What to do while in Ukraine

🗽Kyiv: the eternal city that does not give rest to Putin  Kyiv celebrates its birthday on the last Sunday of May. For the fifth year, this day has been overshadowed by the sounds of air raids and attacks by Russian drones and missiles. But the Ukrainian capital remains a symbol of indomitable spirit and freedom.   Why Kyiv does not give peace to Putin's Russia  For Russia, Kyiv is not just a city, but a symbol of imperial ambitions. Without Kiev, imperial Russia remains only the successor of the Mongol ulus Jucha, which has grown to one-eighth of the landmass.  For Putin, the inability to subjugate Ukraine, and especially its capital, is a blow to his dream of reviving the "Russian world" and appropriating thousands of years of history and culture. Kyiv is the key to the Kremlin's imperial fantasies.    But Kyiv is not the spiritual center of the empire. Kyiv is one of the centers of European civilization and democracy. This is a city that choos...

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🏆 Ilya Zabarny is the third Ukrainian to win the Champions League 🏆 Andriy Shevchenko (Milan, 2003) 🏆🏆 Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, 2022, 2024)

On May 24, 1997, exactly 29 years ago, the first McDonald's in Ukraine opened at the Lukyanivka metro station.  Yesterday, Russian missiles flew there again. The neighboring Kvadrat shopping center and Lukyanivska market were completely destroyed. This sign should remain and become a symbol of the first Mc Donald in Ukraine and at the same time the most enduring.

"My victory - championship belts, their victory - light in the houses" - on the eve of the fight with Rico Verhoeven, Oleksandr Usyk called for world to support Ukrainian energy workers  📹 DTEK Group

The Ukrainian won gold in the 90 kg weight category, defeating his opponent from the Russian Federation 💪🇺🇦

For Svitolina, this is the third victory in Rome and in total - the 20th title in the WTA tournaments of her career.

In the final, the Ukrainian defeated Barbora Krejcikova 6:3, 6:3 and won her first title since 2023. Congratulations to Dayana on a great tournament and her return to the top 50 of the world rankings 👏

🥊 Ukrainian boxer Kira Makogonenko said that she already has several options for developing her professional career. ⚡️ According to the athlete, she received offers of cooperation from the famous American blogger Jake Paul, Clarissa Shields and the unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. 👀 Makogonenko noted that Usyk is already helping her and the team, and also confirmed her possible participation in future boxing evenings. We remind you that in March 2026, the Ukrainian made her debut in professional boxing at the Rising Stars show from Usyk 17 Promotions. Boxing and MMA on Sport.ua | Subscribe

In the final of the tournament in Burgas, the Odessa native defeated Nela Blazheyova with a score of 6:4, 6:3. Congratulations on the title!

A really cool initiative when a major football club helps military personnel, veterans and their families.  As part of the cooperation, joint social and sports projects, rehabilitation of defenders, assistance to children affected by the war, as well as charitable initiatives and involvement of military personnel in the life of the club are planned.

Our athlete accepted the challenge on short notice, he will fight in lightweight with Thomas Gantz. The fight will take place on May 16 at the UFC Apex Arena in Las Vegas. 👏 It's nice to see that the UFC has finally started opening its doors to Ukrainian fighters.

❗️Usyk said no. The fight that had been awaited for years had to be postponed 👀 According to Hearn, the Ukrainian was involved in discussions about the future of the Briton and supported the idea of holding an interim fight before a potential mega-fight against Tyson Fury. 📌 Usyk played a significant role in this decision - he was part of these conversations. And the main idea was this: Joshua definitely needs a fight to return. Perhaps he would have earned more by immediately going out to Fury, but Usyk said: “No, we have to be 100% ready for this fight,” Hearn noted.

🇺🇦Shakhtar is the Champion of Ukraine! The Miners won the 2025/26 season championship early after a crushing victory over Poltava (0:4).

The winner of the fight between Usyk and Verhoeven will receive a unique commemorative title "King of the Nile" 🥊 The special belt is made in the Egyptian style and symbolizes the greatness and heritage of the Nile. As a reminder, the fight will take place on May 23rd.

🇺🇦 Luzan and Rybachok won gold at the Rowing World Cup stage! The first stage of the Rowing World Cup in kayaking and canoeing, which opens the Olympic cycle until the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, started in Szeged, Hungary. The Ukrainian duo won the gold medal in the canoe sculls at a distance of 500 meters. In the final, the Ukrainians were ahead of the crew from China by only 0.09 seconds. Congratulations!

Former Bellator champion Yaroslav Amosov (29–1) from Ukraine held his second fight under the auspices of the UFC – he clearly defeated Yoel Alvarez (23–3), who represents Spain. The fight in the welterweight limit (up to 77.1 kg) took place on Sunday night, May 10, at the Prudential Center arena in Newark, USA, at the UFC 328 tournament. Amosov from the first seconds seized control in the center of the octagon, pressured his opponent and in the second minute performed a successful takedown. The Spaniard tried to get to his feet, but was powerless against the total dominance of the Ukrainian. Alvarez missed several dangerous blows in the standing position, and in the last seconds allowed himself to be transferred to the ground again. The second round began in the standing position, where both the Ukrainian and the Spaniard scored good hits.  In one of the episodes, Yaroslav cold-bloodedly and spectacularly threw Alvarez to the floor, went into a choke hold and forced his...

❗️ Bogachuk to fight Mosley Jr.: you need to show your best ⚡️ Serhiy can write a big name into the record, although the promotion is counting on Shane. 🔜 On the night of May 11 in Las Vegas, USA, at the Meta Apex arena, the main fight of the evening will take place as part of the Zuffa Boxing 6 tournament - a 10-round middleweight bout between 31-year-old Ukrainian Sergey Bogachuk (27–3, 24 KOs) and 35-year-old American Shane Mosley Jr. (22–5, 12 KOs). They are the ones who head the card, and this indicates how the promotion sees both fighters.

🇺🇦 Vladislav Rudnev is the new UAE Warriors lightweight champion! Vladislav needed only one round to win the belt. The Ukrainian won by submission.

For the first time in 20 years, Ukrainian national hockey team has reached the elite division of the world championship. Before that, the Ukrainian team beat Japan 3:1 and took silver in Division IA. The last time Ukraine played among the best teams in the world was in 2007.

Ukrainian advanced laser complex "Trident" integrated into a mobile system for combating drones - from FPV to reconnaissance. wings, reports Military  Currently, the complex is undergoing final tests and is preparing for a public presentation. Vadym Sukharevsky, the first commander of the SBS, first spoke about this complex in December 2024 [4]. During this time, the manufacturer - Celebra Tech - improved the laser and went from concept to combat model. The developers implemented an AI-based guidance system, automatic target acquisition and tracking, as well as integration with radar to obtain accurate trajectories of enemy objects. "Trident" is capable of shooting down reconnaissance drones at a distance of up to 1500 meters. While the effective range of FPV drones is 800-900 meters.  ❗️ If we are talking about large drones like Shahed, then the "Trident" is capable of operating at a distance of 5 km. "Trident" can be int...

Four puma kittens are growing up in the Mykolaiv Zoo, who are now about two and a half months old. They are already eating meat, trying to hunt sparrows and not listening to their mother. This was told to Suspilny correspondents by the deputy head of the zoo's predatory animals department, Tetyana Sindjoyan. The kittens were born on February 23 to a puma named Anda. Among them are two females and two males. After birth, the animal spent almost a month with the cubs in the grotto, so zoo workers were not immediately able to determine the exact number of cubs.

“I just can’t imagine what it’s like not to do math.” Tenth grader — about silver at the International Mathematical Olympiad and qualifying for Shanghai 👉 https://dou.ua/goto/iAEr Olexandr Gorbunov is a tenth grader. Last year, he went to Australia for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), where he won silver. This year, he came first in the qualifying for IMO-2026, which will be held in Shanghai. Oleksandr told DOU his story and shared his plans.

❗️ OFFICIAL. Lapin gets an opponent in the undercard of the boxing evening Usyk – Verhoeven 📆 On May 23, the boxing evening Glory in Giza will be held in Giza (Egypt) near the famous pyramids, the main event of which will be a fight between Ukrainian heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) and Dutch kickboxer Rico Verhoeven. 👀 A few weeks before the event, the full undercard of the fight became known. Among them, Daniel Lapin (13-0, 5 KOs) found out his opponent, who will fight with Frenchman Benjamin Mendes Tani (9-1, 2 KOs).

Two Ukrainian players have entered the top 15 of the WTA rankings for the first time. Elina Svitolina is in 10th place, while Marta Kostyuk has climbed to 15th. Previously, Ukrainian players could only be in the top 20 at a time, but now this is a new historic result.

In Kyiv, there is now an opportunity to play padel with the legends of Ukrainian tennis 🎾 Today, SVITO Padel Club opened in Podil — a joint project of Elina Svitolina (ex-third racket of the world) and Serhiy Stakhovsky. The club is planning days with the founders and open tournaments, where you can play with them. Individual and group trainings are also available. Padel is a racket sport on a compact court with walls, which is easy to join without preparation. The format of the game makes it more social than tennis. 📍Location — Garage territory (82 Mezhyhirska St.), next to the Smartass fitness space and gastroresidents. So you can combine the game, training and relaxation in one place. It seems like another reason to go to Podil more often.

❗ It became known who will be the opponent of Zhan Beleniuk, who will make his debut in MMA 💥 The famous Ukrainian athlete, Olympic champion and People's Deputy Zhan Beleniuk will hold his debut fight in mixed martial arts and has already learned his opponent. 🗓️ The event of the promising Arena organization will be held on July 11 at the Kyiv Palace of Sports. 🥊 The opponent of 35-year-old Beleniuk will be 52-year-old veteran Haim Gozali, who is known for his performances in one of the strongest MMA organizations in the world, Bellator, and who represents Israel.

Italian coach Andrea Maldera, who will soon lead the Ukrainian national team 🇺🇦 After our team qualified for Euro 2020, he got a tattoo with the coat of arms and flag of Ukraine 💙💛

Marta Kostyuk is the WTA 1000 champion in Madrid!!!!!!🔥 An incredible achievement for Ukraine, and of course for Marta! 6:3, 7:5, on character!

 Bukovyna – Champion of the First League of the 2025/26 season With four rounds remaining in the season, the Chernivtsi team secured its lead in the standings ahead of schedule. Over the course of 26 matches, the team led by Shyshchenko lost only six points and remained undefeated.

 The Ukrainian national team will get a new coach, Andrea Maldera. The Italian previously worked in the coaching staff of Andriy Shevchenko

Zhan Beleniuk and Parviz Nasibov will make their MMA debut. The fights will take place on July 11 at the new Arena league tournament. Opponents have not yet been announced.

Taisiya Onofriychuk won gold in hoop at the European Cup in Baku🥇 The juniors also excelled: Sofia Krainska and Sofia Kulikova won bronze medals in clubs and hoop, respectively! The competition continues…