Ukraine

Rock star Bono Vox praised Ukraine's resistance for "freedom" during a performance at a central Kiev metro station on Sunday

People all over Ukraine visited cemeteries to remember the dead on the day of commemoration one week after Easter; the celebration is even more felt this year due to the large number of victims of the war

The SES, the Ukrainian Emergency Service, has been requested thousands of times to neutralise explosive devices; on 28/04 only they have been called 170 times, removing and neutralising 1264 explosive devices, including two aircraft bombs

The World Bank estimates the country’s economy will shrink by 45,1% this year because of war which has shut down half of the country’s businesses, minimized imports and exports, damaged critical infrastructure

UNESCO said at least 53 culturally important sites have been damaged since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including 29 churches, 16 historic buildings, 4 museums and 4 monuments

Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, has decided to donate the Nobel Peace Prize medal he received in 2021 to the Ukrainian Refugee Aid Fund

For years Ukrainian creative individuals have been developing innovative art on themes such as memory and displacement; now challenged to the extreme artists respond to the call in a zoom round table hosted by The Harriman Institute at Columbia University

MSF reports today full-scale warfare in many areas, making movements difficult, dangerous or simply impossible and estimates around 2,1 million people having left, becoming refugees

Defending champion Oleksandr Abramenko won Ukraine’s first medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday and celebrated with a hug from Russian skier Ilia Burov at a time of rising tensions between the countries

A Ukrainian intelligence report reveals that Russia has deployed an additional 7.000 troops along the border, but considers the troops still insufficient for an invasion

Minister Kuleba said that staying in touch with international partners has brought political, security, and economic support valued over US$1,5 billion, 1.000 tons of military equipment and bolstered Ukraine's position at the negotiating table

In the event of a large-scale Russian invasion, more than 90% of Ukrainian citizens would defend their country, forecasts Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office

In January-November 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, imports of goods increased by 33,8% and exports by 38,2%, registering a negative foreign trade balance