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On the night of February 18, in the city of Dolynska, Kirovohrad region, a Russian drone hit a high-rise building during an airstrike. As a result of the attack, three people were injured, including children, according to the head of the Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration, Andriy Raykovych.
As the head of the regional military administration clarified, it was a woman with two children.
"They were immediately provided with medical assistance. The older girl did not require hospitalization," the official said, adding that residents from the building, including all 38 apartments, were evacuated.
The administration stated that all relevant services are currently working at the site. The regional military administration also released footage showing the aftermath of the drone strike on the high-rise building, with visible fire in the images.
A Russian drone struck a residential high-rise building in the city of Dolynska on the night of February 18 (photo: t.me/kirovogradskaODA)
Additionally, the head of the Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration reported that enemy drones also attacked the Kropyvnytskyi district during the night, but no casualties were reported.
Note: The city of Dolynska is located in the Kropyvnytskyi district of the Kirovohrad region. The area of the settlement is just over 12 square kilometers. According to data from 2025, the population of the city is 19,472 people.
Near Dolynska is the well-known long-term construction of the Kryvyi Rih Mining and Processing Plant of Oxidized Ores (KGZKOR). The settlement is considered an important railway hub.
Earlier, it was reported that on the evening prior, air raid alerts were declared in many regions of Ukraine due to the threat of enemy drone attacks.
The alarm signal due to the danger of Shahed drones was also heard in the capital, and later it became known that air defense systems were active in Kyiv, particularly in the northern part of the city.
Later, the city authorities reported that debris from an enemy drone was found in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko informed that there was a fire on the territory of an industrial enterprise, and cars in the yard of a residential building nearby were also on fire.
According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, there were no casualties in Kyiv. The debris from the enemy drone fell in a non-residential area, and a fire was recorded in a warehouse building.
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With Ukraine left on the outside looking in, the war-torn country’s citizens continue to deal with the reality of a war that is very much still ongoing.
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Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 107 out of 208 drones launched by Russia overnight
They said another 97 drones had been "lost" and did not reach their targets
likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures
It did not specify what happened to the remaining four drones
Russia’s state news agency RIA reported that three civilians
were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on an ambulance in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region
They claimed the incident occurred in the village of Mala Leptykha
near the frontline between Russia and Ukraine controlled parts of the region
North Korea provides more soldiers for Putin
South Korea's spy agency has said that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia
after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a brief statement it was trying to determine exactly how many more troops had been provided
The NIS also assessed that North Korean troops were redeployed at fronts in Russia's Kursk region in the first week of February
following a reported temporary withdrawal from the area
confirmed a new Ukrainian offensive in Kursk and said North Korean troops were fighting alongside Russian forces there
North Korea has been supplying a vast amount of conventional weapons to Russia
and last autumn it sent about 10,000-12,000 troops to Russia as well
South Korean and Ukraine intelligence officials
Another drone attack and recaptured settlement
The Ukrainian military said it shot down 90 out of 166 drones launched by Russia overnight
likely referencing its electronic warfare countermeasures
Russian forces have recaptured the settlement of Nikolsky in the country's western Kursk region
the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday
though this has not been independently verified
An overnight Russian drone attack on the Kyiv region killed one person
injured at least two and set several houses on fire
governor of the region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital
The body of a civilian was found in a residential house that caught fire as a result of the attack
Kalashnyk wrote in a post on the Telegram messaging app
"My condolences to the family and loved ones," he said
The Emergency Service of Ukraine said that two people
were injured in the Russian attack on the Bucha district of the Kyiv region and were receiving medical assistance
The emergency service posted several photos and video on Telegram of firefighters battling flames at night in what appeared to be residential buildings and garages
witnesses said they heard blasts in and around Kyiv and what sounded like air defence systems in operation
Ukraine's air defences shot down 110 of 177 drones launched in the latest assault
which means Ukraine was able to redirect them
Russian attack kills one and injures 14 in eastern Ukrainian town
A Russian attack on the town of Kramatorsk in Ukraine's east on Tuesday killed one and injured at least 14
is about 17 kilometres from the active combat line and remains a constant target of Russian military attacks
Poland scrambles aircraft after Russia launches strikes on Ukraine
NATO member Poland scrambled aircraft early on Tuesday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine
the Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said
"The steps taken are aimed at ensuring security in the regions bordering the areas at risk," the Command said on X
and Sumy were reportedly among the Russian targets
All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts starting at around 0350 GMT after Ukraine's Air Force warned of Russian missile attacks
Ukraine says it shot down six missiles and 133 drones launched by Russia
The Ukrainian military said Russia launched an attack using seven missiles and 213 drones overnight
Kyiv's air force shot down six missiles and 133 drones
Another 79 drones did not reach their targets
Russian air attack on Ukraine injures four in Kyiv region
A Russian attack wounded four people and damaged residential buildings across Ukraine overnight
governor of the region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv
said one woman was injured in the attack which also damaged 12 private residences
she has been hospitalised," Kalashnyk said in a post on the Telegram messaging app
Two more people were injured in the northeastern region of Sumy and one woman was hospitalised after the attack on the central region of Zhytmoyr
All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts starting at around 3.50am after the country's air force warned of a Russian missile attack that also forced NATO-member neighbouring Poland to scramble aircraft to ensure air safety
The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear
Both sides deny targeting civilians in their attacks in the war
which Russia launched three years ago on its smaller neighbour and has since killed thousands
Russian forces capture another settlement in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces captured the settlement of Topoli in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region
the RIA state news agency reported on Monday
Reuters has been unable to verify the report
Russia captures two more villages in Ukraine
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had taken control of the villages of Ulakly and Novoandriivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region
Russian forces capture another village in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces have captured the village of Novolyubivka in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region
the RIA state news agency reported on Saturday
The defence ministry said Russian forces had hit Ukrainian military airfields
drone storage sites and ammunition and fuel storage facilities
Russia claims it has taken control of two more east Ukrainian villages
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the villages of Nadiivka and Novosilka
both of which are in the southern part of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region
Russia claims to be advancing in all directions
Russian forces have taken back more than 309sq miles of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia
or about 64 per cent of the total taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year
head of the General Staff's main operational directorate
told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper that Russia was advancing in all directions and Ukraine had been pushed into a defensive stance since February 2024 amid a major Russian offensive that took back considerable territory
Rudskoi said Russia now controlled 75 per cent of Ukraine's Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions and more than 99 per cent of the Luhansk region
He said the four regions are now legally part of Russia and will never be returned to Ukraine
"Last year was a turning point in achieving our goals
The Kyiv regime will no longer be able to significantly change the situation on the battlefield," Rudskoi said
"The enemy has largely lost the ability to produce the necessary weapons
Rudskoi said the future of the conflict no longer depended on Ukraine but on whether or not the West would agree to craft a new European security architecture which took into account Russia's interests
Russia launched a barrage of drones on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa, hitting energy infrastructure and leaving at least 160,000 people without heating in sub-zero temperatures, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday
interrupting heating supplies to about 500 apartment buildings
The temperature in the Black Sea port is currently about -6C
"Rescue operations are underway in Odesa after another Russian attack on the energy infrastructure," Zelensky said
"It is civilian energy facilities against which the Russian army has not spared neither missiles nor attack drones for almost three years."
The Ukrainian military said that Russia launched 167 drones during overnight attacks on the southern Odesa region and other regions across the country
Air defence units and mobile drone hunting groups shot down 106 of them
Russian forces took control of the settlement of Yampolivka in eastern Ukraine
the RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday
Large Russian drone attack injures civilians in central Ukraine
A Russian overnight drone attack on the city of Dolynska in central Ukraine injured a mother and her two children and forced the evacuation of people from 38 flats after their apartment building was damaged
“A difficult night for the Kirovohrad region,” Andriy Raikovych, governor of the Kirovohrad region said in a post on the Telegram messaging app
“An enemy drone hit a high-rise building in Dolynska.”
The mother and one of the children were hospitalised
He posted photos of flames bursting out of windows of a high-storey apartment building
Both Moscow and Kyiv deny targeting civilians in their attacks in the war
that Russia started with its full-scale invasion on Ukraine nearly three years ago
But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict
The attack took place as top Russian and U.S. officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia for talks - without the participation of Kyiv or its European allies - on how to end the war in Ukraine.
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injured a mother and her two children and forced people to evacuate from the apartment
said the mother and one of the children were hospitalised
“A difficult night for the Kirovohrad region
An enemy drone hit a high-rise building in Dolynska,” he said
Raikovych also posted photos of flames bursting out of windows of a high-storey apartment building
Russia has not yet commented on the development
both Moscow and Kyiv had previously denied targeting civilians in their attacks in the war
which Russia started with its full-scale invasion on Ukraine nearly three years ago
It was gathered that thousands of civilians have died in the conflict
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The aim of the present study was to develop a Ukrainian version of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) and examine its psychometric properties among Ukrainian parents
We examined the factorial structure of the Ukrainian version of the PBA (PBA-UA) and its relation with other variables
in a sample of 1896 parents including 1735 (91,5%) mothers and 161 (8,5%) fathers
The original four-factor model (exhaustion from parental role
emotional distancing from one’s child
feelings of being fed up with parenting and contrast with previous parental self) and second-order model with a global parental burnout as a second-order factor fit the data well
The results of both subscale and global scores were reliable
The PBA-UA showed a positive association with perfectionism and general stress and a negative association with resilience
The low association with socio-demographic factors (i.e.
number of children living in the household
work status) was replicated in accordance with previous studies of parental burnout
nevertheless mothers had higher level of parental burnout than fathers
PBA-UA also predicted both parental neglect and parental violence
The good psychometric properties of the PBA-UA suggests that this questionnaire can be used to assess parental burnout among Ukrainian parents
The phenomenon of PB, its antecedents, risk factors, symptoms and consequences are actively studied in the world (see, e.g., Roskam et al., 2021
the subject of PB has not yet been scientifically explored in Ukraine
are increasingly discussed in pop science magazines
which demonstrates a strong interest in this phenomenon
That parents’ stress is a growing concern in Ukraine is not surprising: Since the beginning of the 21st century
Ukrainians have lived through two revolutions (2004
the Crimean Peninsula annexation (2014) and
The ongoing military conflict in the south-east part of Ukraine
started in 2014 and escalated into full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine beginning in February 2022
and social instability that bring a lot of distress
Ukrainian parents face stress at the macro-
The strongest stress factors for parents on the macro level are fourfold: (1) war in the East of Ukraine since 2014 and ongoing tensions for the years since; (2) political instability (external and internal political situations); (3) increasing fear and uncertainty about the future of the country; and (4) economic instability (increased prices for basic utilities
and household necessities) leading to a higher cost of living
All these factors make parenting more complicated because they constantly worry about providing safety for their children and meeting their needs
Ensuring a decent future for the child is also becoming more difficult
the lack of social support stemming from war-related relocations or even emigration is also a significant stress factor for parents
In addition to the above-mentioned factors that are more specific to the Ukrainian context
Ukrainian parents share with other parents in the world many micro-level risk factors such as parenting perfectionism
low self-esteem and feeling of incompetence in parenting
new stress factors further increased parenting stress
including the lockdown of parents with their children
new conditions for the family’s functioning
fear that a child or partner will get sick
The last tremendous stressor for Ukrainian parents appeared on the 24th of February with the full-scale Russian invasion
which brought a completely new level of stress and uncertainty to the life of Ukrainian society
existing stressors intensified and new ones appeared
such as separation from a spouse or part of the family
leading to changes in family responsibilities and taking on new roles
a constant feeling of threat accompanied by anxiety; uncertainty and insecurity about the future; inability to plan
and general lack of stability; and concerns about the child’s psychological and general well-being in the future
War is a crisis on a social and intrafamily level that takes a huge portion of the parents’ energy
bringing additional risk factors to the development of children
Protecting one’s children and deciding on the best options to keep them safe
and striving to ensure their future became a challenge for many parents
these efforts have not yet been applied in Ukraine
Relying on the strong psychometric characteristics of the PBA demonstrated in the above research
this instrument is a good candidate for assessing PB in Ukraine
It is expected that the reliabilities of the global score of the PBA-UA and its four subscales will all be satisfactory
The concurrent validity will be tested by examining the association of PB with five external variables: perfectionism
perfectionism and resilience were chosen to represent theoretical antecedents of PB
Neglect and violence were chosen to represent consequences of PB
Perceived stress is used both as a correlate and to examine the incremental validity of PB over general stress
a moderate positive correlation between PB and perfectionism was expected in the current study
a moderate to large negative relationship between PB and resilience was expected in the present study
we also expect large positive correlations between PBA-UA and these two variables
General perceived stress, the degree to which one’s life is appraised as stressful (Cohen et al., 1983), was measured here both as a correlate of PB but also, and more particularly, to test the incremental validity of PB to predict violence and neglect. In line with previous studies showing that PB predicts neglect and violence more than job burnout and depressive symptoms (Mikolajczak et al., 2020; Szczygieł et al., 2020)
we hypothesize that PB will predict neglect and violence over and above general perceived stress
The participants were 1896 parents including 1735 (91.5%) mothers and 161 (8.5%) fathers
Among the participants 99,84% had at least one child living with them permanently in the same household; three fathers (0.16%) have their children part-time at home
The survey was conducted in Ukrainian language
Most of the participants (99%) lived in Ukraine
19 people (1.00%) currently lived abroad but identified as Ukrainian
three people (0.16%) did not answer the question about age
85.57% of parents lived with their partner
and seven respondents (0.37%) did not answer the question
The majority of parents had one (42.86%) or two (40.84%) children
Regarding the number of children actually living in the home
the number of families with one child was 47.50%
Participants provided the age of their youngest child: 7.8% had a youngest child under one year old
and 1.5% had a youngest child older than 18 years old
65.07% of the parents had at least a part-time job
The majority of participants (57.7%) were living in cities
The data were collected from the beginning of November 2021 to the end of January 2022
just before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Participants were recruited via social networks like Facebook or Instagram (where the study was advertised in groups for parents or on influencers’ pages)
and participants of previous pilot studies on parental stress and exhaustion
It was also displayed on the Telegram channel “Psychological support”
The survey was presented online and information about the study was provided at the beginning of the survey
Parents were eligible to participate in the study only if they had at least one child still living at home
The responders participated voluntarily; no remuneration was offered
the participants were assured that the data would remain anonymous and would be used for research purposes only
The respondents could answer the survey at a convenient time for them by filling in the online form
Parental burnout was measured using the Ukrainian translation of the Parental Burnout Assessment described above
The original PBA questionnaire consists of 23 items forming four subscales: Emotional Exhaustion (nine items; e.g.
“I feel completely run down by my role as a parent”)
“I do what I’m supposed to do for my child(ren)
Saturation or Feelings of Being Fed Up with parenting (five items; e.g.
“I feel like I can’t take any more as a parent”)
and Contrast with Previous Parental Self (six items; e.g.
“I tell myself that I’m no longer the parent I used to be”)
Items are rated on a seven-point Likert scale from 0 (never)
Perfectionism was measured via the Short Almost Perfect Scale (SAPS, Rice et al., 2014)
The scale consists of eight items equally divided into two subscales: standards or high performance expectations (e.g.
“I set very high standards for myself”) and discrepancy or
self-critical performance evaluation (e.g.
“Doing my best never seems to be enough”)
Items are rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) 2 (disagree) 3 (slightly disagree)
Subscale scores are calculated by averaging the responses to the items associated with each dimension
Higher scores reflect higher perfectionism
Cronbach’s alpha was 0.85 for standards
0.83 for discrepancy and 0.88 for the whole scale
Parental neglect was assessed using the short form of the Parental Neglect Scale (Mikolajczak et al., 2019)
a 3-item questionnaire measuring emotional
I don’t care about my children when I know I should (meals
The questionnaire was translated into Ukrainian with the help of a professional translator
back translation and semantic analysis were accomplished
Items were rated on an 8-point scale from 1 (never)
A global score was obtained by averaging the item scores
Parental violence was assessed with the short form of Parental Violence Scale (Mikolajczak et al., 2019)
a 3-item questionnaire measuring psychological
physical and verbal violence toward a child [e.g.
I say things to my children that I then regret (threats
Items were rated on the same 8-point scale as for the Parental Neglect Scale
General stress was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; Cohen et al., 1983)
which is a widely used stress assessment instrument
The tool also went through the translation/adaptation/back translation procedure
The PSS is 10-item questionnaire measuring the degree to which different situations are subjectively appraised as stressful by the individual
The questions ask about feelings and thoughts during the last month (e.g.
how often have you felt nervous and stressed?”)
The items were rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale: 0 (never)
with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress
We used Jamovi (Version 2.0.0.0) (for preliminary and descriptive and hierarchical linear regression analyses) and JASP (Version 0.14.1 for factor analyses) software to analyze the data
The first step was to exclude the data that did not fit the criteria of the research
Since the present study explores PB among Ukrainian parents who live in Ukraine and since living in another country
a parent could be exposed to stress factors different from those that are prevalent in Ukraine
which can affect the level of PB differently
20 records were excluded: 19 of the respondents do not live in Ukraine and there was one duplicate record
As responders participated in the study on a volunteer basis
in preparing the study we tried to make it as easy as possible for them to fill out the questionnaire
participants’ ages were split into the age ranges as presented in the article
we see that this was not the best decision
The reliability of the questionnaires was examined using Cronbach’s Alphas
Pearson’s r correlation analyses were conducted to test concurrent validity and the relationship between PBA (and its four dimensions) and perfectionism
Regression analysis was conducted to determine the relative weight of the four dimensions of the PBA
hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis that PB has incremental validity over general perceived stress to predict neglect and violence
The chi-square difference test [χ2diff (2) = 19.177
p < 0.001] showed that there is some discrepancy between the first-order factor model and the second-order factor model
SRMR) the both models could be considered to fit the data equally well and supported the construct validity of the models
Results of the confirmatory factor analysis for the first-order factor model of the PBA-UA (N = 1878)
Emotional Exhausting – emotional exhausting from parental role; Emotional Distancing – emotional distancing from one’s child; Feeling of Being Fed Up – feeling of being fed up with parenting; Contrast – contrast with previous parental self; It – item number in the order in which it is presented in the assessment
Results of the confirmatory factor analysis for the second-order factor model of the PBA-UA (N = 1878)
the results demonstrate high levels of internal consistency: Cronbach’s alpha for the global score of the PBA-UA was α = 0.97 (0.97 for mothers and 0.94 for fathers)
for Exhaustion from parental role it was α = 0.94 (0.94 for mothers and 0.91 for fathers)
for Emotional distancing from the one’s child it was α = 0.78 (0.79 for mothers and 0.70 for fathers)
for Feeling of being fed up in the parenting role it was α = 0.91 (0.91 for mothers and 0.89 for fathers)
and for Contrast with previous parental self
it was α = 0.92 (0.92 for mothers and 0.91 for fathers)
The concurrent validity was tested by examining the association of PBA-UA with the following external variables: perfectionism, resilience, parental neglect, parental violence, and perceived stress. The correlation between PBA-UA (both global score and subscale scores) and all the variables under study are displayed in Table 1
the correlation between PBA-UA global score and perfectionism was 0.28 (0.05 for standards subscale
The association between PB and socio-demographic variables (i.e., parent’s gender, marital status, number of children, number of children living in household and working status) is shown in Table 2
gender-related differences were found: Mothers had significantly higher PBA-UA scores than fathers
as well as for the four dimensions of the PBA-UA with
p < 0.001 for exhaustion from parental role
p < 0.001 for emotional distancing from one’s child
p < 0.001 for feelings of being fed up with parenting
p < 0.001 for contrast with previous parental self
there was no significant difference in PB levels between parents who live with or without a partner
There were also no significant differences in PB levels between parents with different numbers of children F (2
but there was a difference in PB levels between parents with different numbers of children living in the household
Bonferroni’s post hoc test showed that parents with one child had lower levels of PB than parents with two (ΔM =−4.37
p = 0.021) and three children (ΔM =−7.76
No differences were found between parents who had two and three children in the household (ΔM =−3.38
non-working parents reported higher burnout levels than working parents
Descriptive statistics of the PBA-UA subscales and global score according to gender
number of children living in household and working status
A study of the relationship between parental neglect and parental violence, and the two predictors of PB and general stress, fully confirmed our hypothesis that PB is a stronger predictor of parental neglect and violence than general stress. As shown in Tables 3, 4
general stress no more predicts neglect and violence in the presence of PB
Regression model predicting parental neglect
Regression model predicting parental violence
Regarding the prevalence of PB, respondents were considered to experience PB if they scored 92 or higher on the PBA, which is the mean score of a parent who experiences every symptom at least once a week (Szczygieł et al., 2020; Sarrionandia and Aliri, 2021; Hamvai et al., 2022)
the prevalence rate of burnout stood at 10.17% in the total sample; 10.83% for mothers and 3.13% for fathers
Regarding the prevalence of general perceived stress, respondents were considered to have high perceived stress if the total score ranged from 27 to 40 (Cohen et al., 1983)
the prevalence rate of perceived stress stood at 20.02% in the total sample
The mean score of the scare was 28.49 (SD 1.85)
Regarding gender difference the prevalence rate of perceived stress for mothers was 20.61% with a mean of 28.53 (SD 1.87) and for fathers it was 13.75% with a mean of 28.00 (SD 1.57)
appears to be an urgent problem in Ukraine
Even before the full-scale invasion of Russia parents in Ukraine had the highest levels of PB among other European countries
This is a serious challenge for researchers and clinicians in Ukraine
especially in the context of long-term stress related to military actions and trauma
Possibly having a job gives parents a feeling of stability
this study both expands the growing evidence on PB and provides empirical support for the validity of the PBA-UA which can now be used for assessing PB in Ukraine
The availability of a validated tool will be most useful in the diagnosis and understanding of this phenomenon for specialists in the psychological and social fields who work with parents or families
It can also be used to assess the effectiveness of programs to prevent or treat PB
the fact that the PBA is available through open access is an asset
the availability of the PBA-UA will allow Ukrainian researchers to participate actively in both national and cross-cultural research aimed at better understanding the causes and consequences of PB
That is why it is also possible that parental burnout is seen as a more pressing issue for mothers
which made them more readily interested in participating in the study
caution should be exercised when extrapolating the present results for fathers to the entire male population of Ukraine due to the small male sample size in the present study
the data collection was based solely on self-reports
In addition to overcoming these shortcomings
future research in the Ukrainian context will need to dig deeper into the specific antecedents of PB in Ukraine at the macro-
the possible influence of war trauma on PB as well as for the specific consequences that PB may have in this country and context)
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors
The research with human participants was reviewed and approved by the Scientific and Methodological Board of the Department of Psychology at National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
Written informed consent for participation was not required for this study in accordance with the national legislation and the institutional requirements
All authors listed have made a substantial
We thank all the volunteers who helped with translation
participating in focus group and distributing the survey
We express our appreciation to Ligia de Santis and Alice Schittek for helping with the processing of statistical data
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest
The reviewer DS declared a past co-authorship with the authors
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Oleksandr Ryzhenko worked as a pediatric surgeon before the war
A health department doctor observed that his hands are "capable of big miracles." Now he volunteers at City Hospital No
"The sky was cloudless," says Vladyslav Kukhar
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's health facilities are part of a tragic global trend in conflict zones
scaring people from coming to a clinic if they need help
Kukhar says that the Emergency Department of City Hospital No
the shock wave shattered windows across all nine floors of the building
"There was a white fog of cement and dust in the building
Kukhar remembers a girl crying in the hallway as if it were a photograph seared into his memory
Next he ran to what little remained of the Emergency Department
"We were trying to find all the wounded to prioritize them," he says
"to render them necessary aid" — including sedatives
deputy director of the Chernihiv Health Department
stepped into what had become City Hospital No
very difficult emotional moment," she recalls
It's become Lebedieva's job to document the drumbeat of assaults on the health facilities in her city
"My job requires me to drive around the city and check every hospital," she says
had employed over 300 physicians of more than 30 specialties
including an especially strong cardiac surgery department
The hospital had developed a strong COVID response unit
Blood transfusions are one of the numerous medical services that have become interrupted by Russian attacks
"The decision was taken very quickly," Lebedieva says
"to move all the patients who were able to walk
to move them to the underground floors," which had sustained less damage from the shelling
Those who'd been recovering post-op were brought into the hallways since their rooms
"Everyone was very scared," Lebedieva recounts
"The patients — everything that has been done to help them to live their life longer is being destroyed in seconds or minutes
It's such a pain in your heart and hopelessness in your soul."
This is what Tetiana Lebedieva had come to document
with her eyes and her phone — the latest in a string of attacks on health infrastructure
"We need to have the evidence that this happened," she says
"It is a breach of all military conventions."
this was the sixth report of a hospital attack in Chernihiv alone
all seven municipal hospitals are now damaged and only three remain partially open
Every private clinic in Chernihiv has closed due to a combination of destruction and patients evacuating outside of the city
Medical personnel across the city describe the difficulties they've witnessed
Dennis Matsko headed up a multidrug resistant tuberculosis ward in Chernihiv
He's now working out of the district hospital and says
medical director of that same district hospital
says that a nurse in a nearby village called her to say farewell
"There's very heavy bombing tonight," the nurse said into the phone
But Lohvinchuk reassured her that she would be okay
the nurse survived the night and is continuing to care for patients
While other health facilities in Ukraine have been spared
Health infrastructure in the regions of Kyiv
From the start of the war until the publication of this article on April 7
the World Health Organization has reported 103 assaults on Ukrainian health facilities
a WHO spokesperson who was based in Ukraine until early April
showing "there are no humanitarian boundaries to the conflict" and "really put the very existence of the health care into question."
Pavlo Kovtonyuk is the former deputy minister of health in Ukraine
and he's now working with the Ukrainian Healthcare Center
to document attacks on health facilities as possible evidence of war crimes
"We believe that Russia one day or the other will be taken responsible for what they did," he says
adding that such an outcome is "not only about [a] military result but also about holding evil accountable after it all ends."
the staff repaired the building the best they could
It took four days to cover the blown-out windows with plywood and tarps
The hospital moved all of its work to the ground floor
transforming it into an emergency triage center
"There was no alternative," says director Vladyslav Kukhar
"We were there to help under any circumstances
More than half of Chernihiv's population of not quite 300,000 people has fled
but numerous medical personnel have stayed behind to help at City Hospital No
2 has routinely operated on patients who've needed shrapnel and bullets extracted from their bodies
he was a pediatric surgeon elsewhere in Chernihiv
Lebedieva observed that Ryzhenko has hands that are "capable of big miracles." But once the war broke out
the pediatric surgeon became a full-time volunteer trauma surgeon
He shows up to the hospital on his bike to tend the wounds of war
he extracts shrapnel and bullets from the bodies of his patients
People pass a crater in the city of Chernihiv
shellings have ceased and Ukrainians have regained control of the city
staff — holed up in the basement — streamed out of the hospital with gurneys and tourniquets
ferrying new patients inside where the triage begins anew
"You need to understand whom you should help first," Ryzhenko explains
and whom there is no sense to help anymore
Ryzhenko and the other surgeons have done the best they can
running their operating equipment on generators
a situation that grew increasingly dire as the Russian forces established a near chokehold on the city
"So you could imagine what are the conditions in the hospital without windows." The staff has routinely huddled outside around makeshift stoves to cook food for their patients
says he's filled with gratitude — for the people who helped repair his building the best they could and for his colleagues who've stayed to help others heal
And it's the greatest honor in this situation."
Anna Lebedieva and Oleksandr Stadnyk served as interpreters for interviews conducted for this story
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During the night of Tuesday, February 18, the Russian army launched 176 Shahed strike drones at Ukrainian territory. Air defense forces worked in 12 regions, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
Kyi time on February 17 and the early hours of February 18
the enemy launched 176 attack drones of the Shahed type
Russian troops launched the drones from seven locations:
Ukrainian forces confirmed 103 Shahed drones and other UAVs being shot down in the following regions:
multiple air raid alerts were issued across Ukraine due to the threat of a massive drone attack
An air raid alarm was also declared in Kyiv
followed by reports of air defense operations in the northern part of the city
drone debris was recorded falling in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a fire broke out at an industrial facility
and cars in a residential courtyard nearby also caught fire
as the drone debris landed in a non-residential area
Meanwhile, in the city of Dolynska, the Kirovohrad region, a Russian drone hit a multi-story building. Three people were injured
"A difficult night for the Kirovohrad region," Andriy Raikovych
said in a post on the Telegram messaging app
"An enemy drone hit a high-rise building in Dolynska."
The mother and one of the children were taken to hospital
who posted photos of flames bursting out of windows of a high-storey apartment building
The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that Russia launched 176 drones in a large-scale attack
Ukraine's air force shot down 103 of the drones and 67 did not reach their targets
probably due to electronic countermeasures
It did not specify what happened to the remaining six drones
176 drones striking the centers of Ukrainian cities last night—is this Russia’s unmistakable and demonstrative “negotiating position”? Encouragement rather than coercion, a voluntary and bizarre renunciation of strength in favor of disheartening and unmotivated appeasement of the… pic.twitter.com/tCT7EUmzwe
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said that drone debris fell in one of the districts of the capital
causing a fire at an industrial enterprise
Reuters could not independently verify the report
There was no immediate comment from Russia
Both Moscow and Kyiv deny targeting civilians in the war
The attack took place as top Russian and US officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia for talks - without the participation of Kyiv or its European allies - on how to end the war in Ukraine
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a new load with 10 tons of aid for animals left from Gdynia in Poland to reach Kyiv after a few days
our member league Happy Paw started to distribute food and material to all shelters
volunteers and people in distress who had asked us support for their animals
More than 1,370 animals received help in Nikopol
and various products for treatment and hygiene
The team transferred part of aid initially to shelters located in Kyiv region and to those able to pick up what needed directly from Happy Paw’s warehouse
medicine and accessories to further locations
One of them is the family of Dmitry from Kalynyvka
the occupiers dropped a bomb near their house
which includes also 10 beautiful dogs: Rain
We finally provided 100 kg of wet food for all of them
The remaining was shipped or handed over to:
🔵 Nikopol – volunteers received 350kg of dry food for dogs and cats
Some of them have been distributed among local animal owners
some other especially hygiene items and anti-parasitic sprays were transported to soldiers with pets to the front line
The situation in the city was terrible: a lot of people left
and an increasing number of abandoned animals
Nikopol is located on the banks of the Kakhovsky Reservoir — 12 km from the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
the occupiers have been shelling the city since the middle of July.Lyudmilla
a lovely volunteer we are in contact with for months
declared: “We stayed in Nikopol until the last precisely because of the animals
As well as a dozen more wards: these are animals of low-income owners
Thanks to the humanitarian aid from Happy Paw and OIPA
we managed to survive these most difficult summer months
we have moved to Vilnohorsk but the situation unfortunately does not differ from Nikopol that much“
🔵 Odessa – specific food for cat with renal disease was delivered to a sweet volunteer
🔵 Pereslav – food delivered to a home mini-shelter with 30 cats managed by a pensioner
🔵 Ochtyrka – (Sumy region) food
🔵 Slavuta – (Khmelnytskyi region) specific food for cat with kidney failure sent to a local shelter where more than 100 animals live
🔵 Mykolaiv – 150 kg of dry dog food to shelter “Gorod Cobak” that is home to 165 dogs many of whom are senior
🔵 Pervomaisk – food and litters to a mini cat shelter
🔵 Kyiv – aid was handed over to 6 shelters in Kyiv and Kyiv region (Fastiv
– such as “Zooplatform” in the Boryspil district
a shelter in Khodosiivka district and to organizations
such as “Women’s March” (60 kg of canned food)
“Free Animals” and some other local volunteers
her 14 cats and the other cats she feeds on the street; Tatyana who received dry and wet food for her cats
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Last week the business community of Killarney announced a project to end single use coffee cups
The town will become the first in Ireland to do so
the business leaders will continue to push the idea ahead of its official start on July 31
The move to reusables is estimated to remove over one million single use coffee cups from the town annually
The decision to move to a reusable takeaway system has been taken following an agreement by 25 local independent coffee shops and 21 hotels
the Killarney Advertiser spent a morning in the town centre where we caught up with café owners and workers during the peak coffee break.This is what they had to say:
Wwe get coffee here every morning and so far everyone is happy – no complaints.”
TwoBreda Cronin and Razia McCannon Wild Café
They are interested in them,” added Razia
ThreeBobbie-Jane Birdwhistle Reidy’s
We haven’t had too many cups back [under the deposit scheme]
There are a lot of people with their own cups which is even better,” said Bobbie-Jane
Adrian Amborski and Amy King Bean and Batch
It is a great initiative and great to see so many people on board.”
”We are getting great positive feedback from people
There has been a real mindset change and a lot of people are likening it to the plastic bag levy
A lot of people mention how it is protecting the National Park too
They see it as a way of giving back – we all get something out of the National Park – this is a nice way to give back
NPWS appeals to public to respect nature and wildlife during summer season
Two class photos from 1975 taken at ‘The Mon’ have been shared by reader Joe Whelan
The black-and-white photo and colour photos feature Mr Donal O’Shea’s […]
The black-and-white photo and colour photos feature Mr Donal O’Shea’s sixth class
captured just before the pupils moved on to secondary school.Joe and his classmates spent all their primary years under Mr O’Shea’s guidance
making him the only teacher they had during their time at the Monastery National School.As the 50th anniversary of the photo approaches on May 6
Joe thought it would be fitting to share this nostalgic snapshot with fellow readers.“Mr
O’Shea was our teacher from start to finish,” Joe writes
“I thought you might like to publish it on its 50th anniversary.”
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is inviting members of the community to take part in a ‘Clean-Up Day’ at St Michael’s Graveyard
encourages families and individuals to come together to help maintain and tidy the graveyard
particularly around their own family plots and the surrounding pathways
The event is being held in advance of the annual Graveyard Mass
and we look forward to seeing a great community turnout,” a spokesperson for the organising committee said
“It’s a day to remember our loved ones
and work together in the spirit of community pride.” Refreshments will follow the clean-up efforts
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