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.


Sudden demise /
Belarusian foreign minister dead at 64

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, has died, Belarusian state-owned outlet Belta reported on Nov. 26, with reference to the department’s press secretary, Anatoly Glaz.
26 November 2022, 05:20 PM 1353
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Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania sign joint statement following meeting of three prime ministers in Kyiv

The prime ministers of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have signed a joint statement based on the results of a meeting within the framework of the Lublin Triangle, the press service of Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers reported on Nov.
26 November 2022, 05:03 PM 1020
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War in Ukraine /
Six people injured; multiple houses destroyed due to Russian attack on Dnipro

A Russian attack on the city of Dnipro has injured six people and destroyed several houses, Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov reported on Telegram on Nov. 26.
26 November 2022, 04:42 PM 376
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Remembering those lost /
Seven figures that reveal the scale of the genocidal Holodomor

On Nov. 26, Ukraine commemorates the victims of the Holodomor. In remembrance of one of the greatest disasters to have struck the Ukrainian people in the 20th century, Ukrainians traditionally light memorial candles in their homes on the fourth Saturday of November.
26 November 2022, 04:30 PM 2313
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Powered up /
First reactor at Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant re-connected to grid

The first reactor of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP) has been reconnected to the national electrical grid, regional governor Serhiy Hamaliy reported on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 08:15 PM 1023
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False alarm /
Ukrainian intelligence does not confirm reports of mass imports of chemical weapons from Russia into war zone

Military intelligence does not confirm reports about the mass importing of Russian chemical weapons into Ukraine, Oleksiy Hromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of Ukrainian military’s General Staff, said on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 08:05 PM 1245
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Systematic shelling /
Casualties reported as Russia shells liberated Kherson 17 times on Nov. 24

One civilian was killed and another was injured after Russia shelled the liberated city of Kherson 17 times on Nov. 24, Halyna Luhova, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, said in a Telegram messenger post.
24 November 2022, 07:55 PM 717
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Bad papers /
European Parliament votes not to accept Russian passports issued in occupied areas

The European Parliament has passed a decision not to accept passports and other documents issued by Russia in occupied areas of Ukraine and Georgia, the press office reported on its site on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 07:46 PM 458
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Klondike for Oscar? /
Movie about downed MH17 flight in Donbas wins five awards at Canadian film festival

The drama film Klondike about the downing of MalaysiaAirlines Flight MH17in July 2014 over the Donbas has won five awards at the Canadian Hamilton Film Festival
24 November 2022, 07:33 PM 568
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Terror famine /
Romania and Belarus' opposition recognized Holodomor as a genocide of Ukrainians

The Parliament of Romania and the United Transitional Cabinet that is an alternative government of Belarus have recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people
24 November 2022, 07:18 PM 531
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Another false flag? /
Russia preparing for ‘escalation’ on border over ‘NATO-Ukraine plans to seize it’

Russia is preparing its troops for an “escalation of the situation” on the Ukrainian border on Nov. 23-28, allegedly due to the plans of Ukraine and NATO to seize its border areas, a senior Ukrainian officer has claimed.
24 November 2022, 07:09 PM 3463
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Prisoner swap /
Ukraine brings home another 50 of its soldiers from Russian captivity

Ukraine has returned another 50 of its soldiers from Russian captivity, Presidential Chief-of-Staff Andriy Yermak announced on the Telegram messenger on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 06:57 PM 1463
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Blame game /
In wake of defeats, purges of Russian army officers have started, General Staff

Purges of Russian army officers and commanders, in particular of heads of logistics departments, have been started, Deputy Chief of the Ukraine's General Staff, Oleksiy Hromov reported at a briefing on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 06:47 PM 2091
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Scythian gold, rare cars /
SBU stops Bohuslayev’s assets from leaving Ukraine

Ukraine’s SBU security service has prevented the removal from Ukraine of assets of the arrested president of JSC Motor Sich, Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, including rare cars and Scythian gold, the SBU reported on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 06:34 PM 1200
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Terror respite /
Russia needs a week to prepare for another massive missile strike, military intelligence says

Invading Russian forces will need about a week to prepare for another massive missile strike against Ukraine, Ukrainian Military Intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov told Ukrainian national television on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 05:32 PM 2950
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Crackdown on propaganda /
Ukraine’s SBU seizes pro-Russian books, cash, Soviet passports amid raid on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Ukraine’s SBU security service found pro-Russian books, large amounts of cash in various currencies and Russian citizens amid raids on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and on other premises of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP).
24 November 2022, 05:15 PM 2379
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Financial aid /
European Parliament backs European Commission’s proposal to provide Ukraine with EUR 18 billion in 2023

The European Parliament has backed a proposal by the European Commission to allocate EUR 18 billion to Ukraine in 2023, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 04:41 PM 806
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Russian missile terror /
Civilians killed in Kyiv Oblast, school, kindergarten, four high-rise buildings badly damaged

As of the morning of Nov. 24, the number of civilians killed by the Russian missile attack on the town of Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, had increased to five, while another 30 are in hospital, Kyiv Oblast Police Chief Andriy Nebytov said at a briefing on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 04:25 PM 837
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Enemy losses /
Over 50 missiles and ten drones destroyed over past day, General Staff says

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost about 85,720 of its soldiers, including 310 in the past day, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces data published on Facebook on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 04:09 PM 534
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Russian war crimes /
Nine torture chambers and 432 bodies of murdered civilians found in Kherson Oblast

At least nine torture chambers and over 400 bodies of murdered civilians have been found in Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on national television on Nov. 24.
24 November 2022, 03:37 PM 45968
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