War wounds doomed them to unemployment. Then they sparked Ukraine’s economic boom
Cast aside by employers, Ukraine's wounded veterans and war widows drive nation’s small business boom, healing both the economy and their own battle scars.
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Mother breaks barriers as Ukraine’s first female armored service leader and battlefield veteran
Known by her call sign “Malva”, Liudmyla Meniuk went from volunteer to seasoned fighter, speaking on the global stage about Ukraine’s ongoing battle for survival.
Ukrainian veteran who lost leg in war beats own time at Tokyo marathon with prosthetic
Roman Kashpur, a veteran of the Ukraine war who lost a leg after stepping on landmine, completed the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in 4 hours 50 minutes on a prosthetic leg, improving on his previous marathon times.
Ukrainian veteran completes US Marine Corps Marathon after losing leg fighting Russian occupiers
Ukrainian veteran Roman Kashpur, who lost his leg fighting on the front line and now wears a prosthesis,…
“I cannot imagine this wound ever healing.” Ukrainian veteran tells about going to war and finding the strength to live on
Illya Titko, the author of Blood Formula, was a volunteer soldier, serving as Senior Lieutenant in the Ukrainian…
The story of one cyborg
New Region has repeatedly written about how much the Ukrainian diaspora in the USA helps their countrymen by…
97 y.o. Ukrainian World War II hero lost his grandson to war in Donbas
World War II veteran Ivan Zaluzhnyi, born in 1918, dreamed of celebrating 70 years of the Great Victory…
