Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets are among the expensive military hardware being sent to Ukraine.However, many Ukrainian soldiers have found that the U.S.-made 60-millimeter M224 mortars, which are also utilized by the U.S. Marine Corps have shown to be very effective against Russian forces.
Heavy fighting has been going on since May 2024 near to the village of Hlyboke, around 30 kilometers from Kharkiv, and animals are suffering from the fighting just as much as locals. Four ponies were recently rescued from Hlyboke by volunteers, and now these animals are giving back—in their own way.
With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the number of Ukrainian citizens seeking adoption for children has significantly increased.
In Ukraine’s Donetsk region,a volunteer group is searching for the bodies of those killed during the war with Russia. About 2,000 bodies have been recovered since 2014, according to the group Platsdarm.
A business owner from Kiev who is now living in Baltimore, Maryland, founded a nonprofit to aid war-affected Ukrainian children.
Teens who have experienced traumatic events during the war are being offered specialized summer camps in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine for the second year in a row. According to psychologists, the children are getting help in finding friends and inner strength, rather than concentrating on the trauma.
Dozens are injured in Ukraine by Russian missile strikes.The news comes as Moscow claims it has intercepted 158 drones launched from Ukraine over night, according to the news.
Ukrainians are moving quickly to get power and transportation after Russia’s massive air attacks across Ukraine on Monday.The Ukrainian military says Russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones during the attacks, with more strikes on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian military is now reliant on global allies for tactical training and arms. But both inside the country and around the world, Ukraine has received donations of supplies and equipment valued at billions of dollars.Omelyan Oshchudlyak met one industrious monk raising money for the country’s Armed Forces. VOA News
The first prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region conducted. As Ukraine marks its 33rd Independence Day, the exchange happened symbolically.