People

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  Ukrainian surgeon Oskar Ambrush operates on cancer patients in France and helps refugees. He explains how the French healthcare system works—key points from the interview

  Oskar Ambrush, a 51-year-old Ukrainian, dreamed of becoming a surgeon since childhood. As a young man, he interned in France and learned the language, but later pursued his...

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  How Ukrainian journalist Iryna Solomko Bonenberger entered politics and became an official in the U.S. — interview

  A native of Brovary, 44-year-old Iryna Solomko Bonenberger is a journalist, documentarian, communications specialist, and mother of two. In 1998, she entered the Institute...

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  “We Exist, We Fight, We Have a Voice.” How Kyiv-based musician Daria Kolomiec tells the U.S. about the war in Ukraine

  Daria Kolomiec is 37. She is a DJ, host, activist and cultural diplomat, the author and producer of  Diary of War . What began as an audio diary of Ukrainians during the war...

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  Olena Borysova oversees dozens of restaurants across Ukraine and Europe, has launched projects for veterans, and is raising five children. How does she do it all? — an interview

  Olena Borysova is a restaurateur, economist, and CEO of GastroFamily, one of Ukraine’s largest restaurant groups. Today, the company runs more than 60 establishments across...

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  Order a coffee in a cup made of… coffee — the story of Ukrainian biodegradable tableware startup Rekava

  Ukrainian startup Rekava was founded in 2021 by economist Yurii Tustanovskyi and research engineer Dmytro Bidiuk, who developed a biodegradable material from used coffee...

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  Drohobych Saltworks — the oldest operating facility in Ukraine. Here’s how lawyer and former serviceman Oleh Petrenko is pulling it back from the brink

  Oleh Petrenko took charge of the state enterprise Drohobych Saltworks in 2021. Before then, he worked in the civil society sector as a lawyer, defending the company in court...

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  A Ukrainian doctor in the USA, Ivanka Nebor, leads the Face to Face mission: restoring faces of Ukrainians affected by the war. An interview about her long journey

  Ivanka Nebor, a 29-year-old Kyiv native, is an  otolaryngologist who is in her third year of  residency in a New York suburb. Her working day at the hospital can last from...

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  Irish director Gar O’Rourke’s documentary about a Ukrainian sanatorium is submitted for an Oscar, and this is his second film shot in Ukraine. An interview

  Gar O’Rourke was born into an Irish family in a small mountain village in the west of Ireland—Clifden. The family moved often: in his childhood and teenage years, Gar lived...