What to do while in Ukraine

Ukrainian heavyweight Andriy Novitsky won a resounding victory over American Alexander Flores in the main event of the evening in Long Beach for the WBC International heavyweight title. The fight took place at the Thunder Studios arena and began with the Ukrainian having the upper hand. Novitsky moved actively, worked at a distance, changed stances and confidently controlled the course of the fight. However, in the third round the situation became more complicated - Flores landed an accurate blow and even broke the Ukrainian's nose. After that, Novitsky changed his approach and began to act more aggressively. At the decisive moment, Andriy caught his opponent on the verge of approaching, shook him with a powerful blow and knocked him down. Flores got up, but did not have time to recover - the Ukrainian immediately went to finish him off, scored a second knockdown, after which the referee stopped the fight.  For Nowitzki, this is the 16th victory in his career without de...

The Dovzhenko Film Studio has been included in the list of Treasures of European Film Culture. The European Film Academy website states that it is one of the key film studios in Eastern Europe: over almost a century, more than 1,000 films have been created here, including works that have become classics of world cinema and shaped Ukrainian cinema. The updated list also includes cinemas, studios and filming locations in various European countries, including Berlin, Stockholm, Riga and Tallinn.

Ukrainian company STETMAN will produce space satellites. The first one will be launched in October The company wants to launch the first test satellite in October 2026, and then move on to deploying a full-fledged constellation. STETMAN says that the project is based on internal investments and support from the European Commission. We tell you the details.

🇺🇸🇺🇦  In recent weeks, the U.S. military has deployed Ukrainian counter-drone technology to a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia, in a bid to protect against attacks that have already destroyed planes, buildings and killed at least one U.S. service member. The deployment of a Ukrainian command-and-control system called Sky Map at Prince Sultan Air Base is a sign of how far the Ukrainian military has come in developing drones and counter-drone capabilities. Ukrainian military experts have been at the base in recent weeks to train U.S. service members on Sky Map, which the Ukrainian military uses to detect approaching drones, including the Shahed, and to launch counter-attacks using interceptor drones. The Pentagon has already significantly increased its investment in counter-drone technology. But the use of Ukrainian technology highlights the vulnerability of U.S. air and missile defenses, analysts say.  ❗️ This news comes a month after Trump publicly rejected the Uk...

🇺🇦 Dynamo – finalist of the Ukrainian Cup of the 2025/26 season

Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian IM Roman Dehtiarov has made history as both the youngest and lowest-seeded player ever to win the European Individual Chess Championship. He started the event in Katowice, Poland ranked 126th out of 501 players, with a 2452 rating, but took sole first place on 9/11, half a point ahead of Azerbaijani GMs Nijat Abasov, Aydin Suleymanli, and Mahammad Muradli. He won €20,000 (~$23,500), a spot in the 2027 FIDE World Cup, and an instant grandmaster title as the winner of a continental championship. On his return to Ukraine, he met and was awarded the "Future of Ukraine" award by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The event took place in the football stadium Arena Katowice. Photo: Rafal Oleksiewicz/European Chess Union. The 2026 European Championship took place April 7-19 and brought together a record 501 players. It was an 11-round Swiss, with players having 90 minutes for 40 moves then another 30 minutes, with a 30-second increment f...