Latest items for Ukraine
April 15, 2025, 7:34 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Yaroslav Zhelezniak, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s finance committee, is leading a push to ditch what he sees as outdated Soviet-era legislation that bans the possession, production and distribution of pornography. Doing so, he said, would remedy what he and people making pornographic content say is an unfair contradiction" (para 2-3). "Pornography creators say it is only fair that their work be decriminalized given that they are being asked to contribute to the tax rolls. 'Excuse me? Your ‘morals’ allow you to take our tax money?' said Karina, 30, who has been making sexually explicit content for five years. But 'your morals allow you to imprison people for selling...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Yaroslav Zhelezniak, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s finance committee, is leading a push to ditch what he sees as outdated Soviet-era legislation that bans the possession, production and distribution of pornography. Doing so, he said, would remedy what he and people making pornographic content say is an unfair contradiction" (para 2-3). "Pornography creators say it is only fair that their work be decriminalized given that they are being asked to contribute to the tax rolls. 'Excuse me? Your ‘morals’ allow you to take our tax money?' said Karina, 30, who has been making sexually explicit content for five years. But 'your morals allow you to imprison people for selling...more
April 15, 2025, 7:34 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: PRN-LAW-2
"Ukraine’s Article 301 is stricter than the pornography laws in most other European countries, the United States and Russia, and even prohibits sending or receiving nude photos between two consenting adults. Efforts to amend it have been in the works for years" (para 11).
Variables: PRN-LAW-2
"Ukraine’s Article 301 is stricter than the pornography laws in most other European countries, the United States and Russia, and even prohibits sending or receiving nude photos between two consenting adults. Efforts to amend it have been in the works for years" (para 11).
April 15, 2025, 7:34 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: PRN-LAW-1
"Violations of Ukraine’s laws on pornography — Article 301 of the criminal code — are punishable by three to five years in prison. But Ukraine’s financial authorities have been collecting taxes from creators on websites known for adult content like OnlyFans. That means that people who pay taxes on the pornography they produce can be prosecuted for it" (para 4-5). "The new law would not alter punishments for prostitution, human trafficking and images of child sexual abuse" (para 25).
Variables: PRN-LAW-1
"Violations of Ukraine’s laws on pornography — Article 301 of the criminal code — are punishable by three to five years in prison. But Ukraine’s financial authorities have been collecting taxes from creators on websites known for adult content like OnlyFans. That means that people who pay taxes on the pornography they produce can be prosecuted for it" (para 4-5). "The new law would not alter punishments for prostitution, human trafficking and images of child sexual abuse" (para 25).
April 1, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"Often, the victims are left suicidal and fearful of telling anyone about the abuse they endured due to the crippling stigma and shame surrounding rape. This means the true scale of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine may never be known" (para 7).
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"Often, the victims are left suicidal and fearful of telling anyone about the abuse they endured due to the crippling stigma and shame surrounding rape. This means the true scale of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine may never be known" (para 7).
April 1, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'They use sexual violence as a type of weapon, they want to destroy people psychologically and physically,' says Anna Orel, a project coordinator at the Andreiev Family Foundation's Assisto project where she helps survivors of rape in Ukraine" (para 8).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'They use sexual violence as a type of weapon, they want to destroy people psychologically and physically,' says Anna Orel, a project coordinator at the Andreiev Family Foundation's Assisto project where she helps survivors of rape in Ukraine" (para 8).
April 1, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Often, the victims are left suicidal and fearful of telling anyone about the abuse they endured due to the crippling stigma and shame surrounding rape. This means the true scale of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine may never be known" (para 7). "For many women, the trauma that they have endured - and the stigma surrounding rape in a conservative nation like Ukraine - means that they will never tell a soul what happened to them, let alone report it to the authorities" (para 30). "'She showed me her injuries and the bruises on her body,' Ms Gorbunova says. 'It has stuck with me ever since - she said she...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Often, the victims are left suicidal and fearful of telling anyone about the abuse they endured due to the crippling stigma and shame surrounding rape. This means the true scale of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine may never be known" (para 7). "For many women, the trauma that they have endured - and the stigma surrounding rape in a conservative nation like Ukraine - means that they will never tell a soul what happened to them, let alone report it to the authorities" (para 30). "'She showed me her injuries and the bruises on her body,' Ms Gorbunova says. 'It has stuck with me ever since - she said she...more
April 1, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"Often, the victims are left suicidal and fearful of telling anyone about the abuse they endured due to the crippling stigma and shame surrounding rape. This means the true scale of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine may never be known" (para 7). "For many women, the trauma that they have endured - and the stigma surrounding rape in a conservative nation like Ukraine - means that they will never tell a soul what happened to them, let alone report it to the authorities" (para 30). "'She showed me her injuries and the bruises on her body,' Ms Gorbunova says. 'It has stuck with me ever since - she said she...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"Often, the victims are left suicidal and fearful of telling anyone about the abuse they endured due to the crippling stigma and shame surrounding rape. This means the true scale of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine may never be known" (para 7). "For many women, the trauma that they have endured - and the stigma surrounding rape in a conservative nation like Ukraine - means that they will never tell a soul what happened to them, let alone report it to the authorities" (para 30). "'She showed me her injuries and the bruises on her body,' Ms Gorbunova says. 'It has stuck with me ever since - she said she...more
April 1, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
April 1, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Russia is continuing to commit serious rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine, including 'systematic' torture and rape, United Nations investigators said on Friday. The high-level Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the rights situation in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, said that it had found fresh evidence of widespread abuses" (para 1-2). "The team found that Russia's treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war was 'horrific'. 'The report documents incidents of rape and other sexual violence committed against women in circumstances which also amount to torture. It also details incidents of torture with a sexualised dimension and threats of rape against male prisoners of war'" (para 9-11).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Russia is continuing to commit serious rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine, including 'systematic' torture and rape, United Nations investigators said on Friday. The high-level Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the rights situation in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, said that it had found fresh evidence of widespread abuses" (para 1-2). "The team found that Russia's treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war was 'horrific'. 'The report documents incidents of rape and other sexual violence committed against women in circumstances which also amount to torture. It also details incidents of torture with a sexualised dimension and threats of rape against male prisoners of war'" (para 9-11).
March 13, 2025, 8:56 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Ukraine, commercial surrogacy programs cost around $40,000-$50,000" (para 17). "Lauragh from southeast Ireland, whose son was born in Oct. 2021, said her surrogate was able to buy a home for herself and her two daughters in Ukraine with her earnings from the program. 'The main driving factor, whether in Ukraine, Georgia, Mexico — all the main markets — is the financial motivation behind it,' Pysana said of surrogates" (para 20-21).
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Ukraine, commercial surrogacy programs cost around $40,000-$50,000" (para 17). "Lauragh from southeast Ireland, whose son was born in Oct. 2021, said her surrogate was able to buy a home for herself and her two daughters in Ukraine with her earnings from the program. 'The main driving factor, whether in Ukraine, Georgia, Mexico — all the main markets — is the financial motivation behind it,' Pysana said of surrogates" (para 20-21).
March 13, 2025, 8:55 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ACR-LAW-1
"Commercial surrogacy refers to an arrangement in which a woman is paid a fee for carrying a pregnancy for another person or couple. This differs from altruistic surrogacy, in which a woman volunteers to carry a pregnancy without any compensation beyond medical reimbursements. Typically, commercial surrogacy is gestational surrogacy, meaning the surrogate has no biological link to the child... [I]n Ukraine... both forms are legal" (para 5-7). "Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework. Crucially, that includes naming intended parents on the baby’s birth certificate, rather than the surrogate mother" (para 13).more
Variables: ACR-LAW-1
"Commercial surrogacy refers to an arrangement in which a woman is paid a fee for carrying a pregnancy for another person or couple. This differs from altruistic surrogacy, in which a woman volunteers to carry a pregnancy without any compensation beyond medical reimbursements. Typically, commercial surrogacy is gestational surrogacy, meaning the surrogate has no biological link to the child... [I]n Ukraine... both forms are legal" (para 5-7). "Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework. Crucially, that includes naming intended parents on the baby’s birth certificate, rather than the surrogate mother" (para 13).more
March 13, 2025, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework" (para 13). "But that all changed with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Reports quickly emerged of surrogate mothers relocating to bomb shelters and prospective parents trying to enter Ukraine to be united with their surrogates" (para 14). "'We had a lot of intended parents who were at different stages of the process with us,' said Olga Pysana, partner at Ukrainian surrogacy agency World Center of Baby, which at that time had 37 pregnant surrogates and 130 intended parents on its books"...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"Until last year, Ukraine was the world’s second-largest surrogacy market behind the U.S., attracting foreign would-be parents with lower fees and a favorable regulatory framework" (para 13). "But that all changed with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Reports quickly emerged of surrogate mothers relocating to bomb shelters and prospective parents trying to enter Ukraine to be united with their surrogates" (para 14). "'We had a lot of intended parents who were at different stages of the process with us,' said Olga Pysana, partner at Ukrainian surrogacy agency World Center of Baby, which at that time had 37 pregnant surrogates and 130 intended parents on its books"...more
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Croatia, Georgia, Guinea, Guyana, Jamaica, Jordan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Philippines, Romania, Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, called 'an important step towards restoring justice'. Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 1-2). "According to the Global Survivors Fund, which is administering the project with Ukraine using funds from donor governments, it will be the first time survivors have been awarded reparations during an active conflict" (para 5).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, called 'an important step towards restoring justice'. Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 1-2). "According to the Global Survivors Fund, which is administering the project with Ukraine using funds from donor governments, it will be the first time survivors have been awarded reparations during an active conflict" (para 5).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-LAW-1
"If passed, the laws will define conflict-related sexual violence as a distinct crime and set up a national registry to record cases" (para 23).
Variables: GEW-LAW-1
"If passed, the laws will define conflict-related sexual violence as a distinct crime and set up a national registry to record cases" (para 23).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 2). "The total number of Ukrainians who have suffered sexual violence inflicted by Russian forces is unknown, as most survivors do not report the crimes. The Global Survivors Fund estimates it to be in the thousands" (para 8). "Pramila Patten, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, has accused Russia of using rape as a 'military strategy', citing cases of soldiers 'equipped with Viagra'. Lyudmila Huseynova was one of eight Ukrainian civilians released as part of the first all-female prisoner exchange with...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 2). "The total number of Ukrainians who have suffered sexual violence inflicted by Russian forces is unknown, as most survivors do not report the crimes. The Global Survivors Fund estimates it to be in the thousands" (para 8). "Pramila Patten, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, has accused Russia of using rape as a 'military strategy', citing cases of soldiers 'equipped with Viagra'. Lyudmila Huseynova was one of eight Ukrainian civilians released as part of the first all-female prisoner exchange with...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Huseynova said she remains in contact with other Donetsk women who had been detained for years. 'I try my best to send them some kind of parcels. No humanitarian mission is working there. No humanitarian aid is sent there. When they’re on their periods these women use stuffing from the old bed mattress'" (para 22).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Huseynova said she remains in contact with other Donetsk women who had been detained for years. 'I try my best to send them some kind of parcels. No humanitarian mission is working there. No humanitarian aid is sent there. When they’re on their periods these women use stuffing from the old bed mattress'" (para 22).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Greece, Romania, Ukraine
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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July 13, 2024, 11:39 a.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, IRP-LAW-6
"In Latvia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine sex workers reported being tested for HIV or STIs against their will after being picked up by the police. They felt that the threat of such testing was an additional tool that was sometimes used by police officers to claim extortion money."
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, IRP-LAW-6
"In Latvia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine sex workers reported being tested for HIV or STIs against their will after being picked up by the police. They felt that the threat of such testing was an additional tool that was sometimes used by police officers to claim extortion money."
May 9, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
" 'Women’s leadership and their role in decision-making has increased at the family level and partially at the community level, with women reporting that they participate on equal terms in family decisions in response to the crisis,' the [U.N.] report said" (7).
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
" 'Women’s leadership and their role in decision-making has increased at the family level and partially at the community level, with women reporting that they participate on equal terms in family decisions in response to the crisis,' the [U.N.] report said" (7).
April 18, 2024, 5:54 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Article 1261. First Priority Legal Heirs 1. The first priority legal heirs shall be the testator's children, including those conceived in the lifetime and born after death of the testator, the survivor spouse, and the parents" (10). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database relating to women’s inheritance rights are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (AMC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Article 1261. First Priority Legal Heirs 1. The first priority legal heirs shall be the testator's children, including those conceived in the lifetime and born after death of the testator, the survivor spouse, and the parents" (10). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database relating to women’s inheritance rights are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (AMC - CODER COMMENT).
April 18, 2024, 5:44 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LO-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1
"Article 63. Exercising the Right to Joint Matrimonial Property by Spouses 1. The wife and the husband have equal rights to possess, dispose of, and administer the property that they possess as joint matrimonial property unless an agreement between them provides otherwise. Article 64. Spouses’ Right to Conclude Agreement s between Them 1. The wife and the husband have the right to conclude any lawful agreement between them in respect of both property that is their personal private property and property that constitutes the object of spouses’ right to joint matrimonial property. 2. A agreement of alienation, by one of spouses in favor of the other, of his/her share in...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1
"Article 63. Exercising the Right to Joint Matrimonial Property by Spouses 1. The wife and the husband have equal rights to possess, dispose of, and administer the property that they possess as joint matrimonial property unless an agreement between them provides otherwise. Article 64. Spouses’ Right to Conclude Agreement s between Them 1. The wife and the husband have the right to conclude any lawful agreement between them in respect of both property that is their personal private property and property that constitutes the object of spouses’ right to joint matrimonial property. 2. A agreement of alienation, by one of spouses in favor of the other, of his/her share in...more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ukraine ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ukraine ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 16, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? No" (para 6). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No" (para 7).
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? No" (para 6). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No" (para 7).
March 16, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal and is an administrative offence" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Brothel-keeping, pimping and pandering criminalised" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal and is an administrative offence" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Brothel-keeping, pimping and pandering criminalised" (para 3).
March 16, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 4).
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 4).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"But several sex workers, interviewed on condition of using their first name out of concern for their families and fear of the police, said they needed the work to survive" (para 8).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"But several sex workers, interviewed on condition of using their first name out of concern for their families and fear of the police, said they needed the work to survive" (para 8).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"The industry was extensive, with an estimated 53,000 sex workers, according to the government-run Ukraine Public Health Center" (para 5).
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"The industry was extensive, with an estimated 53,000 sex workers, according to the government-run Ukraine Public Health Center" (para 5).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Prostitution is illegal but widely tolerated in Ukraine, one of Europe’s most popular destinations for sex tourism before the war" (para 5).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Prostitution is illegal but widely tolerated in Ukraine, one of Europe’s most popular destinations for sex tourism before the war" (para 5).