What to do while in Ukraine

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…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In February, the Scottish Government announced the delivery of 280 tons of used fishing nets to Ukraine. And with the support of the Ministry of Defense 🇬🇧 of Great Britain, more than 220 nets are already heading to Ukraine These nets will help in the construction of anti-drone corridors on important logistical routes in the frontline zone, as well as to secure critical infrastructure facilities.

“In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time and the UN Security Council stood united in the face of terror, we rose to the challenge together, as our peoples have done for over a century. Side by side through two world wars, the Cold War, Afghanistan and the defining moments of our shared security. Today, the same unwavering resolve is needed to protect Ukraine and its bravest people.”

In the spy thriller “Escape,” the main character, who works for the French foreign intelligence service, goes on a mission. Her goal is to find deported Ukrainian children and document the crimes of the Russians. Reno decided to write a novel about it when he learned about more than 19,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia from temporarily occupied territories. “I was extremely shocked. It seemed crazy to me that these children were being abducted to brainwash them. I’m not into politics — I wanted to turn it into a novel,” he explained.

You know that ships with grain are arriving and arriving in Haifa… Recently, it became known about a company that officially purchases grain from the Russian Federation. And the problem is not only in the fact of the purchase itself. There are serious reasons to believe that part of this raw material may come from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Documents indicate transshipment through the ports of Sevastopol and Berdyansk. This means that ships with grain exported from the Ukrainian occupied territories are entering the Israeli port of Haifa without hindrance. Behind these deliveries is not just business, but war, occupation and the pain of Ukrainians. We cannot pretend that we do not see this!  That is why Israeli Friends of Ukraine are holding a peaceful protest near the office of Dizengoff Trading Company (1952) Ltd — a company that, one way or another, must answer the question of the origin of the raw materials it purchases from the Russian Federat...

The Ukrainian national team has completed its performances at the 2026 European Wrestling Championships, which were held in Tirana. According to the results of the competition, the Ukrainian team won 11 awards: six gold, one silver and four bronze medals. At the continental championship, which lasted from April 20 to 26, Ukraine was represented by a maximum of 30 athletes. In each of the three types of wrestling — men's and women's freestyle, as well as Greco-Roman — 10 representatives competed (one in each weight category). Last year's European Championship, Ukraine's national team finished with four gold and five bronze medals, taking second place in the standings. This time, the "blue and yellow" became the best team of the tournament with 11 medals, six of which were gold. According to the results of Euro 2026, Ukraine also won the tournament's medal standings for the first time. The "blue and yellow" have not yet risen above seco...