Oleksandr Vertinsky was a Ukrainian and Soviet film actor, poet, composer, and singer. A well-known cultural figure in the first half of the 20th century. Father of actresses Anastasia and Mariana Vertinsky. Childhood Alexander Vertinsky was born in the family of a small official. Nikolai Petrovich, his father, came from a family of railway employees, worked as a private attorney ...

Russian troops attacked Ukrainian cities on 17 November. In Brovary, rocket fragments were seen falling on a metal garage. The mayor of the city, Ihor Sapozhko, reported the details on Telegram. It is likely that the debris landed on the building as a result of air defence operations. Household items were destroyed, the windows of the vehicle were damaged, and ...

Two people were injured in a fire at a market in Kyiv. A market was on fire on Mykola Kybalchycha Street. This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service. The market where the fire broke out is located in a trade pavilion. The fire was extinguished at 19:50 on an area of 50 square metres. After ...

The air quality in Kyiv is poor in some areas. The air quality in the capital of Ukraine has deteriorated significantly. The SaveEcoBot map shows the relevant data. Monitoring of the information shows that there is a ‘harmful level’ in the city. A particularly high level of pollution is recorded at 10 Mykola Shepeleva Street in Solomianskyi district – 157 ...

On 15 November 2024, on the Protoka River in the village of Hrebinky, Bila Tserkva district, inspectors of the Kyiv Fisheries Patrol recorded a fishing violation. The man was fishing for aquatic bioresources with prohibited mesh fishing gear – 3 units of nets with a total length of 150 m from a boat. This was reported by the press service ...

Passenger traffic is gradually growing, which requires an increase in routes. A new Kyiv-Bratislava train will start running in mid-December. Details were announced following the meeting of the Ukrainian-Slovak Joint Commission. Representatives of Slovakia said that an agreement had been reached on the implementation of a Kyiv-Bratislava railway connection with the possibility of changing trains at the Chop station. This ...

Cogeneration plants allow for efficient use of resources. Cogeneration units are being installed in the Kyiv region to ensure stable energy supply and the corresponding development of distributed generation. This was reported by the Kyiv MVA. Such technologies will strengthen Ukraine’s energy independence, which is especially important in the face of constant shelling by Russian troops. One of these plants ...

Ukrainians will have access to new medical services. A radionuclide diagnostics department has been launched at Okhmatdyt. It offers the latest capabilities for functional assessment of organ function and molecular imaging. The details were reported by the medical institution’s press service. The new functionality makes it possible to conduct unique studies to assess the functional status of patients. The head ...

The frightened puppy was rescued by caring people. Volunteers dug up an abandoned fox hole and rescued a small dog. This was reported on Facebook by Kyiv Animal Rescue Group. The animal was hiding all alone and shaking with fear. People had to dig for more than three hours. In total, they managed to go about eight metres, because the ...

The weather in Kyiv will actually please you with the recent warm days. The weather forecast for the Kyiv region on Wednesday, 13 November, calls for light rain in the afternoon and temperatures of up to +6°C. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Centre. Meteorologists said that the wind is expected to be mainly southeast ...