To truly understand Ukrainian independence, sometimes you have to look beyond the headlines of military battles into the lived experiences, cultural memory, and artistic expressions that have defined the country’s identity.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order on Sept. 5 to rename the U.S. Department of Defense to the Department of War, various media outlets, citing sources in the White House, reported.
The Trump administration is preparing to phase out funding for U.S. security assistance programs for European countries bordering Russia, FT reported Sept. 4. The move is part of a broader push for NATO allies to increase their defense spending.
A Ukrainian citizen was among those killed in a funicular accident in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sept. 3, the Foreign Ministry confirmed to Hromadske.
"First, Russians mined (Chernihiv) Oblast with explosives and mines. Now they are killing people, civilians, who are risking their lives to clean up our land from the consequences of the Russian invasion," Viacheslav Chaus, the governor of Chernihiv Oblast, wrote.
In light of a potential gas shortage, Putin suggested switching to coal reserves, which "will last for almost a thousand years," Putin said, as quoted by The Moscow Times.
"Germany, Italy, and Poland are definitely among Ukraine's security guarantors. We won't go into details yet, but we already have an understanding (of cooperation)," President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron during the Paris summit.
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The Russian vessel attempted to land airborne troops on the Tendra Spit, a narrow island stretching some 65 kilometers (40 miles) in the northern Black Sea off Ukraine's southern coast.
