A hromada is a small administrative region in Ukraine.
Vinnytsia, a quieter region of Ukraine during the full-scale war, suffered one of its most devastating missile attacks in July 2022. Twenty-nine people were killed, including three children, and over 200 injured, in an attack on downtown Vinnytsia, when, as Sasha, a Divario employee told me, kids were just playing outside in the middle of the day. The attack is currently under investigation as a war crime by the International Criminal Court. See: Katya Gatsenko, “‘Я сіла біля візочка і почала кричати’: річниця російського ракетного удару по центру Вінниці, де загинули 27 людей, із них троє дітей,” Radio Svoboda, July 14, 2023, ➝; Daniil Ukhorskiy, “Opinion: Landmark case could bring justice for Vinnytsia victims and transform international law,” Kyiv Independent, July 18, 2024, ➝.
As the residence of many Chernobyl workers, Ivankiv was heavily affected by the Chernobyl disaster; 22,810 Ivankiv residents are officially considered Chernobyl victims according to “Ivankivshchina: the Pearl of the Polissia Region,” a brochure by the Ivankiv settlement council.
See: Peter Hossli, “Herisauer baute 100 Häuser mitten im Krieg,” Blick, June 13, 2024, ➝.
TCK and SP (ТЦК та СП), Terytorialniy tsentr komplektuvannia ta sotsial’noyi pidtrymky, or the Territorial Center of Procurement and Social Support, is the Ukrainian military organ in charge of recruitment and accounting of all military personnel.
See Timothy Snyder, The Reconstruction of Nations (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003); Maria Pajuga, “Сльози та цілування землі. Чому лемки з Прикарпаття їздять у далеке польське село,” ПІК, May 17, 2020, ➝.
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