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White storks have returned to Chernobyl for the first time in 20 years
The birds were spotted in the city centre, on the roof of an administrative building near the ‘Star of Polyn’ memorial.
Iran is calling on young people to form ‘human chains’ around power stations that Trump has threatened to attack
Ali Reza Rahimi, Iran’s Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs, has stated that Iranian young people will form ‘human chains’ around power stations across the country as part of a nationwide symbolic event.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the detention of three defendants in the Fistal case
The High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the period of detention for three suspects in the case involving the misappropriation of over 231 million hryvnias during procurement for the National Cancer Institute. The individuals in question are Yuriy Vasilenko, director of Orthoimpex LLC; Dmytro Kaliushchenko, former secretary of the NCI’s tender committee; and Bohdan Borisyuk, head of the NCI’s lung and mediastinal tumour department.
For the first time, Ukraine has overtaken Russia in terms of the number of drones launched
In March 2026, for the first time since the start of the full-scale war, Ukraine launched more attack drones at targets on Russian territory than Russian forces had launched against Ukraine.
He hit her on the head and shoved utility bills into her mouth. In Poltava, a debtor tried to kill a utility worker
A man has been convicted in Poltava for attempting to kill a utility company employee who had come to his home to deliver notices regarding outstanding debts. The attacker choked her, struck her on the head and shoved the bills into her mouth.
The budget has lost out on over 90 billion hryvnias due to illicit tobacco
Over the years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s state budget has lost over 90 billion hryvnias due to the proliferation of illicit tobacco products. In 2024, following a reduction in the ‘tobacco shadow’ by the end of 2025, the situation deteriorated once again.
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 17e, and renderings of the iPhone 18 Pro and Fold have already appeared online
Apple has officially unveiled the new entry-level iPhone 17e, which succeeds the 16e and has effectively cemented its position as the most affordable iPhone in the current range. Meanwhile, the first renders of the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max and foldable iPhone Fold have already appeared online, giving an idea of what the company’s next wave of smartphones might look like.
The IMF is set to downgrade its global economic forecast due to the conflict in the Middle East
The Fund may expand certain lending programmes, whilst cautioning national governments against state handouts that could further exacerbate inflationary pressures.
The SSU has charged the captain of a vessel belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet with transporting goods from Crimea
The captain of a foreign vessel was detained in Odessa in December 2025. The investigation established that grain and petroleum products had been transported from the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The State Bureau of Investigation has uncovered a scheme involving illegal combat payments in the Dnipropetrovsk region
Former officials of a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard have been notified that they are under investigation for making unauthorised payments to military personnel. According to the investigation, the losses amounted to almost 12 million hryvnias.
Petraeus stated that the US must learn how to wage a new kind of war from Ukraine
David Petraeus, a former CIA director and retired US Army general, has stated that the United States must learn from Ukraine a “completely new concept of warfare”. Following his tenth trip to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, he said that Russia “no longer has the upper hand” and that the Ukrainian army is compensating for a shortage of personnel and resources through the systematic use of drones.
The National Police have uncovered a scheme involving the sale of travel bookings and trips abroad organised by a criminal figure
Law enforcement officers carried out a large-scale operation in several regions and arrested those involved in the scheme. According to preliminary figures, at least 40 people were affected by it.