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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 “Ukraine needs to grow up — we may find ourselves alone.” The main points of Volodymyr Zelenskyʼs interview with TV presenter Nataliia Moseychuk Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 22 hours ago Stories The pro-Russian sect wanted to tell the world about the imminent apocalypse, and also about the great leader Putin. And it did, with the leading Ukrainian media helping it. What? Yes, it hurts Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: 23 hours ago Stories ”Weʼve always been living in a shit like this — first heat, then COVID, then war, then flood.” Farmer Oleksandr Sherstyuk harvested crops under Russian machine guns during the occupation, and now he mows wheat under shelling Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 4 days ago Stories Yale University professor Jason Stanley has been researching fascism for years. He assures that modern Russia is very similar to Nazi Germany, only the basis of its ideology isnʼt race, but language and culture. An interview Author: Anton Semyzhenko Date: 5 days ago News Forbes: Since the start of the counteroffensive, Ukraine has lost 5 of 71 Leopard 2 tanks Author: Liza Brovko Date: 24 minutes ago SBI has begun deciphering the black boxes of two L-39 jets, on which three Ukrainian pilots died Author: Oleksandr Ruban Date: hour ago The body of another deceased was found under the rubble of an oil mill in the Poltava region Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: hour ago Mandatory evacuation of children from five settlements was announced in Zaporizhzhia Author: Liza Brovko Date: hour ago Stories 103 years ago, Ukrainians helped Poland resist the Bolsheviks and save Europe from the “bayonet revolution”, but lost their own state. We recall the “Miracle on the Vistula” — in archival footage Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 5 days ago Stories Trumpʼs allies launched an advertising campaign “Republicans for Ukraine” — this is good news. The bad thing is that there are fewer and fewer such enthusiasts. Hereʼs how the war with Russia split the conservatives Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: 6 days ago Stories Social technologist Viktor Berezenko has advised several ministers, trained politicians from Zelenskyyʼs party, and built a media holding for Kyivʼs go-to man. An interview Author: Kateryna Kobernyk Date: 8 days ago News HACC kept the MP from “Servant of the People” Anatolii Hunko in custody Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: hour ago A man who was sending spare parts for drones to Russia was detained in Germany Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: hour ago A new gas field was discovered in Ukraine — there may be up to a billion cubic meters of gas Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: two hours ago SBU declared the suspicion to a Kyiv businessman — he paid 50 million rubles in taxes to the budget of the Russian Federation Author: Liza Brovko Date: two hours ago Stories “Mom, I was painting you”. Russia took away her children, husband and freedom from 38-year-old Olha Morokhovska. She won them and her memory back Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 11 days ago Stories ”It is unlikely that Putin will be prosecuted while he is still a sitting head of state.” A rather pessimistic interview with US State Department Global Criminal Justice Representative Beth Van Schaack Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 14 days ago Stories “Treat it like a marathon, not like a sprint.” Lawyer Clint Williamson worked on the tribunals in Yugoslavia and Cambodia. Here what he thinks on the trial of the Russians Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 18 days ago News Several temperature records were set in Kyiv for the second day in a row Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: three hours ago The Vatican explained what the Pope meant in his speech about “great Russia” Author: Liza Brovko Date: three hours ago The President of Hungary calls on Ukraine to negotiate with Russia Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: three hours ago In Germany, the investigation against “Rammstein” frontman Till Lindemann was stopped. He was accused of harassment Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: three hours ago Stories Should war criminals be protected? Lawyer Wayne Jordash, the “devilsʼ” advocate at the Sierra Leone and Rwanda tribunals, who is currently investigating Putinʼs crimes in Ukraine, explains Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 20 days 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: month 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: month ago News In Romania, a bus with Ukrainians got into an accident. 15 people were injured Author: Oleksandr Ruban Date: three hours ago The Supreme Council of Justice again suspended judge Tandyr, who shot down a national guard at a roadblock Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 4 hours ago WSJ: There is no consensus in Europe about how detailed security guarantees should be for Ukraine Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 4 hours ago Ukraine and Poland signed a new railway agreement. There will be more trains between countries Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 5 hours ago Stories Ukrainian George Kistiakowsky helped Robert Oppenheimer create a nuclear bomb and then advised three US presidents to abandon the use of it. Here is his story Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 27 days ago 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: month ago Stories The “Wagnerians” are scaring Ukraine and Europe with an offensive from Belarus, and Lukashenko boasts that he can barely hold them back. He lies. Hereʼs what happened to the PMС a month after the failed rebellion Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: month ago News The Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has appointed the head of the Army Resource Supply Agency Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 5 hours ago The Kremlin approved a new campaign of fakes and propaganda against Ukraine. Intelligence identified five main narratives Author: Oleksandr Ruban Date: 5 hours ago General Staff: The Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully advanced in the direction of the village of Verbove in Zaporizhzhia Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 7 hours ago South Korea allocated record aid to Ukraine Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: 8 hours 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: month 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: month 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: two months ago News Defense forces in the Kherson region destroyed the Russian “novelty” radar “Predel-E” Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 18 hours ago The NBU reduced restrictions on the sale of currency to the public Author: Liza Brovko Date: 19 hours ago The Pope called on Russians not to abandon the heritage of “great Russia”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reacted Author: Liza Brovko Date: 20 hours ago The $29 price tag never existed. The Minister of Defense called a press conference to explain the objections to the purchase of winter jackets Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 21 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: two months 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: two months 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: two months ago News The results of the Military Medical Commission inspection will be considered at a meeting of the Security Council Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 22 hours ago “Ukrzaliznytsia” increased the number of flights for the off-season Author: Liza Brovko Date: 23 hours ago SBU colonel was found dead in his office with a gunshot wound Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 23 hours ago MDI showed a drone attack on the Russian barracks in Energodar. The occupation administration is being evacuated Author: Oleksandr Ruban Date: 23 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: two months 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: two months 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: two months ago News The Ministry of Defense presented the new “Velykyi Banderyk” drone. It can carry up to 31.5 kg of cargo Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: 23 hours ago SBU declared the suspicion to the chief jailer of Russia. He created concentration camps in the occupied territories Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago Abnormal heat: three temperature records were set in Kyiv on Sunday Author: Oleksandr Ruban Date: day ago In Sweden, a Russian is accused of espionage and buying military technology for the Russian Federation Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day 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: two months 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: two months 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: two months ago News SBI: The investigation is studying three versions of the plane crash in Zhytomyr region Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago The Anti-Corruption Council under the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the jackets purchased in Turkey were winter jackets Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago Intelligence showed “congratulatory” strikes on Russians on Independence Day and Flag Day Author: Anhelina Sheremet Date: day ago FT: European military lacks translators to train Ukrainian soldiers Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day 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: two months 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: two months 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. 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