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• 2018/04/18 - 17:16 • War in the Donbas

  A Ukrainian volunteer fighter on the tough road to rehabilitation

    Back in 2015, the 57-year-old couldn’t just watch Ukrainian soldiers on television, defending the country against Russia’s war. Serhiy’s age meant the military recruiting office rejected him three times; but he...

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• 2018/03/30 - 23:06 • Culture

  Dances that heal: Ukrainian teacher helps the blind to adapt to life

  Volodymyr Batischev used to serve in the military. Ballroom dance was his favorite hobby. In his mid-50s, he received a second degree in it and made the hobby his work. Apart from ordinary dance classes, he has special ones – for the...

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• 2018/01/26 - 18:31 • Ukraine

  Education reforms lead to newer, better, regional schools

  700 children from 12 neighboring villages study at the Solone school. Last year, the building got a much-needed makeover. Now, the students say that they could only dream of such a school. “Our school looks nice… it is good to...

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• 2018/01/19 - 23:12 • Archive

  Feeding forest fauna: Ukrainian rangers set up thirty stations to help animals...

  “We have come here before just to get acquainted with the territory. We’ve been shown ducks and asked to help feed them. We also had forest rangers visit us and tell us how to help nature. We watched them plant the trees. We help...

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• 2018/01/16 - 23:03 • Crimea, Culture

  Uprooted Crimean Tatar Restaurant Finds New Home in Kyiv

  “It wasn’t easy, our biggest fans at the beginning were our neighbours, who were actually very nice. Mostly Ukrainians. It was very nice. Then we thought: ‘Ok, how can we make Tatars come?’. I think the most...

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• 2018/01/02 - 16:30 • War in the Donbas

  Things looking gouda again for Mariupol cheese maker

  Before Russia’s war in the East, Oleksandr Shkatula worked in a restaurant in his native city of Makiivka. That is where he made the first steps in cheese making. What started off as a hobby has turned into a process of boiling 100...

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• 2017/12/26 - 21:21 • Ukraine

  Help for Kyiv’s homeless

  In 2006, 85,000 people in Ukraine were estimated to be homeless. Officially, there are around 12,000 homeless people in Kyiv alone, but the numbers are believed to be much higher. A grassroots organization called “Help the Homeless”...

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• 2017/12/22 - 18:41 • War in the Donbas

  From combat to coding: how one IT company is helping Ukraine’s war veterans

  Serhiy Koziuk is a web developer. He decided to enter the profession after being wounded in the war in eastern Ukraine: “When I was in the hospital, I passed tests online and came to the courses in 4 days. For me personally,...

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• 2017/12/20 - 23:44 • Science and Innovation, War in the Donbas

  Ukraine’s ‘Sparrow-LE’ drone soars to new heights

  The drone is meant to be used for surveillance. It’s equipped with cameras, navigators, and antennas to transmit data to control centers on the ground. The Sparrow-LE not only can avoid radar-detection, but can rise to an altitude of 5...

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• 2017/12/19 - 23:35 • Science and Innovation

  How one Ukrainian inventor is revolutionizing prosthetics and rehabilitation

   “The main tools are these: a vice, a drill, a saw with small cutters and this sandpaper,” says Dmytro. Balandin has created a type of assisting prostheses for patients recovering from injuries below the waistline. Leaning on the...

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