"The war does influence my work, but not in an obvious way. Early on, I realized I didn't want to replicate the war in my art."
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This is the story of a Ukrainian illustrator from Mykolaiv who was forced to move to the western part of Ukraine after the full-scale invasion.
On April 6, the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant shut down due to Russian attacks. After more than 70 years of operation, it is no longer generating electricity, DTEK reported.
This was the last functioning thermal power plant in the region under Ukrainian control.
📷: Facebook / Група ДТЕК
Recent updates as of 08.04 👇
Russia’s major NORSI refinery has halted operations after a drone strike damaged its primary crude unit.
Reuters reports that the facility, which produces 11% of Russia's gasoline, has sustained severe damage.
Sanctions may further delay repairs to this critical energy hub.
Ukraine’s Navy hit the "Syvash" platform in the Black Sea with a #Neptune missile. The base, used for EW and surveillance, was also attacked by sea/air drones and a remote-controlled machine gun vessel.
🎥: ua_navy
A residential neighbourhood in the Zhytomyr Oblast has been completely destroyed.
Amidst the shattered remains of homes stands a dog, crying in a way that breaks the heart into pieces. In a single moment, he lost everything: his home, his warmth and his owners.
🎥: SES Zhytomyr Oblast
April 7, Russian forces attacked a bus carrying civilians in Nikopol. 3 people were killed & 12 were injured.
Russia continues to use the “human safari” tactic against civilians, which violates international humanitarian law.
Learn more: ukraineworld.org/en/videos/hu...
📷SES Dnipropetrovska Oblast
Russia lost $1B in 1 week after UA strikes. A year ago, expert Andrii Klymenko noted: Ironically, the only 'sanctions' that have actually worked came from Ukrainian drones
Today, that reality is visible to the naked eye.
More on "not-so-shadow fleet"
📰 ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
📷: ISW/Vantor
Soldiers of Ukraine’s 14th Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great used a drone to rescue a dog and a cat from frontline positions, flying them 12 km to safety. Official footage confirms their safe arrival at the military base.
🎥: 14th Brigade
The liberation of territories in #Kyiv, #Chernihiv, #Sumy, #Kharkiv and #Kherson Oblasts revealed evidence on how civilians were treated during Russian occupation: mass burial sites, improvised detention centres and the use of physical and psychological torture.
Recent updates as of 07.04 👇
A Russian drone struck a multi-storey residential building in #Kharkiv. Five people have been reported injured.
#Russia continues to relentlessly target civilian buildings.
Video: Telegram / Накипіло.Харків
Sweden will allocate €400 million for their procurement — nearly a third of the €1.2 billion military aid package announced in February, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reports.
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⚡️ #Ukraine’s Defense Forces will receive modern Tridon Mk2 air defense systems from #Sweden. These systems will help strengthen Ukraine’s air defense in countering Shahed drones and other aerial threats.
📷: texty.org.ua
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Overnight, Russian forces attacked #Odesa with strike drones, damaging residential buildings, a kindergarten, and a district electrical substation.
Three people were killed, including a child. At least 15 people are currently reported injured.
📷: SES of Odesa Oblast
Recent updates as of 06.04 👇
A Russian drone strike hit a veterinary clinic, killing 20 animals 💔
The building took a direct hit, leaving the animals with virtually no chance to survive, despite rescue teams doing everything they could.
Russia’s brutality knows no bounds.
Source: United24
🫂 A student in Norway won the national mathematics olympiad and chose to donate prize money (15,000 Norwegian kroner (around 66,000 UAH)) to support Ukraine.
“Evil prevails only when good people do nothing. This achievement would matter more if it could help Ukraine win,” he said.
📸: MFA Ukraine
🔥 Ukrainian forces destroy Russian EW system worth $20M on Zaporizhzhia front.
Fighters of the Lasar's Group special unit of unmanned aerial systems of the National Guard of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian Palantin electronic warfare system on the Zaporizhzhia front.
Source: the Lasar's Group
A Russian strike in Kharkiv has set the historic Holy Pokrovsky Monastery in the city center ablaze. The site, with a history spanning more than three centuries, is now on fire.
📽️: EMPR.media
Over the past month, Ukrainian interceptors have destroyed more than 2,300 aerial targets,
The Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi said.
According to him, in March the number of Russian aerial targets shot down increased by 55% compared to February.
In Pereiaslav, Kyiv Oblast, military personnel discovered mammoth bones dating back to the Paleolithic era. Part of a mammoth femur, approximately 25,000 years old, has been handed over to a local reserve.
Source: The National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve “Pereiaslav.”
The co-owner of the company Fire Point, which produces the “Flamingo,” shared a video, likely showing a missile launch, captioned simply: “Chapayevsk.”
Video: DenShtilierman / X
What Liberation from Russian Occupation Revealed. And Why It Still Matters
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Kyiv Oblast was liberated in April 2022, the world saw mass graves and tortured civilians. Еhese crimes were systematic across the occupied regions. 4 years later, justice remains essential.
👊 Ukrainian forces struck Russian crews who were preparing to launch Shahed drones at Ukraine.
This was reported by the 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center. According to them, the strike prevented the launch of the Russian drones.
Video: 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center
A defender proposed to his beloved right on the street.
He chose not to wait, not to postpone love for “someday later,” as the video’s author put it.
Because in times like these, every moment matters — and some decisions simply can’t be delayed.
Source: same_ta_suvorova
Drone unit operators from the 4th Khartiia Brigade found and rescued an owl caught in an anti-drone net.
For now, the soldiers are looking after it — treating its injured wing and feeding it, giving it a chance to heal and eventually return to the wild.
Source: 4th Khartiia Brigade
“I just want to hold my daughter again. That’s what kept me alive.”
This is Yaroslav who returned after 86 consecutive days on the front line.
Asked what drives him forward, he told: “My daughter. She gives me strength. I know this is where I’m meant to be.”
Source: Saint Javelin
📱Ukraine’s Diia is often called a “state in a smartphone.”
Through Diia, people marry or receive compensation for destroyed homes.
Recognized by the World Bank as a GovTech Leader, Ukraine shows that digital sphere can be built under the war.
How did this happen?
ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
Recent updates as of 02.04 👇
