What to do while in Ukraine

The price of a drone is formed according to the formula specified in Resolution No. 256 - it is according to it that the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA) is currently purchasing drones for the armed forces. According to the resolution, the price of a drone is its cost (components, labor, administrative and operating expenses) + 20% value-added tax + company profit (up to 25% of the cost). As "Oborontsi" told AOZ, the company puts a percentage of profit into its products on its own, offering a price. Accordingly, when there is competition in the tender, the manufacturer has an incentive to reduce the size of its own profit, bringing down the total price Is there room in this formula for corrupt price gouging? Of course.  For example, a company may lie about the cost of components, and the Agency may miss this or simply be afraid to cancel the contract, because in this case it will be responsible for the failure to deliver drones to the Defense Forces. Previously, O...

In the first half of 2026, IT specialists paid more than 30 billion hryvnias in taxes to the state budget. This is 6 billion more than in the same period in 2025. Traditionally, legal entities paid more than individual entrepreneurs. Such data was provided to DOU by the State Tax Service of Ukraine. By which KVEDs did we calculate We chose the directions "Computer programming" and "Data processing, posting information on websites and related activities" as the most popular among IT entrepreneurs. It should be noted that some IT professionals register their activities under other KVEDs, so the data presented only partially reflects tax activity in IT.  How taxes were paid in 2026 In the first quarter of 2026, IT professionals paid over 15 billion hryvnias. Of these, legal entities paid 10 billion, and individual entrepreneurs - over 4 billion hryvnias in taxes. In the second quarter, the dynamics were similar: legal entities paid 10 billion, and individual entreprene...

Flights were suspended until 01:55 a.m. due to the incident, and one of the cargo planes went on a second go-around. After that, it collided with an unknown object about six kilometers from the airport and later landed in Hanover with a damaged nose. The southern runway was left closed for investigative actions. Update: A Ukrainian plane at an airfield in Leipzig, Germany, remained unharmed after a drone with explosives was discovered nearby.  No one was injured, the circumstances of the incident are being investigated by law enforcement.  The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this to journalists.

🇸🇪  The Supreme Court of Sweden supported the arrest and transfer to Ukraine of the Russian shadow fleet vessel Caffa, which is a landmark event because it opens a window for new approaches. There are several important points and precedents in this event: 📌First, it is a precedent when an EU member state, at the request of the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, goes through the entire procedural and judicial chain: detention - arrest - trial - confiscation - transfer. And although case law does not operate within the EU on a par with Great Britain, this event is a precedent for political action "as it may look". And the fact that Swedish justice is considered one of the highest quality in Europe creates political and reputational pressure for other national judicial systems to follow suit.  📌 Secondly, this is a successful precedent of interaction between the Ukrainian prosecutor's office and Swedish colleagues, which, most importantly, emphasizes the importance of in...

According to the ZEIT investigation, German intelligence services believe that there was an attempt [ordered by Russia] on the life of Stefan Tumann, the head of Donaustahl, a German defense startup that supplies reconnaissance drones and kamikaze drones to Ukraine. The planned attempt on the head of a German company is one of the cases that is discussed time and again in the Federal Chancellery. They no longer have any illusions: Russia views Germany as an enemy. The Russians use everything from agitation and propaganda to sabotage and assassinations. Stefan Tumann’s case is not the only one. According to ZEIT, another defense company is in the sights of Russian intelligence services. In the case, which is classified, investigators do not rule out that the life of the head of another defense enterprise is under threat.  Back in 2024, data emerged that Russian agents were spying on the head of 🇩🇪 Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger. Stefan Thumann is a hunter and sports shooter who cult...

🔥 Ukrainian manufacturer Fire Point has agreed with more than a dozen European defense companies to supply radars, guidance systems and other components for the Freya missile defense project and is already starting to integrate these systems. This was reported to Reuters by the company's CEO Iryna Terek. 💬 Almost everything is agreed, - said Reuters CEO Iryna Terek, noting that 13 industrial partners have already joined the project. And added that Fire Point seeks to carry out the first successful interception by mid-2027. 💬 Now we are at the most intensive and at the same time the most difficult stage - the final assembly of everything together: with surveillance radars, with tracking radars, with homing heads Norwegian Kongsberg is working on a command center that will integrate various systems. The guidance system will be provided by German Diehl Defence, which produces a homing head for its own IRIS-T air defense complex.  A Diehl spokesman confirmed that the company is in t...

 Vasyl Lomachenko personally presented the WBO championship belt to Mason  Lomachenko held this title from 2018 to 2020. 

At the World Championship in Abu Dhabi, the pupil of  SK “Guillotine” Elizaveta, as part of the Ukrainian national team, held the tournament extremely confidently, winning all the fights ahead of schedule, leaving no chance for her rivals. In the final, Elizaveta confidently defeated the Russian with a suffocating takedown and won the gold medal for Ukraine! 🇺🇦 Incredible work, strong character and a well-deserved victory! We are proud of our champion! 

 He was born in Berlin's Tierpark a year ago, and this spring he became part of the Bulgarian vulture reintroduction program. In May, he was released into the wild, equipped with a B1T ring and a state-of-the-art GPS transmitter. Berlin used his new freedom in an unusual way for a vulture and flew north, first to Romania, and then to the fields of central Ukraine. The thing is that in Europe these birds mostly inhabit mountainous regions (they are also found in Crimea), but Cherkasy is not their habitat at all. But Berlin did not stop and flew all the way to Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region, where he ate for some time at a landfill.  Unfortunately, disaster struck soon after - the bird injured its leg (possibly an attack by a stray dog), and then somehow ended up on the ground in a very inconvenient place, in a small valley among tall reeds south of Bila Tserkva. The vulture could not fly and simply got stuck there at one point. Thanks to the GPS transmi...

Russia attacked a ship under the Guinea-Bissau flag carrying Ukrainian wheat - a Ukrainian sailor was killed, three more people were injured. The impact damaged the ship's hull and caused a fire. The crew was evacuated to shore, and the ship was moored to the pier, where work to eliminate the consequences is ongoing. Russian hunt for the civilian fleet and the possible consequences of a long-term blockade of ports. 

After successfully overcoming the previous stage, the Kyiv team will meet Qarabag in the fight for a place in the next round of the playoffs. ⏰ The match starts at 20:00 📺 Kyivstar TV, 2+2

Kseniya Bailo and Oleksiy Sereda became European champions in the mixed synchronised diving from the 10-meter platform. The Ukrainian duo scored 323.16 points in five jumps and were 5.40 points ahead of their closest rivals from Germany. This is the first gold medal for the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2026 and the fourth medal for our divers at the tournament.

The aim of the cooperation is to join forces for the physical, psychological and social rehabilitation of servicemen, veterans and their families. Within the framework of the memorandum, the parties will develop adaptive sports, organize training and joint sports events. The partnership also includes support for the families of deceased, missing and captured soldiers and assistance to their children. https://shakhtar.com/en/news/2026/june/23_news/23_shakhtar-stalevi_heart-of-azovstal/

 Ukrainian wrestler Muhammed Aliyev became the silver medalist of the international tournament Hasan Gemici & Gazanfer Bilge, which was held in Kocaeli, Turkey. In the weight category up to 92 kg, the wrestler reached the final, where he lost to local wrestler Fatih Altunbaş.

The champions were Koryun Sagradyan, Vladyslav Kuzko, Oleksandr Grushin, Parviz Nasibov, Irfan Mirzoyev and Yaroslav Filchakov. Bronze went to Yevhen Pokovba, Dmytro Vasyliev and Andriy Kulyk.

According to "Most", the church in Beryslav was almost the only religious building in the deoccupied part of the Kherson region that has not yet suffered serious damage from shelling. The church was built in 1726 from oak without a single metal nail - all structures were connected with wooden dowels. It is a unique monument of Zaporozhye church architecture, and in 1785, Poltava Cossacks transported the church along the Dnieper in a disassembled form to Beryslav.

The Ukrainian's last tournament was the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where she finished ninth in the 57 kg category.

Ukrainian national team retained 11th place in the updated FIVB world ranking after the conclusion of the 2026 Nations League. Poland remains the leader of the ranking.

Our athletes won four awards at once: 🥇 Anna Sheremet is the European champion in the PR1 para class single sculls. 🥈 Darya Kotyk and Stanislav Samolyuk are silver medalists in the PR3 para class mixed double sculls. 🥉 Roman Polyanskyi is the bronze medalist in the PR1 para class single sculls. 🥉 Igor Khmara is the bronze medalist in the lightweight single sculls, setting his best international result. Ukraine already has five medals at Euro 2026: 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.

Olena Kolubay and Solomiya Petriv won silver, while Maria Poltorak won bronze. In the team event, the Ukrainian team took 5th place.

The Ukrainian winger said that this was the most difficult period in his career, thanked everyone for their support and promised to work every day to prove himself on the field again. Congratulations on your return and wish you more victories! 💙💛

Timofey Prykhodko became the world champion, and Ibragim Nasibov and Gleb Yevseev won silver medals, helping the Ukrainian national team take 5th place in the team standings.

Andriy Kozhemyakin, head of the parliamentary committee on youth and sports, stated that the document aims to establish a minimum level of representation for Ukrainian players, particularly in team sports. According to him, the Ukrainian Football Association's (UAF) decision to ease the limit on foreign players in the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) could harm the development of Ukrainian football, as it will become even more difficult for young players to break into the starting lineups, and clubs will lose the incentive to invest in their own academies. The bill is planned to be developed after studying international experience and consultations with sports federations.

The Kyivstar Group of Companies has opened an official office in Rockefeller Center in New York. The office will be responsible for interaction with international investors, corporate communications and development of partnerships in the USA. The company announced the opening of a representative office for DOU. The office is located at 1270 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. The new office will not operate as a business unit. Its main task is to establish contacts with American investors and represent Ukrainian business abroad. “Being in New York brings us closer to our investors and international partners.  This also gives us a new opportunity to showcase Ukrainian business and highlight Ukraine as a country of innovation, entrepreneurship and long-term investments,” said Oleksandr Komarov, President of Kyivstar and Kyivstar Group Ltd. The company also reported that this summer marks the first year since the start of trading in Kyivstar Group Ltd shares on the Americ...

The Antimonopoly Committee fined Kyivstar UAH 17.5 million for misleading advertising that their mobile internet is #1 in speed

❗️A new international night train Przemysl - Frankfurt am Main will be launched on August 1: the road from Ukraine to Germany will become easier, UZ reported. It will run through Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, including stops in Krakow, Prague and Dresden.  There will be transfers from Ukrainian trains to Przemysl - from Kyiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipro, Kremenchuk and Odessa.

🥈Ukraine is the silver medalist of the 2026 World Fencing Championship in men's team epee! Our epee fencers won a world championship medal for the first time in seven years, reaching the final after two dramatic victories over Poland and Israel. In the decisive match, the Ukrainians lost to Kazakhstan — 40:45. This is Ukraine's second medal at the 2026 World Championships after Alina Polozyuk's bronze👏

🥇 Timofey Prykhodko won gold at the U-17 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship in Baku!  🥈 The silver medalist was Ibragim Nasibov, the younger brother of two-time Olympic finalist Parviz Nasibov.

FC Kharkiv has unveiled a new home kit for the 2026/27 season in collaboration with adidas

🥈 Danylo Sych became the world vice-champion in modern pentathlon among juniors, winning silver at the world championship in Kaunas, Lithuania. 🥇 At the same time, the men's national team of Ukraine, consisting of Sych, Oleg Rybak and Maksym Kovalchuk, won gold in the team tournament for the second year in a row.

The Ukrainian foil fencer lost in the semifinals to the titled Italian Arianna Errigo, but brought Ukraine the first medal of the tournament and the first ever World Cup award in women's foil.

🐈‍⬛ Famous cat from "Epicenter" survived the attack on Kryvyi Rih In Kryvyi Rih, during the drone attack on July 26, which destroyed the building of the hypermarket "Epicenter", a local "employee" cat, Sofia Volodymyrivna, miraculously survived.  Sofia, or Sonya, is a well-known cat among employees and visitors who "worked" in the sales hall for more than two years, accompanying security guards during rounds and meeting customers. Despite the completely destroyed building, the animal was not injured. According to the director, all employees also remained unharmed. The fluffy pet has already become a symbol of this poignant story of survival. Photo: 1kr_ua / Instagram

🥊 Vladislav Sirenko knocked out Otto Wallin in the final seconds of the 10th round at the Zuffa Boxing 9 tournament in New York! After a powerful blow, the Swede could not get up for a long time. For the Ukrainian, this is the 23rd victory and the 20th knockout of his career.

🔴⚪️🪖 Red, white and restrained khaki. We present the new design of three sets of FC Kryvbas uniforms. The main visual element is the “FCKK” pattern, integrated into the fabric of the uniform. It not only sets a dynamic, modern rhythm, but is also a graphic embodiment of the club's identity. 💔 A special detail is the nine red hearts. This is a memorial to the nine children who died on April 4, 2025 as a result of the barbaric shelling of Kryvyi Rih. Each heart is a life that we remember. This is pain that turns into strength. 🫡 The third uniform speaks of the struggle, memory and gratitude to the Ukrainian military. Each of the three sets has patches with the call signs of Kryvbas fans who died defending Ukraine in the war with the Russian occupiers.  🪡 A unique branded tag is a symbol of a strong partnership. It combines the logo of the creators of the SKIDAN uniform with the FCKK monogram, representing the club's casual direction. The new FC Kryvbas uniform go...

Zuffa Boxing 9 boxing evening from Dana White and Turki Al-Sheikh 🗓️ Night of July 27, Madison Square Garden arena in New York   Fight of the previous card: 10-round fight in super heavyweight (over 90.7 kg)  Vladislav Sirenko (22–1, 19 KOs, Ukraine) – Otto Wallin (28–3, 16 KOs, Sweden) 🕟 Start of the show (Kyiv time): 🔶 01:00 – broadcast of the show 🔶 03:00 – fight Sirenko and Wallin (tentative)

The 22-year-old Vinnytsia native, who performs under the name Aonishiki Arata, won the championship title during the Nagoya Basho tournament.  Yavhusyshyn was congratulated by the command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:  "Sumo and special operations seem like distant worlds. But they have one philosophy, one essence - will, discipline and readiness to fight to the last when circumstances are against you. The spirit of a warrior is the same everywhere: in the dojo, in the ring, on the battlefield." ▪️Danylo Yavhusyshyn moved with his family from Ukraine to Germany after the start of the full-scale invasion. In 2022, he went to Japan at the invitation of the captain of the Kansai University sumo club, Arata Yamanaki.

Knockout before Usyk!  On Saturday, July 25, a large-scale boxing evening organized by Turki Al-Sheikh will take place at the Jeddah Superdome. Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Khyzhnyak held his second fight in a professional ring as part of the tournament. The Olympic champion's opponent was the undefeated Frenchman Lenny Patrach. The Ukrainian "tank" actively started the fight, occupying the center of the ring - the Frenchman spent the first round near the ropes. In the second round, the Ukrainian continued to press - the Frenchman could not stand it. At first, Lenny got up after the first knockdown, but after the second he could not! Recall that Khyzhnyak's professional debut took place in March of this year. Then the Ukrainian knocked out Colombian Wilmer Baron in the first round.  The main event of the evening will be a heavyweight fight between former world champion Anthony Joshua and Albanian Cristian Prenga. Oleksandr Khyzhnyak – Lenny Patrach – 2KO

Nadia Dorofeeva in Shakhtar t-shirt.

The UAF has approved changes to the UPL regulations: from now on, no more than seven legionnaires can be on the field at the same time as part of one team. But there is a separate norm for those who have at least one player with EU citizenship in their application. Such teams will be allowed to play 8 legionnaires at the same time.

Laura Loomer, who was a Trump supporter until recently, suddenly arrived in Kyiv  "I'm not in Russia because I'm not a propagandist," Loomer wrote in a tweet announcing her arrival. Earlier, Lumer stated that she began to understand that “Ukraine is fighting for values close to Americans” and that she herself was a victim of Russian propaganda. Russian propagandist Simonyan has already reacted to her arrival and stated that she “is waiting for Lumer’s report from Kyiv.” In response, Lumer recalled that in 2021 she did write columns for the Russian RT (where Simonyan is the editor-in-chief), but since then “she realized how destructive Russian disinformation is.”  She stated that MAGA became victims of Russian propaganda aimed at weakening America, while the Russian Federation is mass-murdering Ukrainians who “seek to help the United States establish mass production of drones and missiles to strengthen our own national security.” At the same time, Lumer als...

In the final, the Ukrainians defeated Italy in a dramatic confrontation. After exchanging victories in two matches, everything was decided by the "golden set", in which our team turned out to be stronger - 15:12. The champions were: • Valentina Davydova • Angelina Khmil • Eva Serdyuk • Darya Romanyuk Congratulations to our girls on their historic achievement! 💙💛

Ukrainian national volleyball team for the first time in history made it to the Final Eight of the League of Nations, where it will continue the fight for medals in the most prestigious commercial tournament in the world. Thanks to the victory over the Germans 3:1 and the triumph of the French national team over Bulgaria, the "blue-yellow" team took 7th place in the table and made it to the decisive stage of the competition. During the regular season, Raul Lozano's team won resounding victories over the giants of world volleyball, in particular, for the first time in history they defeated Brazil and the reigning world champions - Italy.

Yesterday was the semi-final match of the European U-20 Championship against Portugal. Our guys won with a score of 81:61, thanks to which they reached the final and guaranteed themselves a return to Division A, from which they were relegated last year. Today at 21:30 Ukraine will play in the final against the Icelandic national team.

The Romanians missed two consecutive penalties, the score is 2:4! So the first qualifying round is over. The next match will be against PAOK, where the opponent is more difficult.

Why today will go down in history as the day that will radically change European security Ten states have founded the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition. For the first time, Europe is building a joint anti-missile shield, and it is building it on a Ukrainian basis. Today in Paris, Ukraine, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom signed a declaration on the creation of the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition. The coalition’s flagship project is the FREYJA system, developed in Ukraine. Fire Point acts as the main system architect and integrator of the system. This signing changes Europe’s security architecture in three dimensions. From dependence to sovereignty. FREYJA is built on an open architecture. No third country controls critical elements of the system and cannot turn it off. For the first time, Europe is getting an anti-ballistic shield, the keys to which belong to Europe itself. From scarcity to scale. The...