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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 During the Prigozhin rebellion, Russian propagandists mentioned Alexey Dyumin. In the past, he saved Victor Yanukovych, was Putinʼs adjutant, and now he can take Sergei Shoiguʼs place. Who is he — a short profile Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: 6 hours ago Stories At the UN International Court of Justice, Russia is trying to prove that it has the right to kill civilians. Could this have convinced the judges — explains the Ukrainian agent in the court, Anton Korynevych Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: day ago Stories On the eve of the German-Soviet war, Kyiv was preparing to open the Republican Stadium, and Uzbekistan was warned of a great calamity due to Tamerlaneʼs curse. What happened on June 21, 1941 Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 6 days ago News Russia holds 126 women captive Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: two hours ago Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets: Deported Ukrainian children are detained in 57 regions of Russia Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: two hours ago In Ukraine, the quarantine due to the pandemic ends on July 1 Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: two hours ago Vitaliy Klitschko and the heads of the capitalʼs districts were reprimanded because of the state of shelters Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: three hours ago Stories At the Unbroken center in Lviv, Ukrainians are given leg and arm prostheses, re-taught to hold a fork and run — a photo report that gives hope Author: Tetiana Leonova Date: 6 days ago Podcasts ”The destruction of the Kakhovka HPP will have consequences for all Black Sea countries” . Interview with Serhiy Porovskyi, an expert on reservoirs Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 7 days ago Podcasts ”People are saved twice, from the flood and from the occupation.” Experience of photographers Stas Yurchenko and Stas Kozlyuk, who saw Kherson residents being evacuated from the left bank Author: Yevhen Spirin Date: 11 days ago News Euractiv: NATO to keep Stoltenberg as Secretary General of the Alliance because of the war in Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: three hours ago From now on, Minister Kamyshin will be responsible for the proper condition of shelters throughout Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: three hours ago Andriy Yarmolenko officially returns to Dynamo Kyiv Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 4 hours ago Lukashenko told the details of negotiations with Pryhozhyn during the rebellion in Russia — and confirmed that he is already in Belarus Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 4 hours ago Stories The Kakhovka HPP was supposed to become Stalinʼs experiment with nature, show the USA whoʼs who and impress Egypt. And, if something, it could be blown up. The last “great building of communism” — in archival footage Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 12 days ago Stories Russians left the locals from the Dnipro left bank alone. Ukrainian soldiers rescue civilians, volunteers take animals, and the occupiers are constantly shooting from “Grads” — a very emotional report from the Kherson region Author: Stas Kozliuk Date: 14 days ago Podcasts ”People who didnʼt take Russian passports are not allowed to evacuate from the left bank.” Interview with aerial scout Santa, who drops water and food to people on the occupied areas with drones Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 16 days ago News Report: The UN documented that Russia illegally detained ten times more civilians than Ukraine Author: Liza Brovko Date: 6 hours ago The “Rheinmetall” concern will transfer 14 “Leopard 2” tanks from the Netherlands to Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 6 hours ago Electronic access to shelters was tested in Kyiv Author: Liza Brovko Date: 6 hours ago “Ukrzaliznytsia” appoints an additional train on the route Kyiv — Lviv Author: Liza Brovko Date: 7 hours ago Stories On the night of June 10, the Russians released Shahed drones over Odesa. They were all shot down, but one fell and exploded between two high-rise buildings. Here are 7 photos of the attack aftermath Date: 16 days ago Podcasts ”We are all bitten, scratched, but happy because we managed to get everyone out.” Volunteer Yevhen Haustov tells how he rescued animals and people from flooded villages in the Kherson region Author: Yuliana Skibitska Date: 18 days ago Podcasts ”We are facing a humanitarian crisis, water shortages and infectious diseases.” Yaroslav Korniienko, volunteering coordinator of evacuations in the Kherson region — an interview Author: Yevhen Spirin Date: 18 days ago News ​The court remanded a law enforcement officer who, while he was drunk, committed a fatal road accident in Kirovohrad region Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 7 hours ago SBU declared the suspicion to an official of the Odesa RMA. He stole more than UAH 7 million during the construction of hospitals Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 8 hours ago The Russian FSB closed the case on Pryhozhynʼs armed rebellion Author: Liza Brovko Date: 9 hours ago The head of the Ternopil RC and two deputy heads of the RMA are suspected of extorting UAH 2.4 million from a volunteer entrepreneur Author: Liza Brovko Date: 9 hours ago Stories The occupiers blew up the Kakhovka HPP. Will the crops be saved? What are the consequences for ecology? Will it affect the Ukrainian army counterattack? We answer the main questions and reassure a little Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 19 days ago Stories Lawyer David Crane created the Special Court for Sierra Leone and sent a president behind bars for the first time. He proposes to do the same with Putin and has already presented his plan to Zelensky — an interview Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 20 days ago Stories In 1941, USSR blew up the Dnipro HPP dam to stop the Germans. Instead of this, thousands of Soviet soldiers were killed. How the power plant was destroyed and restored during the WWІІ — a story in photos Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 21 days ago News Human rights defenders: Russian snipers shot teenagers Tihran Ohannisyan and Nikita Khanhanov in Berdyansk Author: Liza Brovko Date: 10 hours ago Media: The US Secretary of State Blinken sent an urgent telegram about Pryhozhynʼs rebellion. What was it about? Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 10 hours ago General Staff: The Russian army lost more than half a thousand soldiers, 28 artillery systems and five tanks over the past day Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 12 hours ago The US sees no signs that Russia will blow up the nuclear power plant or strike with nuclear weapons Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 12 hours ago Stories The US agrees that Putin should be tried for the war against Ukraine. But thereʼs no agreement to the Special Tribunal. Why and how to change this? Interview with Mark Ellis, a lawyer who has worked with tribunals Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 21 days ago Stories In May, the Russians bombarded Kyiv 16 times with various missiles and drones, were pleased with the “capture” of Bakhmut, but missed the attack on the Belgorod region. The situation on the 460th day of the full-scale war Author: Oleksiy Yarmolenko Date: 27 days ago 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: month ago News CNN: Western allies warned Ukraine not to attack inside Russia during Pryhozhynʼs rebellion Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 13 hours ago Bulgaria agreed to a new package of military aid to Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago Latvia completely stops issuing any visas to Russians Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago Prigozhin explained why he started (and ended) the rebellion in Russia Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News Zelensky implemented the decision of the National Security Council on the unsatisfactory condition of the shelters Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago Sweden will direct €32.5 million for humanitarian aid to Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The court seized more than 80 real estate objects in the metropolitan “X-Park” space Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago “Verstka”: In Belarus, they started building training camps for the PMC “Wagner” Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News The Prime Minister of Greece received a second term in office after the victory of the far-right in the elections Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago The Supreme Court of Australia finally forced Russia to vacate the site where Moscow planned to build an embassy Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago Hungary again blocked a tranche of military aid to Ukraine from the EU Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago “Ukroboronprom” recognized problems with the missile program. The media write that the concern will get a new manager Author: Liza Brovko Date: day 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News The EU will pay €100 million to countries whose economies were affected by the influx of Ukrainian grain Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The Court of Appeal unblocked the digitization of the register of seamenʼs documents Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago Germany will pay for the order of ammunition for Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The Defense Forces of Ukraine liberated Rivnopil in Donetsk region. 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