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Ukrainska Pravda analysed how many missiles and Shaheds Russia might have amassed for the coming winter and what tools Ukraine has at its disposal to shoot them down effectively.

Key European capitals have begun to hear Ukraine's arguments. Now, everything needs to be done to make this idea prevail in the EU.

Ukraine is entering a new phase of the war – and a new chapter in its relationships with its partners. This becomes obvious as soon as you turn on the US news

The Kyiv School of Economics has recently released a report on the state of Russia's economy as of October 2023. The report indicates that the Russians have adapted to life under sanctions and are managing to circumvent restrictions and even generate income amid high oil prices.

Key ministerial positions in the new government of Slovakia have been given to individuals known for their criticism of EU policies, including those concerning Ukraine.

Initiated in 2022, the European Union project "Solidarity Lanes" has become a tool that ensures the real Ukraine's EU integration.

These stories tell of tough decisions, a yearning for home that’s stronger than fear, and the right to die in one’s own home – or find joy away from it

Martin Jäger: "It is obvious to us that Ukraine's future lies in the EU and in NATO... But readiness for accession is indeed a complex challenge."

Baba Nadia, the Russian invasion, a Russian warship and hope for the future: UP tracks down the originator of a legendary meme from Myhalky

The Polish elections have become a kind of mirror, meant to show what the political model of Central Europe will be and how it will affect our prospects.

Conversation with Ukrainian writer Sofiia Andrukhovych about how the war is changing the social role of the writer and drawing Europe’s attention to Ukrainian literature; how literature can overcome Europeans' war fatigue and prevent the war from becoming normalized.

This article recounts how Ukrainian troops, far outnumbered by the Russian occupation forces, managed to hold the cities of Chernihiv and Kharkiv and the Donbas front, yet the Ukrainian defences in southern Ukraine crumbled under what appeared to be very similar circumstances.

Harold Koh: "In the fall of 2021, there was a chance that Putin would invade. We developed a theory for that possibility."

This is the first part of the final episode of Ukrainska Pravda's podcast 24 February Reconstructed, in which Ukrainska Pravda has tried to recreate the military events of the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion: how the fronts emerged and moved, who heroically stopped the Russians’ advance and how they did so, how Ukrainian cities and the country as a whole recovered from the first shock and prepared for defence.

"Right now, Putin sees that we are not committed to Ukraine winning. So he just has to hang on."

As of the morning of 9 October, 49 victims of the Russian army's missile attack on the village of Hroza near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, had been identified. On 5 October 2023, Russian troops fired a missile on a café where local civilians had gathered to attend a wake for Andrii Kozyr, a fallen Ukrainian defender.

When Russia launched its war against Ukraine, people of different ages and with different faiths and worldviews took up arms. Many members of the LGBT community also joined the army. Ukrainska Pravda Zhyttia (Life) spoke with LGBT military personnel currently serving in the Ukrainian army to find out how they are treated there.

In spring 2022 Mariupol, home to half a million people, turned into the largest mass grave in 21st-century Europe. Some Mariupol residents managed to escape. Tens of thousands died as they lay trapped under rubble, their bodies mingling with debris later recycled by the Russians who came to "liberate" the city. Photographer Yevhen Sosnovskyi shares his memories of 65 days of Mariupol’s siege and occupation.

Andrii Zahorodniuk: "Every time we achieve significant success, it doesn't happen the way our American partners expected."

Ukrainska Pravda journalists visit Hroza as the villagers process the tragedy and prepare for funerals

The Memorial memory platform remembers those educators who are no longer with us. Their lives were taken by Russia, which started a full-scale war against Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

It is time to prepare for all scenarios in the United States, given that in Washington, they are publicly discussing reducing or even discontinuing aid to Ukraine...

Ukraine's future accession is currently treated as a fact in internal discussions within the EU. However, experts warn against excessive optimism.

Why Telegram's staggering growth remains a failure from a business perspective, and who the investors are that funded the app despite it only recently showing signs of generating revenue.

Katarína Mathernová: "Ukraine's image as a corrupt state was largely created by Russian propaganda. This is changing."

In this interview, Ashton-Cirillo told Ukrainska Pravda how Ukrainians have surprised the world, whether society in the US continues to support Ukraine, and how effective Russian propaganda is in the West now.

The average score for meeting the (accession) conditions is 8 out of 10. There is a couple of problems: the "PEP law" and parliamentary resistance...

Ukrainska Pravda spoke to the key figures in the events that unfolded around Tuzla in 2003: Colonel General Mykhailo Koval and Serhii Kunitsyn, who was the head of the government in Crimea at the time. Former president Leonid Kuchma answered our questions in writing. This article reconstructing the events of the hot autumn of 2003 sheds light on questions like: What provocations did Putin carry out, how did he try to hide, and how did he grope about for red lines? How did looking through his binoculars on the island of Tuzla help Kuchma realise Ukraine was not Russia? And why did the events of 2003 almost culminate in a war?

Benjamin Haddad: "In France, public opinion tends to be much less cynical and much less afraid of Russia than our elites sometimes are."