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Independent Ukrainian English-language magazine providing an in-depth analysis of Ukraine's political, social and economic affairs.
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The Russian Stavrolen chemical plant, in Budyonnovsk (Stavropol Krai), seems to have received concrete sanction: 📹 shows the plant on fire, after drones attack. The plant is considered as a military target due to its role in the production of explosives, fuels. #StopRussia #Ukraine🇺🇦
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🇺🇦Defense Forces carried out UAV strikes against the Taman sea terminal in the village of Volna, Krasnodar Krai. Russia's port of Taman, now burning into mid-day after overnight drone visits (CDS)
Oil infrastructure & at least 2 tankers were hit, report said. #StopRussia #Ukraine
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
‼️📽️Ukrainian partisans set ablaze a Russian Su-30 & a Su-27 fighter jet during an operation on the night of Dec. 21 in Russia's Lipetsk Oblast, Ukrainian 🇺🇦 military intelligence (HUR) said.
Russia used these fighter jets to support deadly strikes against #Ukraine.
#StopRussia
December 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🔴 " With such medieval raids, Putin’s Russia shows it is no different from terrorist groups like ISIS, Boko Haram, or Hamas ", 🇺🇦 MFA said.
Russia stole five dozen civilians, mostly elderly women, from a tiny 🇺🇦village Hrabovske, near the state border in the #Sumy region. #StopRussia
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#Odesa On Dec. 18, a Russian drone struck a car & killed a mother of 3 children. Inna Vlaeva, 43, died protecting her daughter with her body. The children miraculously survived. They were driving due to the lack of electricity for several days caused by Russian bombing. #Ukraine
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
« You are a hero (..) We treat you as a hero », Polish PM D. Tusk said to Ukrainian President V. Zelensky during their meeting in Warsaw. « You have stronger cards. I know you don’t play cards, as you said once (..) For sure with us, you have stronger cards », he added. #Ukraine
December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
«Russia wants discord, wants to destroy & dismantle such a strong alliance — the alliance of 2 peoples, of many generations of #Ukraine🇺🇦& #Poland🇵🇱. We will not allow them to do this», president Zelensky said alongside Polish president Nawrocki infront the press in Warsaw today.
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Berlin–The Hague–Brussels: a week of critical diplomatic steps for Ukraine
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December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
«Now we have a simple choice: either money today or blood tomorrow.& I’m not just talking about #Ukraine. I’m talking about #Europe, & this is our decision, and only ours», Tusk said in Brussels on Dec.18. EU leaders are expected to decide a plan on the frozen Russian assets to🇺🇦
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#Ukraine🇺🇦’s wartime presidential elections: why they are (im)possible 👇
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December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
« I will continue to destroy every Russian lie – on the frontline and around the world. And I urge you to support Ukraine in this effort. This is how it works – truth is the ground on which justice grows », Volodymyr Zelensky, at the 🇳🇱 Parliament. He received a standing ovation on Dec. 16.
#ukraine
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🔵🟡#Poll 75% of Ukrainians reject a plan that would include the withdrawal of troops from Donbas, restrictions on the🇺🇦army & would not contain specific security guarantees
63% are ready to endure war as long as necessary
61% trust President Zelensky (KIIS)
#Ukraine #StopRussia
December 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For years, #Kyiv has been lighting up the largest menorah in Europe to celebrate Hanukkah’s lights. Many organisations called to light a candle tonight in solidarity with the Jewish community after the terrorist attack that killed at least 11 people at the #bondibeach in #Sydney.
December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
« Ukraine stands in solidarity with Australia in the face of the brutal terrorist attack at #bondibeach, Sydney, which targeted the Jewish community at the start of Hanukka (..) Terror & hatred must never prevail — they must be defeated», Zelensky. #BondiBeachTerrorAttack. #Bondi
December 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
‼️#Poland detains Russian scholar linked to illegal excavations in Crimea.
Polish Internal Security Agency arrested Aleksander Butyagin, a researcher at the Hermitage Museum, at his hotel. Ukraine’s Prosecutor’s Office has been seeking Butyagin since Nov. 👉 ukrainianweek.com/butyagin-pol... #ukraine
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
‼️🔵🟡 « Today - the #kupyansk direction, our soldiers who are achieving results for #Ukraine here. Many Russians have talked about Kupyansk..
I was there
Thank you to every unit, to everyone who is fighting here, who is destroying the occupier », President V. #Zelenskyy said in Kupyansk.
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🔥Drones hit the russian oil refinery Slavneft-Yanos in Yaroslavl on December 12, one of the 5 largest in Russia, located a thousand kms from the border with #Ukraine. The refinery had a capacity of 15 million tons of oil/year. The previous fire was reported on October 31.
#StopRussia
December 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Many Ukrainians are currently posting bright images of Ukrainian streets decorated for the #Christmas season, despite Russia's war of aggression against #Ukraine, its culture & Ukrainian people.
📹: Kryvyï Rih. 🇺🇦
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Harsh realities of life in Russian-occupied Donetsk & Volnovakha: what follows is an account of daily life in the temporarily occupied territories today 👇
« Here, personal safety exists only for those who keep their heads down and don’t ask questions » : ukrainianweek.com/occupied-don...
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
« What we need are weapons, sanctions against the aggressor, and clear security guarantees. 
What the President of Finland keeps silent on – and what Ukraine must scream about » Hanna Hopko :
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December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Volodymyr #Zelensky meets Pope Leo XIV on December 9, to discuss "a just & lasting peace" for #Ukraine. This 3rd meeting between the pontiff & the Ukrainian President focused also on the return of Ukrainian children stolen by Russia &🇺🇦POWs, according to Vatican News.
#StopRussia
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🔵🟡 Ukraine won’t cede territories any to Russia:
«We have no right under the law, under 🇺🇦law, under our Constitution, under international law. We also have no moral right», Volodymyr Zelensky said today: « we definitely do not want to give anything away. That is what we are fighting for ». #ukraine
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#France Festival of 🇺🇦lights in Lyon : french train station turned into a luminous window on Ukrainian culture for 4 nights. "Voyage to #Ukraine" by Svitlana Reinish is a tribute to the works of Maria Prymachenko, Alla Horska, Viktor Zaretskyi, Lyubov Panchenko & other 🇺🇦artists.🎥: Ukrainian Institute
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We need to ensure that while they continue—and we don’t know when they will end—Ukraine remains in the strongest possible position to continue defending itself against Russia.
NATO officials: “Ukrainian Armed Forces are the core of Ukraine’s defence”
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December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
⭐️On December 6 in the #Kyiv metro: the British embassy staff sent their best wishes to Ukrainians by performing a famous Ukrainian masterpiece Christmas song, Shchedryk. The melody became worldwide associated with vivid 🇺🇦culture and #Ukraine’s independence.
🎥: N. Rieltor #UK🇬🇧
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM