Information for shareholders and stakeholders athletes of the South Ukraine NPP ran the traditional Khust Half Marathon 2024 and participated in fundraising to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine The sixth charity half-marathon took place in the city of Khust on April 28 900 athletes from 17 regions of Ukraine and the European Union took part in it The Branch “SE SUNPP” was represented by three nuclear employees: • Alona Kyslytsia – Health Care Department; • Volodymyr Vaskov – Electrical Department; • Vyacheslav Oholenko - Electrical Department The nuclear employees competed on the main distance of 21.0957 km The peculiarity of this year's race was that for the first time the participants of the half-marathon ran on a certified track Vyacheslav Oholenko took 10th place and set a personal record Volodymyr Vaskov's achievement was the 112th place Alona Kyslytsia's achievement – the 243rd place participation in the event was not only an opportunity to test their own strength They took part in fundraising to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine the organizers of Khust Half Marathon 2024 managed to raise money for 2 vehicles and 66 drones for the National Guard and the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade the draw for the first preliminary round of the Vbet Ukrainian Cup 2024/2025 season will take place at the House of Football The draw will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the Ukrainian Association of Football The first preliminary round will feature 32 teams: 17 from the First League (Epiсentr (Kamianets-Podilskyi)/Mynai (Mynai) Livyi Bereh (Kyiv)/Metalist 1925 (Kharkiv) 13 from the Second League (Skala 1911 (Stryi) Trostianets (Trostianets)) and two representatives from the Association of Amateur Football (Olimpiya (Savyntsi) and Mykolaiv (Mykolaiv The first preliminary round matches are scheduled for August 3 The final match of the Ukrainian Cup 2024/2025 season is planned for May 14 The host city for the final will be determined by the UAF Executive Committee This article was published more than 3 years ago The Ukrainian city of Khust had a protest near a local recruitment centre Local women were upset that their husbands from territorial defense forces were sent to the frontlines.ANTON SKYBA/The Globe and Mail Tucked away in the hills in southwestern Ukraine the small city of Khust couldn’t feel more removed from the war raging on the other side of the country Life carries on here pretty much as normal But Khust became something of a social-media sensation over the weekend when a video appeared on Twitter showing a few dozen women protesting the mobilization of their husbands for military service the women can be heard shouting at soldiers in front of the local recruitment office Various comments online described the group as “demanding explanations why their loved ones are sent to the front line without necessary training and equipment.” The protest was surprising because there have been few public displays of opposition in Ukraine to the war with Russia People instead appear eager to volunteer for combat duty or to contribute in some other way to the war effort Khust seems unlikely to be a hotbed of anti-war sentiment This is a city of 30,000 in an economically depressed part of Ukraine that relies mainly on tourism and food processing for jobs It’s about as distant as you can get from the fighting Transcarpatia still remains the most remote and silent region of Ukraine amid heavy battles on eastern frontiers.ANTON SKYBA/The Globe and Mail people strolled the Khust’s streets and parks in the warm spring sunshine and there was little indication that the nation was at war Everything was also calm at the recruitment office to which young men continued to report; around noon the lobby was packed with a dozen waiting for instructions A few of the building’s windows had been broken during the protest and local police said people had been fined But it was hard to sense that there was broader sympathy with the protest Just down the street from the recruitment office an 80-year-old shopkeeper named Hana shrugged off the demonstration She’s run a small convenience store for 30 years and has never heard anyone complain about the military until now “a lot of people have volunteered for the army,” she said “Everybody wants to sit at home and demand peace,” she added The Globe and Mail is not disclosing the full names of residents such as Hana because they fear retribution amid the war For Ukraine’s women refugees, Poland’s strict abortion and birth control laws hinder their next steps For Ukrainians, buying a car becomes a challenge amid dwindling supply and gas shortages a press officer for the Transcarpathia War Commission called the protest “a shame.” He said the protesters had been whipped up by misinformation and that officers from the recruitment centre met with the group to discuss their concerns; the protesters were told that new conscripts weren’t sent to the front line and they received two months training and a full set of equipment the deputy chair of the Transcarpathia Military Administration said he was convinced the protest was the work of Russian agents who spread false information online in the hope of stirring up trouble He said Russian intelligence has been for years trying to destabilize the region by preying on the ethnic Hungarians in the area who represent about 10 per cent of the population and tend to be pro-Russian The disinformation campaign was just another facet of war and police were working to track down who was behind the protest “It’s good that this happened now actually because we know exactly that we need to stop it and not give Russia a chance to destabilize the region,” he said Others aren’t so sure Russian operatives were behind the demonstration director of the Institute for Central European Strategy.ANTON SKYBA/The Globe and Mail “People are afraid and they don’t feel war here,” said Dmytro Tuzhanskyi director of the Institute for Central European Strategy who lives in Transcarpathia The call up means “they finally understand the war is here adding it was up to local officials to do a better job of explaining what mobilization means Tuzhanskyi also said there has been a long history of separatist agitation here which has been encouraged by Russian President Vladimir Putin Putin has been pushing the notion of “Ruthenians” as an ethnic community in Transcarpathia “Rusyns” are distinct from Ukrainians and deserving of a homeland which is self-governing but still falls under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate has also played a role over the years in fomenting pro-Russian dissent When war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014 several demonstrations were held in areas across the region where the church had a strong following the Russian church has been supportive of Mr There have been other signs of disgruntlement at the mobilization in Khust that also don’t appear to be inspired by Russia The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has played a role over the years in fomenting pro-Russian dissent.ANTON SKYBA/The Globe and Mail businesswoman Viktoria Alexovich complained on Facebook about military officials calling up 30 workers from her company “The production company cannot exist without working hands,” she wrote She added that while she understands many businesses in the country have lost everything the government was supposed to be encouraging companies to stay afloat “What’s the point of actually stopping a business when there are so many jobless people and volunteers willing to take up arms?” Alexovich has been a strong supporter of the Ukrainian army and an active fundraiser for various humanitarian causes in the country and some of her workers were later sent back Whatever the controversy over the recent protest seeing loved ones head off to war can be emotionally wrenching for the residents of Khust a woman named Oksana and her daughter rode up to the recruitment office on their bicycles to give some belongings to Oksana’s husband “I just said goodbye to my husband.” She shook her head at the mention of the protest and added: “I want our victory.” Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines. 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Those ethnic Hungarians form one-eighth of Transcarpathia’s population, and are concentrated in districts bordering Hungary. Many accepted Hungary’s offer of passports despite Ukraine’s ban on dual citizenship.  Ukraine residents outside the region tend to view Transcarpathia as a stagnant backwater without a functioning airport it is a springboard to lives and careers in Hungary and the European Union we’re [seen as] provincials with bad Ukrainian I can apply to any university and get any job depending on my qualification,” Ishtvan a 21-year-old ethnic Hungarian told WhoWhatWhy (He asked to have his last name withheld to avoid any difficulty with authorities.) a postcard-perfect town where ethnic Hungarians account for three-fourths of the population and monuments to Hungarian national heroes dot cobblestone squares Ukrainian nationalists torched Berehove’s Hungarian consulate in 2018, after Peacekeeper a vigilante website backed by top security officials outed hundreds of state employees with dual citizenship The site offers “information for law enforcement authorities and special services about pro-Russian terrorists have long viewed Transcarpathian elites as unruly “From the first day of Ukraine’s independence there were three regions that were given away to local elites in exchange for loyalty to the central government — Crimea deputy minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories minorities objected to former President Petro Poroshenko’s policies making Ukrainian the preferred language of instruction and communication But observers blame post-Soviet Ukraine’s original sin — a nationalist push to establish a “strong-state” identity that alienates minorities in the nation made of fragments of fallen European empires and Ottoman Turkey “The concept of multiculturalism that is more appropriate for patchwork post-imperial entities [such as Ukraine] is replaced with a straightforward mono-ethnic” ideology Kyiv-based analyst Aleksey Kushch told WhoWhatWhy pledged to reverse them — but has so far failed to do so “Even Stalin didn’t dare eliminate education in minority languages,” Sandor Kovats But Ukrainian officials doubt that Orban will ever back an armed separatist uprising in Transcarpathia “He is not going to rock the boat the way [Russian President Vladimir] Putin did,” a Ukrainian diplomat told WhoWhatWhy on condition of anonymity Another Transcarpathian minority doesn’t consider itself one — and wants Kyiv to recognize its very existence Hundreds of thousands of Rusyn (also known as Ruthenian) speakers relish their ties to Kyivan Rus — a medieval political federation located in modern-day Belarus But Kyiv either considers them a Ukrainian “subgroup” — or reluctantly puts their number at a modest 10,000 “The real number of Rusyns in Ukraine is not reflected in government data because it hasn’t even been an option on the [2001] census,” Maria Silvestri president of the John and Helen Timo Foundation that promotes Rusyn culture the birthplace of the world’s best-known Rusyn: Andy Warhol whose parents emigrated from what is now Slovakia Rusyns are recognized as a minority in Slovakia Does Ukraine Fear Trump’s revenge? The United Nations and EU have unsuccessfully urged Kyiv to address the grievances of Transcarpathian Rusyns and observers warn that Ukraine’s reluctance to do so imperils its push to eventually become an EU member “Ukraine can’t join the EU or even be in closer association with it without better treatment of all of its minorities The Kremlin, predictably, wants to channel this indignation. Pro-Russian activist Petro Getsko urged Putin in 2014 to “help restore Rusyn statehood.” The former paratrooper was elected “prime minister” of a Rusyn territory whose “autonomy” was proclaimed in 2008 by a handful of community leaders and intellectuals.  where he told this reporter weeks after Crimea’s 2014 annexation that “a mere thousand men will be enough to cut off” Transcarpathia from Ukraine a Ukrainian court sentenced him to 12 years in jail in absentia on treason and separatism charges But the majority of Rusyns don’t support the idea of an armed rebellion As activist Tatyana Pop told Ekho Kyiva radio last September: “We live in Ukraine Related front page panorama photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from United Nations / Wikimedia and Adam Jones / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Ukraine made a special visit to the Ohel of the Alter Rebbe’s father made a special visit to the traditionally held Ohel of the Alter Rebbe’s father The family journeyed through Western Ukraine on their way to the Chabad Jewish refugee camp on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary where many families of shluchim and Anash from Ukraine have been staying in recent months who needed a minyan as a chiyuv for his mother With the assistance of community leader Volodymyr Katz Jews from Khust and Vinogradov gathered at the town’s magnificent shul for Mincha-Maariv Katz discussed steps to develop the community The area has been serviced by shliach to the Carpathian region is one of the few functioning shuls in Ukraine and the only one in the Carpathian region that has preserved its original interior and wall paintings despite the trials of time Rabbi Stambler and his family visited the Jewish cemetery in Vinogradov Curious as to why the name says ben Avraham I believe it’s because of the time he passed away nobody knew what his father‘s name was (various historians have discussed whether this is Indeed However he stopped using his second name once he became a talmid of the Baal Tov Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Khust province is in Southeastern Afghanistan and it is almost entirely covered by mountains and forests The population is largely rural and grows cereals and vegetables such as wheat and leek on whatever land is left from forest cover The rise in population and resultant pressure has pushed people living in this province to either immigrate for work and those left behind have resorted to collecting firewood Deforestation and rangeland overuse put Khust province in a critical position with 0.2ha of forest destroyed on an annual basis So far 278ha out of 15300ha have been destroyed since 2000 FAO with funds from Global Environment Facility (GEF) established nine Rangeland and Forest Management Associations (RMA & FMAs) in three districts (Sabari and Zazi Maidan) of Khust province and registered with the Ministry of Agriculture Each (RMA & FMA) has 11 key members and the whole community under each RMA & FMA are direct and indirect beneficiaries FAO developed Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) plan for each FMA/RMA and selected potential sites in consultation with FMA/RMA members for project interventions to be implemented RMA & FMA are responsible for monitoring project interventions regularly helping provincial staff to identify potential beneficiaries for project interventions participating in awareness-raising campaigns and spreading the knowledge to the whole community allocating land for establishing home-based nurseries as well as conducting regular weekly and monthly meetings among themselves to better facilitate project activities in the field FAO provincial team trained the local community and RMA/FMA members on the importance of the conservation of natural resources The project is utilizing a bottom-up approach - working at the village and provincial levels to ensure sustainability for a longer period To enhance the livelihoods and socio-economic conditions of the local communities who directly or indirectly depend on forest resources FAO planted nearly 129 840 saplings of almond that covered 162.6 ha of land at the beginning of 2023 The selection of these species was because of their high resistance to drought The aim of this plantation was to decrease pressure on forests and rangeland and restore biodiversity the survival rate of these saplings is around 95 percent and the community with the help of RMA & FMA key members regularly look after the saplings by irrigating and carrying out other required follow-up The community as part of their in-kind contribution did the plantation layout The plantation was done with contributions from local communities and RMA/FMA members through a large gathering locally called “Ashar” “I deeply appreciate the demonstration of afforestation/reforestation and supporting local communities We are lucky to be selected for this project as our basic needs such as alternative livelihood woodlots for fuel wood and sustainably managing the rangeland are considered and biodiversity as well as a healthy climatic environment for the upcoming generation,” says Mr Bakhtawar Khan is one of the beneficiaries of Sapari RMA/FMA who has individually received 500 almond and walnut saplings from FAO I used to be a member of the youth committee as well We’ve planted thousands of saplings every year in our forest area The local community through “Ashar” manages the plantation This year we’ve cumulatively planted 34 140 different types of saplings provided by the FAO and we are responsible for taking care of the saplings and irrigation We’ve hired guards locally called “Arbaky” who look after the planted area and do irrigation regularly.” [email protected] the spread of the enemy state's propaganda messages in the Ukrainian media space is nothing new followig the aggressor's full-scale invasion the amount of various fakes thrown into the information space by the enemy has increased They have also grown more visible in local social media groups We attempted to record and briefly describe exactly what kind of russian propaganda messages and fakes have been spreading in the Zakarpattia segment of social networks and what the majority of them was about The message about Zakarpattia becoming a part of Hungary is not new It has been appearing in the media every now and then since 2014 when Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were occupied russian propaganda seems to be trying to show that Ukraine will not remain indivisible because different parts of it will eventually go to other countries Propagandists are spreading a similar message about Poland which allegedly wants to take away other western regions of Ukraine russia is trying to justify its attack on an independent and sovereign country by pretending to see a threat to Ukraine coming from other states stating that "the provocative information was sent from an email address similar to that of the Society but registered under a different domain name." Screenshot of a post in Khust Facebook group these words were regarded almost as a "plan of attack" on Zakarpattia are aimed at intimidating the local population and convincing them that the lies are true: that Ukraine as a state may soon cease to exist Screenshot of a post from Khust Facebook group Local groups have been mentioning Belarus and its self-proclaimed president Aliaxandr Lukashenka in a different context as well they cited his statements regarding the ominous "plans of NATO and Poland," referring also to putin's words Such statements about the "dangerous West" are likely useful for russian propaganda to discredit Ukraine's allies in the russian-Ukrainian war and make it seem like the West has its own interests in Ukraine and does not actually support it In addition to the mentioned fakes and messages a trend of posting debunkings from various fact-checking organizations has become noticeable in local groups over five months into the full-scale war in Ukraine The fakes refuted had not been previously spread in those groups directly as lies the fake itself first appeared in the Zakarpattia social media segment as already debunked This trend only reinforces the thesis that the war has generally strengthened people's willingness to verify information and share reliable facts from the first day of the russian full-scale invasion as well as on the state authorities' pages have been saying that the people should only trust official sources and not believe the information coming from dubious sources Screenshot of a post from Berehovo Facebook group we can conclude that in the conditions of the current war the importance of observing information hygiene namely through fact checking and consuming content from reliable sources fake news and disinformation have already become a component of the real war of aggression against Ukraine Victory must be achieved in the information war first of all every consumer of information can take part regional representative of the Institute of Mass Information in Zakarpattia oblast [email protected] (050) 447-70-63 Ідентифікатор медіа: R40-01250 Reprinting and disseminating our information is allowed, but under strictly condition of reference to the source [email protected] russian propaganda fakes have been recorded in local social media groups of Zakarpattia, namely on Facebook and Telegram. This according to the analysis by IMI expert Yaroslav Hulan many fakes and messages spread by russian propaganda in local Zakarpattia groups were about Ukrainian-Hungarian relations Sometimes these fakes spilled out from social media to the pages of local online media even at the beginning of the full-scale attack on the country fake news about a so-called 'referendum on the separation of Transcarpathia from Ukraine,' which Hungary was allegedly planning to hold The fake was quickly debunked in the local office of the Security Service of Ukraine The organization 'Democratic Union of Hungarians in Ukraine' also denied this information." The experts also point out the following russian fakes that are being spread in Zakarpattia: "This trend only reinforces the thesis that the war has generally strengthened people's willingness to verify information and share reliable facts," the expert believes The full analysis is available here [email protected] Reprinting and disseminating our information is allowed but under strictly condition of reference to the source Contact us: news@app.com.pk Copyright © Associated Press of Pakistan Вы используете блокировщик рекламы в вашем браузере В этом случае Вы не сможете пользоваться всеми функциональными возможностями нашего сайта и его отдельными страницами который мы используем для отображения видеоконтента активированный блокировщик рекламы может вызывать проблемы с загрузкой сайта и корректным его отображением чтобы получить возможность использовать наш сайт в полной мере внесите Dynamo.kiev.ua в «белый список» вашего блокировщика что любые попытки обсуждения этого и других решений редакции сайта немедленно влекут за собой ограничение по п.2.9 правил сайта The head coach of the first-league Khust Volodymyr Tsytkin commented on the accusations against his team by journalists Volodymyr Zverov and Ihor Tsyhanyk in the allegedly contractual match with Prykarpattia (0:7) journalists Igor Tsyganik and Vladimir Zverov suspected that your team's match with Prykarpattia was a match-fixing match but I haven't read or watched anything about it in detail - Can't you say anything about this match because the accusations were serious I'll start by saying that there is a Spanish proverb: "Sleeping with the mind creates monsters" and even the famous artist Francisco Goya named one of his paintings after it I advise everyone to read what this proverb means I will say again that the sleep of the mind creates monsters it creates such pseudo-professionals as Tsyganik and Zverov - Do you have any complaints about your players Tsyhanyk has been playing football for many years - Zverov is the editor-in-chief and presenter of the Profootball Digital programme I hardly ever communicate with correspondents and don't read what they write or say because we have very few serious sports journalists then one of two things can happen: either the sleep of the mind gives rise to pseudo-professionals like Tsyganik and Zverov and I do my job and I have enough reputation in football to ignore it - So it turns out that you got through to your players because in the next match Khust defeated Podillia 2-1 We lost four leading players after the start of the season Most of the guys are making their debut at this level our team has never played and will never play suspicious matches The journalist said: "My sources are in the team" Did Baranka tell him anything about this game let him tell him about this meeting as well Стать участником фан-зоны Нажимая на кнопку, вы соглашаетесь с условиями членства в фан-зоне конвертировать карму в шурики Устанавливайте наше приложение и всегда оставайтесь в курсе футбольных новостей