Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." MPs will be able to ask questions and learn more about the details of the agreement in meetings with Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko May 6-7 MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8 Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations the regional military administration reported "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5 Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote and the candidate from the ruling coalition "It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said set to operate within the Council of Europe will focus on Russia's political and military leaders up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests "We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5 by Martin FornusekFirefighters putting out fire at an industrial facility in Ternopil Oblast (State Emergency Service in Ternopil Oblast/Telegram)An increased level of chlorine air concentration was detected in the western city of Ternopil following a Russian missile attack against an industrial facility on Aug Russia carried out the attack overnight with a fire breaking out in a fuel and lubricant warehouse in an unspecified facility at 3 a.m No casualties or injuries have been reported as a result of the strike the head of the regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned Ternopil's residents to limit exposure to open air and close windows "With a norm of 0.1 milligrams (of chlorine) per cubic meter (mg/m³) there is an excess of 0.4 to 1.01," Chaichuk said at a press briefing adding that this means the chlorine air concentration is from four to 10 times higher than the norm According to the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists chlorine inhalation can cause health issues at concentrations above 1.5 mg/m³ in case of long-term exposure and at 2.9 mg/m³ for short-term exposure Chlorine exposure can lead to irritation of the eyes and sore throat at lower concentration levels but can also cause more serious problems and death at higher levels Ternopil is a city in western Ukraine with a population of roughly 225,000 Lying hundreds of kilometers from the front line the city is not a common target of Russian attacks Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies deputy head of Poland's Freedom and Democracy Foundation which received official approval in January to carry out the exhumation said this in comments to an Ukrinform correspondent Dancewicz said that at the end of March and early April part of the Polish team involved in the exhumation would visit Ukraine to coordinate technical details of the operation […] I estimate it will be around April 25," he said The Polish team conducting the exhumation in Puzhnyky will consist of more than ten specialists Andrzej Ossowski from the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin This institution manages Poland's Genetic Database of Totalitarianism Victims and archaeologists -- are among the most experienced in Poland in conducting field exhumations In addition to Pomeranian Medical University experts the team will include specialists from the Freedom and Democracy Foundation and representatives from the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland The exhumation is expected to last about one month and will take place near an old cemetery where search operations confirmed the presence of remains belonging to Polish victims of the tragic events in Volhynia and then rebury them in the old cemetery in Puzhnyky as previously agreed with the Ukrainian side," Dancewicz said 80 villagers were killed in Puzhnyky on the night of February 13-14 Polish authorities expect to recover 80-90 sets of remains from the site the Freedom and Democracy Foundation is prepared to undertake further exhumations in other locations in Ukraine One priority is the search and exhumation of Polish soldiers who died in battles against Wehrmacht forces near Lviv in September 1939 we will request permission from the Ukrainian government to continue work at that site which was previously conducted between 2014 and 2017 our focus remains on the April-May operation in Puzhnyky," Dancewicz said He added that Polish-Ukrainian cooperation on this issue has been positive with strong support from Ukraine's Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications Poland's Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and local authorities in the Ternopil region Ukraine officially granted Poland permission to conduct exhumation works in April for Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy who died in 1945 Kyiv and Warsaw have also exchanged lists of locations where they seek to locate the remains of victims from past conflicts between the two nations While Poland insists that Ukraine bears sole responsibility for the Volyn tragedy of 1943-1945 Ukraine argues that both sides share responsibility calling for mutual recognition and reconciliation Russia has actively exploited the Volyn tragedy to stir division between Ukrainians and Poles through propaganda efforts While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Ukraine said on Tuesday that the energy infrastructure in its western city of Ternopil was damaged due to an overnight Russian airstrike Ternopil Governor Vyacheslav Nehoda said on Telegram that a Russian drone damaged one of the critical infrastructure facilities in the city expressing that no casualties were reported “There is no stable electricity supply in Ternopil and other settlements The relevant services are working to resolve the problem,” Nehoda further said The air raid alert that sounded in the city was canceled at 4:49 a.m Ternopil Mayor Serhiy Nadal said on Telegram which he specified to be at an energy infrastructure Nadal said that energy workers are gradually restoring Ternopil’s electricity supply Ukraine’s Air Force claimed that the country’s air defenses downed 76 out of 188 drones as well as four Iskander-M ballistic missiles the statement said the downed drones were intercepted over 16 other regions of Ukraine Each contains 85 foreign-made components—nearly 16,000 in total These attacks are possible only because of Russia’s ability to circumvent sanctions through various schemes," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X Expressing that the number of drones launched overnight is a record Zelenskyy said they need "greater collective efforts to enforce sanctions and force Russia to stop this war." Russian authorities have not yet commented on the claim Exhumations of Polish victims of the UPA have begun at this location today On the morning of April 24, exhumation of Polish citizens who died during the Volyn tragedy began in the now-disappeared village of Puzhnyky in the Ternopil region, as reported by RF24 The exhumation work is being carried out by a Polish-Ukrainian team of researchers researchers from the Freedom and Democracy Foundation scientists from the Pomeranian Medical University and representatives from the Institute of National Remembrance are on-site Ukrainian organization Volyn Antiquities is also participating in the efforts mass killings of Poles took place in Volhynia The Polish Institute of National Remembrance cites official data of 120,000 Polish victims in Volhynia and the southeastern provinces of the Second Polish Republic Ukrainian historians offer different figures estimating up to 20,000 Ukrainians and 35,000 to 40,000 Poles killed Debates continue regarding the perpetrators and organizers of the crime the Volhynian tragedy is referred to as a "massacre" and is officially recognized as "genocide," with accusations directed at the Ukrainian Insurgent Army this interpretation is not accepted in Ukraine the issue of the Volhynian Tragedy was repeatedly raised by politicians from both countries Ukraine and Poland held joint events to honor the victims and sought to find points of understanding after Poland officially recognized the Volyn Tragedy as genocide in 2016 In response to the widespread destruction of Ukrainian monuments in Poland between 2015 and 2017 and the inadequate investigation of these crimes Ukraine introduced a so-called moratorium on search operations and exhumations of Polish victims killed between 1943 and 1945 by the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army)  (Updated:  December 2, 2024 8:40 am) • 1 min readby Sonya BandouilThe aftermath of a Russian attack on Ternopil (State Emergency Service/Telegram)Editor's Note: The story was updated with the latest casualty figures from the State Emergency Service A Russian drone attack on Ternopil during the night of Dec 2 caused a fire in a residential building and resulted in casualties Ternopil Mayor Serhiy Nadal said that a drone struck the top floor of a high-rise building with flames engulfing several floors and partially damaging others The attack killed at least one person and injured three Emergency and rescue teams worked through the night to extinguish the fire and assist the injured while temporary shelters were prepared for displaced residents "Doctors are doing everything possible to save the wounded," Nadal said  (Updated:  March 7, 2025 10:23 am) • 3 min readby Dmytro BasmatThe aftermath of a Russian strike against Ternopil Oblast (State Emergency Service)Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated Russian forces launched a mass strike against various regions of Ukraine overnight on March 7 targeting energy and gas infrastructure across the country Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said At least two people were injured as a result of the attacks after a Russian missile damaged two residential buildings in Poltava Oblast No information was immediately available as to the status of their injuries Russia has regularly launched missiles targeting various regions of the country. Russian forces have continuously targeted Ukraine's critical infrastructure as Russia continues to test Ukrainian resolve in the harsh winter months Russia initially launched a series of missiles around 4 a.m. local time, targeting various regions in the country's far west. A second series of missiles entered Ukrainian airspace around 6 a.m Explosions were reported in the western city of Ternopil around 5 a.m explosions were heard in the front line city of Kharkiv around 6:30 a.m Ternopil Oblast Regional Governor Viacheslav Nehoda reported that a critical infrastructure facility in the region had been struck with a Russian missile Nehoda added that gas supplies may be interrupted as a result of the attack Damage was also reported at a gas pipeline in Poltava Oblast amid the attack No information was immediately available as to the extent of the damage Critical infrastructure facilities were also targeted in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, though no damage or casualties were reported, according to Governor Svitlana Onyshchuk Russia struck already the sixth facility of the DTEK energy company in Odesa Oblast in the past two and a half weeks, the company said. Critical infrastructure facilities were also targeted in Chernihiv Oblast, with at least one of them suffering damage, according to Governor Viacheslav Chaus. Air defenses were active in all regions of Ukraine amid the missile threats Russia launched at least 67 missiles of various types and 194 attack and decoy drones against Ukraine, the Air Force reported This included 35 Kh-101/55SM cruise missiles three Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles Ukrainian forces downed 134 aerial targets and 86 drones were lost from radars without causing damage Ukraine deployed F-16 fighter jets and Mirage 2000 jets to intercept the strike marking the first confirmed case of Kyiv using the French-provided planes in combat Dmytro Basmat is a senior news editor for The Kyiv Independent He previously worked in Canadian politics as a communications lead and spokesperson for a national political party and as a communications assistant for a Canadian Member of Parliament Basmat has a Master's degree in Political Management from Carleton University in Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Governance from Toronto Metropolitan University This was reported on Facebook by Ternopiloblenergo company power outages are being implemented in Ternopil region for consumers Details will follow," the statement reads The Ternopil City Council announced that due to the impact of an enemy UAV and damage to the energy infrastructure trolleybuses in Ternopil will temporarily cease operations They also informed residents that elevators in apartment buildings will not function until power is fully restored Residents are urged not to use elevators and to avoid putting themselves at risk Individual heating units will be disconnected and heat will be supplied directly to buildings Ternopil experienced power and water disruptions following the explosions You don't have permissions to access this page A drone attack by Russia overnight plunged the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil into darkness a regional military official reported Tuesday just a week after Moscow’s strikes disrupted power across the city and its surrounding areas “Energy workers and rescuers are eliminating the consequences of the attack the head of the regional defence headquarters in Ternopil “A residential building was damaged,” Viacheslav Negoda the head of the military administration of Ternopil region of which the city of Ternopil is the administrative centre One person was killed and several were wounded in Russia‘s drone attack on Ternopil earlier on Monday Reuters was not able to independently verify the reports There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attack Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war which Moscow launched with a full-scale invasion in Ukraine in 2022 The city of Ternopil and its surrounding region were under air raid alerts for a couple of hours starting soon after midnight on Monday according to data provided by Ukraine’s air force A week ago, much of the Ternopil region lost power in Russia’s largest ever drone attack on Ukraine some 220 km (135 miles) east of NATO-member Poland and the surrounding region had a population of more than 1 million before the February 2022 Russian invasion The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S official — a shift in "the world order."Here are some helpful stories to make sense of it all Stefan Khmil has built a nearly 50-year career on helping women in Ukraine have children — an especially important job in Ukraine the country with the lowest birth rate in all of Europe the last 2 1/2 years have been a particular challenge as Russia’s full-scale invasion has upended everything Khmil says not only have doctors and patients been displaced because of the fighting the conflict has also put the fundamental building blocks to make life at risk “Many of [the doctors] evacuated with sperm “So we helped them … to save it and not to lose everything.” He brought some of those cryogenically frozen specimens to his two clinics in western Ukraine — one in the city of Ternopil and one in Lviv — so patients could continue their child-conceiving treatments Khmil started thinking beyond what had already been harvested “I started thinking about what we need to do to preserve the biological material from our military so we started offering to freeze the spermatozoa of men serving in the military for free,” he says Khmil’s obstetrics clinic was the first of many across the country to make the move President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law allowing soldiers to do just that — preserve their reproductive cells for free Khmil says that the worry isn’t just about death in combat extreme weather and the use of chemicals and ammunition on the battlefield can all have a negative effect on sperm — even render a man infertile “We can give these men who are fighting the opportunity to have children after the war His clinics also offer the harvesting and freezing of military women’s eggs at no cost Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 Khmil has helped over 400 families and over 60 children be born Viktoriia Onyshchuk hopes to be one of those success stories The 34-year-old from the city of Kryvyi Rih is a combat medic and drove hours from the front line to have her eggs harvested at Khmil’s Lviv clinic “I have been trying to have children since 2010,” she says But it’s taken months for her to find time to get away to have the operation Onyshchuk has been taking powerful hormone medications cramping and fatigue — all compounded by her job But since a woman’s body typically only produces one egg per menstrual cycle; for a successful egg harvesting operation they need to get between six and eight She says it’s a woman’s duty to give birth — especially now “We don’t know what will happen to our country,” she says As Ukrainians try to conceive of life after war concerns about who will be around to carry Ukraine into the future hang over the country like a pall But Ukraine’s demographic crisis far predates 2022. It actually began as soon as the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, when its population was estimated to be about 52 million the United Nations says Ukraine’s population is a little under 38 million — a drop by almost a quarter in just 30 years says the reasons are a “little bit of everything.” Even long before the Russian invasion Ukrainian men had some of the highest mortality rates in Europe much of the population has simply left for better higher-paying work and a safer life with a less aggressive neighbor Ukraine is also experiencing the same downturn in birth rate as other modern usually plans and ideas of your life also change,” he says usually people do not plan to have a lot of kids.” Ukraine’s Health Ministry says the country’s birth rate has been dropping since 2013 an average of about 16,100 children were born every month the number ranged from 21,000 to 23,000-per month Any higher number would achieve population growth Russia’s full-scale invasion has displaced some 14 million Ukrainians with a little less than half still remaining outside of the country Ukraine will have to work hard to make families feel safe and secure enough to not only have children — but to have more children than before OBG-YN doctors across Ukraine are there to help the families who say they cannot wait for peace wanted more children even though they already had two boys he went off to war and they never found the time “He was only home for a couple of days,” says Teleniuk Twins Angelina and Artur were born in February the following year But these babies will never meet their father as Teleniuk found out she was pregnant just days after going to his funeral “The boy is an absolute copy of my husband lovingly peering into Artur’s twinkling brown eyes Teleniuk will raise the twins and her older son by herself now She says she’s proud and wants to do it herself Khmil recognizes that life in Ukraine will likely not be easy for these mothers and their children born during war But he sees his work — helping families have kids — as a way of doing his part to save his country “Russia is destroying the Ukrainian nation and killing Ukrainian people — we have to respond,” he says Polina Lytvynova and Hanna Palamarenko contributed to this story from Lviv and Ternopil Become an NPR sponsor and deep anger: "How can young people still be dying in war in 2024 enough of this!" was Cardinal Konrad Krajewski’s reaction as he experienced an intense moment on Wednesday morning at the cemetery in Ternopil in western Ukraine The papal almoner was delivering an ambulance equipped as a mobile intensive care unit to the Zboriv District Hospital along with various essential and life-saving medicines from the Vatican Pharmacy and the Pharmacy of the Gemelli Hospital The gifts from the Pope for the war-torn population are "a sign of love and hope," said the cardinal who is on his seventh visit to the country since the conflict began The Polish cardinal arrived in Lviv on Tuesday and reached Ternopil on early on Wednesday "I arrived in Ternopil very early," Krajewski said "The parish priest was still asleep and not wanting to wake him I went to the nearby cemetery where there was a section for newly buried soldiers so many young people; under the crosses were their photos: 20-23-25 years old.. I was deeply affected and also angry: how is it possible that young people are still dying in war in 2024 It is unacceptable that the world produces weapons and these young people lose their lives." That pain intensified when the cardinal saw a young woman arrive: "She stood not far from me is a scandal that surpasses justice and is the second name of God but today it was difficult for me to apply this word I was very angry in the cemetery in Ukraine Then I remembered the words of the Litany of the Sacred Heart and I thought I couldn't judge by worldly standards "are capable of doing extraordinary things in the world and this has been going on for over two years in Ukraine." John Paul II" Rehabilitation Center in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyy The centre provides comprehensive physical and psychological rehabilitation for those who have suffered war traumas "Soldiers and families of those who return but are broken unable to live within their families and needing treatment," the almoner told Vatican Media I remembered a lesson from John Paul II: my friend is the person thanks to whom I get better This facility aims to be a friend to those who suffer helping them through psychologists and psychiatrists to resume their lives." stopping along the way to visit various communities "to be with the people to tell them that he prays for them during every audience and Angelus that he does not forget them and stands close to them." "Even the medicines brought here are a sign of love and hope," emphasized the cardinal who recalled that since the conflict began in February 2022 "The situation here remains terrible; there is shooting and the sound of sirens.. But the good side of people helping and continuously supporting those who suffer for many months is also tangible." Thank you for reading our article. You can keep up-to-date by subscribing to our daily newsletter. Just click here Russia has carried out another massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine targeting energy and gas infrastructure in various regions Later it became known that the enemy used Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea missiles from Tu-95MS bombers began flying into Ukrainian airspace The Ukrainian Air Force also reported the takeoff of a MiG-31K fighter jet which carries Kinzhal air defense missiles Given the warnings from the Air Force during the attack according to the Ukrainian Navy spokesperson the enemy used the most massive Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea Russian troops used almost 20 such missiles "The Russians used their usual tactics: leave the bay It is impossible to say that this is an unusual event," he said this was the third use of cruise missiles from the Black Sea since the beginning of the year we cannot say that they are actively using them they launched almost two dozen missiles from the Black Sea," Pletenchuk noted According to the published report of the Air Force Russian troops launched 261 air attack weapons at Ukraine - 67 missiles of various types and 194 drones We managed to shoot down 34 missiles and 100 drones another 86 enemy imitator drones were lost up to ten enemy missiles (not included in the statistics of those shot down) did not reach their targets The enemy's air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces took part in repelling an enemy air attack for the first time," the Air Force said In the wake of the missile and drone attack Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said that Russia continues its energy terror "Once again the energy and gas infrastructure in different regions of Ukraine came under massive missile and drone fire rescuers and power engineers are working to eliminate the consequences All the necessary measures are being taken to stabilize energy and gas supplies," he wrote on Facebook The Minister noted that "the Russian Federation is trying to hurt ordinary Ukrainians" by shelling energy and gas production facilities not abandoning its goal of leaving Ukraine without electricity and heat causing the greatest harm to ordinary citizens "The situation in the power system may change Follow the official announcements," the Energy Minister said Later it became known that the occupiers had already carried out the 17th combined attack on the gas infrastructure facilities of Naftogaz Group Production facilities that ensure gas production were damaged "We are currently eliminating the consequences of the shelling and assessing the damage Naftogaz Group is taking all necessary measures to restore the operation of the facilities that were attacked by the enemy," said Roman Chumak the enemy once again resorted to a massive drone attack in the Odesa region three private residential buildings caught fire Energy and civilian infrastructure facilities were also hit Russia has damaged DTEK's sixth energy facility in the region the enemy has been conducting devastating attacks on DTEK's energy facilities in Odesa Oblast This is the sixth attack in the last 2.5 weeks," the company said At least 10 private houses in the suburbs of Odesa a gas pipeline and cars were also damaged and destroyed The enemy attack left more than two and a half thousand local residents without electricity the enemy also fired missiles at the region a private one-story residential building caught fire as a result of the fall of one of the cruise missile fragments 16 private houses in Podilskyi district of the Odesa region were damaged by a missile attack at night the head of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration clarified that as a result of a nighttime enemy attack in the Ternopil region there were missile hits at a critical industrial facility Air defense forces shot down an enemy missile Relevant services are eliminating the consequences," informed Nehoda Aftermath of the attack on the Ternopil region (photo: t.me/dsns_telegram) he said that 2 out of 6 missiles hit the gas transmission network and 2 Shaheds were also shot down in the region there is a danger of pressure drop in the gas network in many settlements Now we are working primarily on social infrastructure facilities we also appeal to all residents: if possible including for non-household consumers," said Nehoda he gave a briefing on the consequences of the attack in the region where he said that the enemy launched 7 missiles at the Ternopil region and managed to shoot down 5 of them the rest hit an important critical infrastructure facility the State Emergency Service eliminated the consequences The results will be reported later," he said said that the regional gas company had disconnected non-household consumers due to a drop in pressure in the networks There are also possible restrictions on the supply of hot water and centralized heating if the pressure is not restored Russian ballistic missiles attacked Kharkiv a missile hit the city center in the Kyiv district The strike was on a civilian infrastructure facility A woman was pulled out of the rubble and handed over to doctors A fire broke out at the site of the infrastructure strike An apartment building nearby was also damaged Russians attacked Kharkiv with ballistic missiles (photo: t.me/mvs_ukraine) clarified that the enemy struck the city with an Iskander missile heat supply is being restored to 8 apartment buildings More than 30 private sector buildings were damaged," Syniehubov wrote There are currently 8 victims of the morning attack in Kharkiv there were ballistic missile attacks in the Poltava region the fragments of an enemy target fell on a private house Two private houses and a household gas pipeline were also damaged The number of disconnected subscribers is being established.Private house in the Poltava region was damaged by debris (photo: t.me/poltavskaOVA) reported that a production facility was damaged "Russian terrorists attacked Ukrainian critical infrastructure facilities explosions were heard in Pryluky - one of the production facilities was damaged Terrorists must be stopped by force," he wrote on his Telegram channel We are sincerely grateful to our sky defenders," wrote Svitlana Onyshchuk head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration Poland and its allies have been deploying their military aircraft According to the Polish Armed Forces Command on social media platform X and ground-based air defense and radar systems were put on high alert "Due to the intense activity of Russian long-range aviation, which strikes at targets located, in particular, in western Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft have begun operating in our airspace," the statement said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to today's massive attack noting that nearly 70 missiles - cruise and ballistic as well as nearly two hundred attack drones - were used by the enemy against the infrastructure that ensures normal life "Repair and restoration works are underway wherever necessary there is also damage to ordinary residential buildings The necessary assistance is being provided," he wrote The Head of State informed that F-16 aircraft and Mirage-2000 provided by France had been used to protect the Ukrainian sky today the Mirages successfully worked against Russian cruise missiles I would also like to recognize our anti-aircraft missile troops all our electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups for the result," Zelenskyy emphasized He emphasized that the first step to establishing real peace should be to force the only source of this war Silence in the sky - a ban on the use of missiles And also silence at sea - a real guarantee of normal navigation and it is Ukraine that wants peace from the very first second of this war The task is to force Russia to stop the war," the president added The main target of Putin's massive strikes remains the Ukrainian energy sector hostile attacks on Ukrainian gas production intensified in January and February of this year after Ukraine stopped transiting Russian gas through its territory due to the expiration of the contract Today was the first massive combined drone and missile attack on Ukraine by Russia since the suspension of military assistance and intelligence to the Ukrainian Defense Forces by the United States As reported by a number of Western media outlets, such a pause will significantly affect Ukraine's ability to repel attacks while RBC-Ukraine's sources assure that the Trump administration's possible intelligence demarche will not affect the ability of our air defense to "see" Sources: data from the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine statements of the heads of regional authorities and mayors the Polish Armed Forces Command in social network X currently under construction in the Ternopil region will contribute to the growth of grain processing capacities and stimulate the development of alternative energy sources in the region This was stated by Vyacheslav Negoda head of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration as reported by the press service of the Regional Military Administration on Facebook It is noted that the functional purpose of the Bio-Lan industrial park is processing industry — bioethanol and biogas production Planned real estate objects include office the construction of the main engineering and transport infrastructure of the industrial park is ongoing (access roads and warehouse buildings with an oil transfer station; reconstruction of the administrative building as well as the construction of the main capacities for bioethanol and biogas production," the Regional Military Administration clarified the industrial park will create more than 200 jobs and bring UAH 7 million in annual revenue to the local budget There are currently four industrial parks registered in the Ternopil region Three more will be created by the end of the year In the Ternopil region, during Russia's massive attack on Ukraine, there have been impacts on a critical industrial facility. Gas supply restrictions are possible in the region, according to the Telegram channel of the head of the Ternopil Regional State Administration "As a result of the overnight enemy attack on the Ternopil region there have been missile strikes on a critical industrial facility Gas supply restrictions may occur," Nehoda writes The head of the Ternopil Regional State Administration adds that air defense forces shot down an enemy missile The relevant services are currently working to eliminate the aftermath of the attack and civilians are advised to remain in shelters until the air alert is lifted Russian forces launched a drone attack against Ukraine the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the enemy also deployed Tu-95MS bombers It was also confirmed that cruise missiles were launched from the maritime area According to the head of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Herman Halushchenko, energy and gas infrastructure were hit during the shelling. (State Emergency Service in Ternopil Oblast/Telegram)Editor's note: The article was updated with the latest information to specify that 21 people were injured over the past day Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day killed at least five civilians and injured at least 21 Ukrainian air defenses downed 25 of the 26 Shahed-type "kamikaze" drones launched by Russia overnight, as well as two Kh-59 cruise missiles and one Iskander-K cruise missile, the Air Force said One person was injured in the morning during a Russian artillery attack against the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Governor Serhii Lysak said In Donetsk Oblast, five people were killed and seven injured in Russian attacks over the past day, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin Three people were killed during a strike against the village of Zarichne Russia also struck the city of Ternopil, the regional center of Ternopil Oblast. At around 3 a.m., a fire was recorded in a fuel warehouse of an industrial facility, the State Emergency Service said during a briefing A 78-year-old woman was reportedly injured in a strike against the Novoosynove village on the morning of Aug were injured during an attack against the village of Kozacha Lopan at 4:40 p.m A 47-year-old man was also injured during a strike against the town of Kupiansk at 11:30 p.m In Kherson Oblast, four people were injured, including a child, said Governor Oleksandr Prokudin Five civilians were injured in Russian attacks against Sumy Oblast over the past day, the regional military administration reported Two of them were injured in the Seredyna-Buda community and two in the Esman community during the day on Aug The fifth one was injured overnight on Aug An overnight Russian missile strike against energy facilities in the Hlukhiv community of Sumy Oblast reportedly left 72 settlements and 18,500 users without power. No casualties were reported at the time of the publication and Zaporizhzhia oblasts were also attacked Toggle The 100-Year Life Health Education and Government Acid in the air as Russia hits chemical plant Nina Kuryata Residents of Ternopil in western Ukraine are being urged to stay indoors and close their windows because chlorine and hydrochloric acid concentrations in the air are four to 10 times above permitted levels following a Russian missile attack on a nearby chemical plant Ternopil is far from the frontline and is being used as a relocation centre for internally displaced people Some locals have already fled because of power cuts and the threat of missile attacks underlining the fact that nowhere in Ukraine is safe even if Hungarian authorities don’t seem to agree They have adopted a new law restricting state support for Ukrainian refugees to those from areas “directly affected by military operations”, mainly in the east. A free newsletter from Tortoise. 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Google Play Store Follow: by Kateryna Hodunova, The Kyiv Independent news deskPresident Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Lviv on Dec (President of Ukraine / Official website)Exhumation of the remains of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy buried in Ternopil Oblast where the village of Puzhnyky was located in the 1940s Ukraine and Poland agreed in early 2025 to exhume the first victims of the Volyn tragedy took place in 1943 during World War II on the territory of Nazi-occupied Ukraine Tens of thousands of Poles were killed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) Thousands of Ukrainians were also killed in retaliation The Volyn massacres are a contentious topic between Ukraine and Poland and have often led to soured diplomatic relations Poland characterizes the events as genocide perpetrated by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), while Ukraine has called for shared acknowledgment of responsibility for the atrocities which uncovered the grave site two years ago received permission from the Ukrainian authorities to exhume the remains and conduct further research The exhumation's primary purpose is to identify the people whose remains were found in the pit near the former cemetery. Experts are already collecting genetic material from descendants, the media outlet reported the remains will be examined by Polish archaeologists and anthropologists Deputy Chairman of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation Maciej Dancewicz said The exhumations represent a significant step forward in resolving longstanding historical tensions and strengthening Polish-Ukrainian relations amid challenges posed by Russia's aggression President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Donald Tusk previously met in Lviv on Dec. 17 to address historical reconciliation including the legacy of the Volyn massacre The Ternopil-based company Robotic Complexes has developed a new ground drone 'Plush,' equipped with a telescopic mast that can hold a relay or a radio-electronic warfare (REW) station and can be remotely operated from a distance of several kilometers as stated in the development's press release Key technical specifications of the NRC 'Plush': public procurement and the work of utilities are the areas with the highest corruption risks in Ternopil Region This was stated by Deputy Head of the NACP Serhii Hupiak during a working visit to Ternopil NACP representatives discussed corruption prevention in these and other sectors at meetings with the leadership of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration (RMA) NACP's dialog with the regions is aimed at establishing constructive cooperation for the effective implementation of the state anti-corruption policy with a focus on local issues "Ternopil region is being actively built up due to internal migration caused by the war there are significant risks of violations in the allocation of land plots conclusion of investment agreements and land lease agreements The community and the local budget should benefit from such projects in the form of budget revenues and the development itself should be carried out in a transparent manner urban planning and anti-corruption legislation,” said Deputy Head of the NACP Serhii Hupiak at a meeting with local authorities He emphasized that NACP plans to conduct a comprehensive analysis of corruption risks in urban development using Ternopil as an example and develop recommendations for central specialized agencies to eliminate and reduce such risks in all cities. Urban planning and land management are one of the most corrupt areas in Ukraine, according to sociological surveys the district administration and the regional council should ensure that their subordinate institutions are connected "Commissioners are the first advisers to the head of the city council warn about legal and reputational consequences 60% of those who contact the NACP's contact center have either not contacted their anti-corruption ombudsmen or have not received any assistance The involvement of the Commissioners should increase,” emphasized Serhii Hupiak He also spoke about the methodology of analyzing contractors, researching corruption risks in public utilities and public procurement. NACP can provide local authorities with recommendations on how to improve the situation in these areas He also spoke about the methodology for analyzing counterparties and researching corruption risks in public utilities NACP can provide local authorities with recommendations to improve the situation the head of the regional regional administration assured that the regional authorities are taking steps to create conditions under which corruption would not exist the region is implementing its own anti-corruption program for 2022-2025 and is preparing new anti-corruption initiatives for the next period The head of the Regional State Administration noted that the region understands the importance of openness and transparency in decision-making and is ready to cooperate with the NACP to fight corruption spoke about anti-corruption measures taken by the regional and city councils NACP also held a training seminar for civil servants and local government officials in Ternopil region on important issues of the 2024 declaration campaign Since the beginning of 2024, NACP has launched six full audits of declarations submitted by declarants from Ternopil region, four of which have been completed. In two of the four completed audits the NACP found inaccurate information totaling more than UAH 2.2 million Entire content is available under licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license Representatives of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) met with educators and students of the region during a working visit to Ternopil The goal was to encourage them to become more involved in the projects of the NACP's Integrity Office aimed at integrating anti-corruption and integrity into the educational process Ternopil region is currently underrepresented in these educational initiatives 20 schools in the region (2.5%) have joined the Transparent School project and 2 out of 14 universities (14%) have joined the Transparent Universities project Anti-Corruption and Integrity has been launched at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University and Western Ukrainian National University (WUNU) 70 more Ukrainian educational institutions have joined the Transparent Universities project and more than 8,000 students are already studying the discipline of Anti-Corruption and Integrity Why is it important for us to work with young people Because young people believe in the possibility of change and are not afraid to act We conducted a survey involving more than 30,000 young people And the results are truly inspiring: 79% of respondents are convinced that corruption can be overcome That is why we pay considerable attention to anti-corruption education,” said Deputy Head of the NACP Serhii Hupiak during a meeting at TNPU He noted the activity of this university in implementing the Transparent Universities project and presented the corresponding award to the first vice-rector of the university gave a lecture on anti-corruption and integrity to TNPU students Participants learned about the perception of corruption in society Ukraine's place among other EU accession candidates and the activities of anti-corruption agencies in the country They also discussed the principles of inevitability of punishment the basics of financial control - verification of property declarations and monitoring of officials' lifestyles - as well as measures to build integrity in public institutions the students analyzed real-life corruption cases The class was held in an interesting format with interactive exercises and polls and the most active participants received gifts At the Western Ukrainian National University a meeting with representatives of higher and vocational schools in the region discussed their key role in shaping the worldview of young people and introducing integrity in education "The issue of preventing corruption is multidimensional but we need to start by explaining what corruption is If these basic things are laid down in adolescence they will yield results for our new generations who will begin to reject any possibility of participating in corrupt practices,” said Serhii Hupiak The educators discussed mechanisms to reduce corrupt practices in education and Viktoriia Skorobohata presented the NACP Integrity Office's Transparent Universities project “We are transforming the educational environment by creating conditions to avoid corruption risks explaining to all participants in the educational process how they can participate in the fight against corruption at the societal level starting with personal responsibility and compliance with ethical standards,” said Mykola Dyvak Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work of the University as part of the Transparent Universities project the discipline “Anti-Corruption and Integrity” is studied by applicants for a master's degree in law On the night of November 26, Russian forces attacked an energy infrastructure facility in the Ternopil region. As a result, 70% of the region was cut off from electricity, according to the head of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration, Viacheslav Negoda, during a briefing the energy facility supplied electricity to almost the entire region Ternopiloblenergo and other technical services did everything to connect to other systems that pass through our region and most of the power supply was restored,” he added The first explosions occurred after midnight leaving parts of the city without electricity Water supply disruptions were also reported According to Ternopil Mayor Serhii Nadal, the strike damaged the electrical infrastructure that powers the city Ternopiloblenergo reported network restrictions due to the night attack Exhumation of the remains of Polish victims of the Volhynia tragedy, buried in the former village of Puzniki in Ternopil region, will begin in April, according to RMF FM The Polish Freedom and Democracy foundation which discovered the burial site two years ago has received permission from Ukrainian authorities to exhume the remains and conduct further research The goal of the exhumation is to identify the individuals whose remains were found in a pit near the former cemetery deputy head of the Freedom and Democracy foundation the remains will be studied by Polish archaeologists and anthropologists Specialists are already collecting genetic material from descendants "At the site where the remains are located this material will also be collected in a professional manner," Dancewicz explained and the memory of this place will be honored During the Volhynia tragedy in February 1945 Poland has repeatedly raised the issue of exhuming victims of the Volhynia tragedy the mutual ethnic cleansing carried out by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced agreements regarding the first exhumations of Volhynia tragedy victims a statement later confirmed by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kyiv and Warsaw have exchanged lists of locations where they will search for the remains of the victims for further exhumation the exact locations have not been disclosed Read more about why the exhumation issue concerns Poland, read the material by RBC-Ukraine.