- Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European integration, calls for Western strength and unity against the Kremlin. The Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner shares the takeaways from the speech she gave at Ukrainian Week in London.
- Speaking in London some time after Klympush-Tsintsadze, Ukrainian military officials, experts recognized the West’s moral commitment to defending Ukraine against Russia’s war.
- Ukrainian judo wrestler Oleh Verydyba won a bronze medal during the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, which is being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Oct. 6–18. This is the first medal for Ukrainians at this Youth Olympics.
- Ukrainian startup Pix has crowdfunded $150,000 on Kickstarter to develop animated backpacks. They have collected five times as much as they needed.
- Estimated 3 million Ukrainians still live, work in Russia. But because of the sanctions imposed against Russian banks it’s getting harder for them to transfer money they earn there. So Ukrainians have started to exploit unofficial channels to send money to Ukraine.
- Internet-based money transfer service PayPal doesn’t fully work in Ukraine — locals can’t use the service to receive money from abroad. However, some know how to get around such limitations.
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