Founded in 1918
Sunday, 22 February 2026, 01:25
Due to enemy attacks, freezing temperatures, and overloaded power grids, there are currently many localized power outages in Kyiv, and some consumers may be without power for an extended period of time.
Agents of the ATESH partisan movement burned down a communications tower belonging to an air defense unit in the Moscow region.
11 January 2026
Russia's strike with a medium-range ballistic missile of the Oreshnik type on a target in the Lviv region, several dozen kilometers from the border with Poland, was a signal to Warsaw.
Border guards have released footage of Zmiinyi Island in winter.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has released a video showing utility workers repairing damage to the heating network caused by a massive Russian attack on the capital on January 9 in extremely low temperatures.
In Kyiv, following a massive attack by the Russian Federation, restoration work continues on damaged infrastructure facilities, with more than a thousand residential buildings currently without heating.
According to the 2025 results, the Russian Federation ranked first in the world in terms of the duration of internet shutdowns.
10 January 2026
Electricity supply has been restored in Kyiv, and the capital is gradually returning to its scheduled power cuts.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that Kyiv's transition to scheduled power supply is expected to be completed by the end of the day.
The situation with electricity supply has stabilized in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
Over 60,000 customers in the Chernihiv region were left without power due to adverse weather conditions and shelling.
09 January 2026
Five hundred children from Ukrainian institutional care facilities and family-based care arrangements who were evacuated from the Dnipropetrovsk region to Turkey after February 24, 2022, were kept in isolation and punished by being deprived of food by their escorts.
The film ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov has been included in the longlist of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards in the Best Documentary category.
Pope Leo XIV has called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and expressed the Holy See's readiness to support any initiative that promotes peace.
As of the morning of January 9, approximately 280,000 users in the Kyiv region were left without power due to adverse weather conditions, and an additional 90,000 were left without power due to a massive Russian attack.
Leaving the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region has become harder for local residents.
The seventh group of Ukrainian Legion volunteers consisting of Ukrainian citizens living abroad will sign contracts with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Polish city of Lublin on January 23.
08 January 2026
Due to a significant deterioration in weather conditions and a drop in temperatures, the Cabinet of Ministers has instructed officials to urgently consider temporarily suspending in-person education and transitioning to remote learning and work.
The transfer of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Kyiv to the Roman Catholic community is “good news” for Ukrainian-Polish relations and “a step in the right direction.”
The State Service for Education Quality of Ukraine (SSEQU) has begun inspections of two schools – a private lyceum in the Kyiv region and a school run by the Kostiantynivka Town Council in the Donetsk region – over the formal enrollment of children who were in fact studying at a school operating at a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate, UOC-MP) monastery.
Some of the humanitarian buses Kyiv received from international partners currently lack proper documentation, which prevents them from fully operating on city routes. The Kyivpastrans (Kyiv public transport company) promises to resolve these issues shortly.
A Danish engineer founded a company developing prosthetics and helping Ukrainian veterans with amputations lead active lives.
Russian propaganda is spreading disinformation aimed at disrupting mobilization processes in Ukraine, falsely claiming that "mass raids" by recruitment centers and "drone hunts for people" are taking place.
07 January 2026
The so-called school at a UOC-MP monastery in the Holosiiv, Kyiv, shows signs of numerous violations, including infringement of children’s right to education, indoctrination, and promotion of communist and national socialist (nazi) totalitarian regimes, among other issues.
06 January 2026
In the Kharkiv region, including the regional center, more than 350,000 subscribers have been left without power due to an emergency, and planned power cuts are also in effect in the region.
The Georgian government donated nine industrial generators, valued at over $553,000, to the Sumy region.
Salaries for teachers in preschool education institutions should be increased using local budgets.
Moscow's plans to transform the Northern Sea Route (NSR) into a fully operational transport link are hindered by fundamental infrastructure deficiencies resulting from a lack of domestic capacity and sanctions that block assistance from foreign contractors.
As a result of a Russian attack on January 2, 17 cultural heritage sites in Kharkiv, including architectural landmarks, were damaged.