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A bride and groom kiss during their wedding in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 18, 2024.

How Ukraine lets citizens marry and divorce online

by Valeriia KovalJuly 9, 2026

Ukraine has pioneered governmental digital services for Ukrainians, and not long ago, people primarily turned to their smartphones to quickly obtain certificates or official extracts. It was already a remarkable shake-up of the system, as Ukraine had all but abolished the long queues and red-tape headaches that once came with the simple act of getting one's papers in order, yet we planned to do more. Today, the Ukrainian government can even support people through life's most important moments

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Boxes of Oreo in San Diego, California, U.S. on May 15, 2026.

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U.S. and Ukrainian flags in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 23, 2024.

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Children play soccer next to a damaged building following shelling in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on May 6, 2023.

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05:48 PM

Ukraine's Supreme Court upholds Zelensky's sanctions against rival Poroshenko

Under Zelensky, sanctions have increasingly been imposed on Ukrainian citizens. Legal experts describe the practice as highly questionable and warn that it is used to punish government critics and political opponents.

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Concerns mount as Zelensky turns sanctions into tool for punishing critics, former allies

Editor's note: Ukraine’s Supreme Court on July 10 rejected ex-President Petro Poroshenko’s lawsuit seeking to overturn his successor Volodymyr Zelensky’s sanctions against him. Read about this here. When President Volodymyr Zelensky slapped sanctions on ex-lawmaker Boryslav Bereza on July 7, many were left wondering what, if anything, linked him to Russia or posed a threat to Ukraine's national security. Bereza has never publicly expressed any sympathies for Russia and has been a pro-Western p

President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin, Germany, on April 14, 2026.

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Russia issues veiled threats over Dutch PM's Kyiv Independent interview

"Such statements... are not only taken note of, but also factored into military and political planning," the Russian embassy in the Netherlands said after Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten voiced support for Ukrainian strikes into Russian territory.

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Next step for Ukraine's EU membership talks unlocks on July 14

The next step unlocks a to-do list of reforms to align Ukraine and Moldova's foreign policies with EU norms.

04:04 PM

French billionaire Xavier Niel, owner of Ukraine's Lifecell, becomes Vodafone's largest shareholder

Xavier Niel, the French billionaire and owner of Ukraine’s third-largest telecom operator, has become the largest shareholder of the Vodafone Group after buying a 16.2% stake in the company, Niel’s investment vehicle Vega announced on July 10.

10:50 AM

Russia restates its maximalist war goals, despite Trump's renewed peace push

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow would pursue the goals laid out in June 2024, which included Ukraine's full withdrawal from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

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Raid on leading drone company fuels fears of crackdown on Ukraine's defense tech sector

Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv over 12 hours after the searches began, Oleksii Babenko, a young star in Ukraine's drone industry, said that Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations had carried out 70 searches, including at Vyriy Industries facilities, contractors' premises, and the homes of his own family members.

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