A single artillery round takes several kilograms of gunpowder to propel the projectile out of the barrel and provide it with the necessary velocity. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have caused the demand for ammunition to skyrocket and made pro…
70-year-old people who starved while in the womb were more than twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes after the Holodomor of 1932-1933.
Source: a joint study by American scientists and scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pub…
1 July, 2024 The destruction of the Russian Msta-S howitzer in the Donetsk region. June, 2024. Frame from a video of the 109th Brigade (t.me/muramasa_fpv)
Ukrainian troops destroyed the Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Russian invaders in the Do…
The European Central Bank (ECB) is urging banks to leave the Russian market as soon as possible, fearing US sanctions.
Source: Bloomberg
Details: It is noted that two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, large European lenders continue …
It’s long been true that Ukrainian artists stepping onto the Eurovision stage carry a weight far beyond performance anxiety; their presence inherently becomes a political statement. As has been the case for past performers from nations under attack, th…
Three lions from Ukraine, one male and two females, were taken to an animal park near Dijon, Burgundy (France). The trip lasted approximately 88 hours.
Source: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Details: Male Atlas, a one-and-a-half-year-old …
One of John Simpson’s more memorable keepsakes was a second-hand fountain pen given to him during the Romanian revolution in 1989. It was a fat, flashy number, far too bling for a BBC man, but was still somewhat special: its previous owner was Nic…
In September, Ukrainska Pravda told the story of Conan, a soldier belonging to Artan (a special unit of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence) who fell overboard during an operation in the Black Sea and had to swim for 14 hours.
Another Artan soldier, who goe…
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The BBC[1] has shut down claims that an Oxford University college mascot which appeared on a recent episode of University C…
“The war between Russia and Ukraine started in 2014, not 2022.” These are words that many Ukrainians have grown familiar with following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Though seemingly obvious, this statement is also deeply flawed, it…