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The President of the European Council Charles Michel hopes that before the next meeting of the European Council on May 30 it will be possible to agree on new sanctions against russia, first of all – on the oil embargo, writes journalist Vitaly Portnikov

ruscism is the darkest idea of the 21st century which has become the driving force for the russian president, the russian army, and the russian people. The word first appeared in 2014.

Ukrainians came up with it as an accurate abbreviation for russian fascism after russia’s occupation of Crimea.

The Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, once again criticizes the fact that Germany is not supplying heavy weapons. Melnyk believes that Chancellor Olaf Schulz does not want to deliver and is playing for time.

People often disagree what exactly constitutes fascism, but today’s russia meets most of the criteria with its cult around World War II, a single leader, and a myth of imperial greatness, Snyder argues.

Ukraine has created a virtual museum of the war, to preserve the memory of the war started by putin’s russia.

The Association of Ukrainian Media, Journalists and Public Organizations “Media Movement” addressed the Pulitzer Prize Committee to revoke the award of Walter Duranty, who headed the Moscow bureau of The New York Times in 1922–1936. In his writings, Duranty denied the Holodomor and publicly

Numerous Russian right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis have joined russia’s war against Ukraine, spiegel.de reported, citing a confidential document by the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany [BND].

The former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko gave credit to the efforts of the US administration to support Ukraine in the war and called for more military assistance, stressing that Ukrainians need ‘three things’ to continue the fight, and those are ‘weapons, weapons, and weapons.’

The russians continue to do everything to cover up the crimes, the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko said in a statement.

Long before the full-scale military invasion, the russian federation had been preparing to deport Ukrainian citizens to its territory, Liudmyla Denisova, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement following an online meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo

On Monday, retired four-star general and MSNBC "military analyst" Barry R. McCaffrey posted a clip of video game footage to Twitter. Alongside it he claimed it was a display of strength from Ukraine's air defense. It's actually footage from a video game Arma 3.

Realizing that the world community no longer believes the false reports of russian TV channels, the kremlin propagandists decided to involve European journalists and the world media in their activities, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The military command issued an order to the commanders of the units located at Azovstal to save the lives of the personnel, according to the official statement of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The military enlistment offices were attacked with Molotov cocktails in Rostov and Ryazan oblasts, as well as in Volgograd, according to social media.

Ukrainian IT army continues to fight on the cyberfront and successfully attacked more than 240 russian sites during one week, Ukraine’s digital transformation ministry said in a statement.

The russian occupiers planted a grenade in the piano of a 10-year-old resident of Bucha. Thanks to her mother’s vigilance, no one was injured, said Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Interior Minister.

Azov soldier Vitaly Barabash, who is an ethnic Jew, has addressed Israel government and people to help save the Ukrainian military defending Azovstal. His speech was shared on Facebook by the Ukrainian Honorary Consul of the State of Israel in the Western Ukraine, Oleh Vyshniakov.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday blocked speedy Senate passage of a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, defying leaders of both parties who urged lawmakers to approve the military and economic assistance quickly and warning that "we cannot save Ukra

The russian occupiers interfered in the operation of the main gas pipeline, which transports gas to Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the head of the Luhansk regional military administration Serhiy Haidai said in a statement.

With the damaged critical infrastructure and utility services, Mariupol residents face a possible epidemic, the Mariupol city council predicts."More than 10