Below is the English-language text of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the nation on Holodomor Remembrance Day 2023: Every year at the end of November, a cold shiver runs down our spine. Regardless of the weather conditions and our location. With coldness in our hearts we are all united by a tragic date: the […]
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UN investigator: Russian state media may be guilty of “inciting genocide” in Ukraine
United Nations investigators probing alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine have warned that rhetoric broadcast by the Russian media could qualify as incitement to genocide. In a September 25 address to the UN Human Rights Council, the leader of the UN’s Commission of Inquiry investigative team, Erik Mose, spoke of his concern over allegations of […]
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UNESCO adds Ukrainian heritage sites to “in danger” list over Russian bombing threat
Three of Ukraine’s most important heritage sites have been added to UNESCO’s official List of World Heritage in Danger amid mounting fears over Russia’s widespread bombing of Ukrainian cultural landmarks and civilian targets. The decision to list Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral and Pechersk Lavra monastery complex along with the historic center of Lviv was taken […]
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RECOVERY initiative provides Ukraine’s wounded warriors with world class rehabilitation care
For the past eighteen months, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dominated the international agenda. But in reality, Russian military aggression against Ukraine actually began almost a decade ago with the seizure of Crimea and the invasion of eastern Ukraine. This ongoing attack has inflicted terrible suffering on the Ukrainian population. Tens of thousands have […]
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Vladimir Putin’s biggest mistake was underestimating Ukrainian resilience
Over the past eighteen months, Ukraine’s ability to overcome the destruction and disruption created by Russia’s invasion has been so striking that some outside observers have even questioned the reality of the war. Every so often, video footage of Ukrainians engaged in everyday activities appears on social media accompanied by suggestions that the situation in […]
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Lifeline Ukraine needs more support to help Ukrainian society cope with the trauma of Russia’s invasion
Ukraine’s national suicide prevention hotline Lifeline Ukraine has experienced a sharp rise in calls since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022
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Lviv’s new Superhumans Center: Helping to heal a generation of Ukrainians wounded by Russia’s invasion
The war unleashed by Vladimir Putin has left tens of thousands of Ukrainians with life-changing injuries and transformed Ukraine into the most heavily mined country in the world
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Ukraine’s Superhumans Center
The Superhumans Center in Lviv will be the leading war trauma hospital in Ukraine and will include a state-of-the-art prosthetics and facial reconstruction center
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Taiwan begins deliveries of electricity generators as part of aid for Ukraine
The Taiwanese government has strengthened ties with Ukraine since the onset of the Russian invasion in February 2022
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Business Ukraine magazine publisher Peter Dickinson receives Ukraine’s Order of Merit
British citizen Dickinson has been based in Ukraine since the late 1990s and has been involved in a range of English-language media projects