Ukraine’s agricultural exports reached $24.5 billion in 2024, accounting for 59% of total exports. This marks a significant recovery, nearing pre-war levels and achieving the second-highest record after 2021’s $27.7 billion.
Ukrainian startups cut demining time by centuries with new tech
Russia’s full-scale invasion has made Ukraine the most heavily mined country in the world, endangering the lives of its people for generations. A report by Globsec estimates that clearing Ukraine with current resources could take over 700 years. However, Ukrainian officials aim to de-mine 80% of the potentially hazardous land within the next decade. With support from the UNDP Mine Action Programme, innovative Ukrainian startups propose faster solutions, leveraging satellite imagery and drones to detect explosives remotely. Once Ukraine’s demining needs are met, these startups plan to share their advanced technology with other nations facing similar challenges.
Ukraine’s Landmark Decision Today Legalizes Medical Cannabis
In a historic move, Ukraine has legalized medical cannabis as a result of a parliamentary vote, with 248 MPs in favor. The legislation, set to take effect in the second half of 2024, strictly regulates the use of cannabis for medical, industrial, and scientific purposes.
Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait: a new environmental disaster
4,300 tonnes of fuel oil and possibly other oil products are now being spilled into the waters of the Kerch Strait (connecting the Black Sea and Azov Sea) due to 2 fuel tankers hit by the storm. Both Russian tankers were on the way to deliver fuel for the Russian navy with the Marine Traffic location system being switched off for 12 days – Greenpeace Ukraine.
Counteroffensive Chronicles – December 5th 2023 War Update
In the latest update on the Ukraine counteroffensive as of December 5 (Europe Edition), Major General Vladimir Zavadsky of Russia’s Northern Fleet’s 14th Army Corps is confirmed dead, possibly by his own land mines. Ukrainian forces strike Russian oil depots and ammo.
Skyward Incursion: Russian UAV Swarms Cross Into Ukraine
Russian kamikaze drones have reportedly entered Ukrainian airspace, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Multiple groups of attack UAVs have been observed over various Ukrainian oblasts, posing a threat to regions such as Poltava, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Mykolaiv.
MFA Ukraine Reflects on the 90th Anniversary of the 1932-1933 Holodomor
Today marks the solemn 90th anniversary of the Holodomor-Genocide of 1932–1933, a harrowing chapter in Ukrainian history orchestrated by Stalin’s totalitarian regime. Renowned Polish lawyer Rafał Lemkin, a pioneer in genocide recognition, delivered a poignant speech in 1953.
Ukraine has returned 1,002 children from Russia and the occupied territories, twenty times more remain there – Lubinets
Ukraine has repatriated 1002 children from the temporarily occupied territories and Russia, largely thanks to international assistance. Attempts to locate approximately 19,000 forcibly relocated children continue, according to Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets.
Olena Zelenska: Alongside Our Trauma and Pain, Sometimes Even as Their Consequence, New Opportunities Arise
During the 8th Ukrainian Women’s Congress in Kyiv, the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska noted that 59% of businesses founded in Ukraine in 2024 were started by women. The participants discussed how women’s potential helps to overcome war-related challenges and how it essential this will be in Ukraine’s future reconstruction and modernization.
160,000 people planned to be drafted into Ukrainian forces, National Security and Defense Council head says
A further 160,000 people are to be drafted into the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which will raise the manning of units to 85%, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Lytvynenko said during a session of the Ukrainian parliament. According to Lytvynenko, 1,000,050 citizens have been drafted into the military so far since the beginning of martial law.
Ukraine’s population has fallen by 10 million since Russia’s invasion, UN says
Ukraine’s population has declined by 10 million, or around a quarter, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion as a result of refugees leaving the country along with collapsing fertility and war deaths. This was confirmed by Florence Bauer, the Eastern Europe head at the UN Population Fund, who said at a Geneva news conference that the invasion had caused an already difficult demographic situation into something more severe.
Environmental Security: the Sixth Conference in Continuation of the First Peace Summit Was Held in Helsinki
Finland hosted a meeting dedicated to the 8th point of the Ukrainian Peace Formula, Environmental Security, at Ukraine’s request. The conference was held in hybrid and attended by representatives from 60 countries. The Joint Communiqué on strengthening environmental security in Ukraine published in connection with the conference stresses that it is important to assess and repair the damages caused by the war and that those guilty of crimes must be held accountable. The objective of the conference was to promote the reconstruction of Ukraine per the principles of sustainable development and the green transition.
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