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Ukrainian who lost everything in war vows a return to her ruined home

“I'll come back here, I want to live here,” said Lyudmila, whose home near Kyiv was destroyed in the early days of the war.

Ukraine

Zelenskyy: Russia to do 'something violent' for independence day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia might launch a brutal attack as the country celebrates 31 years of independence.

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Destroyed Russian tanks on display in Kyiv for Independence Day.

Ukraine presents destroyed Russian military equipment as part of an exhibition linked to Independence Day celebrations.

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Mini-Europe unveils new models in solidarity with Ukraine

Belgium’s tiniest theme park has added new models to honour Europe’s relationship with Ukraine.

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Ukraine's financial situation is 'dire,' warns EU ambassador

The EU has released only €1 billion out of the €9 billion that was promised in financial aid.

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Funeral of young Ukrainian soldier is held in Kyiv

Family and friends of a 29-years-old soldier nicknamed "Fanat", recently killed in the war with Russia, bid farewell inside Kyiv's St. Michael church.

Ukraine

Irpin returnees find temporary home in a converted railway carriage

Wife and husband Mila and Yevhen Kagarlytski and their 12-year-old son Vlad share the converted carriage with 25 other families left homeless by the Russian assault on the Kyiv suburb.

Culture news

Ukrainian becomes second woman to win Fields math medal

Kyiv-born Professor Maryna Viazovska has been awarded the 2022 Fields medal for her groundbreaking work on sphere packing.

Poland

In the midst of war, Kyiv's Pride parade held in Warsaw

About 300 participants travelled from Ukraine to the Polish capital, which is now home to a quarter-million Ukrainians who fled the war.

Culture news

Exhibition in Kyiv tells the stories of journalists killed in war

An exhibition in Kyiv called 'The War Is Not Over Yet' is displaying photos and testimonies of journalists who were victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine

Ukrainians use humour to help them cope with the horrors of war

Comedian Anton Tymoshenko said laughter "was the only way to save your mental health in war".

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Kyiv City Ballet rehearses Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" in central Paris

As the dancers of the Kyiv City Ballet rehearse Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' in Paris, the Russian invasion of their homeland enters its fifth month.

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Kyiv war exhibition displays objects left behind by Russian soldiers

The dust has hardly settled. Not long ago Russian troops were bearing down on Ukraine's capital - now the story of this chapter of the invasion is already being told in Kyiv's State Museum of the Great Patriotic War

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The war in Ukraine already has its own museum exhibition

Even as war rages in other parts of the country, Ukrainians are flocking to a new exhibition in Kyiv called "Ukraine - Crucifixion".

Culture news

Ukrainian rapper-turned-soldier vents rage at war through his lyrics

It is the music of war - music filled with rage and indignation about Russia's invasion of his country. Viacheslav Drofa, a Ukrainian musician who goes by the stage name 'Otoy,' is using thumping rap to recount his experiences as a soldier in the conflict with Russia.

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Views of Kyiv 100 days into Russia's invasion

Views of Ukraine's capital Kyiv as the country marks 100 days since Russia's invasion. The United Nations says there will be 'no winner' from the conflict, as Moscow's forces press deeper into the eastern Donbas region on the 100th day.

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Exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment opens in Kyiv

In Kyiv, members of the public look at an exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment.

Switzerland

Putin will not dictate peace terms in Ukraine, Scholz says

On the final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Vladimir Putin can't dictate peace terms in a war he "won't win."

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Giant mural of armed saint painted on Kyiv building

A giant work of street art of a Saint with an anti-tank weapon has emerged on a multi-storey building in Kyiv.

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Three months of war, Kyiv residents commemorate victims

As Ukraine marks three months since the start of the Russian invasion, residents in capital Kyiv have commemorated those who have been lost since the start of the conflict.

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