By Marcel Gascón Kyiv, Mar 28 (EFE).- A Danish NGO is collecting secondhand bicycles from across Europe and sending them to Ukraine, where they are used by social workers and activists to access remote communities affected by Russia’s invasion. Mikael Colville-Andersen, one of the founders of Bikes 4 Ukraine, tells Efe that smaller framed bikes …
By Marcel Gascón Kyiv, March 15 (EFE).- Hundreds of supporters Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine’s most successful and prestigious soccer club, have swapped their replica jerseys and fan scarves for combat uniforms, drones and weapons to join the fight to repel Russia’s invasion. “Since December, I have been deployed in Bakhmut,” Andrii Korenivskyi, who runs a business …
Jewish Ukrainians mark festive holiday with commitment to community and in better spirits than last year, when invading Russians sparked fear and worry about uncertain future
By Marcel Gascón Kyiv, Mar 7 (EFE).- Ukrainian Jews are celebrating the joyful Purim holiday in the midst of Russia’s ruinous invasion, which over the last year has forced many members of this religious minority to seek shelter abroad. “The war has brought with it enormous demographic changes,” Irina Gritsevskaya, a rabbi in the Conservative …
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