Russian occupiers launched a missile attack on Cherkasy Oblast on the morning of 15 August, causing destruction but no casualties, and part of the city of Smila has been left without water.
Source: Ihor Taburets, Head of Cherkasy Oblast Military Admini…
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Olena Goncharova is a development manager and Canadian correspondent for the Kyiv Independent. She first joined the Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s oldest English-language newspa…
The Russians hit an industrial facility in Lutsk during a large-scale attack on the night of 14-15 August, leaving three dead.
Source: Ihor Polishchuk, Lutsk City Mayor; Yurii Pohuliaiko, Head of Volyn Oblast Military Administration
Quote: “One of the …
The Polish government on July 11 unanimously adopted a resolution[1] commemorating the victims of the Volyn (Volhynia) Massacre on its 80th anniversary, stating that Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation must include the “acknowledgment of guilt and commemor…
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Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an ecumenical prayer service. Lutsk, 9 July 2023
“Together, we honour all the innocent victims killed in Volyn! …
The Polish Sejm passed a resolution on Tuesday 11 July to commemorate the victims of the Volyn tragedy on its 80th anniversary, stating that Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation should include “an admission of guilt and commemoration of the victims”. [The V…
In 90 districts of 7 oblasts of Belarus, the authorities have restricted the ability of citizens to visit forests, including those on the border with Ukraine and Poland.
Source: pro-government BelTA news agency
Quote: “As of the evening of 11 July, vis…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the soldiers involved in dynamic operations on the frontline.
Source: President Zelenskyy’s video address
Quote from Zelenskyy: “The frontline, our active operations.
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Poland recently sent Ukraine about a dozen Soviet Mi-24 attack helicopters in an undisclosed transfer, according to anonymous sources cited by the Wall Street Journal on July 9.[1]However, Ukraine’s fleet is still small compared with Russia’s ai…
On July 9, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda commemorated the victims of the 1943 Volyn (Volhynia) Massacre during their surprise visit to Lutsk, a regional capital in northwestern Ukraine. “Together, we honor …