When they first came across each other, the potential for collaboration was obvious. One team was trialing a remote controlled ground drone that looked like a miniature tank. Next to them on the military training area, a different team were test firing a remote controlled machine gun, developed with the help of a Ukrainian sniper. […]
Ukrainian Armed Forces
NATO chief urges long-term Ukraine aid: “Moscow must understand: They cannot win. And they cannot wait us out.”
With Russian troops once again advancing in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has accused alliance members of failing to provide Kyiv with promised military aid and renewed calls for a more sustainable response to Russian aggression. Speaking during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on April 29, Stoltenberg acknowledged that supply shortfalls had left […]
Ukraine’s first suicide prevention hotline helps address trauma of Russian invasion
The first suicide prevention hotline in Ukraine’s history turned four in October 2023. Since it was launched in 2019, Lifeline Ukraine has proven increasingly necessary as Ukrainians struggle with the mental health challenges posed by Russia’s full-scale invasion. When I was tasked with creating Lifeline Ukraine, I knew nothing about suicide prevention. I am not […]
Ukrainian MPs confirm appointment of Rustem Umerov as country’s new Defense Minister
Ukrainian MPs voted on September 7 to confirm the appointment of Rustem Umerov as the country’s new Defense Minister. Umerov previously headed Ukraine’s State Property Fund and also played key roles as a negotiator in prisoner exchanges with Russia and the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative. He replaces Oleksii Reznikov in what is the biggest […]
UKRAINE’S GROWING DEFENSE TECH STRENGTH CAN HELP DEFEAT RUSSIA
While Russia relies on the brute force of artillery bombardments and human wave tactics, Ukraine is waging an innovative form of warfare that plays on the country’s tech sector strengths, says Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov
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
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
SISTERS IN ARMS: Prominent role of women in Ukraine’s war effort reflects the country’s long feminist tradition
Thousands of women are currently serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces as the country fights for its life against Russian invasion
English language initiative aims to help Ukrainian combat veterans enter civilian life
US-based NGO seeks to empower Ukrainian military personnel with new language and professional skills
Ukraine climbs two positions to occupy twenty-fifth place in 2021 ranking of world’s most powerful armed forces
The Ukrainian military has undergone a dramatic transformation since the outbreak of hostilities with Russia in spring 2014