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Menu [https://babel.ua/en/] Support us Site search UA EN RU News Stories Lifehacks Podcasts Facebook Telegram Twitter Instagram Latest news from «Babel» Stories A well-known American lobbyist should prevent the Ukrainian parliament from banning the Russia-affiliated church. For this, the church pays him $1,400 an hour, but it seems that itʼs not just about money — more details Author: Oleksandr Miasyshchev Date: 14 hours ago Stories On June 27, Russia hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk with an Iskander missile and killed 13 people, including the writer Victoria Amelina. The Truth Hounds team established the details of the attack — here they are Author: Oleksandr Miasyshchev Date: 4 days ago Stories 33 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev was almost shot on Red Square by a locksmith dissatisfied with his politics. We recall the attempt that the KGB missed (and, of course, we hint!) Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 4 days ago Stories ”Zelensky changes just like the atmosphere in a room or society.” A brief synopsis of the speech of the historian Serhii Plokhy in Toronto Author: Maria Zhartovska Date: 4 days ago Stories ”Itʼs hard to say that Iʼll be writing about this [war] in 20 years, when Iʼll have access to the archives, know the end of the story.” Historian Serhii Plokhy — about how to write about the war during wartime Author: Maria Zhartovska Date: 6 days ago Stories Russia quickly learned to circumvent oil sanctions — it uses a shadow fleet of old tankers and actively confuses the tracks — according to The Wall Street Journal and The Economist Author: Oleksandr Miasyshchev Date: 7 days ago Stories The Russians are trying with all their might to capture Avdiivka. Why it is important for them and what are our chances — the head of the cityʼs administration and sergeant Yehor Firsov, who defends it, explain Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 7 days ago Subscribe to our Telegram Stories The Clooney Foundation submitted three cases of Russian war crimes to the German prosecutorʼs office. Foundation lawyer Anna Neistat explains why this is important Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 7 days ago Stories 57 Russian fencers were admitted to international competitions. Almost half of them support the war and Putin. Babelʼs second investigation into non-neutral Russian sportspersons Author: Oleksandr Miasyshchev Date: 10 days ago Stories By April 2024, Ukrainians will probably be able to apply for compensation for the Russia-caused damage. How it will work and when the payments will be made — an interview with the registry director, Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 14 days ago Stories Martin Scorseseʼs “Killers of the Flower Moon” was released. In it, the heroes of De Niro and DiCaprio hunt for money from very rich Indians. Itʼs a true story, and this is how it all happened Author: Dmytro Rayevskyi Date: 19 days ago Stories ”We hope to restore this terminal.” Co-founder of “Nova Post” Vyacheslav Klymov on the rocket attack on the mail depot, help to the victims and new security rules in branches — a short interview Author: Yuliana Skibitska Date: 19 days ago Stories For 2.5 months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fought for two small streets in the completely destroyed village of Andriivka near Bakhmut. Babel recreated this operation — it is a Ukrainian counteroffensive from the inside Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 20 days ago Stories ”Everyone agrees that Putin and his entourage should be responsible for the aggression. The difference is when exactly.” Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Justice Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė — on the tribunal for the Russian officials Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: 21 days ago Stories 50 years ago, Israel won the Yom Kippur War against Egypt and Syria. This victory was a defeat for Prime Minister Golda Meir and a diplomatic triumph for the Egyptians. A story in archival pictures Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: 26 days ago Stories What happened in Hroza before the Russian missile hit it. And how the Mamon brothers, whom the SBU considers gunners, became collaborators — a reconstruction Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: 28 days ago Subscribe to our Facebook Stories ”We are constantly one step behind.” Boris Johnson explains how Ukraine can win the war faster, recalls the last conversation with Putin and asks the West to finally forget about “this guy”. An interview Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: month ago Stories Russian judokas are going to the European Championship in a “neutral” status. Some of them are active military who support the war and Putin personally. Investigation by Babel Author: Oleksandr Miasyshchev Date: month ago Stories ”Based on the available evidence, it will be difficult to prove that the Russians are committing genocide.” International lawyer Philip Sands helps Ukraine punish Putin and enlist the US support in this. An interview Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: month ago Stories The Hamas attack called into question Israelʼs readiness for war. But it can surprise! In the Six-Day War of 1967 the Israelis won on the first day — a story in pictures Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: month ago Stories ”The whole village disappeared. As if there was no one.” A Russian missile killed 52 people in Hroza. A report from a village where everyone has lost someone Author: Yuliana Skibitska Date: month ago Stories Prosecutors from six countries in The Hague are gathering evidence of the crime of Russian aggression — this is the first step to punish Putin. How it happens — prosecutor Myroslava Krasnoborova tells in an interview Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: month ago Stories 81 years ago, the Nazis successfully tested the first V-2 ballistic missile. The new superweapon did not help win the war, but it paved the way to space for the USA and the USSR. A story in archival pictures Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: month ago Stories ”This will open the way to reparations for us.” Ukraineʼs Agent at the UN International Court of Justice Anton Korynevych — about preliminary hearings of the case of Ukraine against Russia regarding the “genocide in Donbas” Author: Oksana Kovalenko Date: month ago 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: month ago Stories We made a photo report on the work of two young sappers in the Zaporizhzhia direction. Before publication, one of them had his foot torn off. Valera, hold on! Author: Ghanna Mamonova Date: month 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: month 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: month ago Stories 46 years ago, the Chornobyl nuclear power plant was launched. This is how the first nuclear power plant in Ukraine and its satellite town Prypiat, which became a ghost town, were built (in archival pictures) Author: Serhii Pyvovarov Date: month ago Stories The USSR and Nazi Germany held a military parade in Brest after the capture of Poland 84 years ago. Russia calls it a “liberation campaign”. 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