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Paying state salaries and pensions - this means compensation for teachers, doctors, nurses, civil servants and other public-sector employees. Ensuring smooth power and water supplies, and keeping other public services running. Bohdan Yeremenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker and former diplomat, told Ukrainian media on Thursday that he expected the government to use some of the funds to ease downward pressure on the hryvnia, saying it was important for macroeconomic stability. Safety net for foreign investments in Ukraine. Yevheniia Kravchuk, another deputy from Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party, told the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle Friday that Kyiv will use some of the aid to provide insurance and stable financing for foreign investments, including plants that produce arms and ammunition.

Persons: Bohdan Yeremenko, Yevheniia Kravchuk Organizations: People, Deutsche Welle Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, German

☆ Ukrainian grandma says she's too old to fight Russians in the infantry so learned to pilot drones instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian grandma described joining the Ukrainian military. The 54-year-old grandma of six said she was too old for infantry service, so became a drone pilot. AdvertisementA Ukrainian grandmother said she joined the Ukrainian military as a drone pilot as a way to fight, despite being unable to join the infantry. A female Ukrainian soldier learning to use a drone control during training at a drone school on October 26, 2023 in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian women have contributed to the war effort in and out of the battlefield.

Persons: —, Natalia, Anton Gerashchenko, Yevheniia Kravchuk Organizations: Ukrainian, Service, Getty, US Department of State, BBC, Daily Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Dnipro

☆ What is the UN Human Rights Council and what does it do?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Here is that the U.N. Human Rights Council does:- The United Nations Human Rights Council has 47 voting members from five regional groups. - It replaced the Human Rights Commission which was dissolved partly due to a controversy over membership. - New rules were created on eligibility meant to prevent major abusers getting voting rights. - It meets three times a year at the U.N. in Geneva in sessions attended by diplomats, ministers, presidents, civil society and human rights victims and activists. - It also holds regular peer review sessions where countries scrutinise each other's human rights records.

Persons: Melanie Joly, Yevheniia Filipenko, Sergei Lavrov, Donald Trump, Emma Farge, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Foreign Affairs of Canada, Human, Russian, United Nations, General, United Nations Human Rights, Human Rights, United, Israel, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Geneva, Switzerland, GENEVA, Russia, Albania, Bulgaria, New York, U.S, Ukraine, United States, Russian, Iran, Palestinian Territory, Israel

☆ Sea drones, missile strikes and blockade: Ukraine's counteroffensive in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Ukraine War Analysis Sea drones and the counteroffensive in CrimeaOn Tuesday, Russia reported its forces had repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea. The reports highlight Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Crimea, which is being mostly waged through drone and long-range missile strikes. In the Black Sea, Ukraine has opened a new era of naval warfare by employing suicide sea drones — drones armed with explosives designed to ram into targets and detonate. On October 29, 2022, Ukraine used naval drones to attack Russian warships in the port of Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The Crimean Peninsula is connected to Russian-occupied southern Ukraine through just three vulnerable main roads that pass through swampy areas.

Persons: Scott Savitz, Zelenskiy, Sutton, he's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Yevheniia Horiunova, Vernadsky, EUTERS, Shamil Zhumatov, Michael, Archangel, Thomas Peter . Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, RAND Corporation, Fleet, Investment, Russian Navy, National University, Tourism Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, Black, Sevastopol, Handout, Sea, Moscow, Crimean, NATO, Kyiv, Water, Crimea Crimea, Yalta, St, Thomas Peter . Crimea

☆ Ukraine is rushing uniforms for female soldiers after complaints that poor-fitting men's clothes are holding them back on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian female soldiers say they struggle with men's baggy uniforms and equipment. The military is now testing clothing specifically for female soldiers, officials and reports said. Her sister, Julia, also serving in the military, told The Beast that women struggle without equipment to help them go to the bathroom while on the battlefield. The women's complaints line up with those previously voiced by female Ukrainian soldiers. The group had sent out free equipment to more than 5,000 female soldiers as of March, CBS News reported.

Persons: Insider's Erin Snodgrass, that's, Yevheniia, Alina, Julia, Olga Ushakova, Anastasia Mohina, Alina Pyrenko Organizations: Service, Agence France, Presse, CNN, Daily, CBS News, Associated Press Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian

☆ The counteroffensive in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine War Analysis The counteroffensive in CrimeaOn Monday, Moscow reported an attack on the Crimean Bridge, a crucial artery connecting occupied Crimea with the Russian mainland. While he's been reticent about Ukraine's goals for their ongoing counteroffensive, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that Ukraine's forces will not rest until Crimea is brought back under Ukrainian control. Damage following an alleged attack on the Crimean Bridge that connects Russia with occupied Crimea, July 17, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made several visits to the peninsula throughout the war to underscore his claim that Crimea is Russian soil. Water in Crimea Crimea has historically relied on the North Crimean Canal, flowing in from the Ukrainian mainland, for up to 85% of the water it needs for crop irrigation, industry and drinking water.

Persons: he's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Scott Savitz, Zelenskiy, Sutton, Yevheniia Horiunova, Vernadsky, EUTERS, Shamil Zhumatov, Michael, Archangel, Thomas Peter . Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, RAND Corporation, Fleet, Investment, Russian Navy, National University, Tourism Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Moscow, Russian, Black, Sevastopol, Russia, Handout, NATO, Kyiv, Crimean, Sea, Crimea Crimea, Ukrainian, Yalta, St, Thomas Peter . Crimea

Eastern Ukraine CNN —As their country fights to repel Russia’s forces, Ukrainian women are taking on roles and responsibilities previously unavailable to them, often in challenging and dangerous circumstances. In their absence, Ukrainian women are stepping up. Underground mining, forging hot metals, and operating heavy machinery – these are just a few of the jobs Ukrainian women weren’t previously permitted to do. Tetiana was one of the first to raise her hand when the miining company asked for female volunteers to work underground. When hundreds of miners were conscripted into the military, Tetiana’s mining company asked for female volunteers to work underground.

During the session, which opens on Monday and runs until April 4, many states will seek to extend the mandate of a U.N investigation body set up to probe atrocities in Ukraine. Kyiv and its allies are disgruntled by the participation of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who will address the council on Thursday. Filipenko said Ukraine did not welcome Russia's presence and would "act accordingly," without giving details. The Geneva-based U.N. human rights council is the only body made up of governments to protect human rights worldwide. Countries also will closely watch how Volker Turk, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights since October, refers to China after his predecessor Michelle Bachelet was accused by some rights groups of being too soft on Beijing.

☆ Ukraine's top climate scientist put solar panels on her apartment roof so she could keep the lights on for her son with autism
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In December, Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine's top climate scientist, managed to place a solar array on the roof of her Kyiv apartment building to provide electricity for her family when the power goes out. "He was really afraid," Krakovska told Insider by phone from her office in Kyiv. The resiliency the solar panels deliver is part of what Krakovska hopes will come out of the brutal war with Russia, now one year on. She noted there are large solar installations in Ukraine where a missile might destroy some panels but the remaining ones will still work. Zasiadko pointed to a project in a village near Kyiv in which a small clinic that had been damaged by shelling was outfitted with solar panels and a groundwater heat pump.

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