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The Reporter's Notepad: URN Daily gets an update from Kingspan about its seven-factory manufacturing campus planned for the Lviv and hears from Olena Voloshina, head of operations for Ukraine at the International Finance Corp (IFC), on the shape of Ukraine's future economy.
Just The Facts: European transmission system operators will increase electricity exports to Ukraine for winter, Japan will contribute $3 billion to the G7's $50 billion loan to Ukraine, and a Russian air strike in Kharkiv hits "the Soviet Union's first skyscraper."
Here's What They Think: Germany, a central figure in the Ukraine-Russia war, is seeking a "swifter path to peace" even as Russia bolsters its forces and Zelensky tries to persuade the West to use strength to force Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times says in an op-ed piece.
Sober Second Opinion: As an estimated 25% of Ukrainians already suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 57% are at risk of developing it, the government must increase its focus on treating mental illness, according to a pilot study published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Psychology.
The Rebuilder's Social: The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine welcomes the completion of another indicator under the Ukraine Facility, while law firm Sayenko Kharenko clarifies a Supreme Court ruling on the automatic loss of trademark rights after five years without using it, and UNDP Ukraine announces the opening of 30 "social adaptation spaces" in six oblasts.