Industry experts estimate that Ukraine’s campaign of long-range drone strikes on Russia’s energy industry has already succeeded in knocking out between 600,000 and 900,000 barrels of Russia’s daily oil-refining capacity, Bloomberg reports. Speaking at a conference in Houston on March 18, Gunvor Group CEO Torbjörn Törnqvist estimated the recent wave of Ukrainian drone attacks had […]
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MIRACLE ON RAILS: Ukraine’s train workers are the unsung heroes of the country’s war effort
In mid-August 2023, British Ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons took the intercity train from Kyiv to Lviv. In normal circumstances, her journey would have been entirely unremarkable; at a time when Ukraine is fighting for national survival against a genocidal Russian invasion, the mere existence of this daily train service is a minor miracle […]
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The inside story on how mobile operator Kyivstar helps wartime Ukraine stay connected
Since the very first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar has been at the forefront of efforts to keep the country connected. During the first seventeen months of the war, the mobile operator invested approximately UAH 8.1 billion into the reconstruction and development of its telecom networks across Ukraine, with company […]
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State-owned Oschadbank is preparing to play key role as hub in Ukrainian reconstruction
Although there remains no end in sight to Russia’s full-scale invasion, discussion over the future postwar recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine has already gained considerable momentum. Since the invasion began on February 24, 2022, a number of international forums and conferences dedicated to reconstruction have been held in Switzerland, London, and elsewhere. Current projections for […]
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How McDonald’s became a symbol of Ukraine’s remarkable resilience
In the eighteen months since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the watching world has frequently been amazed by Ukraine’s remarkable resilience. Ukrainians have defied the expectations of experts who predicted Kyiv would fall in a matter of days, and have instead managed to secure significant success on the battlefield while also keeping the country […]