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Since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, millions of people have suffered from its atrocities. Civilians have been killed in their homes, prisoners of war tortured and executed, and Ukrainian children taken from their families.
Russia has destroyed entire neighbourhoods and cities and attacked hospitals, schools, universities, cafés, shops, and kindergartens.
In recent months, Russia’s attacks against civilians have only intensified. Because Russia must face real consequences for its actions. It must receive a clear signal that its crimes will not go unpunished.
We call on our partners to step up pressure on Russia and strengthen support for Ukraine’s defence.
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Ukraine is working with its American and European partners to find a path towards a just and lasting peace. Russia, meanwhile, continues to reject proposals to reduce attacks and end its war.
President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa reaffirmed Ukraine's readiness for an energy ceasefire and outlined further steps towards peace, including a potential trilateral meeting of leaders to address key issues.
Ukraine is ready to work towards peace. The next step is for Russia to demonstrate the same willingness.
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Today in Oslo, I met with King Haakon VIII of Norway. I thank His Majesty, the Government, and all the Norwegian people for their support for Ukraine.
We discussed the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. We must bring every Ukrainian child home. We discussed what steps we can take to make this happen. We are also doing everything we can to help our people in Oleshky, which is under Russian occupation. The situation there is simply horrific.
I thank Norway for standing with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people during this difficult time.
At its 225th session, @UNESCO’s Executive Board adopted a decision on UNESCO’s Emergency Assistance Programme for Ukraine, extending the programme amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
The Executive Board thanked Member States and partners that have already contributed to the programme and called for increased support for Ukraine.
The decision also tasks UNESCO’s Director-General with monitoring the situation in Ukraine in areas within the Organization’s mandate, within Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders – an important sign of support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ukraine appreciates all countries that have contributed or intend to contribute to the programme, as well as the Group of Friends of Ukraine at UNESCO and all members of the Executive Board that supported the decision.
As Russia continues to attack Ukrainian cities, cultural heritage sites, educational institutions and research facilities, urgent priorities include assessing damage, documenting destruction, protecting cultural property, ensuring the continuity of education and research, and restoring damaged infrastructure.
Following the decision, Ukraine stressed the need for faster responses from UNESCO, adequate funding for relevant programmes, and increased financial contributions from Member States and international donors to support concrete projects to protect and restore Ukraine’s education, science, culture and cultural heritage.
Several Member State delegations also spoke in support of Ukraine.
The decision should help mobilise further international resources and turn solidarity with Ukraine into tangible results to protect and restore the areas covered by UNESCO’s mandate that continue to suffer from Russia’s aggression.
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"Learn. Dream. Act." This was the guiding principle of Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, a Ukrainian economist and visionary who believed that education, ethical leadership and personal responsibility transform societies.
Throughout his life, he worked with business leaders, advised governments across continents and helped develop ideas for more effective, fair, and humane societies. After decades abroad, he returned to Ukraine to support its development and invest in its younger generations.
In 2010, Bohdan Hawrylyshyn founded his Charitable Foundation. Its flagship program, "Young Generation Will Change Ukraine," sends young Ukrainians across Europe to study how governments and institutions function, so they could bring those lessons home.
The Foundation, in partnership with Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Youth and Sports, also supports the "Youth Delegate of Ukraine to the UN" program, which empowers talented young Ukrainians to participate in shaping real UN documents and decisions.
100 years after his birth, his legacy lives on – through the people he inspired and the institutions he helped build.
In 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine named Bohdan Hawrylyshyn as an Honorary Ambassador of Ukraine in "The Cause of Life" category for his outstanding contribution to promoting Ukraine internationally.
While the central park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region, was full of people, including families with children, Russia struck it with a drone.
An infant in a pram and two women were killed in this attack. At least seven children and seven adults were injured.
Russia continues to bring death and suffering to Ukrainian families with impunity. The aggressor must receive a clear message that such terror is unacceptable and that it will not go unanswered. Continued international support for Ukraine is crucial to protecting civilians.
Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and over 200 drones against Ukraine overnight, damaging energy infrastructure, homes, a medical clinic, a school, and a metro station. There are killed and injured in these Russian attacks.
Energy facilities were hit in 11 regions. Over ten energy infrastructure facilities were damaged, leaving at least 550,000 families without electricity. These attacks have killed and injured civilians.
Ukraine has said yes to every ceasefire proposal from our partners. Russia has repeatedly responded with missiles, drones, and killings.
The war continues because Russia chooses to continue it. Blocking air defence supplies to Ukraine while easing sanctions on Russia only undermines efforts to end the aggression. Ukraine needs support to defend itself and protect its people.
If Russians are cheering yesterday's decisions in the US, it is certainly not about effective pressure to end the war, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stressed in response to the recent decision on the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act.
The Minister underlined that indecisiveness sends the wrong signal to the aggressor and only prolongs the war, adding that Lindsey Graham understood this well.
💬 “One lesson on dealing with Russia should have been clear long ago: any meaningful conversation with the Russians begins with real pressure and strength.
They will ignore any calls for peace paired with indecisiveness. They do not respect threats of pressure or delayed decisions. They simply don’t take them seriously,” Andrii Sybiha noted.
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is one of Ukraine’s most significant spiritual landmarks and a site of great historical importance, similar in age to many of the world’s renowned historical, cultural, and spiritual centres.
Founded in 1051, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra has witnessed history unfold from the era of Rus to independent Ukraine. While Lavra has undergone many changes since its foundation as a cave monastery, its significance has endured. Today, 975 years later, it remains a living testament to Ukraine’s rich spiritual and cultural heritage.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged the UN, the ICRC, and all partners to use every available channel to secure safe evacuation corridors and immediate humanitarian access to Oleshky, as Russians are trying to turn the Ukrainian town of Oleshky into a death trap.
💬 “People cannot survive on statements of concern. They need action. They need a way out. And they need it now,” Andrii Sybiha noted.
Russians are trying to turn the Ukrainian town of Oleshky into a death trap.
Around 1,700 people are still trapped in the destroyed town. The only road out is mined and watched by attack drones. Those who try to flee risk being killed. The nearby river is mined, too. Residents doubt they can survive this winter.
The hospital has run out of medicine. Dozens of bodies lie in the streets or in homes, as Russians forbid residents from burying them.
Families are starving, surviving on leftover garden vegetables, preserves and even snails. Residents say Russian soldiers have threatened them at gunpoint to seize their food.
Ukraine has repeatedly called for safe evacuation and international humanitarian access. These appeals cannot remain unanswered.
We urge the UN, the ICRC, and all partners to use every available channel to secure safe evacuation corridors and immediate humanitarian access to Oleshky. Russia must stop obstructing efforts to save civilian lives.
I thank all our partners and people around the world who refuse to stay silent and have become the voice of Oleshky’s residents.
I want to personally thank Pope Leo XIV for his call on Putin for a ceasefire in Oleshky to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.
People cannot survive on statements of concern. They need action. They need a way out. And they need it now.
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Ukraine marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Drach today, one of Ukraine’s most distinctive poets, screenwriters, playwrights and public figures.
He belonged to the generation of writers and artists who challenged Soviet cultural conventions, helping reshape Ukrainian literature through bold imagery, an experimental style and recurring themes of light and renewal.
Drach also wrote screenplays for landmark films of Ukrainian poetic cinema, including A Spring for the Thirsty, The Lost Letter and The Stone Cross.
After facing political pressure under Soviet rule, he later became a prominent figure in Ukraine’s independence movement, helping mobilise public support for the restoration of Ukraine’s independence.
"I am an absolute optimist. I believe in my people. Otherwise, why live in this world at all?" he once said – words that capture his enduring faith in Ukraine.
This week has truly been a week of European strength.
💬 “I am grateful to all our partners for hearing Ukraine's calls for urgent action. But the work does not stop here, and more urgent steps are needed.
The future of Europe and the global security architecture is being decided in Ukraine right now, and Ukraine’s front line is Europe’s first line of defence,” noted Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
This week has truly been a week of European strength.
The largest EU sanctions package against Russia to date: 1,600 listings, mostly targeting the Russian war machine.
Two more negotiating clusters opened for Ukraine, and the accession process is moving forward for other candidates as well.
This week also showed that we have largely normalised Ukraine's relations with Hungary and Poland. Good-neighbourly relations make Europe stronger.
Dozens of EU and national decisions to tighten sanctions on Russia and to support Ukraine's energy, defence and macro-financial stability. These are real steps that bring peace closer.
I am grateful to all our partners for hearing Ukraine's calls for urgent action. But the work does not stop here, and more urgent steps are needed: entry bans and visa restrictions for Russians, full use of frozen assets, and full diplomatic mobilisation to define Europe's new role in peace efforts.
This week, Europe has shown decisiveness despite weakness elsewhere. The future of Europe and of the global security architecture is being decided in Ukraine right now, and Ukraine's front line is Europe's first line of defence.
We are doing our part by stopping the aggressor, and we know Europe has our back.
Food should never be used as a weapon. Yet Russia is deliberately targeting the very systems that produce, store, and deliver food to millions of people.
From mining Ukrainian farmland and destroying crops to attacking grain storage facilities, ports, and civilian vessels, Russia is disrupting food production and supply chains at every stage.
The consequences extend far beyond Ukraine. Disrupted agricultural exports threaten global food security, particularly in countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, where many families are already vulnerable to food shortages and rising prices.
Before Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine annually produced food to feed 400 million people. Despite Russia's war, Ukrainian farmers continue to work, and Ukraine continues supplying food to international markets.
On World Food Day, the message is clear: food must never be weaponised, and Russia's attacks on global food security must stop.
Photos: Suspilne Kherson, Efrem Lukatsky, Suspilne Mykolaiv / Yelyzaveta Krotyk, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Suspilne Sumy, Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways
Ukraine's defence capabilities already contribute to Europe's security. This must be reflected in the EU's long-term planning and budget.
In his address to the European Council, President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa warned that Russia would remain a threat even after the war ends. He called for Ukraine's defence capabilities to be included in the EU budget from 2028 onwards, stressing that Ukraine's contribution to European security must be taken into account in decisions about the region's future.
💬🇺🇦 "Ukraine will be in the EU. More and more people understand that we, our country, are needed in NATO as well. But we have what we have. Simply because Ukrainians can deliver. And we need to take this reality into account at every level," stressed the President.
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The world's largest painting, Cosmogony, has been damaged in a Russian drone attack on Lutsk, Ukraine.
On 13 October, falling drone debris caused a fire at the cultural and entertainment centre in Lutsk, damaging part of the monumental artwork housed at the Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art.
Created by Ukrainian artist Petro Antyp, Cosmogony covers more than 2,000 square metres and took nearly two years to complete. The fire damaged its final section, symbolically titled The Future.
Museum staff also had to urgently evacuate artworks from an exhibition featuring more than 300 works by Ukrainian artist Emma Andiievska. Some suffered broken glass, but the other museum halls were spared.
Russia's attacks threaten not only Ukrainian lives and infrastructure, but also the country's cultural heritage. Every damaged or destroyed artwork is a loss for Ukraine's culture and for the world's shared cultural heritage.
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🇺🇦🇭🇺 As a follow-up to today's meeting between our leaders @ZelenskyyUa and @magyarpeterMP, I met with @_OrbanAnita.
I congratulated Anita on the new chapter in our relations. We witness a full reset in political, economic, humanitarian, and other areas.
We still have a lot on our agenda, and work continues on many important issues. But we can already say it clearly: this is a new chapter. It’s history.
Together, we have proven that quiet diplomacy pays off. It is always better to focus on concrete results and deliver them. In just a few months, Prime Minister Magyar and his team have achieved through a smart, cooperative approach what Viktor Orbán failed to achieve in many years of blackmail.
We discussed ways to advance our cooperation and build a stronger Europe together. We focused on exchanging visits, economic and trade cooperation, cross-border infrastructure, stronger people-to-people and business ties, and humanitarian and cultural cooperation.
In the near future, we plan to resume the work of our bilateral intergovernmental commission to turn our leaders' agreements into concrete, mutually beneficial cooperation.
I am grateful to the entire team that worked to achieve such results, including @VVChentsov, @taraskachka, @FedirShandor, @ANadzhos.
Ukraine and Hungary deserve good-neighbourly relations that serve the interests of our peoples and a shared future in a peaceful Europe.
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Behind every grain shipment are people waiting for food to reach their communities.
Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian export infrastructure threaten livelihoods and access to basic necessities.
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I met with Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar @magyarpeterMP. We spoke one-on-one about key issues on our bilateral agenda and Ukraine's progress toward EU accession. I thanked the Prime Minister for his principled steps and for the opening of two more negotiating clusters. We are working to open the remaining two by the end of the year.
We discussed the diplomatic situation and efforts to end Russia's war. I am grateful for his solidarity with Ukraine and our people, and for his readiness to work together for peace.
We also discussed opportunities for cooperation between Ukraine and Hungary, trade, and issues related to agricultural products.
Ukraine always stands for good-neighborly relations and mutual strengthening. We agreed to resume joint work at various levels and to exchange visits. Our teams will work out the dates.
Thank you!
War criminal Sergey Lavrov recently said that “Zelenskyy has not earned a respite on the battlefield”. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister @andrii_sybiha responded that Lavrov himself has already earned a front-row seat at the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression.
“The more irrelevant and cynical the comments, the more evidence for the Tribunal,” Andrii Sybiha stated.
Those responsible for the crime of aggression must face justice before the Special Tribunal. War criminals must be held accountable.
