By Iryna Fedets and Kateryna Malofieieva
Piramida was never meant to be a destination.
Unlike Kyiv's giant shopping malls, it serves the surrounding neighborhood. Residents stop in for groceries, collect prescriptions, eat with their families and browse familiar shops a short walk from home.
That is precisely what makes it valuable—and why it became part of a reported investment by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy.
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent On a Saturday evening, Piramida shopping mall in Kyiv's Pozniaky district is modestly busy. Cars continue pulling into the crowded parking lot as shoppers make their way inside, greeted by chilled air and the tinny soundtrack of pop music. But signs of war
War-damaged pine forests in eastern Ukraine are showing little natural regeneration, potentially complicating the long-term restoration of landscapes already affected by drought, repeated fires and landmines, according to a new study. Researchers examining 29 burned pine stands around the city of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast found natural tree
