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Borys Sachalko of RFE/RL is reporting from fighting positions near Izyum, where Ukrainian troops are facing intense Russian fire. As they try to hold their ground, the Ukrainians fire Grad rockets and employ drones to track incoming artillery
Approximately 2.5 million Ukrainians have crossed the Polish border and returned to Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, according to UN estimates. Iryna Martynenko, a native of Sumy in the northeast, was among those who returned home
Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, couples continue to marry there. Many people, especially military couples, were encouraged to marry by the conflict itself. At least one jewellery store offers free wedding bands to military couples, and wedding ceremonies are frequently held online
Many people are trying to live more environmentally friendly lives. But what about deaths that are more eco-friendly?
Soldiers in Ukraine follow to US and NATO-approved first-aid protocols. Thanks to volunteers with an American nonprofit, they also have tens of thousands of life-saving first-aid kits
Pavlo Vyshebaba enlisted in the army on the first day of the Russian invasion, despite having no actual combat experience.The well-known Ukrainian eco-activist then returned to his home territory of Donbas. He wrote on what he was seeing and feeling during brief moments of calm on the front lines
According to the United Nations, Ghana has one of the world’s highest rainforest losses, with its trees covering only one-fifth of what they did a century ago. Coastal towns are aiming to plant 200,000 mangrove trees and bushes as part of the government’s Green Ghana programme to help with carbon capture, erosion, and floods
Since May, a group of refugees in South Africa has camped in front of UN offices, pleading to be sent to a third country. Refugees from Burundi, Congo, Malawi, and Rwanda say they are afraid to return to their homelands and that they are no longer welcome in South Africa
Abu Baker Samoon and his family accept American culture while maintaining their Afghan traditions in their new home in the United States
Reporter Nawroz Rasho describes life in a Syrian camp where she has lived for four years after fleeing bombardment in her hometown