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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on May 5 announced they had facilitated Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash's escape from Russia to France after she fled house arrest on April 21
(Updated: May 6, 2025 6:22 am)Ukraine's drones target Moscow second night in a row, Russian official claims. Debris from one of the drones reportedly fell on the Kashirskoye Highway
The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce."
A Russian drone attack on Odesa Oblast on May 5 killed one and caused damage to local infrastructure
"We appreciate that Germany plays a pivotal role in supporting Ukraine throughout the years of war
Ukraine is also grateful for your personal commitment," President Volodymyr Zelensky said
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
by Special bottles produced by Coca-Cola Ukraine with "for you" labels
(Coca-Cola Ukraine Press Service)The bright red label of a Coca-Cola bottle is instantly recognizable to countless people around the world
In the dark days of winter, Coca-Cola is partnering with humanitarian organizations, such as the Ukrainian Red Cross and Caritas Ukraine, to give one million bottles with a special version of this label to those in Ukraine who are the most in need of something bright
The Ukrainian plant of Coca-Cola is producing a batch of one million 1.5-liter Coca-Cola bottles with "for you" on the label
Coca-Cola aims to bring a little joy to people living in the most difficult circumstances
during the most challenging time of the year
Coca-Cola "for you" bottles distributed in Ukraine (Coca-Cola Ukraine Press Service)Coca-Cola "for you" bottles distributed by Caritas in Zhytomyr (Coca-Cola Ukraine Press Service)Coca-Cola "for you" bottles distributed in Ukraine with the help of the Ukrainian Red Cross (Coca-Cola Ukraine Press Service)Some of these are being donated to the D.R.E.A.M
which works together with the Scottish NGO Siobhan's Trust to provide meals to people living in areas closest to the front line
Bottles will also be given to those facing bereavement
and those who have been forced to flee their homes across Ukraine
as well as communities living closest to the front line
The gift of a million bottles represents a gesture of support and solidarity with Ukrainians
It is not the first time Coca-Cola has partnered with humanitarian organizations to help Ukrainians in winter
the Coca-Cola Company joined forces with the Ukrainian Red Cross to fund 45 mobile boilers before the start of the cold winter months
helping communities where heating infrastructure has been destroyed or worn out
A few boilers will also be given to communities where heat generation is operating normally, in order to provide a backup boiler in case of Russian strikes or emergency shutdowns and accidents
the boilers directly provide 50,000 Ukrainians with hot water and heating
Since some of the boilers are connected to the local heating network
Over 100,000 people will therefore benefit from the project
the company paid Hr 1.7 billion (over $45 million) in taxes to the state budget
On a local level, Coca-Cola kept its plant in Velyka Dymerka in Kyiv Oblast operating, despite damage as a result of Russia’s invasion
with all 1,500 employees keeping their jobs
Coca-Cola also plans to rebuild the destroyed kindergarten in the nearby village of Bohdanivka
Damage to the Coca-Cola factory in Velyka Dymerka and the nearby destroyed kindergarten in Bohdanivka. (Coca-Cola Ukraine Press Service)Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb
has committed $35 million for charitable assistance to Ukraine
As well as the cost of the 45 mobile boilers
this figure includes 70,000 food parcels with the most essential basic ingredients
and more than 50 power generators for educational
Coca-Cola HBC is the leader of the beverage market in Ukraine
Mobile phones ping signals to nearby communications towers
allowing both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers to track the movement of opposition forces
By Chris Stokel-Walker
A member of the Ukrainian territorial defence units talks on a phone near the village of Velyka Dymerka on 9 March
Mobile phones have captured much revealing and distressing footage of how the war is unfolding in Ukraine, but the technology is also being utilised by both Russia and Ukraine to eke out a military advantage.
The devices, whether they are the latest smartphone or older phones capable of just calls and texts, will be in the pockets of many Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, allowing each side to track the movements of opposition troops.
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A destroyed Russian tank is seen in a backyard garden of a local resident Valerii in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERS
Twelve million civilians have fled the ongoing fighting in Ukraine since Russia’s renewed invasion on February 24. Of these, a reported 7 million are still inside the embattled country. As Russia’s reach deep into the country, through missiles and air strikes, continues, more people are unsure about the sustainability of living a normal life.
One family had endured this long before the recent invasion. Russia’s first incursion in 2014 caused thousands to turn west, among them Dmytro and Anna, who chose Kyiv as their place of refuge. As the occupation line degraded into stagnant trench warfare, the hopes of returning to their lifelong home dissolved. As the years passed, Kyiv became a place of safety and community for them.
Briefly, can you describe the changes in life between living in eastern Ukraine before 2014, life after the first invasion until 2022, and then life after the February 24 invasion and leaving Kyiv?
Anna: Before 2014, for me personally, it was carefree. I turned 20 in 2014, so I was studying and living with my parents. When everything happened, it was painful, we had to leave our lives and our parents. Now, it is even more painful.
What would you say are the most difficult parts of life now?
Anna: It might seem like a joke, but waking up to air raid alarms now is a bit annoying. We only think of it as a joke because everything is a bit tough. We don’t know if everything is going to end soon, or ever, and everything seems boring and difficult. But you push yourself.
Dmytro: It’s like that photo on the internet of the vending machine with the sign that says ‘the light inside is broken but I still work.’ That’s how it feels. Thankfully for us, we are in a safer part of the country, to a limited degree.
Can you elaborate a little on what you fear the most during daily life?
Anna: It would probably be a nuclear bomb. You never know if it’s going to come, and it’s always a threat. I wake up watching the news feed, saying, ‘please, no nuke,’ because you never know what’s in Putin’s head. Then, shelling in general.
Dmytro: For me it’s fifty-fifty that either the Russians are going to send an unconventional or nuclear missile, or our local government is going to make some incompetent decision that’s crazy in nature.
Do you think you will be forced to leave the country forever? If so, where would you go?
Dmytro: ‘Want to’ is not really an option. ‘Unable to’ is the reality, but I’d say Europe ideally. Certainly a NATO country, because as useless as some might perceive NATO to be right now, I don’t think Russia would dare do anything to them. I don’t think any country bordering Russia is safe right now, at least until they lose their nuclear arsenal.
What are your personal views on the involvement of NATO and other Western countries in supporting the Ukrainian armed forces? Is it making a tangible difference for you/your community?
Dmytro: In terms of EU involvement, at least they provide some support in the form of weapons. These are relatively light weapons such as firearms, Javelins, NLAWs, and things like this. While these are good, particularly after everyone thought Ukraine would fall in under a week, most of these weapons are more for guerilla warfare.
If I was writing this, I would put this in bold caps; we are very slowly getting heavy weaponry from Western countries. This includes the HIMARS, M777s, and M270s but the problem is that it’s very slow. As I understand, they have more transport planes capable of delivering them, but maybe they are afraid of angering Russia by sending too much, too quickly. The HIMARS especially are very effective, such as in Kherson.
Anna: They say that in occupied Kherson the Russian soldiers are very paranoid. The locals have said the soldiers look like astronauts because of all the equipment they have on, they’re really protected because they’re scared of the HIMARS. The fear is also that Kherson will be liberated soon because of this support. It proves that we need more heavy equipment.
Will there come a time that you see yourselves going into the military/police/security service out of desperation?
Anna: For me, it’s out of the question. That’s a part of the conscription, but it’s forced here for all men. But for some men, it’s more useful to keep them doing what they are doing, such as businessmen or IT workers. It’s more useful than having them die or become wounded. For me, I’m more useful where I am because I earn money, pay taxes, and donate supplies and money to the army. That’s not just the argument for me, but for a lot of people here.
Dmytro: For me, it’s very much the same. For anyone that’s been following this war, you’ve seen the cruise missiles we used to sink the Russian ship Moskva, and also the artillery we used to liberate Snake Island. Both of these were prototype weapons and not listed as official weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The development of both started between 2014 and 2019, and the funding stopped sometime after 2019. This was sometime after the presidential elections.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has widely been praised as a hero of the republic, a savior of Ukraine, etc., but not everyone in Ukraine shares this perspective. What do you see in him as a national leadership figure?
It seems this war is not going to end anytime soon. What does the future hold for your family?
Anna: I would like to stay and eventually go back to Kyiv. But everything would have to stop because even now there’s too much bombing and shelling. Kyiv really did become our home. I somehow always grew up knowing I would live in Kyiv, even when I was living in Donetsk.
Dmytro: I really don’t know. While I do have my friends here, there is the matter of my parents. They are still living in occupied Donetsk, and I have no idea when it’s going to be de-occupied, if at all. Honestly, I’m not sure it needs to be de-occupied.
Kherson and Zaporizhzhia definitely need to be de-occupied, and there’s a good guerilla movement there and general local resistance. In Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea, there is no resistance. The people there are ok with or actively support Russia. My family has been living there since 2014, I saw them in 2018, and I have not seen them since.
Kyiv did become home, but I realize it’s not going to be entirely safe until Russia loses its nuclear weapons. Even if they don’t use them, it still gives them leverage and an attitude that they can do whatever they want. For now, any Ukrainian who can should at least try to go to a different country, because if the West isn’t going to do more, then it’s not going to be safe here.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine awarded 8 children within the framework of the patriotic action “Children Heroes”
The purpose of the action is to celebrate children who showed themselves during the war
help the Ukrainian army or suffered from the aggression of the Russian invaders
12-year-old Konstantin Orehov is one of the award winners
The guy at the beginning of a full-scale invasion found himself in Velyka Dimerka
He and his sister were taken there so as not to put him in danger in the capital
Russian troops advanced rapidly in the first days of the invasion
so within a week they were on the verge of Velyka Dymerka
despite the presence of civilians in Velyka Dimerka
destroying households and the happy life of Ukrainians
Russian troops once again launched six Hurricane missiles at Velyka Dimerka
Kostya Orehov and her sister were watching TV
but after hearing the first explosions from the “arrivals”
they decided to hide and did not have time
specifically the room where the children were
no one was injured and staying there was life threatening
He took his sister and grandfather into another room
and began collecting documents and important things
they had to spend the night at the neighbors
Russian occupiers could not advance to the capital and enter Bolshoy Dimerk
the Armed Forces did everything to liberate the Kiev region
and the Orekhov family's house has already been restored
The stories of the winners of the patriotic action “Children Heroes” will be published every Sunday on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
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one person was injured in the Brovary district due to an enemy drone attack
The man has been hospitalized in a local hospital
Preliminary reports indicate he has leg and neck injuries
He is receiving all necessary medical assistance
"A fire broke out involving four trucks and one car in a parking lot
The fire has been extinguished," the Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration noted
the police clarified that an administrative building was also damaged
two cars were destroyed in the parking lot
A service station building also sustained damage
Ukrainian law enforcement officers reported two injured individuals:
Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko reported that debris from Russian drones caused damage to the property of several industrial and private enterprises during the enemy attack
as well as all emergency services for their coordination and professionalism in eliminating the consequences of the enemy attack," Ihor Sapozhko said
On the evening of Thursday, April 3, the Russian army once again launched attack drones against Ukraine. Initially, the city of Kharkiv came under enemy assault. According to the latest reports, four people have been already confirmed dead in Kharkiv, while 32 others were injured.
Zaporizhzhia and its surrounding areas were also attacked that night. As a result of a strike on one of the communities in the region, an outbuilding caught fire.
For more details on Russia's drone attack, read our material on the topic
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