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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging his country to legalize medical marijuana to help those suffering from the "trauma of war" with Russia.

Ukraine will receive additional support from the World Bank in the amount of $10m, TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com It is...

LVIV, Ukraine — Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new concern: the potential for outbreaks of waterborne diseases. On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnipro River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water. And doctors in...

Concerns about waterborne illnesses add another challenge to Ukrainian officials as they report slow progress in the early stages of a counteroffensive aimed at taking back Russian territory.

On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnieper River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water. And doctors in hospitals across those regions have been warned to prepare for possible outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Health minister Viktor Lyashko says Ukraine is preparing hospital beds, medicines and vaccines.

Portugal is ready to accept an even larger number of wounded Ukrainians for treatment and rehabilitation of war injuries. This was discussed during the

Enrique Ginzburg, a professor of surgery at the Miller School of Medicine and trauma medical director and chief of surgery at Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson South Medical Center, volunteered at a hospital in Lviv, consulting with Ukrainian physicians on the care of civilians injured in the war.

At least 21,000 people have been killed in Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the Russian siege of the city, Mayor Vadym Boychenko said.

The devastating images from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol are a grim bellwether of what’s to come the longer Russia’s attack on the country drags on, experts and officials say.