Mayor: It will take 20 years to restore Mariupol
Mayor of Mariupol Vadym Boychenko says that it will take about 20 years to fully restore the city.
Society and Culture
30 March 2023
OSCE invokes “Moscow Mechanism” over deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia
The OSCE has initiated the “Moscow Mechanism” as a response to the forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation in the wake of rights violations and humanitarian implications of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
Court snubs Moscow-controlled church’s claim in Lavra row
The court in Kyiv refused to consider the lawsuit filed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (in unity with the Moscow Patriarchate) against the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Natural Reserve administration, in which clerics demanded that the termination of the deal on a free lease of Lavra premises be revoked.
King Charles III visits center for Ukrainian refugees in Berlin
King Charles III visited a center for Ukrainian refugees in the former Berlin Tegel Airport.
Ukraine is ready to take away orphans deported by Russia on border with any EU country
Ukraine is ready to take away orphans deported by Russia on the border of the Russian Federation with any country of the European Union.
29 March 2023
“Evil Nazis against woman and child”: Russian propagandists renounce their own fake targeting Ukraine Army
Russian propaganda pundits have been spinning a staged video showing what they said was a “conflict between the Ukrainian military and a woman accompanying a child.”
Orthodox Church of Ukraine appoints new Lavra vicar as Moscow-controlled church evicted
The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy, appointed Archimandrite Avraamiy (Lotysh) to perform the duties of the vicar of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra as part of the OCU.
28 March 2023
First Lady, Ukrainian youth speak about Ukraine recovery
First Lady Olena Zelenska and the participants in the UPSHIFT program of the UN Children's Fund took part in the meeting entitled "UNICEF. Youth for Recovery" on March 27.
Kyiv calls on UN to refrain from ‘unbalanced political assessments’ of actions regarding UOC MP
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to refrain from political assessments in its reports of the actions of Ukraine regarding the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
27 March 2023
UK’s, Poland’s ambassadors visit displaced people in modular town in Lviv
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine Melinda Simmons and Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki visited IDPs in the largest modular town of Lviv. The construction of this temporary shelter for Ukrainians was funded by these countries.
UK’s, Poland’s ambassadors visit displaced people in modular town in Lviv
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine Melinda Simmons and Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki visited IDPs in the largest modular town of Lviv. The construction of this temporary shelter for Ukrainians was funded by these countries.
Andriy Yermak, Orlando Bloom discuss deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak discussed assistance in the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia with British theater and film actor, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom.
President Zelensky congratulates theater professionals on World Theater Day
Today, culture has become that soft and at the same time powerful force capable of inspiring in the new wartime reality.
EdCamp Kyiv honors memory of children killed due to Russian armed aggression
EdCamp Kyiv honors memory of children killed due to Russian armed aggression
President meets with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with British actor, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom.
EdCamp Kyiv honors memory of children killed due to Russian armed aggression
EdCamp Kyiv honors memory of children killed due to Russian armed aggression
26 March 2023
UNICEF Ukraine offers five popular scholarship grants for Ukrainians
For students, postgraduates, and teachers from Ukraine, UNICEF Ukraine offers five popular grants for studying at foreign universities.
Ukrainian K9 experts undergoing specialized training in Spain
Ukrainian trainers of bomb-sniffing dogs have started training in Spain, along with their four-legged companions.
Orlando Bloom arrives in Ukraine
British actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has arrived in Ukraine.
Orlando Bloom arrives in Ukraine
British actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has arrived in Ukraine.
Minister Vereshchuk: Russian officials to be held accountable for unlawful deportation of children
Russian officials are boldly boasting of their crimes, including the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, but they will be brought to justice.
Ambassador Prystaiko thanks British people welcoming refugees as part of Homes for Ukraine
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Vadym Prystaiko has expressed gratitude to the British people who have received Ukrainian refugees as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme over the past year.
25 March 2023
Ukraine to switch to daylight saving time on March 26
Ukraine will switch to summer daylight saving time on March 26.
Almost 3,000 IDPs from Mariupol to get social housing
Almost 3,000 displaced people from Mariupol will be provided with social housing in Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Kropyvnytskyi cities.
MoD urges journalists, milbloggers not to speculate on Ukraine’s counteroffensive plans
Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar called on the media and bloggers not to raise the issue of Ukraine’s counteroffensive until it achieves its result.
In occupied Melitopol, invaders panicking, spreading fake news about Ukraine’s counteroffensive - mayor
Russian occupiers and local turncoats in Melitopol are panicking and trying to intimidate residents.
Finnish tenor Petrus Schroderus releases music video with footage from Bucha, Irpin
Petrus Schroderus, a famous Finnish ‘singing policeman’, has released a new music video, performing the Ukrainian folk song ‘Black eyebrows, brown eyes’. The main actors in this music video are Ukrainians.
Zelensky praises SBU operatives on their professional holiday
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed gratitude to the Security Service operatives for their daily work to protect national security and defend the country.
Ukraine's ombudsman signs memorandum with Danish Refugee Council
The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the office of the Danish Refugee Council in Ukraine.