Media Center Ukraine Producer Department

On July 21, the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO) will host a Defence Talks event titled “Follow the address”: Shared offices, shell companies, and microelectronics supply chains to russia.

During the event, NAKO analysts will present a large-scale study that examined 180,000 customs declarations and identified nearly 1,800 companies supplying russia’s defense industry with technology in circumvention of sanctions.

Together with leading experts, military specialists, and investigative journalists, participants will examine how sanctions policy is evolving and where new loopholes are emerging; what role China plays in sustaining russia’s war machine; and how investigative journalism and analytical research help disrupt supply chains to russia’s military-industrial complex.

Participants:

– Bohdan Chumak, Representative of the Sanctions Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
– Dmytro Shulha, Director of the Europe and the World Programme, International Renaissance Foundation;
– Viktoriia Vyshnivska, Senior Researcher, NAKO;
– Olena Davlikanova, Senior Analyst at the Sahaidachnyi Security Center, editor of NAKO’s Russia’s War Network study;
– Yurii Poita, Senior Associate Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) (online);
– Oleksandr Moiseienko, Deputy Editor-in-Chief at United24 Media, investigative journalist.

Venue: For security reasons, the location will be disclosed only to registered participants.

Simultaneous interpretation: Ukrainian/English.

Journalists are required to register.

Background: NAKO (Independent Anti-Corruption Commission) is a civil society organization working to reduce opportunities for corruption in Ukraine’s defense sector through in-depth research, effective advocacy, and public awareness. Since the start of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NAKO has been monitoring sanctions enforcement and advocating for stronger restrictions on russia’s defense industry. As part of this work, it studies Western-made microelectronics found in various types of russian weapons, including Shahed drones, missiles, and aircraft.

Defence Talks is NAKO’s discussion platform bringing together Ukrainian officials, experts, diplomats, and journalists to identify solutions in the fields of security and defense.

• russian crimes
• weapon

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On July 22, the Media Center Ukraine will host a briefing titled: “Life-saving inventions: Students from frontline Donetsk Oblast win young inventors competition.”

Participants:
– Ben Cohenburger, American attorney;
– Varvara Skrypnyk, co-founder and deputy director of Ukraine Invention Convention;
– Stepan Zots, student from Kramatorsk, inventor;
– Yaroslava, student from Sloviansk, inventor.

Topics for discussion:
– scientific opportunities for students in Donetsk Oblast;
– achievements of young Ukrainian inventors on international platforms.

Background: Ukraine Invention Convention is Ukraine’s first young inventors competition based on the NextMinds (Connecticut Invention Convention) model, the oldest invention program in the United States, which has nurtured more than 300,000 young inventors. Students complete seven stages — from identifying a real-life problem to creating a working prototype — and compete with peers from more than 30 countries. For children growing up during war, inventing restores something essential: the feeling that they can change the world.

• children
• Kyiv

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On July 23, the final removal of the protective coverings and professional cleaning of the Mykola Lysenko monument will take place near the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv. The event continues the “Weeks of Improvement for Kyiv’s Historic Monuments” initiative, under which the capital’s landmark monuments are being uncovered after protective conservation and restored to a well-maintained condition.

The initiative is organized by the Department of Culture of the Kyiv City State Administration and the Shevchenkivskyi District State Administration in Kyiv, with support from the service company INWHITE (LLC “INWHITE”).

The first stage of the initiative began on June 25 at Mykhailivska Square with the professional cleaning of the monument to Princess Olha. The next site will be the monument to Mykola Lysenko — composer, pianist, conductor, educator, folklorist, and one of the key figures of Ukrainian musical culture. His name is closely associated with the development of Ukrainian classical music, the preservation of folk song traditions, and the formation of Ukraine’s national school of music.

Journalists are required to obtain accreditation.

Background: The work is being carried out on a charitable basis without the use of municipal budget funds. For INWHITE, participation in the project is a continuation of its Clean Day social initiative and a charitable contribution to the city as the company marks its 20th anniversary.

• culture
• Kyiv

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