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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 Destruction of the Kakhovka HPP is ecocide, but there is no such crime in international criminal law. How to make the Russians pay then? There are several options, but all of them arenʼt easy Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: day ago Stories Russia withdrew from the “grain deal” and is destroying the Odesa port. What will happen to Ukrainian grain now and how to export it, if not by sea? Analysis by Babel Author: Yuliana Skibitska Date: three days ago News The defense forces liberated the village of Staromayorske in the Donetsk region Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 12 hours ago The IOC reacted to the disqualification of Olha Kharlan because of the Russian sportswoman Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 14 hours ago Peopleʼs deputy Yury Aristov, who rested in the Maldives during the war, was informed of the suspicion Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 14 hours ago With the support of Japan, Ukraine received $1.5 billion from the World Bank Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 14 hours ago Stories 106 years ago, mustard gas became the “king of chemical weapons” in the First World War. We briefly mention the long history of the use and (almost useless) bans of chemical weapons Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 15 days ago Stories Nikopol is a city where alarms are constantly howling, preparing for an explosion at the ZNPP and waiting for clean water from volunteers. Photo report about those who stays there Author: Yuliana Skibitska Date: 17 days ago Stories In Rostov-on-Don, 24 “Azovians” are on trial — they are soldiers of the regiment, veterans and female cooks. Brief profiles of Ukrainians who need to be returned home Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 18 days ago Stories In 1994, Russia already tried to seize Crimea — using the separatist Yuriy Meshkov. One SBU special operation changed everything. Hereʼs a story based on the Ukrainian Public Broadcasterʼs documentary about these events Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: 27 days ago Stories Prigozhinʼs rebellion failed. And what would have happened if not? (Most likely) a new dictator would appear in Russia. Five historical examples — from the Decembrist uprising to tanks in Moscow Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 28 days ago News Kyiv will spend 15 million hryvnias to repair the Metro Bridge Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 16 hours ago NYT: Britain allowed sanctioned oligarchs to spend money on domestic workers and private cooks Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 17 hours ago The National Police of Donetsk closed the case regarding the interference of the “Schemes” journalist in the activities of the judge Author: Liza Brovko Date: 17 hours ago The Verkhovna Rada supported the restoration of e-declaration in the first reading Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 17 hours ago 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News Houses, apartments and six cars. The court seized the property of Odesa military commissar Yevhen Borysov Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 17 hours ago The Prosecutorʼs Office of Crimea detained a pilot of one of the Ukrainian airlines who worked for Russia Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 17 hours ago OCU finally approved the transition to the New Julian calendar Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 18 hours ago The Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law on the selection of judges to the CCU Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 19 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan was disqualified from the World Championship Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 19 hours ago A Ukrainian diplomat was detained in South Korea after a fight in a bar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs returns him to Ukraine Author: Liza Brovko Date: 19 hours ago The National Bank lowered the discount rate for the first time since the beginning of the invasion Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 19 hours ago Two rockets were shot down in the suburbs of Vinnytsia the day before. People were injured by the debris Author: Liza Brovko Date: 20 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News In the Rivne region, military commissars beat a soldier. One of the officers was found with drugs Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 20 hours ago The Verkhovna Rada extended martial law and general mobilization until November 15 Author: Liza Brovko Date: 20 hours ago The Ukrainian Parliament supported the resignation of Tkachenko from the post of Minister of Culture Author: Liza Brovko Date: 20 hours ago The leader of the DPRK Kim Jong Un showed the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation prohibited ballistic missiles and drones Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 20 hours 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: month 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: month ago News Monuments to the poet Pushkin and General Vatutin were dismantled in Poltava Author: Liza Brovko Date: 20 hours ago Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan refused to shake the hand of her Russian opponent. She could be disqualified for this Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 21 hours ago “Schemes” found a judge with Russian citizenship in Donetsk region. She filed a defamation claim Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 21 hours ago In the Donetsk region, a military commissar and a policeman were exposed for taking bribes Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 23 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News A draft law on the restoration of e-declaration was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada Author: Liza Brovko Date: 23 hours ago The MIA of Russia informed about the wanted judge of the International Criminal Court, who issued a warrant for the arrest of Putin Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago Ukrainian athletes were allowed to compete together with Russians and Belarusians. But there is a condition Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago At night, the Russians shelled the Kharkiv region. There is destruction, casualties and deaths Author: Liza Brovko Date: day 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: month 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: month 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: two months ago News At night, the occupiers released 2 Kalibr missiles and 8 kamikaze drones over Ukraine. Air defense forces destroyed all drones Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago The Russians hit the port infrastructure of Odesa with Kalibr missiles Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago General Staff: The Ukrainian military destroyed almost 600 invaders and 40 cruise missiles over the past day Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago NYT: Joe Biden secretly ordered evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine to be handed over to the International Criminal Court Author: Anhelina Sheremet 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: two months 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 months 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 months ago News All Eyes On Wagner: “Wagnerians” in Belarus are commanded by a native of Ukraine Serhiy Chubko Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago The Air Force shot down 36 missiles during the massive attack Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The Italian Senate recognized the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago The State Register of Sanctions will appear in Ukraine 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: two months 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: two months 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: two months ago News The Ukraine-NATO Council held its second meeting. Russiaʼs withdrawal from the “grain agreement” and shelling of southern Ukraine were condemned there Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The head of the State Judicial Administration received suspicion. He incited bribes to Supreme Court judges Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago Zelensky signed the tax bill Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago Another 18 members of the Russian State Duma were convicted in Frankivsk. They were given 15 years in prison Author: Sofiia Telishevska 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: two months 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: two months 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: two months ago News The Air Force shot down two Kalibr cruise missiles in Vinnytsia Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago The head of SBU officially confirmed that the Crimean bridge was blown up by the special service Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The IOC did not invite Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympic Games Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago The European Court lifted the sanctions against ex-prosecutor Viktor Pshonka and his son Artem 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 . 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