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Wall Street Journal
3 days ago
- Health
- Wall Street Journal
Her Husband Went Missing Fighting Russia. She Is Still Trying to Have His Baby.
LVIV, Ukraine—On brief leave from fighting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, soldier Petro Kotovych's wife, Maria, rushed him to a fertility clinic here. The couple had struggled to have a baby and undergone five rounds of IVF before the war. Now, with Petro drafted into the Ukrainian army and Moscow's forces posing an existential threat to the country, their personal battle to conceive seemed more urgent.
Arab News
5 days ago
- Business
- Arab News
Ex-Turkiye international Turan appointed Shakhtar boss
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk have announced former Turkiye midfielder Arda Turan as their new head coach, replacing Marino Pusic. Turan, 38, has signed a contract until 2027 after taking unfancied Eyupspor to a sixth-place finish in the Turkish top flight. Next season, 15-time Ukrainian champions Shakhtar will feature in the Europa League first qualifying round having won the domestic cup earlier this month. Welcome to #Shakhtar! @ArdaTuran — FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) May 27, 2025 'I'm proud to have joined Shakhtar — a great club with a rich history and great traditions,' Turan said in a Shakhtar statement. 'We are deeply motivated to win trophies — both in Ukraine and in European competitions.' Shakhtar were forced to leave their home ground, the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, after Russian-backed separatists seized control of the region in 2014. Their home league games take place in the western city of Lviv. They held their Champions League games this term in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Turan retired from playing in 2022 after spells with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray. He also won 100 caps for his country.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Lib Dem accused of abuse of power over ‘I want you' texts to translator on Ukraine visit
A Liberal Democrat MP has been accused of an 'abuse of power' after sexting a Ukrainian translator during an official visit to the war-torn country. Last night the party faced calls to strip the whip from Cameron Thomas over the 'inappropriate' advances. The Tewkesbury MP sent intimate WhatsApp messages to the woman who had been tasked with working with the delegation of MPs in February while they were on a parliamentary visit to Ukraine. The visit marked the third anniversary of Russia 's invasion and involved travelling to the capital Kyiv and the city of Lviv, as well as attending a conference. The WhatsApp messages – seen by this newspaper – include Mr Thomas, 42, telling the interpreter 'I want you' and 'I wish I could stay with you for a few days'. The Mail on Sunday understands the messages were then shown by the woman to others on the trip, who claimed they had made her uncomfortable. Mr Thomas denies any wrongdoing. Last night MPs accused the RAF veteran of abusing his position as an MP on an official delegation to make advances to someone tasked with working with them. One Tory MP aware of the allegations said: 'Given the courage and sacrifice shown by Ukrainians in the fight for their country's very existence, it is unthinkable that one of our MPs should be treating an official visit to a warzone in this way. To abuse his power as an MP by preying on a young woman is disgraceful. The Liberal Democrats should remove the whip.' In the Commons register of interests, Mr Thomas declared the purpose of the visit as: 'Support, aid, and to highlight areas that have been devastated by the war.' The costs of his trip were met by several organisations, including telecoms network Kyivstar and the Yalta European Strategy, a forum founded by Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk. Following the visit, Mr Thomas was one of 15 MPs and six peers banned from entering Russia. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the UK's 'confrontational' stance towards Moscow was the reason for barring the politicians. At the time, Mr Thomas said the ban had given him 'the greatest possible endorsement' of his parliamentary activity. The MP said his visit to Ukraine, which saw him cross the border from Poland to Lviv before travelling to the capital, opened his eyes to 'the devastation' of the war. He told the BBC in March: 'I found their people to be really, really hospitable. 'They're so incredibly resilient and they respect the British people so much, both for the support we've been giving them, and [because they] take inspiration for their own fight from the Battle of Britain. I very much hope we can see them through to victory in their own finest hour.'
Irish Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Books in brief: Intent to Destroy: Russia's 200-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine; The Accidental Immigrants; and White Butterfly
Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine By Eugene Finkel Basic Books, £25 Vladimir Putin's illegal, three-pronged invasion of Ukraine has escalated towards genocide because the Kremlin will not tolerate an independent Ukraine and because ill-prepared, undisciplined Russian troops have reacted to unexpected resistance with an orgy of unco-ordinated mass murder, this authoritative and cautionary history states. The February 2022 invasion was the latest in a succession of Russian attempts to control the Ukrainian land mass, which has been populated for centuries by Jews, Poles, Czechs, Germans, Austro-Hungarians and Crimean Tatars. Ukraine was independent between 1919 and 1921, but 'Russian violence against Ukraine will continue to shape European and global politics for decades to come', warns Lviv-born academic Finkel. Ray Burke The Accidental Immigrants By Jo McMillan Bluemoose Books, £10.99 Writing political fiction is always something of a gamble; writing a political novel about the rise of the far right, which takes as its backdrop the years since Brexit, is even riskier. These are urgent themes, but their immediacy can threaten the imaginative work of a novel. The Accidental Immigrants, however, is no generalising parable. The novel, set on the fictional island of St Mira, is attuned to the insidiousness of xenophobia, the suspicion of 'foreign accents', the 'rage that year after year had been thumbed on a whim into phones'. Its plot reveals how quickly this can wreak havoc on the most ordinary patterns of everyday life, how 'History' itself 'depend[s] on who you ask'. Philippa Conlon White Butterfly By Saoirse Prendergast Marble City Publishing, £13.99 Saoirse Prendergast's debut is a beautifully haunting exploration of grief, loss, and the unravelling of self-identity. Set on a remote island off the east coast of Canada, it follows Sakura, a young girl whose life is shattered by her father's death. As she struggles to cope, her artist mother freezes in sorrow, and Sakura's connection to the world dissolves. Finding solace in horses, a new relationship offers both hope and peril. Prendergast skilfully portrays the insidious nature of psychological manipulation, showing how it erodes Sakura's sense of self. While the story is powerful, at times the prose is patchy, with descriptions that fall short of the emotional depth it strives for. Nonetheless, White Butterfly is a poignant meditation on survival, healing and the essential support needed to overcome trauma. Adam Wyeth
Globe and Mail
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Globe and Mail
Pitching in: Fundraising for Canada-Ukraine Foundation
The organizers: Bert Clark, Roman Dubczak and Tim Griffin The pitch: Raising more than $1-million and climbing The cause: The Canada-Ukraine Foundation Roman Dubczak likes to joke that he's probably the best-known Ukrainian-Canadian on Bay Street. 'I'm the only Roman,' he said with a laugh. Mr. Dubczak was born and raised in Toronto and has spent more than 30 years with CIBC, where he is deputy chair of capital markets. His parents immigrated to Canada from Ukraine in the 1950s, and he has three cousins who live near Lviv. Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February, 2022, there has been a flurry of donations to help various causes in Ukraine. Bert Clark, chief executive of Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, wanted Toronto's financial district to get involved as well. He organized the Bay Street Breakfast for Ukraine in 2023 and invited former Ontario premier and UN ambassador Bob Rae to speak. The event raised around $300,000 for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation to help fund its medical outreach programs in Ukraine. Mr. Dubczak got involved as well along with Tim Griffin, former chief executive of Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital. They followed up with a second breakfast in June, 2024, featuring Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based human-rights lawyer. That event also raised more than $300,000 for the foundation. The group is planning a third breakfast on June 6, the day before Ukraine's national soccer team plays Canada in the Canadian Shield Tournament in Toronto. The speaker will be Ukrainian soccer legend Andriy Shevchenko. The organizers are hoping to raise as much as $400,000, putting the total for all three events at more than $1-million. Mr. Dubczak said he keeps in close contact with his relatives in Ukraine and supports several local initiatives. 'It's tough to call and say, 'How's it going?'' he said. 'You feel you're not doing enough.' He has two sons and a daughter in their 20s and knows that if they were in Ukraine, the boys would likely be in the military. 'You feel it. It's drawn me in a lot more,' he added. The group plans to hold the breakfast again next year when the emphasis will likely be on raising money to rebuild Ukraine. And while interest in the war has waned, Mr. Dubczak said, the Bay Street crowd is still very much engaged. 'The awareness and the passion is very, very high on this topic.'
