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Ukrainians know another hard winter is coming. Their government isn’t ready
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Ukrainians know another hard winter is coming. Their government isn’t ready

by Dominic Culverwell

On the last day of summer in Kyiv, the city’s residents, young and old, made the most of the hot weather by sunbathing on the sandy banks of the Dnipro River, even as dozens of drones were being shot down overhead. But as the sun sets on the final warm weeks, memories of last winter — when homes went weeks without heat and electricity in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius — are setting in. Ukraine has yet to fully repair the damage Russia inflicted, while Moscow is likely to escala

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How education in Ukraine treads the line between preparedness and militarization

"I liked flying drones the most," 16-year-old Anna Alekseeva says. "We had simulators, and we could even fly them in the corridors between classes." Alekseeva is among the first students to finish the redesigned Defense of Ukraine course, a two-year subject that becomes compulsory for all 10th and 11th graders in September 2027. Instead of weekly classroom lessons, students spend a full day a month, six to eight hours, at specialized training hubs learning tactical medicine, navigation, drone

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