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☆ Russian attack kills one, causes fire in west Ukrainian city of Lviv - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Firefighters work at a site of an industrial warehouse damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine September 19, 2023. Lviv governor Maxim Kozitsky said firefighters were tackling the blaze and that a 26-year-old man had been taken to hospital. "I want to emphasise that these are ordinary industrial warehouses. He said Russian forces had launched 18 drones in the attack and that 15 had been shot down, including seven that were directly over the Lviv region. At least seven people were killed in July when a Russian missile slammed into a residential building in Lviv, which is far from front lines.

Persons: Maxim Kozitsky, Andriy Sadovyi, Kozitsky, Lidia Kelly, Anna Pruchnicka, Christopher Cushing, Michael Perry, Timothy Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Lviv, Russian, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow, Melbourne

☆ Russian landmark added to UNESCO World Heritage List
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A university observatory in Russia has been inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List. The astronomical observatories of Kazan Federal University, located in the city of Kazan, were added to the esteemed list on Monday as UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee continued its deliberations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. New additionsEthiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park has been inscribed on the coveted UNESCO World Heritage List. ‘Outstanding universal value’Maison Carrée, an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France, was added to the World Heritage List. Dominique Marck/Ville de Nîmes/UNESCO World Heritage Nomination OfficeThe committee is to review the remaining nominations, which includes Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, over the next few days.

Persons: Bale, Daniel Rosengren, Ethiopia’s Bale, Mount Pelée, Maison Carrée, Dominique Marck, Sophia Cathedral, ”, CNN’s Marnie Hunter, Francesca Street Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, Kazan Federal University, Heritage Committee, Observatory, de Nîmes Locations: Russia, Kazan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, France, Phrygia, Turkey, Gaya, South Korea, Denmark, Odzala, Congo, Mount, Martinique, Nîmes, Ukraine, Kyiv, Pechersk, Lviv

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Just playing is a small victory for Shakhtar Donetsk, though the Ukrainian champions won't stop there. The Ukrainian league restarted a year ago despite the war but all games are played in empty stadiums — and sometimes interrupted by air-raid sirens. For the second straight season, Shakhtar is playing its Champions League games outside of Ukraine because of the Russian invasion. “When we drew with England (in a national team game on Sept. 9), I really got a lot of messages from the soldiers. Despite the wealth behind Shakhtar, the club won't give up hope of returning to play in Donetsk some day, Chygrynskyy said.

Persons: —, Taras Stepanenko, ”, Stepanenko, “, Patrick van Leeuwen, “ It’s, Velyka, Dmytro Chygrynskyy, it’s, ” Chygrynskyy, hasn't, Rinat Akhmetov, Mykhailo Mudryk, Chygrynskyy, “ That’s Organizations: Shakhtar Donetsk, Associated Press, League, Porto, Shakhtar, Ukrainian, Champions League, England, AP, ” Shakhtar Locations: HAMBURG, Germany, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Hamburg, Poland, Lviv, It's, Portugal, Zaporizhzhia, Novosilka, Barcelona, Greece, Russia, Donetsk, Kyiv, Chelsea

☆ UNESCO adds new sites to the World Heritage List
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has wrapped up its deliberations related to sites that are in danger and began adding new sites on Saturday to its prestigious World Heritage List. Deliberations started Saturday considering 50 sites nominated for the well-known World Heritage List. Yurii Stefanyak/Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesThe World Heritage in Danger List includes heritage sites that are threatened by forces such as armed conflict, natural disasters, pollution and more. World Heritage ListAs discussions moved to contenders for the World Heritage List, the Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua in Congo was inscribed on Saturday. Sites must be of “outstanding universal value” to be added to the World Heritage List, according to UNESCO.

Persons: CNN —, Sophia Cathedral, Ukraine —, Mount Pelée, Yurii, Sophia, ”, “, ” CNN’s Marnie Hunter, Francesca Street Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, UNESCO Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Pechersk, Lviv, Odzala, Congo, Mount, Martinique, Venice, Long, Ba, Ha Long, Denmark, Ohio

☆ Ukraine's air force has gotten good at fighting on the run, and Russia's military can't catch up, top US general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine's air force has been able to keep operating by spreading out its jets among different bases. Russia has struggled to catch up to that dispersal, the top US Air Force general in Europe says. That success underscores the US Air Force's need to be able to distribute its jets and crews. Russia began the war with a larger and more advanced air force, including better radars and longer-range missiles. US Air Force crew chiefs perform a "communications out" launch of an F-16 during an exercise in Lithuania in August.

Persons: James Hecker, they've, Hecker, Danil, " Hecker, OLEKSII FILIPPOV, Justin Bronk, Bronk, Dara Massicot, Massicot, Stephanie Longoria Organizations: US Air Force, Service, US Air Forces, Air and Space Forces Association, Washington DC, Getty, Britain's Royal United Services Institute, Ukraine, Carnegie Endowment, International, Russian BDA, Air Force, Tech Locations: Russia, Europe, Wall, Silicon, Washington, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russian, Lviv, AFP, Moscow, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland

The storied and fragile lagoon city is not alone in its struggle to manage an onslaught of tourists in the low-cost flight era. But the stakes are particularly high this week as the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decides whether to add Venice to its list of endangered world sites. Critics charge that the tax was rushed through to impress the UNESCO committee that the city is acting to curb mass tourism. The recommendation to downgrade Venice cites not only management of mass tourism, but also the impact of climate change. Venice is one of six sites, including two in war-ravaged Ukraine, that the committee may officially declare to be in danger.

Persons: ’ ’, Michele Zuin, Saint Organizations: UNESCO World Heritage Committee, UNESCO, Venice Locations: VENICE, Italy, Venice, Rome, St, Ukraine, Ukraine’s, Kyiv, Lviv, Nessebar, Bulgaria, Turkey, Kamchatka, Russia’s

☆ 4 buses were driven from London to Ukraine to become a field hospital and rest areas for soldiers fighting Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A UK transport company donated four buses to Ukraine to support its war effort. The others, which used to ferry passengers to an airport, are now rest areas for troops. The buses are no longer needed as they've been replaced by a new rail connection between Luton Parkway station and Luton airport. Soldiers are now using the other three buses as rest areas, and to transport Ukrainians to and from military training sites. Volunteers with one of the buses donated to Ukraine.

Persons: Andrew Clark, Craig George Organizations: Service, Luton Parkway, Volunteers Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, London, Calais, France, Europe, Luton, They're, Plymouth, England, Kiev, Lviv

☆ At Ukrainian concert hall, music offers comfort and cultural resistance
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[6/23]Read moreMusicians of the Luhansk Philharmonic wait for their performance, before the opera starts, at the Lviv Organ Hall, in Lviv, Ukraine, August 11. The Luhansk Philharmonic moved twice to escape war: first to the small eastern city of Sievierodonetsk in 2015 after its home city was captured by Russian-backed separatists, and then to Lviv last year when Sievierodonetsk was lain to waste by Russian...LVIV, UKRAINE

Persons: Sievierodonetsk Organizations: Hall, Luhansk Philharmonic Locations: Luhansk, Lviv, Ukraine, Sievierodonetsk, Russian, LVIV, UKRAINE

☆ US funding fight, Ukraine’s wartime symphonies and how to teach with AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Follow on Apple, Google or Spotify. The clock starts ticking to prevent a partial government shutdown as Congress returns. Teachers tackle the advance of AI in the classroom. The Ukrainian orchestra vowing to keep on playing as missiles rain down. Plus, 22 years in jail for the former leader of the Proud Boys group, Washington warning to North Korea and Spain sacks the coach of its World Cup winning women’s soccer team.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Reading, Boys, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Washington, North Korea, Spain, Ukraine

☆ Lviv's hottest ticket: a concert hall resurrecting Ukraine's repertoire
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Andrea Januta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Ivan Ostapovych, Lviv Organ Hall's co-director and conductor, rehearses with musicians of the Luhansk Philharmonic before a premiere of the opera Zorya at the Lviv Organ Hall, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 9, 2023. Performing during the war means tighter budgets, longer hours and quadruple the effort, said the hall's co-director Taras Demko. In early July when 10 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Lviv, the Organ Hall cancelled that night's choral concert. The hall spotlights Ukrainian music, including new compositions and little-known works. It was given its professional world premier at the Organ Hall earlier this year.

Persons: Ivan Ostapovych, Hall's, Alina Smutko, Taras Demko, Demko, Sievierodonetsk, Igor Shapovalov, Shapovalov, Mozart, Viktor Kosenko, Ihor Sonevytsky, Ostapovych, Andrea Januta Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Catholic Church, Performing, Reuters, Luhansk Philharmonic, Orchestra, YouTube, Communist Party, Thomson Locations: Lviv, Luhansk, Ukraine, Rights LVIV, Russia, Sievierodonetsk, Russian, Soviet Union

☆ Russia and Ukraine are fighting the kind of drone war the US military has been worrying about, and it's scrambling to prepare for a future that's already here
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Christopher Woody | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The scale of the drone war in Ukraine is one of the most striking features of the conflict. "ISIS figured out how to arm their drones and attack us either with 'kamikaze' explosive-laden drones or drones that dropped" modified munitions, Townsend said. Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment train on an Avenger air-defense system in in July. In 2018, the Army reactivated the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, returning a short-range-air-defense capability to Europe. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The war is showing how much [drones are] here and are affecting the war every day.

Persons: Ukraine isn't, Mara Karlin, wasn't, Karlin, that's, John Moore, Stephen Townsend, Townsend, Frank McKenzie, MAHMOUD TAHA, I've, Syria —, Richard Clarke, Clarke, Tom Karako, " McKenzie, McKenzie, Maj, Sean Gainey, Gainey, FADEL SENNA, Douglas Bush, Bush, they've, Col, Michael Parent, Narciso Contreras, Parent Organizations: Pentagon, Service, Defense Writers, US Marine, US Army, US Africa Command, ISIS, Getty, Army, US Special, Command, Aspen Security Conference, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Patriot, —, US Air Force, Congressional Research Service, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Spc, Yesenia, Asymmetric Warfare Group, Battalion, Stryker, Washington DC, Marine Corps, US Army Yuma, US, Anadolu Agency, Pacific . The Defense Department Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mosul, Syria, Homs, Europe, Washington, Russian, Kyiv, Russia, Lviv Oblast, China, Pacific

☆ Ukrainians torn by evacuation calls as Russian shells fall in northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Maria Starkova | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Red Cross volunteers help local residents to evacuate from the city of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in Kharkiv region, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine August 15, 2023. Regional authorities announced a mandatory evacuation of civilians from near the Kupiansk front earlier this month due to daily Russian shelling. At 1:20 p.m., the second shelling of the city center injured three civilian men, including an emergency medical assistant, and a 20-year-old woman. Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians in its invasion of Ukraine, which has killed thousands, uprooted millions, and destroyed cities. Reporting by Maria Starkova in Lviv, Ukraine; Writing by Elaine Monaghan in Washington; Editing by Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Dmytro Lozhenko, Oleh Synehubov, Lozhenko, Maria Starkova, Elaine Monaghan, Paul Simao Organizations: Red Cross, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Kupiansk, Vuzlovyi, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russia's, Kupiansk district, Russia, Lviv, Washington

☆ Russia's central bank raises rates to 12%; three killed in Russian air attack on western Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

At least three people were killed and many more injured after Russia launched a large-scale overnight air attack on Ukraine's western region of Lviv and the northwestern region of Volyn. Scores of residential buildings and a kindergarten were destroyed in what local media has reported as the largest air assault on the Lviv region, which borders Poland, since the start of the war. Russia's central bank on Tuesday raised its key interest rate to 12% from 8.5%, the bank said in a statement on its website. The bank called an extraordinary meeting for Tuesday amid pressure from Moscow to halt a rapid depreciation of the country's ruble currency. The ruble slumped near 102 to the dollar on Monday as anxiety around the state of the economy and the impact of Western sanctions weighed heavily on the beleaguered currency.

Organizations: Russia Locations: Lviv, Volyn, Poland, Moscow

☆ Russian air strikes on western Ukraine kill at least three - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view shows a building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 15, 2023. The Volyn region borders NATO-member Poland to its west. Ukraine's Air Force said that its forces had destroyed 16 of at least 28 Russia-launched air and sea-based missiles. Until July, the Lviv region which is far from the front lines and which borders Poland to its west, had been spared most Russia's air attacks. Air raid alerts were issued for entire Ukraine for about two hours, staring at around 2 a.m. (2300 GMT).

Persons: Administration Maksym, Yuriy Pohulyaiko, Andriy Sadovyi, Sadovyi, Maxim Kozitsky, Serhiy Lisak, Lidia Kelly, Maria Tsvetkova, Kim Coghill, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Lviv Regional, Administration, REUTERS, NATO, Air Force, Lviv region's, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Handout, Russia, Volyn, Lutsk, Poland, Dnipropetrovsk, Warsaw, New York

☆ Russian missile hits hotel used by UN in Zaporizhzhia -officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A view shows a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav RatynskyiLVIV, Ukraine, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, leaving one dead and 16 injured, Ukrainian officials said. National police said an Iskander missile hit the city at 7:20 p.m. (1620 GMT). A fire broke out in a civilian building after the occupiers hit it with a missile," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Two young women and a man were killed and nine other people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on Wednesday.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Yuriy Malashko, Denise Brown, Maria Starkova, Maria Tsvetkova, Leslie Adler, Cynthia Osterman, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, National, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Viacheslav, LVIV, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Lviv, New York

☆ Insight: Rising domestic violence is a hidden front in Ukraine's war
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Layli Foroudi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Borniakova, an alleged victim of domestic violence by her husband, died in January, her body badly bruised. Registered cases of domestic violence in Ukraine initially fell after Russia invaded in February 2022, as millions of people fled the fighting. The office created a unit to oversee domestic violence court procedures in February, Usenko said. "If we can at least get a charge of domestic violence it will be a victory," Seheda said, adding that there was still a view among some judges and police officers that domestic violence was a private matter to be settled between a couple. She said an increase in registered domestic violence cases was partly a reflection that police are giving more attention to the issue.

Persons: Yakov Borniakov, Alina Smutko, Borniakova, Borniakova's, Kateryna Vedrentseva, Kateryna Levchenko, Tetyana Pogorila, Pogorila, Yulia Usenko, Usenko, Lilia Kalytiuk, Borniakov, Olga Dmitrichenko, Yulia Seheda, Seheda, Dmitrichenko, Layli Foroudi, Mike Collett, White, Daniel Flynn Organizations: Reuters, Dnipro, . Police, United Nations Population Fund, Police, Department for, Ukraine's, Prosecutor's, Dnipro . Police, Thomson Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, DNIPRO, Russia, CENTRAL, Lviv

☆ UNESCO recommends adding Venice to list of world heritage sites in danger
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Gondoliers row their gondolas through the Venice Canal as the city prepares for the Redentore Festival celebrations in Venice, Italy, July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri/File PhotoJuly 31 (Reuters) - UNESCO experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as Italy is not doing enough to protect the city from the impact of climate change and mass tourism. UNESCO World Heritage Centre experts regularly review the state of the UN cultural agency's 1,157 World Heritage sites, and at a meeting in Riyadh in September, a committee of 21 UNESCO member states will review more than 200 sites and decide which to add to the danger list. Other sites recommended to be put on the danger list this year are the cities of Kyiv and Lviv in Ukraine. A spokesperson for the Venice municipality told Reuters the city "will carefully read the proposed decision published today by the Center for UNESCO's World Heritage Committee and will discuss it with the government".

Persons: Manuel Silvestri, Geert De Clercq, Augustin Turpin, Federica Urso, Leslie Adler Organizations: REUTERS, UNESCO, Heritage Centre, UN, Reuters, Center, World Heritage, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Danger, Riyadh, Odessa, Ukraine, Timbuktu, Mali, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Kyiv, Lviv, Paris, Rome

CNN —Ukraine has passed legislation moving its official Christmas holiday to December 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church, which celebrates the holiday on January 7. A branch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine allowed its churches to celebrate Christmas on December 25 last year. Ukraine’s main Greek Catholic church said in February it was moving to a new calendar to celebrate Christmas on December 25 as well. In December, the Ukrainian government launched a poll asking citizens whether the date for Christmas should be moved to December 25. They added that they celebrated Christmas on December 25 last year and felt they would “quickly adapt.”“Ukraine should be a civilized European country,” Alla said.

Persons: Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine “, “, Kirill, Alla, Oksana, ” Alla, ” Vitalina, Pavlo, ” Pavlo, Tetyana Organizations: CNN, Church, ”, Orthodox, of, Catholic, Ukrainian Locations: Ukraine, ” Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Donbas, Moscow, Christianity, of Ukraine, Ukraine’s, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Kyiv, Europe

☆ Ryanair will return to Ukraine within weeks of war ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Ryanair is planning to connect major airports in Ukraine to almost two dozen European capitals within weeks of the country’s airspace reopening when the war ends. Ryanair (RYAAY) said in a statement Thursday it would offer flights to and from Ukraine within eight weeks of that happening. Speaking from Kyiv, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the carrier would “charge back” into Ukraine after the war. “The visit of Ryanair senior management to Boryspil Airport is a powerful signal that the largest airline in Europe sees huge potential in the Ukrainian air transport market,” said Boryspil International Airport CEO Oleksiy Dubrevskyy. The move highlights Ukraine’s sustained efforts to court international investors, as it plans for its future after the war.

Persons: Michael O’Leary, O’Leary, “, ”, Oleksiy Dubrevskyy, Philips —, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: London CNN, Ryanair, Boeing, European Union Aviation Safety Agency, European Union, Kherson —, Boryspil, Boryspil International, Conference, Citi, Sanofi, Philips, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Ukraine Development Fund Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson, ”, Ukrainian, Europe, London

☆ Putin Warns That Ukraine Could Be Invaded and Occupied by Poland
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Friday that Poland wants to seize Western Ukraine. Russia has often deflected from its own invasion by claiming Poland has its own imperial ambitions. "Emboldened by the current circumstances, Poland has decided that the chance to absorb the remnants of Ukraine is to be taken now, or never," he wrote on Twitter. Speaking Friday, Putin — who launched the 2022 invasion with the hope of overthrowing Kyiv's government — claimed he would not "interfere" in internal Ukrainian affairs. But he accused Poland of also desiring parts of Belarus, a close Russian ally.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Kevin Rothrock, Dmitry Medvedev, Putin —, Kyiv's, — Organizations: Security Council, Service, Sputnik, Russia's Security, Twitter Locations: Western Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Crimea, —, Lithuania, Warsaw, Ukrainian, Lviv, Russian, Belarus

☆ How Putin Broke Russia - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Putin claims to be a champion of the rights of Russian speakers, whose families often moved to neighboring nations when they were all under Soviet rule. His invasion and behavior embarrasses many Russian speakers and makes them rethink their allegiance. In Lviv, Ukraine, Oleksandra Kabanova told me that she and her husband are native Russian speakers who always spoke to each other in Russian. As for the Russian speakers, they are finally being digested. “They clearly see that life here is so much better than life in Russia.”

Persons: Putin, Oleksandra Kabanova, ”, Donald Trump, Trump, Kaja Kallas Organizations: Communist, Ukrainian Army, NATO Locations: Moscow, Lviv, Ukraine, Russian, Baltic, Finland, Sweden, Russia

☆ Ukraine Celebrates Return of Azov Commanders Held as Prisoners of War
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | More About Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Five Ukrainian commanders of the Azov Regiment, extolled in Ukraine for defending the port city of Mariupol last year during an 80-day Russian siege before they surrendered as prisoners of war, have been given a heroes’ welcome after returning home. “We will definitely have our say in battle,” Mr. Prokopenko, the regiment’s commander told reporters in Lviv. Asked whether he would fight on the front lines, he replied, “That is why we returned to Ukraine.”Moscow reacted angrily to the news that the Azov fighters had returned to Ukraine. The Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, accused Turkey of breaking an agreement to keep the men on its territory until the end of the war in Ukraine. The government in Kyiv did not offer a public explanation of how or why the fighters came to be returned to Ukraine.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Denys Prokopenko, ” Mr, Prokopenko, ” Moscow, Dmitri S, Peskov Organizations: Azov Regiment, Twitter, Azov Locations: Ukraine, Mariupol, Lviv, Turkey, Russia, Kyiv

CNN —Ukrainian commanders who were captured by Russia after leading the defense of Mariupol from the Azovstal steel plant have vowed to return to the battle field following a prisoner swap. The commanders announced their intentions at a press conference held shortly after arriving in Lviv, Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. Zelensky thanked his team and President Erdogan in particular for helping to bring the Azovstal leaders home. Zelensky pictured with Azovstal commanders as they return to Ukraine from Istanbul. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout/ReutersThe Ukrainian president also announced his appointment of Oleksandr Pivnenko as new commander of the National Guard.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Denys Prokopenko, ” Prokopenko, Zelensky, Roman Baluk, Svyatoslav Palamar, Lesya Ukrainka, ”, ” Palamar, Erdogan, Oleksandr Pivnenko, …, Bakhmut ” Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Presidential Press Service, National Guard, Ukraine’s National Guard Locations: Russia, Mariupol, Lviv, Ukraine, Turkey, Ukrainian, Azovstal, Azov, Roman, Reuters Azov, Istanbul

☆ Opinion | In Ukraine, Amputees Are Ready to Give More
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

LVIV, Ukraine — The Superhumans Center is full of war amputees learning to walk on artificial limbs or smoking cigarettes clutched in prosthetic fingers. Yet this philanthropically supported hospital for wounded Ukrainians is not antiseptically depressing, as hospitals often are. “I do not see disabled people,” Oleksandra Kabanova said as she sat waiting for her husband, Oleh Spodin, to complete a physical therapy session. “I see superheroes.”She eagerly shared the story of how Spodin lost his leg: He volunteered to go out and rescue a wounded comrade. “He’s very sexy without a leg,” she added, beaming.

Persons: Oleksandra Kabanova, Oleh, “, Spodin Locations: LVIV, Ukraine

☆ Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine, missile attack on Lviv
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. Kyodo News/Getty Images/FILEThe International Atomic Energy Agency is "making progress" inspecting several areas of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Friday, following claims by Kyiv that the facility had been mined. On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia may be using the nuclear plant as a weapon. He also reminded reporters the plant is in an "active war zone" and that access takes time. Nuclear plant on front lines: The Zaporizhzhia facility is the largest nuclear plant in Europe and has been under Russian control since March last year.

Persons: Rafael Grossi, Grossi, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: Kyodo, International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations Locations: Tokyo, Russia, Europe

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