Natalia Zhukova

It’s a great honour to represent 🇺🇦 at the #BudapestOlympiad as a Capitan/coach. Since 1996 I have played 12 #ChessOlympiad as a player 😎 Took 🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉

⛈️ Одеса під водою. 9 загиблих — серед них дитина й ціла родина. Це не просто злива, це катастрофа. Ми знову виявилися неготовими до стихії. Щирі співчуття родинам, які втратили найдорожче 💔

The calm before the storm @GrandChessTour

play.chessclub.com/daily-puzzle/2… 🧩 The importance of intermediate moves The Ukrainian Natalia Zhukova is an accomplished Grandmaster, as well as a politician who serves as a member of the Odessa City Council. In this game, she has already infiltrated her opponent’s position with her Queen and is creating threats on the back rank. However, for the tactics to work, she had to find a crucial intermediate move — one her opponent likely overlooked. Can you find it? (Natalia Zhukova Vs Marijana Babic, European Womens’ Championship, Belgrade 2001)

The XLI session of the Odesa City Council just wrapped up. Even with two air raid alerts (they warned about ballistic missiles), and having to take shelter, we still managed to cover a record 352 issues 🤯 We keep going — all for the Victory 🇺🇦 #odesa #politics #одеса #депутат

#chess It seems FIDE has officially become a Russian entity. Who from the FIDE board decided that FIDE can be represented solely from Russian players? Or that Russia can use the name "FIDE", instead of the FIDE flag, for their team? Dvorkovich never asked the other member countries of FIDE whether they also want to participate in a FIDE team. For how long will he, and the Russian Chess Federation, be allowed to humiliate the 199 member-federations and actual owners of the FIDE brand?

The regulations for the @FIDE_chess World Cup was recently changed, to provide for extra Wild Cards. Today one was awarded to the openly pro-war Russian 🇷🇺 player Gunina. Ukrainian🇺🇦 chess players and clubs are bombed. We should the victims instead. tass.ru/sport/24255839

🔴 Russia bombed Odesa overnight. Two women aged 61 and 78 were killed. Seventeen injured. Homes, cars, and an inclusive center were damaged.

🔴 Russian forces deliberately attacked residential buildings across Kyiv in a devastating attack tonight. 14 people were killed, at least 55 were injured.

I fucking give up 😭🤬 russians killed 14 people in Kyiv last night. Meanwhile, Trump had a "great conversation" with Putin, where he assured that he wanted peace.

#Odesa suffered tonight. One of the worst attacks. Residential housing, rail station, zoo and maternity ward hit. 2 killed more injured. #russia must pay, but only continues to kill and destroy

Health track in Odesa 🇺🇦 - our place of power! If you still #StandWithUkraine give us a 🇺🇦 or 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ in the comments 👇

"The operation lasted for several months. SBU agents mined the supports of this illegal construction," the SBU said. "And today, without inflicting any civilian casualties, the first explosive was detonated at 4:44 a.m." 📷 SBU

In Odesa, four were injured, and warehouses and houses caught fire. (4/4)

It was a great pleasure to have you, @TelegraphChess, in #Odesa!

The Chess federation of #Odessa, Ukraine have created a real chess holiday for children dedicated to International Children's Day on 1st of June! Young talents between the ages of 5 and 10 competed, rejoiced and discovered the magic of chess. Each participant received gifts, and the winners were shining with happiness, holding medals and cups in their hands! ECU Vice President @TelegraphChess visited Odessa and Ukraine and addressed the children's chess tournament! photos @Natalia Zhukova

Mike Pompeo is in Odesa for the first time! “I’m truly glad to be here — I know this city’s history well,” he said from the main stage of the @odesaforum

Mike Pompeo is now on the main stage at the Black Sea Security Forum! Welcome🇺🇸 🇺🇦

🇬🇪 🤝 🇺🇦 Thank you @georgian_legion Black Sea Security Forum 2025 @odesaforum

We are starting! In Odesa today, we’ve brought together politicians, ambassadors, diplomats, and experts — not just to talk, but to forge common ground and coordinated action in the Black Sea region. Let’s get to work🇺🇦

My brave foreign friends have come to Odessa 🇺🇦