Oleh Haliv is a correspondent in RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Kateryna Mamedova had the chance to embrace the transplant patient who received her late husband’s heart -- and to hear his heartbeat once again.
When former Ukrainian soldier Aslan Mamedov was declared brain dead following a car accident in 2024, his wife honored his wishes to donate his organs to save others' lives. Mamedov's heart was transplanted into the body of Oleh Babiy, who met his donor's widow for the first time recently.
Russia hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with a ballistic missile on April 6 that destroyed a warehouse and sparked fires in an industrial district.
With a mineral deal between Ukraine and the United States in the works, villagers in Kopanky -- home to valuable lithium deposits -- are hopeful that it could mean a boom for the central Ukrainian region. There are still concerns, however, both economic and environmental.
