukraine and partially compensate for the social and humanitarian expenditures of the state budget. Ukraine…

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said that any ideas of "frozen conflicts" are not discussed in any offices, He wrote this on Twitter, according to Ukrinform. "Any ideas of 'frozen conflicts' that are periodically heard in the media are a fiction, a pseudo-analytical product and a focus of lobbying efforts by Russian diplomacy," Podolyak said. According to him, all players are well aware of the limited resources and time available to the Russian Federation and Putin's elite. Therefore, Ukraine's path is unchanged: we will finish it off., Podolyak said.…

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace has confirmed that long-range Storm Shadow missiles provided to Ukraine have been used.  That’s according to Sky News, Ukrinform reports. "All I can say is it is my understanding that it [Storm Shadow] has been used since we announced its deployment to Ukraine, but I'm not going to go into further details," Wallace said. According to him, the weapon systems that have been given to Ukraine from Western allies have been "potent" and "made a difference". Read also: France studying transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine - Le Monde As reported by Ukrinform, on May…

Italy will train Ukrainian recruits at schools and military installations in Italy, as well as take part in EU-Ukraine training programmes in Brussels, Poland and Germany. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto stated this on Thursday, Ukrinform reports with reference to ANSA. According to Crosetto, Italian defence authorities have considered taking part in the European initiative to train Ukrainian soldiers "with staff personnel to be sent to commands in Brussels, Poland and Germany, as well as offering specialised training modules to be carried out, however, at schools and military installations on our national territory.” Read also: Duda: Poland ready to support…

As a result of Russia’s missile attack on the village of Tsyrkuny, Kharkiv region, two residential buildings were completely destroyed, many private houses and farm buildings were damaged. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Two residential buildings were completely destroyed in the village. In addition, 13 private houses and 14 farm buildings were damaged," Syniehubov wrote. Earlier, it was reported that a 52-year-old local resident was killed in enemy shelling, and two more civilians were injured. Photo: Telegram/Oleh Syniehubov

Employees of Khmelnytskyi National University have debunked Russian fakes about an increase in radiation levels in the city following the attack by Russian forces on the night of May 13th. The Ministry of Education and Science reported this, according to Ukrinform. "The measurements of the radiation background were conducted using the "TERRA MKS-05" dosimeter-radiometer during daytime at 9 locations evenly distributed across the city. The obtained values range from 0.12 to 0.15 μSv/h, which correspond to the long-term indicators for the territory of the city of Khmelnytskyi and do not exceed the norm (0.3 μSv/h). Based on the measurement results,…