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“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.

byPhil Melnychuk

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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

byPhil Melnychuk

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Latest news Ukraine

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.

byOlena Mukhina

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People of Ukraine

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.

byMaria Tril

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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.

byChristine Chraibi

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Latest news Ukraine

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…

byAlya Shandra

Prostheses of Ukrainian serviceman Dmytro

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“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…

byBohdan Ben

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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…

byWorld Media

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Ukraine

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…

byInna Polianska

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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…

byUA TV

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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

Soldiers of the Ukrainian National Guard (Image: censor.net.ua)

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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…

byCensor.net

Image: Snapshot from video by Oleksandr Nazarov, Hromadske

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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…

byHromadske

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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…

byViktoriia Zhuhan

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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…

byViktoriia Zhuhan

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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…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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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…

byViktoriia Zhuhan

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International

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…

byOlena Makarenko

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Opinion

Living without limbs: veterans in war-torn Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine. I am interviewing a woman displaced by the war in eastern Ukraine. There is a long…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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War in Donbas

Poetry from the front

Untitled By Borys Humeniuk Commander, what do you mean to say My chances of survival, of remaining whole…

byVarious internet sources