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Dispatches From Ukraine. Day 610.
Local News
Khmelnytskyi Region In the last four days, Russian drones have been attacking this province. Their primary target is An active nuclear power facility on the outskirts Netishyn. Yesterday, about two dozen civilians suffered injuries. These attacks were cited by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to highlight the need for increased air defenses and sanctions against Russia.
Kherson region. The area has been constantly under threat Shelling Russian troops Yesterday, guided missiles struck the town of Beryslav A 42-year old man and an 18-year-old were killed. The widespread attack on critical infrastructure has resulted to persistent electricity shortages.
Dnipro River. Fighting the disease ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Dnipro River’s lower reaches have seen a lot of activity in the last few weeks. Ukraine has made this sector a priority, and has built up small bridgeheads in the east bank which it controls since the summer.
World.
Australia has Pledged More than $20 million additional military aid to Ukraine. This aid includes equipment such as de-mining machines, portable x ray machines, 3D metal printing and anti-drone system. “3D metal printers can be used to print spare parts, while de-mining and portable x-ray equipment can provide life-saving assistance for Ukrainian personnel on the battlefield,” said Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy. With this further assistance, Australia’s contribution to Ukraine’s defense now amounts to some $910 million.
Germany plans to provide additional funding €Funds of 195 millions will be provided to Ukraine in order to purchase additional energy supplies and to guarantee the survival for businesses through the upcoming winter. “Heat and electricity are central to the resilience of the people in Ukraine, especially with a view to the upcoming cold,” Germany’s Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze said as she welcomed her Ukrainian counterpart in Berlin on yesterday. “That’s why we’re increasing our support for Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure.” The bulk of this funding will cover restoration of Ukraine’s power grid and the country’s gradual transition to renewable energy. The remaining donation will be used to support large and mid-sized Ukrainian businesses, allowing them better access to financial services.
Ukrainian pilots The US has started training F-16 fighter jets this week. The 162nd Wing, an Arizona Air National Guard pilot training facility that trains international trainees, oversees a basic course designed specifically for the Ukrainian Air Force. Its main objective is to sharpen the skills of Ukrainians pilots on intercepting Russian planes, drones, and missiles. “They’re very intimately familiar with how we do training of foreign military pilots,” General Michael A. Loh said. “We will train them to do the full multirole spectrum of what we can expect in their theory of conflict.” Given that the basic F-16 course takes approximately half a year, Ukrainian pilots are not expected to fly in combat until 2024.
Russia is becoming more and more threatening Add-ons The use of Iranian Shahed-131/136 Drones with cheaper and lighter domestically-produced variants that are harder to detect and shoot down in strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. In the meantime, Russian factories have been supplying Ukrainian infrastructure. Use this link to learn more about Imported components from various EU countries were used to produce the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal.
Culture.
Artur Pridiokov, a Ukrainian educator, is among the finalists of the Global Teacher Prize for 2023. Proidakov was born and raised near Kadiivka in the Luhansk Region. He won the Global Teacher Prize Ukraine 2021. Now he teaches Ukrainian literature and language in a Kyiv-based school. “Every conversation, every moment spent together becomes part of the important activity of a modern teacher, whose educational process is not conducted only in class, but where the lesson is a prologue to the long process of personality formation,” Proidakov has written. Proidakov, who was a teacher in the Covid-19 epidemic, developed an introduction course on Ukrainian Literature, which millions of his peers have found very useful. Proidakov is continuing to implement educational programs despite a full-scale civil war. Among his recent initiatives are a “Speak” course for people interested in learning Ukrainian, conversation clubs for temporarily displaced people in Ivano-Frankivsk and free webinars for Ukrainian children. Proidakov hopes eventually to return to Donbas to continue teaching language and literature “to integrate the still-occupied region into the modern life of a European country.”
By Daria Dzysiuk, Alan Sacks
