Babel | We talk about politics, culture and society in Ukraine.

Menu [https://babel.ua/en] Support us Site search UA EN RU News Stories Lifehacks Podcasts Facebook Telegram Instagram Latest news of Ukraine and the world from «Babel» Stories ”When our boys come back from the war, they will shoot them.” In the Kharkiv region, investigators are looking for traitors, locals are afraid of revenge, but fight for justice. A long report Author: Oksana Rasulova Date: 22 hours ago Stories A year before WWII, doctor Carl Jung made psychological portraits of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, and accurately predicted their future. Here are the main theses of the prophetic diagnosis (and a bold hint about Putin) Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: day ago Stories For thirty years, the Moscow Patriarchate demolished monuments in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, built hotels and shops there. Telling about it was forbidden. Hereʼs a photo report about new dwellings in the UNESCO Heritage site Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: two days ago Stories ”We consider the Lavra our property, because it was built by the church until 1917.” Priests of the UOC MP gave a tour of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and told why they donʼt expel pro-Russian collaborators Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: two days ago News Poland has frozen more than a billion euros of Russian assets. For their confiscation, it is necessary to change the Constitution Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 8 hours ago Britain recognized the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 9 hours ago The Minister of Defense of Lithuania announced a new military aid package for Ukraine Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 10 hours ago Denmark and the Netherlands headed the European group for training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 10 hours ago Stories Ukraine “cuts off” the flanks of the Russians around Bakhmut, the city is almost completely captured. But the UAF can surround the invaders. The situation at the front on the 450th day of the full-scale war Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 6 days ago Stories The Kharkiv mayor used to defend the monument to Soviet Marshal Zhukov, but now he says that Russia stole the victory in WWII. About his evolution and city reconstruction — an interview with Ihor Terekhov Author: Maria Zhartovska Date: 10 days ago Stories The Russians are increasingly shelling the Kherson region and taking civilians from the Zaporizhzhia region. A part of Bakhmut holds on. The situation at the front on the 440th day of the full-scale war — with maps Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 13 days ago News The SBU reported the suspicion to the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Sokolov. He faces life imprisonment Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 12 hours ago The court imprisoned the enemy informer for ten years. He “bleached” the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in Mariupol to the occupiers Author: Liza Brovko Date: 13 hours ago A video of an attack by a surface drone on the Russian military ship “Ivan Hurs” has appeared. It seems that he was shot Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 13 hours ago ”Schemy” found real estate in France from the son of the ex-president of “Motor Sich” Boguslaev Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 13 hours ago Stories ”Where will the UOC MP be when it separates from Russia? Dialogue is needed.” Theologian Volodymyr Vakin — about why a hot war with the Moscow Patriarchate is beneficial to the Kremlin. An interview Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 22 days ago Stories There are many war victims in Ukraine. Someday they will be paid reparations. How to determine who suffered more? Thereʼs no way. People tried to do it in Sierra Leone — nothing worked Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 23 days ago Stories In Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army controls several quarters, the rest of the city is occupied by the Russians. Ukraine is preparing for a counteroffensive. The situation at the front on the 430th day of the full-scale war Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 26 days ago News Sweden will train Ukrainian pilots on its fighter jets. This will be basic training Author: Liza Brovko Date: 13 hours ago Finland provides Ukraine with a new €109 million military aid package Author: Liza Brovko Date: 15 hours ago “The Firtash case”: the Security Service of Ukraine declared suspicions to two more heads of regional gas companies Author: Liza Brovko Date: 15 hours ago Russia closes its consulate in Sweden and expels five diplomats Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 16 hours ago Stories 37 years ago there was an accident at the Chornobyl NPP. We publish unique photos about the life of the displaced and the operation of the plant after the disaster Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 29 days ago Stories 105 years ago, the UNR troops led by Petro Bolbochan competed with the Germans to be the first to liberate Crimea from the Bolsheviks. And they almost won. We recall how a military victory turned into a political defeat Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 29 days ago Stories In the shooter Glory to the Heroes, it was offered to play a war on the side of the Russians. There are also games about Bucha and Mariupol. Why? Is this normal? — we are looking for answers together with the developers Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: 27 days ago News Ukraine returned 106 military personnel from Russian captivity Author: Liza Brovko Date: 16 hours ago Hiding for 20 years: a former policeman from Rwanda was caught in South Africa, who is accused of killing about 2 thousand people Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 16 hours ago The Council of the European Union extended the regime of duty-free trade with Ukraine for another year Author: Liza Brovko Date: 17 hours ago OCU will ask to move the public holiday from October 14 to October 1. This is connected with the new style of the church calendar Author: Liza Brovko Date: 17 hours ago Stories Relatives of those who disappeared during the war take DNA tests several times, the results are lost, and sometimes people are buried under other names. Why everything went wrong? Here is the story of one family Author: Oksana Rasulova Date: month ago Stories Wondering why the Moscow Patriarchate supports Putin? Itʼs an old tradition for the Russian Orthodox Church. This is how it became an obedient tool of Mongolian khans, Russian tsars and Soviet secretaries Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: month ago Stories The Hero of Ukraine Yevhen Mezhevikin fought in Irpin, was the first to liberate the Kharkiv region, broke through to Mariupol, and now defends Bakhmut. Interview with the legendary tank driver Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: month ago News Zelensky appointed Serhiy Naumyuk as deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine Author: Liza Brovko Date: 17 hours ago Russia and Belarus signed documents on the placement of tactical nuclear weapons in the latter Author: Liza Brovko Date: 18 hours ago During the full-scale invasion, the “Come Back Alive” fund collected more than 7 billion hryvnias in donations Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 18 hours ago The owner of the PMC “Wagner” informed about the withdrawal of his mercenaries from Bakhmut Author: Liza Brovko Date: 19 hours ago Stories The Russian offensive failed. The occupiers continue to attack Bakhmut, but elsewhere they go on the defensive. The situation at the front on the 420th day of the full-scale war — with maps Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: month ago Stories The Russians captured Bakhmut city center, there are street battles in the city, but the occupiers are still unable to surround it. The situation at the front on the 411th day of the full-scale war — with maps Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: month ago Stories How dangerous war censorship can become? Deep and continuously expanding, as it became in the First World War — Babelʼs historical tour Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: month ago News WSJ: South Korea transfers hundreds of thousands of ammunition to Ukraine Author: Liza Brovko Date: 19 hours ago Minister of Internal Affairs: Ukraine will punish men who illegally left the country. The law is being developed Author: Liza Brovko Date: 20 hours ago General Staff: the Russian army lost 500 invaders and 20 artillery systems in a day Author: Liza Brovko Date: 21 hours ago The murder of Kyrylo Tlyavov in Pereyaslav: the court acquitted three suspects, but the ex-policeman guilty of the crime received 4 years Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 21 hours ago Stories Pavlo Kazarin was Crimean by nature, Russian by passport and worked in Moscow. Now he has been in the Ukrainian army for a year and considers himself simply a Ukrainian. An interview about the long way home Author: Yevhen Spirin Date: month ago Stories Russia plans to replace Shaheds with its own drones and double the missiles production. What will come out of this — says the deputy head of Ukrainian intelligence (GUR) Vadym Skibitsky. A brief retelling of his interview Author: Kateryna Kobernyk Date: two months ago Stories World museums recognize Ukrainian art, which was earlier considered Russian. Art critic Oksana Semenik is fighting for this. Her story is about the occupation in Bucha, studies in the USA, and millions of views on Twitter Author: Oksana Rasulova Date: two months ago News NYT: The US believes that Ukrainian units are behind the attacks on the Kremlin. But Zelensky could not know about it Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 21 hours ago At night, the Russians launched 36 Iranian kamikaze drones over Ukraine. All of them were shot down by the Air Defense Forces Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 22 hours ago In Crimea, the occupiers exhibited museum exhibits stolen from Melitopol Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago Viktor Medvedchuk was deprived of the right to practice as a lawyer Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago Stories The International Criminal Court allowed the arrest of Putin (finally!). Will Putin be convicted? Will he be imprisoned? And for how much time? What will happen? Cold-headed answers to simple questions Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: two months ago Lifehacks A close person returned from captivity and closed in on himself. How to help him return to normal life? Important and sensitive instruction Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: two months ago Stories The Russians have been trying to surround Bakhmut for almost a month. They do not succeed — Ukraine defends the city. The situation at the front on the 390th day of a full-scale invasion, with maps Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: two months ago News Japan handed over 100 cars and 30 000 food rations to Ukraine Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago Switzerland will decommission 25 Leopard 2 tanks. They will be resold to Germany Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The Military Administration promises that there will be no more closed shelters in Kyiv Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago Ukraine suspended electricity exports to cover its own needs Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: day ago Stories Switzerland has not intervened in wars for more than 200 years, but during World War II it made an exception for Nazi gold and weapons. Hereʼs the story of Swiss flexible neutrality Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: two months ago Stories In a village in the Kyiv region, a 76-year-old “monk” is being tried for collaborationism. Neighbors say: he christened the tanks of the Russians. How it happened that the village (almost) forgave him? A large report Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: two months ago Stories Volodymyr “Shamil” Sheredeha was injured in the war and has not been able to walk since. He overcame depression, was in a psychiatric hospital twice, and now he helps other wounded fighters — a long interview Author: Yuliana Skibitska Date: two months ago News The EBRD plans to allocate an additional €1.5 billion to support the infrastructure and economy of Ukraine Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago In Crimea, the occupiers “nationalized” more than 50 objects, including Zelenskyʼs apartment in Yalta and the “Meszhlis” building Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: day ago The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is switching to a new calendar Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago SBU: “Ukrtatnafta” paid 1.2 billion hryvnias to the state budget after investigating corruption schemes of its management Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago More of Babel I always interested in — how and why News Stories Lifehacks Podcasts Team Advertisement Sitemap Facebook Telegram Twitter Instagram YouTube Viber Editing rules Terms and conditions Privacy policy Cookie policy © 2023 Babel. All rights reserved. Babel is not against reprints, but first write us All right, just want to warn that Бабель uses cookies . Thats how we analyze traffic and set up advertising.