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The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved on October 4th the canonization of Eldress Sophia (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website 2024 11:44 PM6 min readSmoke rises over buildings following a Russian attack in Kyiv by Dinara Khalilova, Andrea Januta, Kateryna DenisovaViktoriia Skyba didn't have the time to reach a bomb shelter when Russia attacked her town during what Ukrainian officials have said is the largest attack on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion She saw a missile flying above her house and a large pillar of smoke rising in the sky following the explosions on Aug where the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant is located "It was such a near-death feeling that cannot be conveyed in words," Skyba told the Kyiv Independent adding that her children were "terrified," too Shortly after that, an advisor to the presidential office said that the plant was hit in the morning attack which targeted critical infrastructure facilities across Ukraine causing civilian casualties and large-scale power outages in the country Ukraine has been racing to restore a severely damaged energy system that has come under waves of Russian attacks since March It has continued to implement regular scheduled blackouts to reduce demand on its energy infrastructure This latest attack took place after the energy situation had somewhat improved and scheduled blackouts introduced earlier in the summer were mostly lifted said 15 of the country's 24 oblasts had been targeted during the attack "primarily targeting critical civilian infrastructure and our energy system." Seven people were killed and 47 were injured A collage of the screenshots from the video showing the aftermath of a Russian strike that hit the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant on Aug (Timofiy Mylovanov/X)Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that infrastructure was damaged “in a number of regions,” and emergency power cuts had been introduced to stabilize the system A total of 236 aerial targets were recorded by Ukraine’s military Ukrainian forces shot down 102 missiles and 99 drones she immediately thought flooding had started on the east bank of the Dnipro River Skyba said she felt horrified by the thought that she would not be able to visit her parents in Sumy "What to expect next is unknown… I'm grateful to our Armed Forces They are the only hope that something can change in our country," Skyba added The bridge was closed for drivers and pedestrians from the time of the attack until around 6:15 p.m forcing residents of neighborhoods and villages across the river to wait for hours to get home Cherniavskyi told the Kyiv Independent that he heard the first explosions at his workplace and ran to the nearest bomb shelter when another He said it felt like "the ground was shaking" under his feet "We realized that it hit somewhere near us." When asked if he fears that another potential attack would destroy the dam "When you are already used to it (the attacks) Energy officials have not yet released their assessments of the damage from Monday’s attack but residents across the country are feeling the effects Residents in some regions of Kyiv reported energy outages in place for most of the day and into the night state energy grid operator Ukrnenergo had said that no outages were scheduled for the following day After the strikes, DTEK announced rolling blackouts for the following day in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts to stabilize the grid chief executive officer at the private energy company Yasno said that the impact of the attack on the power system is “still being determined.” According to him, 50-70% of residents in the city of Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast will be without electricity on Aug “We have received all the necessary reports on the energy sector, the current state of the system, and the possibility of restoring it. The work will continue around the clock,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address “We also thoroughly reviewed the situation regarding protective structures at energy facilities and several important decisions were made on this matter as well.” A representative for the Energy Ministry declined to answer questions and referred the Kyiv Independent to Zelensky’s public statements the situation after the attack is being assessed we cannot provide additional information yet the Russian Defense Ministry said Russia’s military had attacked critical energy infrastructure facilities using high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons as well as strike drones Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire on a site following an air attack in the Odesa region (Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP via Getty Images)An elderly woman stands outside a house after the owner is killed by a Russian missile attack in the Zaporizhzhia region (Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The targets of its strike were electric substations in Kyiv While the Russian Defense Ministry claimed all designated targets were hit and that it had also damaged gas compression stations in Lviv Ukraine’s Air Force said it had shot down over 200 over the 236 missiles and drones launched by Russia at the country The Kyiv Independent was not able to confirm the accuracy of either statement The strike is further proof that Russia has not wavered from its plans to destroy Ukraine’s energy system research director for the Ukrainian energy think tank DiXi Group “I don’t think it’s the last such strike on energy infrastructure,” he added The attacks on Monday once again reinforced the need for Ukraine to build more power generation and for allies to supply additional air defenses “If we allow the power system to be destroyed then the Western governments will face another wave of migration we understand that we need to reassess the status of the power system and the way it will operate in the wintertime.” Dinara Khalilova is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent where she has previously worked as a news editor In the early weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion she worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News’ team in Ukraine Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master’s degree in media and communication from the U.K.’s Bournemouth University the Unbreakable Cup futsal tournament took place at the National Guard Sports Complex in Vyshhorod The event was organized by the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) and dedicated to Ukraine’s Unity Day Eight teams participated in the tournament: FC Cherkaski Kozaky-MHP (Cherkasy Oblast) FC Prykarpattya NGU (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) including UAF First Vice President Pavlo Boichuk and head of the NGO Rehabilitation of ATO Veterans Through Sports included promoting football and futsal among military personnel and war veterans and providing emotional support through team activities The competition featured two groups of four teams with matches consisting of two 15-minute halves The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals FC Cherkaski Kozaky-MHP — FC Hvardiyets — 1:0 FC Prykarpattya NGU — FC Khrestonostsi — 2:2 (pen FC Cherkaski Kozaky-MHP — FC Prykarpattya NGU — 0:0 (pen with FC Cherkaski Kozaky-MHP taking second place and FC Khrestonostsi securing third while all participants were awarded commemorative medals and futsal balls — Best Goalkeeper: Yaroslav Vasylyshyn (FC Prykarpattya NGU — Best Defender: Mykyta Dovbnya (FC Cherkaski Kozaky-MHP — Best Forward: Anton Ihnatyev (FC Hvardiyets — Best Player: Mykhailo Sokolyan (FC Khrestonostsi This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A toxic substance was found in the Desna River flowing downstream from the Russian border as reported by Vyshhorod Mayor Oleksii Momot an emergency meeting of the Kyiv Regional Commission on Technogenic and Ecological Safety and Emergencies was held on August 26 The meeting decided to prohibit residents from swimming and fishing in the Desna River "Poisonous substance detected in the Desna River and its bays Strictly prohibit all personnel from swimming and fishing in the Desna and its bays," Momot wrote and Pyriatyn territorial communities until safe levels are confirmed by environmental experts It is worth noting that the Desna is one of Ukraine's largest rivers flowing in the northern part of the country and is a right tributary of the Dnipro pollutants were detected in the Seym River According to the State Agency of Water Resources and Fisheries of Ukraine, there was a significant exceedance of the maximum allowable concentrations of pollutants in the Seym River, including ammonium and suspended substances. As a result, the relevant environmental commission decided to ban swimming, fishing, and using water from the river for domestic purposes due to the health risks to people and local residents. Earlier, the Minister of Environmental Protection stated that some of Ukraine’s natural resources were permanently lost due to the war. Almost 3 million hectares of forest were damaged, which is nearly one-third of the country's forested areas, and the Russian invasion harmed 600 species of fauna and 750 species of flora. More than half of neighbouring Moldova is without electricity as well Three power stations have been disconnected from Ukraine's nationwide network Russia has been targeting Ukraine's energy network for weeks Today's missile strikes have also killed at least three people in Kyiv an earlier strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia region left a newborn baby dead We're now pausing our live coverage - here is a recap of what's been happening today: Today's writers were Oliver Slow and Laura Gozzi Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingZaporizhzhia nuclear power plant loses power supplypublished at 20:01 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202220:01 GMT 23 November 2022Europe's biggest nuclear power plant has been cut off from external power supplies The plant is now relying on diesel generators to power cooling and essential nuclear safety functions The organisation has repeatedly warned in recent months that fighting around the plant could cause a nuclear accident with both sides accusing each other of shelling the site A major concern is the risk of loss of power to the facility Electricity is needed to pump coolant around the nuclear reactor cores without which the fuel would overheat and potentially start to melt Three other nuclear power plants were also disconnected from the power grid following today's missile strikes Read more: How risky is the standoff over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant? Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingIn pictures: Missile strikes knock out power in Ukrainepublished at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202219:36 GMT 23 November 2022Today's missile attacks have destroyed key infrastructure in Ukraine leaving large parts of its capital and other big cities without electricity were destroyed amid a series of Russian attacks Firefighters were working throughout the day at the site clearing rubble and trying to rescue those trapped and injured Electricity supplies were also knocked out by the strikes leading to blackouts across the cities of Lviv This was the scene as night fell over the Ukrainian capital where he had been visiting psychiatric centres he also highlighted the issue of mental health as a priority and revealed he had heard stories of sexual violence or rape from those in recently liberated areas Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingSix people killed by today's strikes - policepublished at 19:09 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202219:09 GMT 23 November 2022Today's Russian air strikes killed six people across the country and wounded 36 according to the head of the National Police He added that a total of 16 infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were hit in the attacks which caused mass power outages in large parts of Ukraine Kyiv's mayor said a 17-year-old girl was among three people killed in the capital Ukraine's Air Force says air defences intercepted 51 out of 70 cruise missiles that were fired Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWatch: Newborn baby reported killed in Russian missile strikepublished at 18:57 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202218:57 GMT 23 November 2022The grandmother of a newborn baby has said her daughter's child was killed by a Russian missile Emergency services say the missile struck a maternity hospital in the Ukraine-held town of Vilnyansk overnight who was the only woman in the facility at the time Newborn baby reported killed in Russian missile strike Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRussia used drones to target medical facilities - UK MoDpublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202218:35 GMT 23 November 2022Image source The engine of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) found after a Russian strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv region last month You can read more about the different types of drones being used by both Russia and Ukraine here Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'No heat no light' - UN ambassador in Kyivpublished at 18:14 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202218:14 GMT 23 November 2022Image caption Christina Katrakis spoke to BBC World TV using torchlight We've been hearing from Christina Katrakis an ambassador for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals who's currently sitting in darkness - save for a torch - in the capital Kyiv also water has been turned down in the city and the mayor has asked people to store up on water," she told the BBC She says the attack on a civilian building in Kyiv is a "cowardly Russian response to the European parliament" vote today calling Russia "a state sponsor of terrorism" the European parliament website was taken down in a suspected cyber attack shortly after the vote said in a tweet that a pro-Kremlin (pro-Russian) group was behind the attack Western intelligence officials say Ukraine has been subjected to unprecedented attacks from a range of Russian intelligence services Russia has repeatedly denied claims it has carried out cyber attacks The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip X postAllow X content This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’ The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.End of X postShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWhy Russian missiles prompted power cuts in Moldovapublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202217:50 GMT 23 November 2022Paul KirbyEurope digital editor Russia's deadly missile strikes on Ukraine today didn't just hit Ukraine's power infrastructure they also led to more than half of neighbouring Moldova's electricity being cut In President Maia Sandu's words: "Russia left Moldova in the dark." Power has now started to return in the capital Moldova is also reliant on Russia for its gas imports - and it's accused Moscow of using energy as blackmail after Russia's Gazprom said it could start cutting supplies that pass through Ukraine Profilat points out that the Gazprom threat has pushed electricity tariffs up three times this month alone: "The average salary in Moldova before tax is $550 (£450) a month whereas the poverty line in Germany is $1,200." A view showing mass blackouts across much of Kyiv on Wednesday evening Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing'I am a patriot,' says Moscow councillor detained over 'fake' informationpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202217:20 GMT 23 November 2022Image source Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin in a defendants glass cage before his hearing at a Moscow court a Russian opposition politician who spoke out publicly about the alleged war crimes committed by Russian soldiers in one Ukrainian town has had his detention extended by another six months Ilya Yashin – an ally of another jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny – is accused of spreading “fake” information about the Russian army under legislation introduced after President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine the Moscow city councillor is facing a potential jail term of 10 years for criticising the war in Ukraine Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingDisruption to energy supply worries Ukrainians as winter approachespublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202217:03 GMT 23 November 2022Laura GozziBBC News reporter Ukraine has been experiencing attacks on critical infrastructure for a number of weeks now nationwide attacks on Ukraine left entire regions practically cut off from the energy supply Today's attacks renew fears that this will be a dangerous winter for millions of Ukrainians who might have to face several months of harsh wintry weather with no heating or electricity where the temperature now is around -3C and set to fall further over the next few days The Ukrainian government has long warned citizens that Russia will continue to target energy infrastructure ahead of Ukraine's famously harsh winters Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said Russia's latest attack tries to "inflict maximum damage on our energy system on the eve of winter" In October, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk even urged Ukrainian refugees not to return until spring to help ease pressure on the energy system the situation would "only get worse" stay abroad for the time being," she said at the time adding: "We need to survive the winter." Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingUkrainians are not afraid of the cold or the dark - energy ministrypublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202216:50 GMT 23 November 2022Following the latest attacks on Ukraine's energy grid the Ukrainian energy ministry put out a statement on Facebook saying that the "vast majority" of electricity consumers have had their supplies cut off after Ukraine's nuclear power stations and most of its thermal and hydropower stations "But Russia will not be able to intimidate Ukrainians Ukrainians are not afraid of terrorists," the ministry said in a statement Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingPOW exchange sees more Azovstal fighters return homepublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202216:37 GMT 23 November 2022President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff has reported a prisoner swap which saw 35 Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian exchanged for 35 Russian servicemen held in Ukraine Andriy Yermak said the Ukrainian prisoners of war included fighters who spent weeks defending the Azovstal steelworks plant in the key south-eastern port city of Mariupol Nearly 1,000 fighters handed themselves over to the Russian side in May after they were ordered to surrender by Ukraine's top military commanders following a deadly and destructive battle for the vast steelworks Last month the BBC's Hugo Bachega spoke to one of the fighters released in an earlier prison swap, Illia Samoilenko, who said they were being kept in inhumane conditions by Russia The Russian Ministry of Defence has also confirmed the swap saying its servicemen would be flown to Moscow to undergo treatment and rehabilitation Illia Samoilenko was released in a prisoner exchange in September The deal will include more than 200 generators to help Ukraine deal with power outages caused by Russia's attacks on energy infrastructure They are "intended to support both civilian and military power needs" and are aimed at easing pressure on the grid said Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingEU parliament website hit by cyber attackpublished at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202216:10 GMT 23 November 2022We're hearing that the European Parliament's website was disrupted by a cyber attack shortly after it passed a resolution recognising Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism earlier today The man in charge of communications for the parliament described it as a distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) which is an attempt to take a website offline by overwhelming it with internet traffic The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip X postAllow X content The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.End of X postThe European Parliament's resolution earlier said that "the deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes” which is largely symbolic because it is non binding Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingSeventy missiles fired 51 intercepted - Ukraine Air Forcepublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 202215:58 GMT 23 November 2022As we've been reporting Russia has launched multiple missile strikes across Ukraine today hitting both residential and critical infrastructure sites and causing mass power outages across the country air defences managed to intercept 51 of the 70 cruise missiles fired by Russia today Some of the explosions have been reported in the south and south-east of the country MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said that the power units of the South Ukrainian NPP - Ukraine's second-largest in the south-west - had an "emergency shutdown" The mayor of the north-western town of Netishyn was quoted as saying that the units "have been halted" and there was no electricity also caused the Khmelnytskyy NPP and one power unit of the western Rivne NPP to be disconnected from the energy grid Kyiv Oblast – A rocket blast that struck a four-story residential building in Vyshhorod on Nov 23 was so powerful that it ripped off balconies leaving the windowless rooms open to the cold November weather The massive crater in front of the building left no doubt about the intensity of the explosion that twisted metal structures at the children’s playground nearby It would be easy to imagine locals enjoying the outdoors in this family neighborhood the worried silhouettes of those who used to live there were avidly looking for any signs of someone they knew following every move of the rescuers jumping from window to window in search of survivors The Russian rocket that had struck the building on Nov. 23 killed at least five and injured 31 people as of 10 p.m. who lives around the corner and witnessed the blast said he had no doubt that the casualties would be higher “The emergency hasn't gotten past anything yet,” he told the Kyiv Independent “There can be so many people there.” Maksym refused to provide his last name Vyshhorod, a town with a prewar population of 30,000 people located just north of Kyiv,  came under the fire of Russia’s fifth large-scale missile strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since early October The latest strike caused power outages and halted water supply across the county According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russian forces launched 70 missiles on Ukraine on Nov The strikes have become a deadly weekly routine for the civilian population further deepening human suffering in Ukraine due to Russia’s brutal war Moscow openly admits that Ukraine’s energy system is one of its primary targets attacking vital public infrastructure is a war crime The violence of the blast blew Maksym away I flew into a door and another four meters through another door.” “We ran out and saw a lot of people: someone lying there pointing at what used to be the building’s entrance blocking the exit for “a lot of people.” He says he knocked off the door and started to help people get out he saw that “everything was on fire.” “It burned up to the top Mariam watched the rescuers' movement in search of people inside her residence The 32-year-old Interior Ministry employee spoke softly “This is my home,” she said without taking her eyes off the rescuers “I will be 33 in five days – that’s a nice present.” They had been evacuated from the building to one of the emergency heated tents put up by the authorities to protect people from the cold filled with the gas smell coming from generators and lit with flashlights emergency service workers were almost done setting up tents around the severely damaged building to protect residents from the deadly winter cold expected to reach minus three degrees Celsius that night Residents of the nearby buildings were also preparing for the night by fixing windows broken by the explosion wave Mariam’s tight grip on the vape gave away her true feelings “And I feel rage because this is just an ordinary building in a district where ordinary people lived,” she said Mariam had just arrived from work to assess the damages the Russian forces had inflicted on her home “I don't know anything yet — I would like to get my cats and chinchillas (from the building),” she said Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Fire and rescue workers attend a building hit by a missile in central Kyiv on Nov Photographer: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images  2022 at 7:54 AM ESTUpdated on November 23 2022 at 8:44 AM ESTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Explosions rattled Kyiv on Wednesday and Ukraine enacted emergency power cuts amid reports of a new barrage of Russian missile attacks across the country Ukraine’s power grid operator said it had deliberately shut off power in every district while authorities from cities across the eastern European nation reported blackouts and halted mass transport lines Putin’s missiles are raining down on Ukrainians but the biggest danger they face is weakening support from the US and Europe A two-day-old baby is killed in an attack on a maternity ward in southern Ukraine. Officials say at least 437 children have died since Russia’s invasion began How many kids are permanently traumatised is anybody’s guess Every day, Vladimir Putin gets away with murder The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is shelled again, despite repeated UN warnings of Europe-wide catastrophe. In liberated Kherson, more grisly evidence of war crimes is uncovered Relentless waves of indiscriminate missile strikes darken Ukrainian skies, pulverising apartment blocks, clinics, shopping centres and schools. Moscow no longer even pretends to target the military. Its aim: to terrorise civilians heat and water supplies to the main cities already suffering food and medicine shortages imperilling millions besieged by snow and ice Russia’s red-handed army of homicidal generals, incompetent field commanders, out-of-control soldiers and hapless conscripts is attempting genocide – annihilation of a nation and a people – in plain sight The European parliament voted last week to declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Good. Now order Putin’s arrest! Issue warrants for the president and all his gang. Expel his lying diplomats The war and its atrocities are being normalised and deadened and desensitised by a daily diet of remote People are no longer shocked, nor even greatly surprised. They feel powerless. The majority still wants Ukraine to prevail. But victory is not expected soon. In the absence of peace talks or any relief In Italy and Germany, far-right voices complain they are “fed up” with the war’s costly knock-on effects Protests against the stand-off with Moscow pockmark central Europe Conflicted fellow travellers give Putin leave to carry on killing That’s the Russian formula of terror,” Volodymyr Zelenskiy said last Wednesday residential districts all suffered.” As usual the “firm reaction” he demanded from the UN security council never came Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, says it’s obvious what Putin wants: “Ukraine without Ukrainians.” More than 7.8 million people have fled as refugees since February, the UN estimates. Millions more are internally displaced. Concern grows about a second exodus people are facing a grim choice: flee or freeze,” said Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council Free weekly newsletterThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment 1:10Footage shows aftermath of Russian shelling in Kherson – videoWith temperatures falling as low as -20C (-4F), Ukraine’s health system is “facing its darkest days so far”, the World Health Organization’s regional director, Hans Kluge, warned. “Put simply, this winter will be about survival.” Nato countries have provided generous billions in financial aid and weapons systems to Ukraine. But the pace is slowing. The EU’s latest sanctions package has been repeatedly diluted and delayed. It is bickering over a Russian oil price cap The west is also struggling to meet Ukraine’s desperate need for anti-missile defences such as American Patriots and Germany’s Iris-T are limited by production and training issues If the US, Britain and others had heeded Zelenskiy’s pleas last spring for Nato-guaranteed safe havens or some form of defensive no-fly or air exclusion zones Ukrainians might have been spared today’s missile hell As the war becomes a familiar fact of daily life, and negative fallout spreads, will public support soften further? Pro-Kyiv sentiment in Europe stands at about 57%, according to a Eupinions poll. But that figure is down on the summer – and the “peace camp” is advancing In the US, satisfaction over Ukraine’s military successes has led, paradoxically, to complacency – and reduced focus on continuing threats When Republicans take control in Congress in January In Ukraine itself, in contrast, public attitudes are hardening. Pride in the Ukrainian nation and pro-western, pro-EU sentiment have never been stronger – including among ethnic minority Russians. Overall, 89% of respondents in one survey accused Russia of genocide. Read moreThe Ukrainian people are a formidable force They have shown they can beat their enemies is perhaps the most dismaying hazard they face really get “fed up” with the war to the point where they are ready to ignore or even tolerate mass murder war crimes and the evisceration of a sovereign nation as the new normal One thing is certain: it’s going to be a long winter This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media said energy infrastructure across Ukraine had been hit by a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes At least five reported dead in Ukraine after Russian airstrikes [email protected] who went missing while performing journalistic duties in March in the Kyiv region has been found dead. This was reported to the Institute of Mass Information by the Office of the Prosecutor General “The journalist's body was found in the village of Huta Mezhyhirska in Vyshhorod district. According to preliminary information unarmed Maxim Levin was killed by servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces by two shots of small arms,” the report reads Police found the body of a photojournalist on April 1 The Vyshhorod District Prosecutor's Office is probing in the crime for violation of laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).  According to LB.ua was going to document the crimes of Russian aggression. The fate of Oleksiy Chernyshov is currently unknown.  Monobank: 4441114420335646 - Zoryana Stelmakh; PrivatBank: 5168757403122528 - Inna Varenytsia The family will announce the date and place of the farewell to Max Levin in the near future As IMI reported photojournalist Maksym Levin went missing on the front line in the Vyshhorod district outside Kyiv where he was performing his professional duties and covering the war. The last time Maksym Levin was born in 1981 in the Kyiv region. He worked as a photojournalist documentary photographer and cameraman for many Ukrainian and international publications Hromadske. His photos were published by such publications as the Wall Street Journal [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 The Vbet Ukrainian Cup Directorate has approved the schedule for the First preliminary round matches of the 2024/2025 season Chernihiv (Chernihiv) vs Chaika (Petropavlivska Borshchahivka) Victoriya (Sumy) vs Metalurh (Zaporizhzhia) Hirnyk-Sport (Horishni Plavni) vs Mariupol (Mariupol) Lokomotyv (Kyiv) vs Metalist 1925 (Kharkiv) Trostianets (Trostianets) vs Poltava (Poltava) Revera 1908 (Ivano-Frankivsk) vs Podillya (Khmelnytskyi) Vilkhivtsi (Vilkhivtsi) vs Metalist (Kharkiv) Skala 1911 (Stryi) vs Epicentr (Kamianets-Podilskyi) Uzhhorod (Uzhhorod) vs Prykarpattia (Ivano-Frankivsk) Olimpiya (Savyntsi) vs Kremin (Kremenchuk) March 23, 2010JPEG The Kyiv (or Kiev) Reservoir lies along the Dnieper River, some 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the Ukrainian capital. Ice typically covers the reservoir each winter and melts each spring. When the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image on March 23 the reservoir’s surface was a combination of ice-covered and ice-free areas the largest open-water area occurring just a few kilometers north of the reservoir’s southern tip The urban area closest to the Kyiv Reservior is not the capital city of the same name but a smaller settlement: Vyshhorod Around the reservoir lies a combination of grassy Roads and corridors of greenery line the eastern side of the reservoir and residential areas hug the shore on the western side The natural landscape in this region is generally marshy and well watered much of the vegetation remains brown in this early springtime image Heavy snows in the region during the winter of 2009–2010 heightened the risk of springtime floods Water officials lowered the reservoir’s level to prevent inundation of nearby settlements lowering the water level suffocated significant numbers of fish NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Michon Scott View this area in EO Explorer this natural-color image shows the southern end of the Kyiv (Kiev) Reservoir and part of the city of Vyshhorod Ice lingers on parts of the reservoir’s surface Winter traces white and blue across the high country Authorities keeps a watchful eye on ice near a key dam on the Kyiv Reservoir this natural-color scene shows a work-in-progress hydroelectric project along the Rupert River in Quebec show the North Springfield Reservoir before and after Irene’s heavy rains The State Ecological Inspection of the Capital Region found no exceedance of the maximum allowable concentrations of organic and mineral substances in the Desna River within the Kyiv region according to the Telegram channel of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration According to the State Ecological Inspection the oxygen levels in the Desna River are also within the normal range It is noted that this information was obtained by the Kyiv Regional Military Administration following the instructions of the Kyiv Regional Commission on Technogenic-Ecological Safety and Emergency Situations to implement measures to prevent the deterioration of water quality in the Desna River information was received from the Regional Office of Water Resources in the region about the deterioration of water quality in the Seym River concerns were raised about water pollution downstream of the Seym and reports of fish kills Since the Desna flows through the Kyiv region particularly the Vyshhorod and Brovary districts the Commission on Technogenic-Ecological Safety and Emergency Situations has instructed daily monitoring of water quality "To prevent negative impacts on public health the Kyiv Regional Commission on Technogenic-Ecological Safety and Emergency Situations recommends avoiding the use of Desna River water prohibiting swimming and fishing in the Desna as well as using river water for household purposes and animal drinking," the Regional Military Administration stated They added that the situation is under constant monitoring It should be noted that today, Vyshhorod Mayor Oleksii Momot reported that a toxic substance had been detected in the Desna River an emergency meeting of the Kyiv Regional Commission on Technogenic-Ecological Safety and Emergency Situations was held The meeting decided to prohibit residents from swimming and fishing in the Desna "A toxic substance has been detected in the Desna River and its bays It is strictly forbidden for all subordinate personnel to swim or fish in the Desna and its bays," Momot wrote the operational and dispatching service of the Vyshhorod district received a report of burning near the village Lutyzh on the territory of a private land share 10 people and 2 SNSS technicians were sent to the place of call The fire was localized at 12:40 and completely eliminated at 13:00 on an area of 0.09 hectares We use cookies to provide you with better navigation on our website you automatically agree to the use of these technologies 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 Ex-defender of Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Golovko who is now the head coach of Vyshhorod Dinaz from the First League shared his wishes to Ukrainians for the coming year 2023 peace and the speedy end of the war with our Victory so that football remains the spirit of our country To be a component of the revival of Ukraine doping both for those who are now at the front and for those who are now working hard I wish peace to everyone!” Golovko said in an interview with the PFL press service 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