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123rd Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)
The 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade () is a brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine), Territorial Defense Forces. History Formation On 30 June 2018 the brigade was formed in Mykolaiv Oblast. It is part of Operational Command South. During the year 189th Battalion and brigade headquarters held a seven-day exercise which involved 612 soldiers. From 28 August to 6 September 2019 255 soldiers from 191st Battalion were involved in an exercise. From 19 to 26 September 2020 another exercise took place, involving 532 soldiers. Russo-Ukrainian War ;Russian invasion of Ukraine On 28 February 2022, the brigade's 186th Battalion was assigned to the defense of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant. On 1 March 2022, Russian forces advanced into the Mykolaiv Oblast. The 190th Battalion defended Bashtanka from a large column of Russian military vehicles, forcing the Russians to retreat in the direction of and . During 2-3 March, the 187th Battalion took part in the battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Reserve Force
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve forces are generally considered part of a permanent standing body of armed forces, and allow a nation to reduce its peacetime military expenditures and maintain a force prepared for war. During peacetime, reservists typically serve part-time alongside a civilian job, although most reserve forces have a significant permanent full-time component as well. Reservists may be deployed for weeks or months-long missions during peacetime to support specific operations. During wartime, reservists may be kept in service for months or years at a time, although typically not for as long as active duty soldiers. In countries with a volunteer military, reserve forces maintain military skills by training periodically (typically one weeken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
241st Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)
The 241st Territorial Defense Brigade () is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine), Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv. It is part of Operational Command North. History Formation On 14 April 2022 the brigade was formed in Kyiv. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi issued a decree that transformed 241st Territorial Defense Battalion of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine), 112th Kyiv City Defense Brigade into the headquarters of new brigade. Battalions 130, 204, 205, 206, 207 came from 112th Kyiv City Defense Brigade which grew too large, numbering at least 11 battalions. 243rd Battalion came from 114th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine), 114th Kyiv Oblast Defense Brigade. Colonel Pisotskyi Eduard military call sign "Kovalskyi" became its commander, having previously commanded 131st Territorial Defense Battalion of the 112th Kyiv City Defense Brigade. 130th Territorial Defense Battalion alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is Ukraine’s first and most prominent English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1995 in Kyiv by American businessman Jed Sunden. In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, founder of KADORR Group. On November 11, 2021, Luc Chénier returned to ''Kyiv Post'' as its CEO to rebuild, with his first hire being Bohdan Nahaylo as its Chief Editor. Within two months, ''Kyiv Post'' had doubled its readership, with a clear emphasis on being Ukraine's global voice and by focusing on the USA, Canadian, UK, and European Union markets. By year 3, Kyiv Post had 97% of its readership outside Ukraine, with an combined websites and social media viewership of more than 6 million viewers per month. In October 2023, Kyiv Post was the first news organisations in Ukraine to be given a 100% content transparency and accuracy rating for journalism standards according to global rating platform News Guard (others with a perfect 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrinform
The National News Agency of Ukraine (), or Ukrinform (), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of IndependenceУкраїнському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо! Телекритика (March 17, 2008) as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). The first director of the agency was Dmytro Dontsov, when the agency name was ''The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency''. Ukrinform is Ukraine's representative of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus (Ukrainian Magazine)
''Focus'' (, ) is a Ukrainian national weekly news magazine, published in Kyiv. The magazine's motto: "Every detail has a meaning". Overview The launch of ''Focus'' magazine on 30 September 2006 was intended to fill the native news magazine market with corresponding competitor to more notorious magazines such as ''Newsweek'', ''Der Spiegel'', and others. The magazine consists of 84 fully illustrated pages of A4 format and issued every Friday (previously - every Saturday). ''Focus'' was one of the several other projects created by the Ukrainian Media Holding in 2006, among which were magazine ''Zdorovie'', ''Dengi.ua'', and others. Lists Similar to ''Forbes'' beside news publishing the magazine specializes in national popularization through a variety of rankings: "The most rich man in Ukraine", "The most influential woman in Ukraine", "Top 55 cities for living in Ukraine", and others. * 100 most influential women of Ukraine (since 2006) * 55 best cities for living in Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuhledar
Vuhledar (, ; , ), is a city in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vuhledar urban hromada. At the beginning of 2022, its population was Vuhledar is a coal mining city in the cultural and economic Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with its origins in the 1960s development of the coal industry in the region. It was planned to be a major economic center, but failed to meet expectations, and has remained a minor economic node in the 21st century. For more than two years beginning in March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vuhledar was the site of fighting. The battle for the city almost completely destroyed and depopulated it, with reportedly less than 500 civilians remaining in the city in early 2023. The city has been under Russian occupation since October 2024. Geography Vuhledar is located on an elevated plain that is by far the highest point in the area. It is located close to the administrative border where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. At the beginning of 2022, its population was estimated at 279,131. From March to November 2022, the city was Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, occupied by Russian forces during their Russian invasion of Ukraine, invasion of Ukraine. Armed forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian forces Liberation of Kherson, recaptured the city on 11 November 2022. In June 2023, the city was flooded following the Russian Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, destruction of the nearby Kakhovka Dam. Etymology As the first new settlement in the Greek Plan, "Greek project" of Catherine the Great, Empress Catherine and her favourite Grigory Potemkin, it was named after the Heraclea Pontica, Heraclea Pontic colony of Cherson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dnieper River
The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with a drainage basin of , it is the longest river of Ukraine and Belarus and the fourth- longest river in Europe, after the Volga, Danube, and Ural rivers. In antiquity, the river was part of the Amber Road trade routes. During the Ruin in the later 17th century, the area was contested between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia, dividing what is now Ukraine into areas described by its right and left banks. During the Soviet period, the river became noted for its major hydroelectric dams and large reservoirs. The 1986 Chernobyl disaster occurred on the Pripyat River, a tributary of the Dnieper, just upstream from its confluence with the Dnieper. The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy of Ukraine and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilohrudove
Bilohrudove () is a village ( selo) in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village is located 5 km. south of Kherson City on Bilohrudyi Island (), one of the islands of the Dnieper delta. History Bilohrudove was occupied by Russia at the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. The village was completely flooded when the Kakhovka Dam was destroyed on 6 June 2023. Bilohrudyi Island (including Bilohrudove) was reportedly liberated by Ukrainian forces in late June 2023. On November 11 heavy fighting was reported to be ongoing on the island as the battle for control of the Dnipro continued.https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-11-2023 Demographics According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Bilohrudove was 273, of which 131 were men and 142 were women.{{Cite web , title=Банк даних , url=http://db. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin
Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin (; ), also known as the Potemkin Island, or, officially, the Velykyi Vilkhovyi Island (), is a river island located within the Dnieper River in the Kherson urban hromada of Kherson Raion of Kherson oblast of Ukraine. Geography Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin is located within the Dnipro River as a river island. Two small lakes known as Lake Zakitne and Lake Nazarove-Pohorile are contained within the island. The island is divided into two parts by the Strait of Pudov (), which flows through its center. The total land area of the island is approximately 25 square kilometers, located around 5 kilometers to the south of Kherson city and 2 kilometers to the north of the town of Hola Prystan. History Medieval period Being located along the historic route from the Varangians to the Greeks, Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin had strategic significance for the Kyivan Rus', who established settlements on it and used it as their primary Black Sea port. Some historians believe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ternovi Pody
Ternovi Pody ( Ukrainian: Тернові Поди) is a settlement in Mykolaiv Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is part of Lyubomyriv Village Council. It belongs to Shevchenkove rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Ternovi Pody has an elevation of 43 m. It has a population of 165 people. Until 18 July 2020, Ternovi Pody was located in Snihurivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Snihurivka Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion Bashtanka Raion () is a raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bashtanka. Population: On 19 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast was ..., however, Ternovi Pody was transferred to Mykolaiv Raion. References {{Reflist Villages in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liubomyrivka, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast
Liubomyrivka (), known as Krasne Znamia () until 2016, is a rural settlement (a '' selyshche'') in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Shevchenkove rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Liubomyrivka was located in Snihurivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Snihurivka Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion Bashtanka Raion () is a raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bashtanka. Population: On 19 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast was ..., however, Liubomyrivka was transferred to Mykolaiv Raion. References {{Reflist Rural settlements in Mykolaiv Raion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
