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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 In Canada, there is a scandal over a veteran of the 1st Galician Division. What is this unit? Did it fight on the side of the Third Reich? Did it fight for an independent Ukraine? Here is its difficult story Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: day ago Stories Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine and Poland have become the best of friends, and now they are quarreling again. And everyone has a lot of questions about this — we answer them one by one Author: Oleksandr Miasyshchev Date: two days ago Stories Russia says it started the war to save Donbas from genocide. Ukraine proves at the UN International Court of Justice that this is (another) lie. Babel journalist tells the details of the case from The Hague Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: three days ago Stories Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh for more than 100 years. This conflict was created by Sergo Ordzhonikidze, fueled by Stalin and reignited the collapse of the USSR — two versions of the same war Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 9 days ago News Poland and Hungary did not show up for the meeting regarding the export of Ukrainian grain Author: Liza Brovko Date: 46 minutes ago Slovak volunteers raised money for the Božena-5 demining machine for Ukraine Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 49 minutes ago Russian athletes will be admitted to the 2024 Paralympics Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: hour ago SBI exposed the officials who demanded bribes from the military. One of them wanted to eat the evidence Author: Liza Brovko Date: hour ago Stories There are no fierce battles on the northern border, but there are constant shelling and saboteurs. Hereʼs how Ukrainian border guards counter this — photo report Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 11 days ago Stories The Russian delivered a combat helicopter to Ukraine. Donʼt believe that pilots can become disillusioned with dictatorial regimes and run away with top-secret equipment? Here are the five most famous escapes Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 13 days ago Stories 70 years ago, Nikita Khrushchev headed the Communist Party, although no one took him seriously after Stalinʼs death. This is how he defeated his competitors Malenkov and Beria and seized power in the USSR Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 16 days ago News SBU declared the suspicion to the general director of the Russian airline. He transporting “Shahed” drones to the borders of Ukraine Author: Liza Brovko Date: two hours ago SBU spokesman: Ukrainian agent in the ranks of Russian special forces helped expose a number of their crimes Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: two hours ago Britain imposed new sanctions against Russia for “elections” in the occupied regions of Ukraine Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: two hours ago Lithuania closed the border for cars with Russian license plates. Existing transport must be taken out of the EU within 6 months Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: two hours ago Stories The Russians drop dozens of aerial bombs on Orikhiv every day. There is not a single whole house left in the town. But people, dogs and cats continue to live and survive there — photo report by “Babel” Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 17 days ago Stories ”Moral responsibility will be on me for the rest of my life.” Maria Berlinskaʼs first interview after the Russian attack on Chernihiv, and itʼs not about drones Author: Kateryna Kobernyk Date: 18 days ago Stories Oleksandr Yakymenko, head of the SBU during Yanukovychʼs time, created a local FSB in Kherson, set up a torture chamber and robbed businessmen. This is how this system worked Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 22 days ago News Russia jams the GPS communication of ships in the waters of Romania. Because of this, missiles and drones can miss Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: two hours ago 780 Ukrainians were injured by explosive objects. 251 of these people died Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: three hours ago SBU and SBI identified the commanders of the Russian special forces and declared them of the suspicion Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 4 hours ago The National Bank continued the exchange of small coins and old banknotes until the end of the war Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 4 hours ago Stories Investigator Vladimir Dzuro arrested the first war criminal since Nuremberg, and now teaches how to properly investigate Russian war crimes. A long interview with a detective story and an unpleasant prognosis Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 23 days ago Stories For 20 years, the CIA tried to establish control over the human mind with torture and drugs. It crippled thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of lives. Hereʼs more about the secret experiments of the MKUltra project Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 29 days ago 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: month ago News Putin instructed the ex-head of the PMC “Wagner” to form new units for the war in Ukraine Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 5 hours ago The US House of Representatives approved a separate tranche for Ukraine for $300 million Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 6 hours ago Almost 85 000 people left Nagorno-Karabakh. This is half of the regionʼs population Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 6 hours ago SBU drones successfully hit an electrical substation in the Kursk region of Russia Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: 6 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News General Staff: The Russians lost another 340 soldiers and 34 artillery units over the past day Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 8 hours ago Pentagon: The shutdown may negatively affect the training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: 8 hours ago A criminal case was opened against the blogger Spartak Subbota. Educational documents are being checked for forgery Author: Liza Brovko Date: 23 hours ago In Poland, it was confirmed that a Ukrainian missile fell on the territory of the country last year Author: Liza Brovko Date: 23 hours 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News Officials of the Military Commissariat who helped the evaders were exposed in Vinnytsia Author: Liza Brovko Date: 23 hours ago The Tax Service has launched its own application for Android and iOS Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago An American soldier extradited by North Korea has returned to the United States Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago Actor Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, has died Author: Liza Brovko Date: day 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: month 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: month 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: month ago News Swiss glaciers have shrunk by 10% in two years Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago The worldʼs oldest Scotch whiskey will be sold in Great Britain. It was accidentally found in a 750-year-old castle Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Kyiv. He discussed with Zelensky air defence Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day ago The anti-corruption register of the NAPC has been activated again on the “Diia” portal Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day 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: month 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: two months 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: two months ago News NATO will deploy AWACS reconnaissance aircraft in Lithuania. They will watch the Russian troops Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day ago Politico: The US State Department and the Pentagon have different views on arms deliveries to Ukraine. This is slowing down aid Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago SBU identified the Kadyrovites colonel who tortured Ukrainian prisoners Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day ago US ambassador: NATO will increase production of ammunition for itself and Ukraine Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day 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: month 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: two months 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: two months ago News In October, Russia will be able to “legally” buy long-range missiles from Iran. UN restrictions expire Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day ago Air defense forces shot down 34 kamikaze drones at night Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day ago General Staff: The Russians lost another 330 soldiers and 38 artillery pieces over the past day Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: day ago The President accepted credentials from the ambassadors of six countries and the European Union Author: Liza Brovko Date: day 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: two months 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: two months 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 Genocide case: Ukraine is waiting for its lawsuit against Russia to be considered on the merits Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago Ukraine asks the UN International Court of Justice to reject Russiaʼs objections in the genocide case Author: Liza Brovko Date: day ago The Cabinet of Ministers appointed new deputy ministers of defense of Ukraine. What is known about them Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago Bloomberg: The US suspects the Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse of helping the Russians circumvent sanctions Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day 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: three 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: three 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: three months ago News Ukraine named the condition for withdrawing claims to the WTO due to the grain embargo Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago Bulgaria has finally agreed to transfer malfunctioning S-300 missiles to Ukraine Author: Sofiia Telishevska Date: day ago A single 112 rescue service was launched in the Kyiv region Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: day ago The Glusco gas station was transferred to the management of “Ukrnafta” Author: Liza Brovko Date: two days 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: three 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: three 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: three months ago News Latvia and Poland will also boycott UEFA tournaments with the participation of Russian teams Author: Liza Brovko Date: two days ago The Judge of the Brovary Court was declared of the suspicion of bribery Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: two days ago The Ukrainian won in the “Best European Actress” category at the Septimius Awards Author: Liza Brovko Date: two days ago The British Museum has asked the public to help recover stolen exhibits Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: two days 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: three 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: three 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: three months ago News “Apple” has added the Ukrainian language to its translator Author: Liza Brovko Date: two days ago North Korea extradits US serviceman who escaped from South Korea Author: Anna Kholodnova Date: two days ago Azerbaijan detained the former state minister of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: two days ago Poland took a week to review Ukraineʼs grain export plan. Kyiv is urged to withdraw its complaint to the WTO Author: Kostia Andreikovets Date: two 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: three 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: three 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. 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.