Ukraine has a million wounded veterans—and the funding to train forty as deminers
Maksym Dobrianskyi lost a leg to a Russian mine, then joined a small, donor-funded effort turning Ukraine’s war-wounded into the workforce its recovery needs.
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Squeezing out a new start: Ukrainian veterans turn service into small business
After nearly a decade of combat, veteran Yaroslav Kozachuk opened a juice factory. His "Juice for the Front" initiative has sent 400 liters to soldiers still in the fight.
Ukraine to integrate 5-6 million veterans into “all spheres of life” after war
Ukraine will have between 5 and 6 million veterans and their family members after the war with Russia ends, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said
Meghan Markle posts video of children enjoying Easter cake from demined Ukrainian fields
Meghan Markle revealed on Instagram that her children are enjoying Ukrainian Easter cake made by grandmothers from the border Sumy Oblast following Prince Harry's secret visit to Ukraine.
Prince Harry visits Superhuman Center in Lviv
The Duke, who served for 10 years in the British army, is the second member of the royal family to visit Ukraine after Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.
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.
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…