Mark Didenko

editor

For the last 6 years Mark has been working at NV as a translator and editor, earlier worked at the Gazeta.ua as a manager of partnerships and sales of advertising. In 2021 became the producer of 'Kyiv’s Desert' short film . The film won Best Experimental Film and Best Message at the Top Indie Film Awards in Tokyo.


Thieves and looters /
Russia steals almost 900 tons of grain in Luhansk Oblast

Invading Russian forces have looted the Starobilsky grain elevator in Luhansk Oblast, taking almost 900 tons of grain, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center reported on Nov. 28.
29 November 2022, 01:35 PM 2100
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Russian missile terror /
Putin acting ‘absolutely despicable’ over defeat in Ukraine, says White House

It is “absolutely despicable” what Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is doing in Ukraine in the last few weeks, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said at a press briefing on Nov. 28.
29 November 2022, 12:56 PM 1325
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Feeding the world /
More than $180 million raised for Zelenskyy’s Grain from Ukraine initiative

“The amount of accumulated funds for our Grain from Ukraine initiative is growing and already exceeds $180 million — it is one of the largest Ukrainian humanitarian initiatives,” he announced.
29 November 2022, 12:45 PM 177
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Aerial terror /
Russians fire four missiles at Dnipro, though no casualties reported

The Russian military fired four missiles at the city of Dnipro on the night of Nov. 29, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast military administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, reported on Telegram on Nov. 29.
29 November 2022, 12:30 PM 512
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Preparing for winter /
Ukraine requests additional natural gas supplies from U.S.

Ukraine asked the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to supply it with additional natural gas for the heating season, Ukrainian national fossil fuel company Naftogaz's chief executive, Oleksiy Chernyshov, reported on Facebook on Nov. 28.
29 November 2022, 12:15 PM 127
Business

Holding the line /
Ukraine downs Su-25 and Su-24 military jets and repels attack near 10 settlements

According to the military, Russian forces forward movement was stopped near Novoselivske and Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Serebrianks, Verkhniokamyanske, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Pervomayske, Opytne, Nevelske and Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast.
29 November 2022, 11:50 AM 2673
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Diplomatic trolling /
Avenue of Victims of Russian aggression appears outside Russian Embassy in Warsaw

The Warsaw City Council has renamed a pedestrian and bicycle route outside the Russian Embassy in Poland to The Avenue of the Victims of Russian Aggression, a spokesperson for the Polish Minister Coordinator of Special Services, Stanisław Żaryn, wrote on Twitter on Nov. 27.
28 November 2022, 01:27 PM 918
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Enough for now /
Ukraine has two years’ worth of nuclear fuel reserves, says Energoatom

Ukraine has enough nuclear fuel reserves to last the next two years, the head of Ukraine’s nuclear operator, Energoatom’s Petro Kotin, announced on national television on Nov. 27.
28 November 2022, 01:11 PM 476
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Heroic gesture /
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly visits Ukraine’s largest children hospital

U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly has arrived to Ukraine to visit the liberated town of Irpin, and the country’s largest children’s hospital “Okhmatdyt”, Irpin mayor Oleksandr Markushyn and Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne TV news reported on Nov. 27.
28 November 2022, 01:01 PM 1785
Life

Reliable partner /
Sunak government plans to increase military aid to Ukraine, says UK PM

The United Kingdom plans to maintain or increase military aid to Ukraine next year, the Reuters news agency quoted British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as saying on Nov. 27.
28 November 2022, 12:44 PM 462
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Aerial terror /
Ukrainian military warns about threat of fresh Russian missile strike

The Ukrainian military has warned about the threat of another Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, Natalia Humeniuk, spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military’s South Operational Command, told Ukrainian national television on Nov. 28.
28 November 2022, 12:30 PM 405
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In the dark /
Power cuts in Kyiv possible until spring, says Mayor Klitschko

Kyiv residents should prepare for possible blackouts until spring 2023, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said in an interview with Ukrainian media outlet RBC-Ukraine published on Nov. 28, noting that low temperatures increase the load on the power system.
28 November 2022, 12:11 PM 262
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‘Winter as a weapon’ /
NATO secretary general calls for increased support for Ukraine

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is trying to use winter as a weapon in the war against Ukraine, so the allies should strengthen their support, German newspaper Welt quoted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as saying on Nov. 27.
28 November 2022, 12:02 PM 604
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The Eastern front /
Ukraine repels Russian offensive in Donetsk Oblast, reports General Staff

The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled Russian attacks in and around the settlements of Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Novobakhmutivka, Opytne, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Novomykhailivka in Donatsk Oblast in the past 24 hours, Ukraine's General Staff reported in their Nov. 28 morning update.
28 November 2022, 11:51 AM 597
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Fighting hunger /
Zelenskyy launches Grain from Ukraine program, food to go to Africa and Asia

The launch of the Grain from Ukraine program was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the International Summit on Food Security in Kyiv on Nov. 26.
26 November 2022, 08:22 PM 587
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Quarter short /
Deficit in Ukraine’s grid down to 25%, says electricity transmission system operator

The power deficit in the Ukrainian power system on the morning of Nov. 26 decreased to 25% compared to 30% as of the evening of Nov. 25, the electricity transmission system operator NPC Ukrenergo has reported.
26 November 2022, 07:55 PM 349
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God knows /
Moscow Patriarchate's Archimandrite Nikita comments on recent SBU searches

During searches in the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), SBU security service officers “forced priests to undress and then took pictures,” a bishop of church who was photographed said on Facebook on Nov. 25.
26 November 2022, 07:30 PM 1027
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Home free /
Nine more Ukrainian soldiers and three civilians released from Russian captivity, said Yermak

Another exchange of prisoners took place on Nov. 26, with 12 Ukrainians being freed, including three civilians, head of President’s Office Andriy Yermak reported on Nov. 26.
26 November 2022, 07:01 PM 696
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Back in touch /
After largest blackout, 73% of Ukraine’s mobile network already working, says Ministry of Digital Affairs

Seventy-three percent of the mobile network is now working after the massive Russian missile attack on critical infrastructure on Nov. 23, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said on Telegram on Nov. 26.
26 November 2022, 06:47 PM 371
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Back to blackouts /
Kyiv may return to scheduled power cuts on Nov. 27, says mayor

Kyiv may return to the planned schedules of power outages from Nov. 27, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said on the Kyiv TV channel on Nov. 26
26 November 2022, 06:36 PM 204
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