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In this edition of the series, we take a look at how the pandemic has changed our expectations of where and how we work, with Matthew Kobylar, a design director for global design firm Gensler and Jeffrey Siegel, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Toronto.

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For more on how humanitarian groups are preparing for the influx of refugees, we speak with Loveday Morris, the Berlin bureau chief with the Washington Post Irina Saghoyan, the Eastern Europe director for the NGO Save the Children and Félix Krawatzek, a senior researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin.Īnd we continue our series Work in Progress, talking to essential workers about their experience in the pandemic - and what they want to see happen next. Then, the United Nations has estimated that 100,000 people have fled their homes in Ukraine - and millions more could be driven to flee to neighbouring countries. The monitoring system keeps watch on intrusions and unauthorised use of frequency bands allocated to radio hams by the ITU. Region 1 encompasses Africa, Europe, the Middle East and northern Asia. For more on how Ukrainians are coping with the violence and casualties, host Matt Galloway talks with lawyer Daniel Bilak, who studied in Canada but has lived in Ukraine for 31 years and Myron Spolsky, who was born in Canada but moved to Ukraine in the 1980s. The IARU represents the world’s radio hams at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

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As a result, more than 100 Ukrainians have died on the first full day of conflict. 'A lot of places are only taking cash right now, and many ATMs aren't working.Fighting is underway in Ukraine - not just near the eastern border, but all over the country. 'We've been drinking unfiltered tap water,' Kalaaji says. They've struggled to get basic supplies as attacks continue around the city. She has spent the week at a friend's apartment. 'We've spent the last few days hiding in bomb shelters,' says Jana Kalaaji, a Syrian citizen who studies general medicine. Other students also say it's been a harrowing experience. They were also told to keep their lights off at night to avoid being targeted by Russian forces. He and his friends woke up to explosions last week in the early hours of the morning. Sumy State is organizing food and water supplies for students, and all classes have been canceled, Hussain said. He and other students are using the hashtag #savesumystudents on Twitter to document their struggles. Hussain is pursuing a degree in medicine, but his plans for the future have come to a pause. 'It would be difficult for us to get to western Ukraine,' says Zakaria Hussain, another student also from India. The closest border is with Russia, which is about 40 miles away.

The journey to the Polish border from Sumy is over 500 miles by car. He was one of hundreds of civilian casualties recorded since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.Ī message from the students of Sumy: #savesumystudents #ceasefiresumy /Y6JSzGMy7w- Koko 🇺🇦 March 5, 2022 And Jaiswal says tensions are getting worse on campus, especially after reports that an Indian student was killed by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, last week. RUI acquaints foreign listeners with all diversity of political and social-economic life in Ukraine. Some international students have been evacuated through Ukraine's western borders, crossing into Poland and Hungary.īut students in Sumy say they have few options to make the journey west, worried for their safety in the middle of shelling and attacks. Radio Ukraine International - RUI acquaints foreign listeners with all diversity of political and social-economic life in Ukraine. There are about 1,700 international students attending Sumy State - many from India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Morocco, according to Jaiswal. We are just trying to survive every day,' she says. And until running water recently came back, they were relying on the snow for cooking and bathing. But like much of the local population, these international students feel terrified and trapped by the war around them.Ī medical student from India, Jaiswal and her classmates attend Sumy State University, in the Ukrainian city of Sumy. Now the running water is back on at their university in northeastern Ukraine. For several days, Shivangi Jaiswal and her classmates had to collect snow in bottles to drink.

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