How Ukraine’s war wounded forge Europe’s most extraordinary sports league
Football legend Andrii Shevchenko’s bold vision transforms wounded veterans into competitive athletes, building Ukraine’s most unexpected sports league amid ongoing war.
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Inside Go2Agro: how Ukraine’s civil society arms veterans to feed the world
The same hands that once defended Ukraine's borders now cultivate its soil, tackling two national crises with a single groundbreaking program.
“Back to war”: Ukrainian vets learn winter sports, win 30 medals at Invictus Games
For Ukrainian veterans like Oleksandr Androshchuk, every scrape of skis and crack of air conditioning at the 2025 Invictus Games triggered memories of Russian shells and rockets back home. But on the slopes and podiums of Whistler, they found solace - and success.
Team Ukraine gets standing ovation marching into Invictus Games
For war vets, the competition is a chance to shift focus from the war -- and restore faith in society
BBC has included two Ukrainians in its list of the most influential and inspiring women of 2024
The BBC has named two Ukrainians—farmer Olha Olefirenko and Olha Rudnieva, founder of the Superhumans trauma center—among its list of the most influential and inspiring women of the year.
How Buffett-funded rehab rebuilds lives of Ukraine’s war amputees
As multi-limb loss branded thousands of Ukrainians untreatable, Lviv's Superhuman Center stepped in to tackle the war trauma crisis sweeping the nation.
He lost his eyes and hands, but not the will to live
"Apostle's" life changed drastically after he came under heavy fire on the front line. Supported by the love of his life, he now seeks rehabilitation and a way to continue contributing to the Ukrainian Army in any role.
Innovative Ukrainian online platform debuts for professionals assisting amputees
In response to the growing number of amputees in Ukraine due to Russia’s war, a comprehensive online educational…
“We joke that if a leg is amputated below the knee it doesn’t count.” Soldiers get advanced prosthetics in Ukraine
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs…
Open letter from members of Ukraine’s veteran organizations demanding removal of MP Korolevska from VR commission
Nataliya Korolevska is known to have supported the Russian occupation of Ukraine, from the end of 2013 and…
Show replaces army parade on Ukraine’s 28th Independence day, so veterans hold their own march
On 24 August 2019, Ukraine celebrated its 28th independence anniversary. After six years of war, the meaning of…
Life after war: US and Ukraine veterans talk strategy on rehabilitation
Pizza Veterano is a special Kyiv pizzeria. It was created by Ukrainian soldiers who came back from the war…
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.…
Why veterans of the anti-terrorist operation are reluctant to go back
Nearly every veteran of the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) has had this experience: not long after…
Ukrainian amputee soldier dances tango: you don’t need two legs for this
This is a story of motivation, self-esteem, faith and courage of the people who were able to find…
Canadian volunteers tackle bureaucracy to develop prosthetics in Ukraine
American, Canadian, and British medics are back to Ukraine. Nine Western professionals are spending two weeks in Lviv…
A Ukrainian war veteran will lead a 10,000 km bike ride around Europe
A team of Ukrainians will ride their bikes up to 150 km per day to tell Europe about…
Small group doing a big service for disabled Ukrainian veterans
Civil society and the diaspora are helping Ukraine’s wounded soldiers and families one at a time. Ukraine’s blessing…
How pizza made by Ukraine’s war veterans is taking over Kyiv
A paratrooper is a waiter, a sniper is a pizza maker, and soldiers eat for free in a…
Grassroot efforts attempt to budge Ukraine’s Soviet attitude to disability
In its treatment of people with disabilities, Ukraine has to choose whether to mechanically repeat Soviet patterns…
