WAR IN UKRAINE: July 25, 2022
A picture of Ukrainian resilience - growing cabbage and pumpkins around a destroyed Russian tank, the tank itself used as a compost pit. There’s even a flower bed next to the old turret (via Twitter)
How Ukrainian media can survive Russia’s war MON, JULY 25, 2022 • 8:00 AM ET / 1:00 PM LDN / 3:00 PM LVIV
A dynamic media landscape has been critical to the development of the Ukrainian nation. But since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the media environment has changed dramatically. How can independent media stay afloat, and how have media developments changed the way Ukrainians get their information? Please join us! Register here
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 152
Pope Francis said on Sunday he yearned to visit Ukraine, in his efforts to try and bring an end to a five-month-old war that he has repeatedly decried. “I have a great desire to go to Kiev,” the pope said when asked about a possible future trip to Ukraine. He was speaking on the papal plane to journalists travelling with him from Rome to Canada. No pope has ever visited Moscow, and Francis has repeatedly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: last month he implicitly accused Moscow of waging a “cruel and senseless war of aggression” - Reuters
Ambassador Brink: US 'seriously considering' declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said on July 24 that Washington was looking into the decision, but it has to be "carefully analyzed in accordance with American law."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has begun a tour of African countries in Egypt, as he seeks to rally support amid anger over the Ukraine war. He blamed the West for encouraging Ukraine to fight Russia "to the bitter end". Mr Lavrov held talks in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry - BBC
Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder on Saturday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's ruling is "weakening" and noted that preparation for power struggle is underway. Snyder pointed in a Twitter thread a sign that Putin is "losing control" is that some former Russian officials such as Dmitry Medvedev spoke about the consequences that await Ukraine and the West - Newsweek
In an interview with Ukrainian radio in April, Deputy Minister of Justice Valeria Kolomiets said more Ukrainian couples had married since the start of the war than would normally be expected. "Today's circumstances lead to the fact that people sometimes do not have the opportunity to wait. Because all of us have found ourselves in circumstances where we do not know what will happen tomorrow and even today until the evening. Read the full CNN report here
Oleksiy Symonenko, who became acting prosecutor general on July 17, may be formally appointed as the prosecutor general by the Verkhovna Rada next week, with his past record suggesting he values loyalty to the presidential administration more than being effective on the job. Read the Kyiv Independent story here.
Russian tourists increasingly complain about vacations abroad, wondering why they are so disliked. According to many citizens of the Russian Federation, this year they faced a lot of inconvenience because of their passport, reports RBK. So, for example, one Russian woman complains a lot about her beach vacation in Greece this year. “My friends and I decided to have a picnic on the shore. We left for a while, and when we came back, all our food was on the sand. Someone threw our food. The British were relaxing nearby, who gave us such a surprise," said the resident of the Russian Federation visiting Greece.
