The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will provide assistance to approximately 900,000 Ukrainian citizens this winter, UNHCR said in a press release on Dec. 6.
In 1916, amid the horror of World War I, the American economist John Bates Clark made an observation that remains all too relevant. “There are effects of war which are more tragic than the economic burden it will place on future generations,” Clark noted, “and there are some that are more morally revolting, but there are none which will last longer or do a greater total amount of harm.” According to estimates by the Kyiv School of Economics, the damage done just to Ukraine’s infrastructure as of September 2023 exceeds $150 billion (at replacement cost), or roughly 85% of annual GDP.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reportedly killed Ukrainian collaborator Oleksandr Slisarenko, previously installed by Russia as a deputy head of occupation authorities in Kharkiv Oblast, New Voice reported on Nov. 23, citing undisclosed sources.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov estimated on Monday that the population of Ukraine shrank by 4 million to 19 million in the past two months.
Following the launch of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russian forces attacked grain-rich regions and food infrastructure first as part of a deliberate starvation campaign, according to human rights law firm Global Rights Compliance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may face a new war crime case as experts and international lawyers have gathered evidence that shows that Russia began preparations for a famine in Ukraine even before the military invasion.
Ukrainian engineers have been studying how to protect energy infrastructure from attacks by Russian missiles and drones this winter with their colleagues from the British Army, the UK Ministry of Defense reported on Oct. 22.
Ukraine’s rampant unemployment – at 21.1%, now at its highest level since 2010 – has seen the country enter the Top 10 countries with the highest unemployment rates, Ukrainian Slovo i Dilo reported on Oct. 12 citing 2022 data from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo announced plans to create a special fund to support Ukraine worth EUR 1.7 euros ($1.8 billion) during a joint conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Oct. 11.
The latest support is meant to ensure access to "necessary protection" and "vital assistance" to civilians in the upcoming winter months as Russia is expected to escalate its attacks on the country's infrastructure.