Life in Ukraine

There’s a lot of talk about rebuilding Ukraine, and much of the conversation is around infrastructure, inanimate objects that may crumble—only to have something new stand in its place. However, there is the underlooked human element of rebuilding, which has a much more complicated roadmap to recovery. 

Ukraine never does it the easy way. Today, the team made amends for Monday’s defeat against Romania with a 2-1 comeback victory against Slovakia.

International football signings make headlines due to the high dollar amount that clubs pay to retain the services of top talents across the world. Now, a signing in the hundreds of millions is common practice in a landscape saturated with mega deals. But what if that money goes straight into the foreign bank accounts of those linked to Putin?

This is not the first year that Ukraine has celebrated Pride Month and its LGBTQI+ community—alongside the rest of the world. Over the years, while Russia was making significant steps in the direction of discrimination and hatred, the LGBTQI+ community in Ukraine was driving the country toward freedom and equality.

Ahead of Ukraine’s first match against Romania at EURO 2024 in Germany, we look at why many believe that this year’s team has the potential to be one of the best the country has had yet.