Stories from Ukraine

Fuel supplies to Kyiv have been blocked, with deliveries to the capital severely restricted.

New personnel have been appointed to the Office of the Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine during Kyrylo Budanov's tenure. These personnel shifts are part of ongoing administrative adjustments. Specific roles and individuals affected were discussed. Radio NV initially inquired about non-staff advisors but received no response. A follow-up request was submitted to provide clearer information on who will be leaving their advisory roles. Further updates are expected to detail who will remain in non-staff advisory roles. The clarification was made in response to a question about the existence of such advisors. The competencies and responsibilities of deputy and staff advisors are currently unclear. Those within the staff would benefit from more clearly defined roles.

There has been a surge in conscientious objectors in Ukraine during the early part of 2026.

A fraudulent scheme operating under the guise of a state aid program has been uncovered in Ukraine. The perpetrators created fake websites and used social media to steal banking information, defrauding at least 20 individuals, primarily internally displaced persons, of approximately 5 million hryvnias. The Office of the Prosecutor General reported the findings.

The Rozlakh NPK refinery in Yaroslavl will be among the top five refineries.

Russia is reportedly forced to stretch its air defense systems due to insufficient numbers. At the start of the war, Ukraine estimated Russia had 85-90 divisions of air defense, including S-400 systems. This number has since decreased to around 60, with Russia capable of producing only 8-10 new systems annually.

The city of Kyiv has allocated 12 billion Ukrainian hryvnia in subsidies for two transport carriers.

Survivors from the Kharkiv region fled to larger cities due to widespread famine in 1932. Collective farms had depleted all resources from peasants. People starved in the streets of cities like Poltava.

achievements in molecular biology, particularly in genetics, have been highlighted. The origins of these advancements can be traced back to Odessa, the birthplace of physicist George Gamow. Gamow was born on March 4, 1904, into a family of teachers.

Abandoned villages containing personal belongings and photographs have been discovered in the southern region of Ukraine. These settlements experienced destruction, though less severe than in other areas. The discovery of these abandoned villages was largely kept secret until after the Perestroika period. These locations appear to have been evacuated recently, with personal items like photographs and icons left behind. The condition of these villages suggests they may not have suffered as severely as some areas in the Volgograd region, where investigators found similarly abandoned settlements. Some reports indicate the villages suffered less severe destruction than those in the Volgograd region.