(WOLF) — The city of Scranton will be forming a sister city relationship with Sheptytskyi Cognetti introduced legislation to the Scranton City Council to establish a formal sister city relationship with the western Ukrainian city The council unanimously voted 5-0 to introduce the legislation on Tuesday the proposed legislation highlights the existing connections between Scranton and Sheptytskyi noting Scranton's history as the "Anthracite Capital of the World" and Sheptytskyi's location in the Lviv Volyn coal basin Scranton officials said both regions share rich histories rooted in industry Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church has raised money to purchase materials such as bandages body armor and food for Ukrainian soldiers Myron Myronyuk joined city officials to raise the Ukrainian flag at Scranton City Hall marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion "Scranton has a very proud history of supporting Ukraine and that relationship is as important as it’s ever been," said Cognetti "There is a thriving Ukrainian community here in Scranton and we hope that this sister city agreement can bring our people even closer together." In September 2024, Scranton hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Scrant n Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) where workers produce 155-millimeter howitzer rounds for Ukraine Scranton's also has sister city relationships with Ballina with an estimated 3.7 million people remaining internally displaced in the country as of December 2023 While 2.3 million IDPs aim to return home despite safety concerns support systems for IDPs’ local integration are becoming increasingly important Ukraine’s state policies have shifted towards durable solutions and recovery efforts for displaced people there is a growing need to profile those in displacement situations and gather information to guide strategic efforts at nationwide and local levels Lvivska Oblast in western Ukraine was ranked among the top five regions in the country hosting displaced people Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion Chervonohrad has emerged as the second-largest settlement to host IDPs in Lvivska Oblast following the oblast’s capital settlement an estimated 6,455 IDPs (both registered and de facto) were hosted in Chervonohradska hromada Chervonohrad serves as the primary urban centre of Chervonohradska hromada This administrative unit encompasses 14 settlements and spans 228 square kilometres in the northern part of Lvivska Oblast Chervonohrad has been a prominent mining city for decades with mining operations extending into the neighbouring town of Sosnivka While mining remains a cornerstone of the local economy there has been a noticeable decline in mining activity over the past decade necessitating efforts towards local economic diversification and modernization with new technologies Chervonohradska hromada’s economic profile includes industries such as woodworking The hromada also offers various community resources the hromada has witnessed significant labour migration over the past decades both internally towards Lviv and externally to European countries due to its proximity to Ukraine’s western border Due to the escalation of the war in February 2022 Chervonohradska hromada received an influx of those displaced from conflict-affected areas Given that only 220 IDPs are living in collective sites the vast majority of IDPs in the hromada have chosen to reside in private accommodations This underscores the need for a deeper understanding of the experiences and living situations of this demographic for informed and locally tailored programming WinnipegNewsBrandon gets new sister city in UkraineBy Taylor BrockPublished: August 19, 2024 at 6:09PM EDT Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved '+n.escapeExpression("function"==typeof(o=null!=(o=r(e,"eyebrowText")||(null!=l?r(l,"eyebrowText"):l))?o:n.hooks.helperMissing)?o.call(null!=l?l:n.nullContext||{},{name:"eyebrowText",hash:{},data:t,loc:{start:{line:28,column:63},end:{line:28,column:78}}}):o)+" \n '+(null!=(o=c(e,"if").call(r,null!=l?c(l,"cta2PreText"):l,{name:"if",hash:{},fn:n.program(32,t,0),inverse:n.noop,data:t,loc:{start:{line:63,column:20},end:{line:63,column:61}}}))?o:"")+"\n"+(null!=(o=(c(e,"ifAll")||l&&c(l,"ifAll")||n.hooks.helperMissing).call(r,null!=l?c(l,"cta2Text"):l,null!=l?c(l,"cta2Link"):l,{name:"ifAll",hash:{},fn:n.program(34,t,0),inverse:n.noop,data:t,loc:{start:{line:64,column:20},end:{line:70,column:30}}}))?o:"")+" Regional Development and Urban Planning supported the renaming of 109 settlements Among them are five large cities: Chervonograd About this informed People's Deputy Roman Lozynskyi And we will decommunize our country together," said the deputy will regain its historical name of Port Anental will return the historically correct spelling — Brovary With the last one does not agree the mayor of Brovary who notes that the opinion of the community was not taken into account during the renaming Two cities of the Dnipropetrovsk region will also receive new names: Pavlograd will become Matviiv will be renamed in honor of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi The Verkhovna Rada must finally approve the name change with its vote We will remind you that the city of Chervonograd was included in the list of settlements that the National Commission for State Language Standards proposes to rename Voting for renaming the city of Chervonograd to Sheptytskyi This city got there due to non-compliance with the lexical norms of the Ukrainian language The recommendation to change the name of Chervonograd was announced by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance in accordance with the law on decolonization During the public hearings that took place in October last year, a small number of the involved community wished leave name city unchanged And during the session meeting on November 16 deputies of the Chervonograd City Council did not reach an agreement on the decision to rename the city of Chervonograd to Chervonograd In Lviv Oblast, residents of the city of Chervonohrad oppose the renaming Oksana Zabuzhko filed a petition to rename a street in Kyiv The Kyiv City Council initiated the renaming of the Tchaikovsky Academy +380 (44) 465 53 41 +380 (67) 638 76 00 hello@pragmatika.media https://pragmatika.media This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page You don't have permissions to access this page