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Jewish Ukrainians celebrate Passover despite ongoing war with Russia

Chief Rabbi and Chabad shliach Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch, along with his son Rabbi Ariel Markovitch, held a series of events at the beginning of Passover, aimed at reaching every Jew in Kyiv.

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KYIV'S CHIEF Rabbi, Yonatan Markovitch, with his congregation.
The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, January 8, 2020.

Pentagon weighs diverting Ukraine military aid to Middle East - report

The weapons that could be redirected include air defense interceptor missiles purchased through a NATO initiative launched last year, under which partner countries buy US arms for Kyiv.

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A view shows destroyed tanks near the village of Heorhiivka (Georgiyevka), in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, July 16, 2025.

Butterfly effect: How Russia's Ukraine war enabled Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre - opinion

The path from Kyiv to Gaza is not a straight line, but a series of butterfly wings that destabilized a fragile global system until it reached its breaking point.

|ByLIRON ROSE
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia February 9, 2026.

Kremlin says main issues over peace talks on Ukraine to be discussed in Geneva, including territory

The Kremlin confirmed that the Russian delegation would be led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to President Vladimir Putin.

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'Spiritual support' to the military: Kyiv chief rabbi meets with senior Ukrainian officers

The event, held at the JCC Beit Menachem community center, included a lecture by the Chief Rabbi.

JULY 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Herzog and Zelensky complete new unifying Torah scroll

Presidents Zelensky and Herzog participated in writing a Torah Scroll dedicated to peace amid their countries' crises. The scroll engages diverse contributors and symbolizes Israel-Ukraine unity.

APRIL 5, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG writes the final letter in the Kiev Torah scroll, without the hand-guidance of a scribe.

Ukraine says Russia has fired five hypersonic missiles at Kyiv this year

Over the past two weeks, Russia has escalated its long-range bombardment of power and gas infrastructure across Ukraine, causing significant damage and blackouts in several large cities.

APRIL 1, 2024ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Hero of Russia, head of air combat and tactical training Alexander Karamyshev, visits the 344th State Centre for combat use and retraining of flight crews of the Russian Defense Ministry in the town of Torzhok, Russia March 27, 2024.

Kyiv to tighten security after ballistic missile attacks

Ukrainian officials regularly urge their Western allies to supply more air defense systems and munitions to thwart increasing Russian missile and drone attacks.

MARCH 28, 2024ByREUTERS
Smoke rises from burning vehicles outside a residential building that has been damaged by an airstrike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 20, 2022.

Residential building damaged amid several explosions heard in Kyiv

Three story building in Kyiv targeted by Russian missiles on Monday, with missile debris falling in three other districts within the city.

MARCH 25, 2024ByREUTERS
A view of an explosion of a drone in the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 13, 2023.

Poland scrambles jets after Russian air attack on western Ukraine

Russia launched a major air attack on Ukraine Sunday morning, leading to air alerts in the entire country, and a directive that citizens not leave their shelters.

MARCH 24, 2024ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Local residents leave at a site of a residential building damaged during a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 21, 2024.

Jewish orphanage accepts two siblings from Kyiv suffering from malnutrition

With the help of a Chabad emissary in Kyiv, the siblings found a new home at the Mishpacha orphanage

MARCH 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The two orphans who were admitted to the Mishpacha orphanage in Kyiv

UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’

"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"

MARCH 20, 2024ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2024.

Six killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russia's Belgorod

"The enemy is deliberately hitting a cluster of civilians," said Roman Starovoit the governor of the neighboring Kursk region.

FEBRUARY 15, 2024ByREUTERS
Specialists remove the body of a victim outside a heavily damaged shopping centre hit by a missile strike, what local authorities called a Ukrainian military attack, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Belgorod, Russia, February 15, 2024.

Russian forces using Musk's Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine says

The terminals were rushed in to help Ukraine after Russia's February 2022 invasion and have been vital to Kyiv's battlefield communications.

FEBRUARY 11, 2024ByREUTERS
Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed Ukrainian flag in this illustration taken February 27, 2022.