Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of India

🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 Students from O.P. Jindal Global University and Manipal Academy of Higher Education begin Summer Internship Programme at the Embassy of Ukraine in India 🇺🇦🇮🇳

On 2 June 2026, a new group of students commenced their Summer Internship Programme at the Embassy.

Ambassador of Ukraine Dr. Oleksandr Polishchuk and the Embassy team warmly welcomed the interns and introduced them to the work of the Mission.

During the introductory session, Ambassador Polishchuk delivered a brief presentation on Ukraine, its history, culture, and resilience amid Russia’s ongoing aggression. He also spoke about Ukraine–India relations and the importance of further strengthening cooperation between the two countries.

The students were further introduced to the key areas of the Embassy’s work, including political dialogue, public and cultural diplomacy, consular affairs, media outreach, trade and economic cooperation, and humanitarian engagement.

The Summer Internship Programme offers young Indian students an opportunity to gain practical insight into diplomatic work, deepen their understanding of Ukraine, and contribute to strengthening people-to-people ties between Ukraine and India.

We warmly welcome the new interns and wish them a productive, meaningful, and inspiring experience at the Embassy 🙏

🕯️Today, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of India lowered the national flag to half-mast in memory of the innocent victims of Russia’s massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine.

On the night of 2 June, at least 17 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia as a result of another brutal attack by the Russian Federation.

Russia launched more than 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and more than 650 drones against Ukrainian cities and communities.

Search and rescue operations at the sites of destruction of residential buildings in Kyiv and Dnipro are ongoing.

We mourn together with the families of the victims and with all Ukrainians affected by this attack.

Russia must be held accountable for every life taken, every child wounded, and every Ukrainian city attacked.

Eternal memory to the victims.
Вічна памʼять загиблим 🙏

Recently, as part of the Embassy’s Bridges of Empathy project, Father Agnel School, Delhi hosted a painting workshop led by Olga Syrovatko, a Ukrainian artist residing in India.

The workshop was dedicated to — a city that has become a symbol of courage, resilience, and endurance. Children painted a watermelon, one of the most recognizable symbols of Kherson and southern Ukraine 🍉

Despite the school year coming to an end and holidays already beginning, many students chose to stay longer and take part in the workshop. Their sincere interest made the meeting especially meaningful.

Rudroneel Ghosh, a friend of Ukraine and one of the key inspirations behind the Bridges of Empathy project, who has visited Ukraine several times, spoke to the children about Kherson today — life under constant threat, Russian drone attacks, and the difficult reality faced by civilians, including children.

The children also saw drawings by students of the Kherson School of Arts, created to mark the 40th anniversary of the disaster. These works offered another way to speak with young audiences in India about memory, danger, loss, hope, and the resilience of Ukrainian children through art.

We sincerely thank Father Agnel School for their openness and hospitality, Rudroneel Ghosh for his meaningful contribution, and Olga Syrovatko for sharing Ukrainian culture with care and dedication 🙏

On the night of June 2, Russia launched another large-scale attack against Ukraine.

In Kyiv, Russian attack killed four people and injured at least 58, including three children. The strikes damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure across several districts of the capital. A nine-storey residential building was hit, causing the partial collapse of its upper floors. Emergency services continue to search the rubble as people may still be trapped underneath.

In the Dnipro region, seven people were killed and 35 injured in Russian attacks on residential areas in Dnipro and Kamianske. Among them are 3 kids. During rescue operations following the initial strike, Russia launched a second attack that killed a rescuer. Search and rescue operations continue.

In the Kharkiv region, Russian attack injured at least 14 people, including a child. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged in several communities across the region.

In the Chernihiv region, a 15-year-old boy was injured. Among the damaged facilities are warehouses, a school and private homes.

Russia continues to wage war against civilians. More pressure on the aggressor, stronger sanctions, and more support for Ukraine’s air defence are needed to save lives.

💬 "Since the onset of this war, we realised that our resources are not equal and we cannot prevail in a direct confrontation.

Instead, Ukraine spent years developing asymmetric solutions. Now we see them playing out in full – on the battlefield, in diplomacy, and in cognitive warfare.

On the land, Russia’s manpower is no longer a decisive advantage thanks to Ukrainian drones and new tactics. Russia’s advances have stalled. Ukraine stabilised the frontline and holds the line.

In the sea, the entire Russian Black Sea Fleet has been either destroyed or neutralised thanks to naval drones. Its remains hide in faraway bases, but we get them even there.

In the sky, thousands of cost-effective interceptor drones are neutralising 92% of Russian combat drones. The goal now is to develop our own protection from ballistics together with European partners. This is a matter of strategic autonomy.

In economy, Ukraine’s long-range sanctions are effectively crippling Russia’s war machine by daily strikes on legitimate military targets of up to 2,000 kilometres inside Russia. There are no safe places in Russia anymore. Probably not something Putin saw coming when he attacked Ukraine.

We take the same asymmetric approach in diplomacy. When the world expressed deep concerns over the Iranian strikes in the Gulf, Ukraine acted. We showed not only to the Gulf states but to the whole world Ukraine’s new role as a reliable security partner.

We are deepening ties with countries from Latin America to Africa, South Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indo-Pacific, where Russia’s influence gradually fades.

In energy, horrific Russian bombardments over the past winters taught us to decentralise and build resilient systems and approaches. We are now ready to share this experience with others.

In digital sphere, Ukraine is one of the most advanced nations on the planet: from digital public services to mil-tech and the use of AI and big data in governance. It has become one of our export positions.

At the end of the day, it turns out that David actually has cards", Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

Happy Kyiv Day! 🇺🇦

Kyiv is a city where centuries coexist side by side.

The streets of Kyiv remember princes, artists, scholars, diplomats, and millions of people who, throughout different periods of Ukrainian history, helped shape the future of our nation – and those who continue to do so today.

Ancient gates, cathedrals, monasteries, historic districts, and squares preserve the memory of the people and events that shaped Ukraine’s capital across generations.

This Kyiv Day, we’re sharing six places that tell the story of a city that has changed, resisted, and continued to live through more than a millennium 💙💛

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine firmly rejects the latest unfounded accusations by the Russian Federation regarding the alleged "attack by Ukraine" on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, disseminated on May 30 by representatives of the Russian state corporation "Rosatom." The Russian accusations have also been officially refuted by the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

We consider these statements as yet another information operation by the occupying state, aimed at diverting the international community's attention from the only real source of nuclear danger at the Zaporizhzhia NPP – the illegal Russian occupation of the station.

As always, Russian accusations lack logic: it is unclear why Ukraine would strike its own nuclear power plant located on its own territory, which it itself seeks to regain under its sovereign control.

Russian propaganda is trying to promote the absurd notion again and again: the state that is defending its territory is supposedly attacking its own nuclear facilities, while the state that has occupied them is acting as their "protector." The very fact that it is necessary to repeat this thesis already indicates its untenability.

The Russian Federation has been refusing for years to provide full and unrestricted access to international experts to all areas of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In particular, throughout the entire time of the IAEA mission at the station, international experts were not granted access to the western parts of the turbine halls of the power units. The Russian side also systematically restricted access to other facilities and premises of the station under various pretexts.

A state that does not allow international inspectors into certain areas of the occupied nuclear facility today demands the world to trust its own reports about events at the same facility.

Ukraine draws the attention of the IAEA member states to an obvious pattern: practically before every meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, the Russian Federation launches a new wave of information manipulation around the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The details, pretexts, and wording change, but the goal remains the same – to divert the international community's attention from the illegal occupation of the station, the systematic limitation of the IAEA's activities, Russia's violation of international law, and the fact that the Russian military presence at the ZNPP remains the main threat to nuclear safety.

The current provocation occurs on the eve of the June session of the IAEA Board of Governors, during which member countries will consider the Agency's Annual Report for 2025 and the Director General's Report on the Application of Safeguards.

For Russia, these documents pose a serious political problem. They will reiterate what Moscow has been unsuccessfully trying to change for the fourth year in a row: the IAEA does not recognize any Russian claims on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; the IAEA does not recognize any Russian jurisdiction over Ukrainian nuclear facilities located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine; the Agency continues to assert that the ZNPP is a Ukrainian nuclear facility under illegal Russian occupation. The same applies to other Ukrainian nuclear facilities in temporarily occupied territories, including those in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in particular the Sevastopol research reactor and the subcritical nuclear assembly to which Russia unsuccessfully attempts to extend its illegal claims.

No information campaign will change the main fact: the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was, is, and will remain a Ukrainian nuclear power station.

We specifically address the member countries of the IAEA Board of Governors. For many years, the international community has responded to Russian nuclear provocations with statements of concern, calls for restraint, and diplomatic formulas. Russia responds to concern with new provocations, to calls for restraint – new violations, to diplomatic signals – further escalation.

Ukraine calls on the 34 members of the IAEA Board of Governors to respond to the actions of the Russian Federation not only in statements but also in decisions.

For many years, Russia has enjoyed the privileges and authority granted by membership in the Agency's governing bodies, while simultaneously grossly violating fundamental principles of nuclear safety, occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, obstructing the work of international inspectors, and using nuclear facilities as instruments of military and political pressure.

Today, the members of the IAEA Board of Governors have the opportunity to demonstrate that this behavior cannot go unpunished.

We call on the members of the Council not to support granting the Russian Federation a seat on the IAEA Board of Governors at their June session.