Ukrainian telecoms firm Ukrtelecom said the percentage of its internet customer base using fiber optic infrastructure for high-speed connections has doubled since the Russian invasion of February 2022.
Some 68% of its internet customers are now on fiber optic cable connections, compared with 34% at the time of the full-scale invasion, the company said. It now has 360,000 political internet customers, including 1,306 medical and 1,763 educational institutions.
Ukraine's approach to rebuilding war-damaged territories is increasingly centered on housing, social protection, healthcare, and other human needs, diverging from traditional post-conflict recovery models, according to a study by a group of Ukrainian researchers published in the European Journal of Sustainable Development.
Military activity has significantly degraded surface water quality in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, raising concerns that key rivers and canals used for drinking water and irrigation could become unsafe for human consumption, according to new research. A study by a group of Ukrainian scientists found an increase in concentrations
