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“Waste management doesn’t start with sorting”: about one of the reforms on the path to the EU that no one talks about
“Waste management doesn’t start with sorting”: about one of the reforms on the path to the EU that no one talks about

The recycling rate in Ukraine is about 10%, with the rest ending up in landfills, the overwhelming majority of which are illegal. In European Union countries, the situation is roughly the reverse: about 90% of waste is recycled, with only a small portion incinerated...

Return to the occupied territories: real stories and motives
Return to the occupied territories: real stories and motives
The return of Ukrainian citizens to occupied territories is not part of the occupiers' plans. They do not want people there who have historical memory. Therefore, many russian citizens of various ethnicities are being brought to the occupied territories...
Non-charter relations: how putin unleashed a bloody war against Ukraine under the cover of the UN Charter
Non-charter relations: how putin unleashed a bloody war against Ukraine under the cover of the UN Charter
The UN Declaration adopted on September 13, 2007, clearly stipulates that the right of peoples to self-determination pertains specifically to the indigenous peoples of a given country. The multinational, predominantly non-indigenous population of Donbas and the southern oblasts of Ukraine cannot, by default, be considered such.
Freed Mariupol defender Andrii Tretiakov: "Azovstal", torture, and POW exchange
Freed Mariupol defender Andrii Tretiakov: "Azovstal", torture, and POW exchange
I’ve come to the conclusion that even Chechens treat prisoners of war better than russians. When Chechens came around, the treatment was more or less acceptable. The worst treatment we experienced was from russians in Taganrog...
"The horrors of our town": How residents of occupied Donbas spread fabrications about Ukrainian atrocities
"The horrors of our town": How residents of occupied Donbas spread fabrications about Ukrainian atrocities
...the specter of Bucha continues to haunt them. This is precisely why kremlin propaganda is feverishly pushing the narrative of alleged atrocities by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas areas that remained under Ukrainian control before being “liberated”...
What is information warfare and why Ukraine is losing it
What is information warfare and why Ukraine is losing it
To get an ordinary person to kill someone (and we’re not talking about pathological murderers, but average individuals), there needs to be an emotional charge—a feeling that triggers this unnatural urge in a normal person. There also has to be moral justification—an explanation for why killing...
People are returning to Donetsk to sell their apartments
People are returning to Donetsk to sell their apartments
Everyone traveling to Donetsk knows that without a russian passport, access to any “state” institution is denied. As a result, the first stop for many is the passport office to apply for russian citizenship...
Real estate from the inside: the forced experience of a displaced person
Real estate from the inside: the forced experience of a displaced person
That’s real estate for you—lots of wheeling and dealing. I still feel embarrassed by those memories. But one thing eases my conscience. Around that time, my cat, our beloved pet and family member, fell ill...
The second anniversary of the "return of Donbas home": a festival of myths
The second anniversary of the "return of Donbas home": a festival of myths
The idea of appealing to history when talking about the belonging of a territory to various state entities, whose borders constantly shifted, appears odd in the modern world...
The last stronghold of the coal industry in Donbas: why people keep working despite the danger
The last stronghold of the coal industry in Donbas: why people keep working despite the danger
The "Pokrovske" Mine Management is perhaps the only coal enterprise currently operating in the Donetsk oblaat. Before the war, it employed around 10,000 people, producing up to 8 million tons of coal annually. The enterprise provided jobs for a fifth of the population of Pokrovsk and supplied Ukraine with high-quality coking coal, essential for metallurgy...
"Survived by some miracle", or the results of the tourist season in Crimea
"Survived by some miracle", or the results of the tourist season in Crimea
While the relatively low prices for tourists are a clear advantage, the local residents—many of whom live off the summer season year-round—are desperate as they lose income...
eVidnovlennia in the Donetsk oblast: How the state program works in practice
eVidnovlennia in the Donetsk oblast: How the state program works in practice
There is no need to fear selling property under the eVidnovlennia program. If you work with professional realtors, notaries, and lawyers, everything will go smoothly for both parties...
Housing boom against IDPs: Fleeing the war? Leave behind your children, the elderly, and pets
Housing boom against IDPs: Fleeing the war? Leave behind your children, the elderly, and pets
Displaced people have become easy targets for unscrupulous landlords. Unfortunately, even having a rental agreement doesn't always protect tenants...
Bread, evacuation, 20 residents, and the missing 82-year-old Nadiia Myroshnychenko: daily life of the free Luhansk oblast
Bread, evacuation, 20 residents, and the missing 82-year-old Nadiia Myroshnychenko: daily life of the free Luhansk oblast
The woman likely went looking for a place with mobile signal to call her son. She most likely triggered an explosive device, and wild animals scattered her remains...
Ukraine is ramping up drone production: issues and challenges
Ukraine is ramping up drone production: issues and challenges
73% of surveyed defense industry manufacturers see no steps from the government to improve conditions for conducting defense business in Ukraine...
12-hour calls, reforms, and "Nadiia". How the ambulance service operates in the frontline Dnipropetrovsk oblast
12-hour calls, reforms, and "Nadiia". How the ambulance service operates in the frontline Dnipropetrovsk oblast
The number of calls has increased... We all understand why. We have daily transports of military personnel; I won’t specify the locations. Military medics work first, and we pick up the wounded from first-contact hospitals or stabilization points...
Life prevails. How frontline communities in the Zaporizhzhia oblast are living
Life prevails. How frontline communities in the Zaporizhzhia oblast are living
On the evening of August 20, the russian army struck the village of Malokaterynivka, which is part of the Kushuhum community. The occupiers hit the children's café Lavanda. As a result of the strike, a 15-year-old teenager, Dmytro Hrechanyk, died in the hospital...
Pavlo Kyrylenko and everyone else (who didn't get the recognition they deserved)
Pavlo Kyrylenko and everyone else (who didn't get the recognition they deserved)
Opportunities for quick illicit enrichment in the war-torn region have been there all along, but have been changing...
Ways to leave occupied territories: current methods
Ways to leave occupied territories: current methods
August 6, the humanitarian corridor Pokrovka-Kolotilovka on the border with the Sumy oblast unexpectedly ceased operations. The russian side suddenly stopped allowing Ukrainians to pass through without providing any explanation, and the closure is indefinite.
Putin's "clever" move, or What lies behind Erdogan's grand gesture
Putin's "clever" move, or What lies behind Erdogan's grand gesture
For the kremlin, this means nothing but growing protest sentiments. That’s why it’s so crucial for it to ease sanctions, even if just a little. For example, through a trick with the "Black Sea grain initiative". But will this trick work? Probably not...
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