BBC includes 2 Ukrainians in list of 2024 most influential women
The BBC's "100 Women 2024" list, which was published on Dec. 3, featured two Ukrainians, Olha Olefirenko and Olha Rudnieva. Rudnieva founded the Superhumans center in Lviv, which provides prosthetics and rehabilitation to war-injured Ukrainians, serving over 1,000 people in its first two years. Ukrainian officials estimate that over 50,000 Ukrainians have lost limbs as […]
Russian losses in Syria — BBC identifies 543 soldiers, Wagner mercenaries who died since 2015
At least 543 Russian military personnel and mercenaries died during their deployment in Syria between 2015-2024, the BBC reported on Dec. 9, citing its open-source investigation. Of the total number, 346 were employees of the Wagner company, a private mercenary group that also saw deployment in Russia's war in Ukraine and elsewhere. The news comes […]
Russia has built only 7 out of 108 planned airliners since 2022, BBC reports
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation managed to build only seven of the 108 passenger planes it planned to produce since 2022, the BBC reported on Dec. 12, underscoring the dire state of Russia's plane manufacturing sector. The Russian aviation and aircraft manufacturing industries were heavily hit by the Western sanctions — imposed in response to the […]