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.
Une décision historique de l'Ukraine légalise aujourd'hui le cannabis médical
Dans un geste historique, l'Ukraine a légalisé le cannabis médical à la suite d'un vote parlementaire, 248 députés s'étant prononcés en faveur de cette mesure. La législation, qui devrait entrer en vigueur au second semestre 2024, réglemente strictement l'utilisation du cannabis à des fins médicales, industrielles et scientifiques.
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.
Chroniques de la contre-offensive - 5 décembre 2023 Mise à jour de la guerre
Dans la dernière mise à jour de la contre-offensive ukrainienne en date du 5 décembre (édition Europe), la mort du général de division Vladimir Zavadsky du 14e corps d'armée de la flotte russe du Nord a été confirmée, peut-être par ses propres mines terrestres. Les forces ukrainiennes frappent des dépôts de pétrole et des munitions russes.
Incursion dans le ciel : Des essaims de drones russes traversent l'Ukraine
Des drones kamikazes russes auraient pénétré dans l'espace aérien ukrainien, selon l'armée de l'air ukrainienne. Plusieurs groupes de drones d'attaque ont été observés au-dessus de divers oblasts ukrainiens, constituant une menace pour des régions telles que Poltava, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Kherson et Mykolaiv.
Le MAE d'Ukraine se penche sur le 90e anniversaire de l'Holodomor de 1932-1933
Aujourd'hui marque le 90e anniversaire solennel de l'Holodomor, le génocide de 1932-1933, un chapitre déchirant de l'histoire de l'Ukraine orchestré par le régime totalitaire de Staline. Le célèbre avocat polonais Rafał Lemkin, pionnier de la reconnaissance des génocides, a prononcé un discours poignant en 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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