What to do while in Ukraine

Evgeniy Khmara wears a bracelet.  Each link carries the name of a brother in arms who did not come back from this war.  He said nothing about it until I asked, over dinner in Kyiv this month, and only then explained what the links meant.  It is worth knowing what the new defense minister of Ukraine carries on his wrist into every meeting where the consequences for his country are decided.  Consider the split screen of the past week in Kyiv.  On August 18, Mykhailo Fedorov—the popular former defense minister whose dismissal in July set off the largest wartime protests since the summer of 2025—posted a video calling for Ukraine to find a way to hold elections during the war, the first such demand from a major political figure since the full-scale invasion began, and one widely read in Kyiv as laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign.  The next morning, Ukraine's Parliament confirmed Khmara as minister of defense by a constitutional majori...

Left - chronology of Russian strikes on Ukrainian warehouse infrastructure, starting from February 28, 2022.  The case is the chronology of Ukrainian attacks on Russian warehouse infrastructure.  Ukraine struck its first blow against Russian warehouses (Wildberries) on July 18, 2026.  By that time, Russia had been hammering Ukrainian warehouses with impunity for four and a half years.  Separately, pay attention to the Russian strikes since May 31 of this year - in just over a month, Russia has struck nine strikes against Ukrainian warehouses, that is, on average, they hit twice a week.  And only after a month with more continuous strikes, Ukraine finally hit the Wildberries for the first time.  Moreover, the list of Russian strikes here is far from complete - there was, for example, a strike on Ukrainian warehouses on May 24, which is not marked on the schedule.  In general, this is only a very small and very selective list of Russian strik...

🏀🇺🇦The Ukrainian national basketball team started the final round of the 2027 Basketball World Cup qualifiers with a victory: they beat 🇬🇷Greece — 82:76.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk expressed his gratitude to UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin for his support for Ukraine and his unwavering position on the war. Don’t miss everything about boxing! Subscribe to Usa Vusik’s YouTube channel “Alexander Čeferin, thank you for your support for Ukraine, for your clear position and for continuing to stand with Ukraine. It matters,” the champion wrote. Usyk and Čeferin met in Croatia during the Plasma Youth Sports Games in Split. The large-scale sporting event brought together famous representatives of football and other sports. I especially value people who don’t stand on the sidelines. Aleksander Čeferin thank you for your support for Ukraine, for your clear position and for continuing to stand with Ukraine.

In the final of the 10-meter platform diving among boys of age group A (16–18 years), Mark Hrytsenko scored 583.90 points and won the silver medal.

The Ukrainian cleared 2.00 m — a repeat of her personal career record🔥 The second place also earned Gerashchenko a ticket to the Diamond League final. There she will perform together with Yaroslava Maguchikh, who came fourth in Zurich. Yaroslava Maguchikh is fourth, Yulia Levchenko is ninth. The Diamond League final is September 4–5 in Brussels.

Kateryna Koval left LSU Tigers, which represents Louisiana State University in the NCAA. This happened less than two weeks after LSU Tigers signed Russian player Anna Minaeva, who previously played professionally for Moscow club MBA. “We talked about this for a long time, and it was a difficult decision for her. I know it’s difficult because she loves LSU. Kateryna is a wonderful person. She has to do what she thinks is right for herself, and we fully support her in this. We all wish her all the best,” said team coach Kim Mulkey. Kateryna Koval’s father serves in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.