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A therapeutic garden opened at Kyiv's VDNKh on October 17 to support emotional recovery for veterans, military personnel and civilians affected by war trauma through contact with nature.

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Kyiv opens therapeutic garden to help veterans and civilians recover from war trauma through nature

The barrier-free garden features zones for therapeutic gardening, adaptive sports activities, somatic practices, a children's playground and group meeting spaces.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russia rehearses caution in demobilization from war in Ukraine—but 1989 Afghan lesson haunts Kremlin

Veterans with combat experience, prison records, and psychological trauma could spark unrest reminiscent of the 1990s.

byOlena Mukhina

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British intel: Over 100K Russian troops suffer mental health crisis

The number likely higher now, as psychologists identified this in December 2022; doctors in Russia send such military personnel to fight to the front, so its combat capability is low.

byMaria Tril

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Serhiy Zhadan: “Give us strength!”

A quiet yard, a high brick fence. Silent figures, no one speaks. A long silence, smoking and meditation,…

byUkrainian media sources

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War in Donbas

Rescue Poetry. How creative writing provides psychological healing for Ukrainian veterans

“Zmiy” Vlad Sord is a poet and veteran with the nom de guerre “Zmiy”. He is from Rudnytsia,…

byTyzhden.ua

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Adapting to the realities of war at Dnipro’s Mechnikov Hospital

On the verge of death In 2014, it was difficult to understand that a real war had erupted…

byUkrainian media sources

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War veteran opens café in Lviv: “The main thing is not to give up!”

Prior to the war, Bohdan was a top student at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv where he…

byVarious internet sources

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Military prosecutor reports over 518 suicides among Ukrainian soldiers

“In the first two months of 2018, we’ve recorded two to three suicides per week, which means 16…

byUkrainian media sources

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Ukrainian artist helps veterans forget troubles & bad thoughts in art therapy rehab

Some twenty soldiers are sitting at a table, assiduously drawing and painting angels with the help of volunteers.…

byRadio Liberty

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A Soldier’s Lament: No one ever returns from the war… ever…

His heart and soul are still over there, far away, with the war... But, the body has returned…

byUkrainian media sources

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The Donbas syndrome: those who walked through fire

Much has been written about PTSD and the Donbas Syndrome, but not many people have seen it with…

byUkrinform

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Ukrainian cops & soldiers join #22PushupChallenge to raise suicide prevention awareness

Hundreds of Ukrainian war veterans, servicemen, and police officers have taken part in a global social media campaign.…

byUA TV

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On the front lines with medic Yevdokiya Popovych: “They’re my children!”

-I arrived on December 23, 2014, and I’ve been here since that day. I go home every 2-3…

byGazetaUA

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War in Donbas

Donbas Syndrome

An unfocused gaze is one of the signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. They also call it the 'two-thousand-yard…

byUkrayinska Pravda