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Group of 20 Ukrainian mental health professionals have spent two weeks in Israel receiving training on how to treat trauma cases as Putin's war rages on.

“The devastating realization remains that in Germany in 2022, it took weeks of immense public pressure – once again almost exclusively from Jewish organizations – before the display of ‘Stürmer’ caricatures had consequences,” said Remko Leemhius, director of AJC Berlin.

Facing an estimated 35% to 45% crash in GDP this year following Moscow's invasion in February, Ukraine's Finance Ministry said on Wednesday it was hoping to finalize the deferral on its roughly $20 billion of debt by Aug. 9.

"Clearly, preparations are now underway for the next stage of the offensive," says a spokesman for Ukrainian military intelligence, as EU foreign ministers look to add a ban on Russian gold exports.

"Jewish life was so thriving, so strong, so rich … it's such a shame that all this just scattered in one day because of the Ukraine war," says chief rabbi of the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities Slomo Koves.

"How will we continue to commemorate when there are no survivors left? There's not many of us left who were 15 at the time," says Joseph Schwartz, 95.

Nazis tried to cover up the war crime by planting trees over the burial pits in the Bialuty Forest, some 100 miles north of Warsaw.

The cargo contained tourniquets, bandages, occlusive dressings, chest seals, surgical packs, hygiene kits and diapers.

MK Avi Dichter elected to Inter-Parliamentary Union task force that is working to solve urgent humanitarian issues in the Russo-Ukraine war and eventually help broker a cease-fire.