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Recently, on October 28-29, 2024, the II Summit "Partnership and Veterans' Health", organized by Ruthenia ICF, was held in the Ukrainian Civil Society Hub within the European Parliament in Brussels. Over 70 speakers – representatives from government institutions, international organizations, charitable foundations from Ukraine, the EU, the United States; healthcare professionals, prosthetic manufacturers and veterans discussed projects and expanded collaboration to ensure high-quality medical and psychological rehabilitation of veterans, support prosthetics in Ukraine and abroad, as well as to support veteran in launching businesses.

Ukraine was represented at the summit by the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Health and the Representation of Ukraine to the EU. Ambassador Vsevolod Chentsov emphasized Ukraine's progress and future plans to support veterans, including international initiatives like Unbroken, Superhumans and Medevac.

"We are committed to supporting veterans and their families through expanded assistance programs. We also urge Ukrainian business to get involved. We should not consider veterans as a group suffered by conflicted, but as members of society who are valuable, capable members of society," the Ukrainian representative to the EU said.

Veterans' Health: Achievements and Challenges

Deputy Health Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Porkhun highlighted significant advances in the Health Ministry's rehabilitation efforts.

"An important element of our policy is the development of a powerful rehabilitation system: in 2024, more than 221 rehabilitation departments will be created in cluster and supercluster hospitals, which will provide more than 9,000 therapeutic sessions every day. We plan to increase the