Посольство України в Руанді/ Embassy of Ukraine in Rwanda

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha: "The only reason for Russia’s overnight horrific attack against Ukraine with 656 drones and 73 missiles that killed at least 12, including children, and injured hundreds of civilians is that Putin is a war criminal and loser who has no cards except terror.

Moscow is losing on the battlefield. No number of missiles can change this. What we can change is Russia’s ability to continue terror. I urge partners to act, not only condemn. There are concrete steps that can be taken.

First. Use the unblocked European Peace Fund to fund the PURL program and buy additional “Patriot” systems and missiles for Ukraine. Advance the anti-ballistic coalition. Increase investment in Ukraine’s long-range capabilities.

Second. Ramp up pressure on Russia through new sanctions, travel bans for combatants, the full use of frozen assets, and isolation.

Third. Take long overdue strategic steps such as opening EU negotiation clusters for Ukraine.

Terrorists in Moscow must realise that their brutal attacks won’t bring them anywhere. That the price for their regime will only increase. That the only way out for Putin is to immediately end this war.

Peace efforts will only succeed when they are backed with real pressure on Moscow".

https://rwanda.mfa.gov.ua/en/news/andrii-sybiha-calls-partners-increase-pressure-russia-following-another-massive-russian-attack-against-ukraine

During a recent Russian attack on Kyiv, a young deer escaped from the wild and was found hiding under the car. He was severely stressed and had wounds.
Volunteers have rescued the fawn and he’s now at .ua. His condition seems to be severe and he’s currently undergoing IV treatment. UAnimals have already contacted the rescue centre and suggested help.
Our hearts are with all people and animals who are suffering from war in Ukraine 💔

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.

🌍 On May 25, the Youth Council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, with the support of the Department of Africa and Regional African Organizations of the MFA, organized an international online dialogue between Ukrainian youth and representatives of national youth councils from African countries dedicated to the implementation of the global Youth, Peace and Security agenda.
The event became a unique platform for direct dialogue between Ukraine and countries of the African continent. Participants discussed practical mechanisms for implementing the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250, institutional youth participation in security processes, the role of youth councils in shaping public policy, and responses to contemporary global challenges — from hybrid threats to digital disinformation.
Representatives of youth councils and civil society from various African countries joined the discussion, including:
▫️ Millicent Sethaile — Board Chair of the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC);
▫️ Alhafiz Hassan Ahamat — youth activist, Secretary-General of Action Pour la Solidarité et le Soutien aux Couches Vulnérables, and Country Director of Global Peace Chain in Chad;
▫️ Opembe M. Amuko — Chairman of the Informed Ballot Movement (IBM).
The event marked an important step toward strengthening Ukraine’s partnership with African countries and opened new opportunities for international youth cooperation in the field of peace and security.
We would also like to express our special gratitude to Liubov Abravitova , Director of the Department of Africa and Regional African Organizations of the MFA of Ukraine, and Oleksiy Syvak, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Botswana, for their support and contribution to the organization of the event.

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.

Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Rwanda - Comment of the MFA of Ukraine regarding the latest Russian information operation around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ahead of the IAEA Board of Governors meeting 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

Шановні громадяни України!

Повідомляємо, що у звʼязку із офіційним підтвердженням 17 травня 2026 року Всесвітньою організацією охорони здоровʼя факту спалаху епідемії вірусу Ебола у Демократичній Республіці Конго Міністерство закордонних справ України рекомендує утриматися від поїздок до регіону, враженого епідемією.

Станом на сьогодні на території Республіки Руанда зареєстровані випадки захворювання на Еболу відсутні. Посольство продовжує відстежувати ситуацію із поширенням захворювання.

Компетентними органами Руанди вживаються заходи з метою профілактики інфікування вірусом, раннього виявлення та швидкого реагування на можливі захворювання.

З 22 травня 2026 року встановлено жорсткі правила перетину кордону з Руандою, зокрема:

всім іноземцям, які протягом останніх 30 днів до вʼїзду в Руанду відвідували ДРК чи перетинали її територію транзитом, буде відмовлено у вʼїзді до Руанди;
громадяни Руанди, а також іноземці, які мають право на проживання на території Руанди, можуть вʼїжджати до Руанди із застосуванням до таких осіб обовʼязкових карантинних заходів відповідно до встановлених протоколів охорони здоровʼя.
Всі заходи, включаючи конференції, інші бізнес-заходи та туристичні активності, на території Руанди відбуватимуться у звичному режимі. Руанда закликає не скасовувати заплановані поїздки до Руанди та рекомендує дотримуватися звичайних санітарно-гігієнічних правил, а також відслідковувати офіційні повідомлення компетентних державних органів країни.

Джерелом вірусу Ебола є кров, виділення, органи та інші тілесні рідини інфікованих тварин, таких як мавпи, фруктові кажани, лісові антилопи тощо. Від людини до людини вірус передається при близькому контакті через шкіряні пошкодження або слиз, кров, виділення, органи, інші тілесні рідини інфікованих людей, а також при контакті з поверхнями та матеріалами (одяг, постільна білизна тощо), які забруднені такими рідинами. Вірус не передається повітрям. Контакти з інфікованими тілами померлих також можуть бути джерелом поширення цього захворювання. Особи, які одужали від Еболи, у рідкісних випадках можуть бути джерелом інфікування вірусом до девʼяти місяців. Інкубаційний період вірусу складає від 2 до 21 дня.

Еболу важко відрізнити від інших більш поширених захворювань, в тому числі малярії. Початковими симптомами Еболи є: раптові приступи лихоманки, втома, біль у мʼязах, головний біль, біль у горлі, після чого спостерігається блювання, діарея, тілесні висипи, погіршення функцій нирок та печінки, іноді внутрішня або зовнішня кровотеча.

З метою запобігання інфікуванню вірусом Ебола необхідно:

дотримуватися правил гігієни та часто мити руки;
уникати контактів з інфікованими особами та предметами, з якими могли контактувати інфіковані особи, включаючи одяг, постільну білизну, медичне обладнання, унітази тощо;
уникати поховальних ритуалів, що передбачають контакт із тілом померлого.
Після повернення із зон, де зафіксовано спалахи захворювань на Еболу, необхідно уважно моніторити стан свого здоровʼя протягом 21 дня.

З метою отримання додаткової інформації про захворювання, зокрема у разі наявності відповідних симптомів та підозр щодо можливого інфікування компетентні органи Руанди рекомендують звертатися на гарячу лінію Біомедичного центру Руанди за телефонним номером 114.

З більш докладною інформацією про захворювання, спричинене вірусом Ебола, лікування та профілактику захворювання можна ознайомитися на сайті Всесвітньої організації охорони здоровʼя за посиланням: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ebola-disease

https://rwanda.mfa.gov.ua/news/shchodo-obmezhen-na-vyizd-do-ruandi-u-zvyazku-zi-spalahom-epidemiyi-virusu-ebola-v-drk

Russia’s losses in its war against Ukraine have already exceeded 1.3 million killed and wounded. For any normal country, such figures would be a political shock and a reason to reassess. But not for Russia. No level of casualties seems to act as a limit for the Kremlin, which continues to disregard human life.

This is why the world cannot wait for Russia to stop on its own. It must be forced to stop. Only strong, united international actions – political, military, and economic – can change its course. Over more than four years of its full-scale war, Russia has failed to achieve any of its strategic objectives. It is time to increase pressure on Russia to stop its aggression.