Media Center Ukraine Producer Department

Mobile resilience centers, known as Mitzvah Tanks, are operating in the Ukrainian capital. People can warm up, drink hot tea, and charge their phones there. As explained by Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, the word Mitzvah translates from Hebrew as “Commandment”, which is why the mobile centers are called Mitzvah Tanks.

“Our volunteers are constantly on duty with the Mitzvah Tanks so they can immediately go to help — whether to the site of a russian shelling (God forbid) to warm those who have lost their homes, or to an address where there has been no electricity or heat for over four days straight. They even assist when many liters of water need to be carried up 18 flights of stairs for elderly people who cannot do it themselves or ask someone else,” noted the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine.

Journalists have the opportunity to cover the work of the Mitzvah Tank Mobile Resilience Centers in Kyiv and speak with the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine by prior arrangement.

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In 2025, Cooper, a 20-year-old Canadian, came to Ukraine and joined the 13th National Guard Khartiia Brigade as a combat medic. That same autumn, he participated in the Kupiansk operation with the Khartiia search and strike group.

Cooper managed to provide aid to over 50 soldiers involved in assault operations. During the operation, Cooper was wounded when he stepped on a mine. He applied a tourniquet and stopped the massive bleeding himself. He documented the entire process on camera, from the insertion and clearing of the landing zone, to rescuing his comrades, to his own injury and evacuation.

As a result of the injury, the soldier lost his leg. He is currently in the hospital awaiting a prosthesis and plans to return to the military.

Cooper is available for interviews, both online and in person, by prior arrangement with the press officer. His video of the combat mission is also available.

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When russia launched its full-scale invasion, the servicewoman known by the call sign Minion was with her parents in the Kharkiv oblast. Their village, Mali Prokhody, was quickly occupied. For six months, she lived under russian rule, cut off from the outside world, before she and her parents managed to escape to Germany.

Upon turning 18, Minion chose to return to Ukraine and join the fight. Her first application at a Territorial Recruitment Center was rejected. Undeterred, she tried again a year later, succeeded in getting a brigade assignment, and completed her training.

Now, Minion has served for a year in the 1st Separate Medical Battalion as a drone operator. Looking ahead, she dreams of pursuing higher education to become a veterinarian.

Minion is available for online interviews by prior arrangement with her unit’s press officer.

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Participants:

– Natalia Tabaka, Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine.

Key topics:

– Domestic travel trends: Which destinations are the most popular among Ukrainians amid the ongoing war?

– Foreign visitors: Despite persistent security risks, what continues to draw international visitors to Ukraine?

– Travel as a wartime necessity: Does it serve primarily as a recreation, psychological relief, or a way to cope with stress?

(The event will take place without simultaneous interpretation.)

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