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Ukraine’s vast mineral reserves are key to ceasefire talks with the U.S. Here’s what to know

Fast Company Tech

Ukraines mineral wealth has been a key factor in its negotiations with the U.S. as the two countries work out details for a ceasefire agreement in Ukraines war with Russia. and Ukraine announced an agreement on March 11, 2025. The war has severely limited access to data about Ukraines natural resources.

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Head of Russian Space Program Mysteriously Axed

Futurism

Especially following Russia's extremely costly invasion of Ukraine, Russia's space efforts have stagnated, suffering a lack of private investment, brain drain, and slowing commercial markets, in Ars ' analysis. The country is still looking to launch its own orbital space station to replace the International Space Station.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

Since February 24, more than two million people have fled Ukraine. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will ultimately become affected, including 6.7 Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine.

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Russia denies cosmonauts wore yellow in support of Ukraine

The Verge

The three cosmonauts, Denis Mateev, Oleg Artemyev, and Sergey Korsakov donned bright yellow and blue suits as they boarded the International Space Station on Friday. Roscosmos was quick to dismiss any reports that suggest the cosmonauts wore the colors in solidarity with Ukraine. Sometimes yellow is just yellow”.

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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

Complex humanitarian emergencies saw its highest share of total giving, primarily in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Many international grants were directly given to local and national actors. in 2022, driven by an unprecedented amount of funding for the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis. Funding grew to 301.8

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How the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

TechCrunch

On February 24, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine after months of a military build-up on its borders. News outlets in Ukraine are also reporting outages caused by cyberattacks, which the Ukrainian government says it has “unambiguously linked” to Moscow. Its payments processor, Paddle , is based in the U.K.,

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IFC and other impact investors return to backing Ukraine startups, with new $250M fund aimed at founders under the gun

TechCrunch

Funding sources for tech startups in Ukraine have gone off a cliff this year, with investors (and their LPs) wary of taking on the risk of backing potentially promising ideas and people who have stayed in the country amid the sustained, persistent and increasingly ugly onslaught from Russia. billion the year before. billion the year before.

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