As the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia continued for over a year, the situation has taken a toll on the Ukrainian troops, with Western sources estimating that more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded. Dr. Serhiy Nikitin, who leads a team of medical professionals at an unnamed hospital in Kyiv, has been on the front line, treating soldiers who have been wounded in the conflict. The hospital, which is one of several in Kyiv, receives the most complex cases, usually from patients who were stabilized at the front and spent time in a field hospital. The injuries are often caused by landmines, artillery shells, and grenades, which require the expertise of highly-skilled professionals like Dr. Nikitin and his team of trauma specialists.
To deal with the new volumes of trauma, Nikitin hastily arranged an online training program for surgeons around the world. Despite difficult decisions and emotionally challenging amputations, Nikitin and his team aim to improve the quality of life for patients, though it can take over half a year before these outcomes are known.
However, the conflict has not only played out on the ground but also online, with both sides engaging in cyber attacks. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have been launched by both Russia and Ukraine, which can quickly take a server down by flooding it with requests, overwhelming it and stopping it from replying to requests. Government agencies and banks in Ukraine have also been targeted with malware designed to erase data from hard drives, although there is no concrete link to Russia.
Ukraine’s cultural heritage has also been systematically attacked and destroyed by Russian forces, according to a report in The Atlantic. The loss includes books taken from libraries and dumped in brine, the destruction of library buildings, equipment, and collections, whilst officially sanctioned books are replacing published material in some locations.
As the conflict continues, Dr. Lewis identified the importance of considering what is logged by devices, observing that even live traffic data can give away important information. Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has said that Ukraine has the ability to innovate more than Russia and he plans to invest in new technology projects to encourage further competition and innovation. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), electronic warfare, satellite communications, and other technologies have become a fundamental part of the war. According to him, it’s impossible to imagine any efficient operation without technology on the battlefield. Although both sides have kept pace with each other, Fedorov believes it is inevitable that Ukraine will win in this “technology war”.
As the conflict continued, it’s had a ripple effect on several aspects of life for the people in Ukraine. Over 19,000 Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories have been forcibly deported to Russia, with only 364 of them retrieved by Ukraine, according to the Children of War database. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian official Maria Lvova-Belova over the deportations. In response, Lvova-Belova rejected the ICC’s charges as false.
Moreover, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has created a divide between Ukraine’s largely Western allies and other countries such as Brazil that have abstained from voting on UN resolutions concerning the situation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira in Brasilia on Monday to discuss trade and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has positioned himself as a potential broker for peace talks to end the Ukraine conflict with his country’s traditional approach of non-intervention and open diplomacy. This approach has earned him criticisms from Washington, which has accused him of aligning with Chinese and Russian propaganda and refusing to condemn Russia’s violation of international law. The meeting between Lavrov and Vieira also discussed plans to increase Brazilian meat exports to Russia and fertilizer imports for Brazilian farmers.
In recent weeks, there has been increased anticipation of a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive this spring, and technologies such as drones could help with the accuracy of targeting. Besides, the new technologies have presented a new challenge to the military and the healthcare system, forcing them to adapt to the changing situation. As the war continues, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has become a modern war. Technology and innovation have played a crucial role, and Ukraine believes that this technology war will give them a significant advantage in the conflict.
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