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Information about Ukraine people’s way of life today.

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Ukraine’s private fund starts ambitious USD 10 million fundraising to supply heavy infantry weapons for territorial defense

Ukraine’s largest private military fund supporting the army from donations, Come Back Alive, starts an ambitious UAH 400 million ($10 million)…

byBohdan Ben

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People of Ukraine

Small clinic made big decision when Russians invaded; it stayed

Bodro is an exceptional medical clinic for a small town with fewer than 50,000 residents. That’s thanks to…

byOrysia Hrudka

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They thought we are cave people: stereotypes Ukrainian refugees face in Europe

Contents First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poorSecond stereotype: Ukrainian refugees were willing to leave UkraineThird stereotype: Ukrainians all…

byOrysia Hrudka

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People of Ukraine

How the fanciest pizzeria of Chernihiv fed 22,000 daily under Russia’s siege

In early March 2022, Russian troops passed the northern city of Chernihiv, approaching Ukraine’s capital, where heavy fighting…

byOrysia Hrudka

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“Children arrived with bits of shrapnel in their scalps.” Ukrainian doctors recount horrors of Bucha

Ukrainian doctors Olha and Andriy Svyst were recently invited by the President of Ukraine to receive the National…

byChristine Chraibi

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Man saved 1,000 people from hunger during the Russian siege of Chernihiv

Contents Bobsledder Dmytro Tkachenko volunteered to feed and rebuild ChernihivDmytro’s team delivered 1,500 bread loaves daily, even though…

byOrysia Hrudka

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Saving Ukrainian culture, bard of the nation picks up a gun

“We often say about our [Ukrainian] art that we need to finally “stop crying” and create something optimistic.…

byBohdan Ben

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Meet the Ukrainian university professor who gives lectures from the trenches

“The war of the civilized world against Russia on the territory of Ukraine will definitely change the world. War…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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“With start of invasion, foreign firms started selling us sh*t.” How Ukraine’s top military charity saves lives today

The Come Back Alive Foundation was born out of the Russian aggression in Donbas and the illegal occupation…

byOrysia Hrudka

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This volunteer center is the reason Ukraine will win

As I rush towards the Potosky Palace, I forget one of the main rules of Lviv — do…

byAlya Shandra

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People of Ukraine

“I can help others just as once other people helped me”: child of war now supports vulnerable kids of Donbas

The video above was created by teenagers from Donbas who participated in the DocUaDream School of Documentary and…

byCivic Sector Organizations

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How IDPs fleeing Russian war became successful goat cheese farmers in central Ukraine

Oleksandr and Maryna Blonsky breed goats, make cheese from their milk, and welcome tourists to their farm. Up…

byUkraїner

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The biggest problem of Ukraine’s economy and six enthusiasts who solved it

What is wrong with the Ukrainian economy, even now that many of the most important reforms have been…

byBohdan Ben

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8 Ukrainian book illustrators that will amaze you

Agrafka creative studio is young, but already one of the most recognized in Ukraine. Its illustrators and founders…

byUkraine.ua

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Meet the Ukrainian teenagers who like to change the world

“We Create the Country We Want to Live In” is the slogan of a very special Ukrainian informal…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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People of Ukraine

“Land of opportunities”: How a Swiss woman fulfilled her dream of an organic tea business in Ukraine

Christina says it is cheaper to run a business in Ukraine, calling it the land of opportunities: The…

byUkraїner

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Conductor Oksana Lyniv: we should be proud that names of prominent Ukrainians are part of the history of world music culture

On 30 November 2020, Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv was awarded the prestigious Oper! Awards in the category of…

byBohdan Ben

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People of Ukraine

78% of Ukrainians are stressed out over quarantine – especially women

The new Ukrainian poling platform Gradus Research has conducted a comprehensive study of social stress during quarantine. Since…

byBohdan Ben

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Takflix: a platform where you can finally watch Ukrainian films online

A grandmother living alone in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, a trade union leader at a municipal heating company…

byBohdan Ben

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GogolTrain: Europe’s first art train amps up Ukraine’s cultural mobility

GogolTrain is said to be the first art train in Europe. In the world, such an art project…

byUkraїner