Vasyl Stus
Vasyl Stus was a Ukrainian poet, translator and human rights activist, one of the most prominent figures of the sixties generation. He was persecuted by the Soviet authorities for his work and public stance and was sentenced to terms of imprisonment. He died in a labour camp in Perm Oblast in 1985 after refusing early release that would have required him to renounce his convictions and return to the USSR. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
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Kyiv shooting between SBU and GUR personnel triggers political fallout as new banknote, air-raid overhaul and US diplomacy make headlines
A shooting incident in Kyiv involving personnel from Ukraine's SBU and GUR intelligence services prompted President Zelensky to announce staffing decisions and sparked dueling accounts of an alleged assassination plot involving a Russian Volunteer Corps figure. The same week saw the NABU/SAP "Carthage" anti-corruption operation, a visit to Kyiv by US envoys Witkoff and Kushner after talks with Putin, fresh Ukrainian strikes on Russian air and naval assets, a drone hit on the SBU headquarters, the launch of a ₴2,000 banknote honouring poet Vasyl Stus, and a revised two-tier air-raid alert system.