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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.

05/07/2022

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Russia pushes ahead with war after claiming victory in Luhansk

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says "superhuman efforts" will be needed to defend the rest of the Donbas after Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the eastern Luhansk region.

05/07/2022

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Ukraine war: Six key developments to know about from Monday

From the multi-billion dollar reconstruction plan to Turkey stopping a Russian-flagged ship suspected of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain, these are the most important news on the war on Monday.

04/07/2022

Food and Drink

Does Ukrainian borsch need protection? UNESCO thinks so.

Borsch is a dish eaten all over eastern Europe so why has UNESCO now decided it is an endangered part of Ukrainian culture?

04/07/2022

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Zelenskyy vows to reclaim lost ground after Russia captures Lysychansk

Ukraine's president said Kyiv's forces were forced to pull out but poured scorn on Russia's gain: "What is all this for? To be able to show a Russian or Soviet flag on the ruins."

04/07/2022

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Ukraine war: Five important developments to know from Sunday

Russians take key eastern city, Australian PM promises more military aid, and Ukrainian forces destroy a Russian base.

03/07/2022

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Aftermath of missile strikes in east Ukraine's Kramatorsk and on Sloviansk market

Shelling in Kramatorsk, the administrative center of Ukraine's Donbas region, left a scene of wreckage and destruction. Not far from there, the aftermath of Russian shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk shows a market destroyed by numerous rocket launchers.

03/07/2022

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Ukraine: Kametstal steel plant challenges during Black Sea blockade

While the Azovstal factory in the key city of Mariupol fell to Russian forces in mid-May, work continues from another site three hundred kilometres away at the Kametstal plant.

03/07/2022

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Russian and Ukrainian forces both claim to be in control of Lysychansk

Russian forces say they are in control of Lysychansk but Ukraine denies the claim and says fighting is continuing on the edges of the city

03/07/2022

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Ukraine rescue workers on site of Russian strike in Odessa that killed 21

Ukrainian rescue workers search through the rubble in the city of Sergiyvka after missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation centre, killing 21 people and wounding dozens

02/07/2022

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Ukraine war: The latest developments you need to know

Russian forces are putting more pressure on a key city in the east, as the US has promised hundreds of millions in extra military funding.

02/07/2022

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Ukraine war: Russian forces pound last Luhansk stronghold

Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend the city of Lysychansk to keep it from falling into Russian hands.

02/07/2022

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Ukraine war: five of the latest developments you need to know

From Norway donating almost €1 billion to Ukraine to Gazprom seizing an energy project co-owned by British and Japanese companies, here are five of the latest developments in the war.

01/07/2022

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Grieving Ukrainian families bury their dead in "Cemetery of Heroes"

Grieving Ukrainian families bury their dead in "Cemetery of Heroes"

01/07/2022

Europe News

Watch as the EU flag arrives at the Ukrainian parliament

The moment celebrated the country's newly-obtained EU candidate status.

01/07/2022

Ukraine

Germany slams 'inhumane and cynical' Russia over Odesa missile strike

Ukraine says overnight strikes hit residential areas in Odesa region, killing 21, a day after Russian forces left Snake Island in what Moscow called a "goodwill gesture".

01/07/2022

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Nearly 100 Azovstal fighters released amid war's largest prisoner swap

The prisoner swap saw 144 Ukrainian fighters released.

30/06/2022

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Ukraine to regain control of Snake Island after Russians withdraw

"KABOOM!" said Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office in Ukraine. "No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore. Our Armed Forces did a great job."

30/06/2022

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Putin blasts NATO 'imperialism' over Western military shake-up plan

Russia's president said NATO's pledges at the Madrid summit showed it was not acting in Ukraine's interests or "the good of the Ukrainian people".

30/06/2022

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Five things you need to know about Ukraine war from Wednesday

From the "independence" referendum in Kherson to Ukrainian troops battling encirclement in the Donbas and the detention of a Russian lawyer, here is what you need to know about the war.

29/06/2022

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Ukrainians reel from Russian strike on mall

Two days after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping mall in Kremenchuk, local residents were still reeling from the horrific attack.

29/06/2022

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Russian MoD releases footage of motorised rifle unit "combat mission"

On Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defence released footage of a “combat mission” led by a Western Military District motorised rifle unit.

29/06/2022

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Ukraine: Moment of strike on Kremenchuk shopping mall caught on CCTV

This is the fatal moment a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine on Monday, June 27. According to officials, at least 18 people were killed in the attack, dozens were wounded, and many others were unaccounted for.

29/06/2022

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Five things you need to know about Ukraine war from Tuesday

From the testimonies of the Kremenchuk shopping centre missile attack survivors to the NATO chief saying Ukraine is facing brutality unseen in Europe since WWII, these are five of the main developments of the war on Tuesday.

28/06/2022

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US actor Penn meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv

Zelenskyy wrote on his social media page that Sean Penn is in Ukraine filming a movie about the war. He also said that Penn was in Ukraine during the first days of the Russian invasion, witnessing "what Russian aggression is."

28/06/2022

Culture news

Air raid sirens interrupt performance of Orwell’s '1984' in Kyiv

Programmed from before the war, the new adaptation of Orwell's classic dystopia has finally come to Kyiv at a time when it couldn't feel more relevant.

28/06/2022