16 September, 2024
On Saturday, September 14, 2024, Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange, resulting in the release of 206 individuals: 103 Ukrainian soldiers and 103 Russian soldiers.In a tweet, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky specified that the freed Ukrainian soldiers included members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, border guards, and police officers. These soldiers had defended the regions of Kyiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Mariupol, and the Azovstal steel plant.The Russian prisoners of war had been captured by Ukrainian forces during their offensive in the Kursk region of Russia.Some of the freed Ukrainian prisoners shared that they were unaware of their upcoming release and had been transported by the Russian army for five days w...
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9 September, 2024
Ukraine leaves the Paralympic Games with an impressive total of 82 medals, finishing 5th in the overall medal ranking and 7th in gold medals:22 gold medals 🥇28 silver medals 🥈32 bronze medals 🥉🇺🇦 🎶 🇫🇷 The Ukrainian national anthem echoed 22 times across French stadiums, including Stade de France, La Défense Arena, and the Grand Palais!Highlights from the Paris Paralympic Games:65 Ukrainian athletes won medals, with 20 athletes climbing the podium multiple times 🎖️
26 world, European, or Paralympic records were broken 💯
Andrii Trusov became Ukraine’s most decorated athlete of the Games, winning 5 medals in para swimming 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈
Swimming was a standout discipline for the Ukrainian delegation, earning a remarkable 40 medals in total! 🏊...
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7 September, 2024
In the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, thousands of people gathered on Friday to attend the funerals of victims killed in a Russian missile strike that claimed seven lives, including a mother and her three daughters.The attack, which struck the city’s historic center, also injured more than 30 civilians and deeply shocked Ukrainians as the country endures a new wave of Russian bombings. Lviv, typically spared from the most intense strikes targeting the eastern regions, has now felt the devastating reach of the war.Among the victims were Yevgenia Bazylevych, 43, and her daughters Emilia (7), Daryna (18), and Yaryna (21). The father, Yaroslav Bazylevych, the only survivor of his family, attended the funeral of his wife and three daughters.This tragedy has profoundly impacted t...
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