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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 1h

Russia’s tanker spill in the Black Sea (Dec 2024) released 4,300 tonnes of mazut. Oil still washes up on Anapa’s coast. Russian media claim 2,000 tonnes were recovered, but figures remain unverified.
Learn more about how Russia turns ecosystems into battlegrounds: ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2h

Africa: Direct brings together private collectors, Khanenko Museum and Ukraine’s National History Museum to highlight African heritage. 40+objects&art open a rare cultural conversation and reflect on shared histories, values and global ties
📷: Viktoriia Sydorova

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 3h

Denmark and Ukraine launch a new partnership to support Ukraine’s Water Strategy 2050. The deal focuses on water management, pollution control, and aligning with EU standards.
📷: Stateofgreen

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 3h

On Oct 12, the Kyiv–Kovel train was held in Kyiv for 90 minutes to wait for soldiers arriving from Kramatorsk. A passenger, Oleksandr Baraboshko, posted about it. Ukrzaliznytsia confirmed the delay was intentional: “People are the priority.”
📷: Illustrative photo/Ukrzaliznytsia

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5h

On October 14, 2025, humanitarian vehicles from the World Food Programme (WFP) came under Russian attack in Kherson Oblast. Volunteer Yevhen Piatak filmed the destroyed vehicle as he drove by, while a Russian drone circled overhead, searching for a new civilian target.
🎥: Yevhen Piatak

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 6h

Recent updates as of 15.10 👇

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 6h

⚡️ Why is Taras Shevchenko not only the founding father of Ukrainian poetry but also of Ukrainian identity? What aspects of his legacy remain alive today?

🔗 Listen to the podcast: on.soundcloud.com/G2GDUzwpgoJi...

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 22h

⚡️ How drones changed the front line 👇

Taras Tymochko, a "Come Back Alive" Foundation Consultant, "Dronefall" Project Lead, explains how drones have eliminated the traditional front line and explores how #Ukraine implements innovations:

🔗 ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 23h

A “White Angel” police crew evacuated two families from Druzhkivka in #Donetsk Oblast.

Five children were brought to a new, safer location from an area under constant shelling — the youngest boy is just two years old.

📷: National Police of Ukraine

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 1d

📰Memory as Resistance: How Ukraine Remembers
Remembrance is about more than grief. It’s about truth, dignity, honour and telling the story of every fallen hero.

📖https://ukraineworld.org/en/articles/analysis/memory-resistance-how-ukraine-remembers

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 1d

Why does NATO need Ukraine?

🔗 Read: ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...

Ukraine is not just defending its borders - it is defending the very logic of the Alliance itself. Deterrence, innovation, collective defense, and moral credibility - all converge in Ukraine’s struggle.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 1d

Recent updates as of 14.10 👇

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2d

The father returns home after months on the front lines, defending his country against the Russian invasion.

Source: TikTok

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2d

❤️ A Ukrainian bride’s father walked her down the aisle a month after his release from 3-year-long Russian captivity.

Source: irina_gordiychuk_ on Instagram

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2d

⚡️ Can #Russia change?

Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak explores how Ukrainian history, often dismissed as provincial by empires, has always held global significance.

🔗 Listen to the podcast: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...

🟡 You can support our team on Patreon: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2d

⚡ Are all empires equally bad? Why must we study networks, not only hierarchies, to understand our past, present, and future? What happens to societies in times of catastrophe? And finally — why is #Ukraine so important for the world today?

🔗 Listen: soundcloud.com/user-5795865...

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 2d

Recent updates as of 13.10👇

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

⚡ Ukrainian IT and its role during the war

Taras Tymoshchuk, a member of the Board of Representatives of the IT #Ukraine Association, talks about the #Ukrainian IT sector and the secret of its success:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...

Support us: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

🟡 How is #Ukraine countering #Russian drone attacks?

This podcast episode analyzes drone warfare and the long-term changes it is bringing to the battlefield: soundcloud.com/user-5795865...

You can support our work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

#Russia has seriously damaged thermal power plant equipment, DTEK reports. Work is underway to eliminate the consequences.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, DTEK’s thermal power plants have been targeted more than 200 times.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

The consequences of a Russian drone strike on a 17-story apartment building in #Kyiv’s Pechersk district, where a fire broke out.

📷: Suspilne

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

Recent updates as of 10.10 👇

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

One Step Toward Reintegration: Ukraine’s Veterans on the Path to New Careers
ukraineworld.org/en/articles/analysis/one-step-toward-reintegration-ukraines-veterans-new-careers

With LobbyX, we explored the challenges of veteran employment and the solutions that already work.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 5d

“Russia is attempting to erase Ukrainian national identity”: The Main Intelligence Directorate of #Ukraine has published information about 178 #Ukrainian cultural valuables stolen by #Russia from the temporarily occupied territories.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 6d

Russian occupation has turned many of Ukraine’s protected areas into military zones.

They suffer fires, fortifications, looting of research centres, illegal hunting and mining. Unique ecosystems risk irreversible loss: ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...

Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

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