SCHEDULE OF MEDIA CENTER UKRAINE – UKRINFORM EVENTS (8 KHMELNYTSKOHO ST., KYIV) FOR MARCH 13

12:00 PM — Olha Reshetylova, Coordinator of the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) (in person);
Bohdan Pantiushenko, Tanker, was captured in early 2015 and released from captivity in January 2019.

Topic of focus:
Maksym Butkevych and others: illegal conviction of Ukrainian prisoners of war by quasi-courts in the occupied territories of Ukraine
Why is it interesting?
On March 10, a court of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” sentenced a well-known Ukrainian journalist and human rights activist, Maksym Butkevych, to 13 years in prison. He joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the beginning of the war and was later captured. Along with Butkevych, Ukrainians Viktor Pohozei and Vladyslav Shel were also ‘sentences’. These ‘prison terms’ are evidence of russian authorities committing war crimes against prisoners of war.

2:00 PM — Denys Marchuk, Deputy Chair of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council (in person)

Topics of focus:
— Spring sowing: main problems and challenges
— Agriculture Sector Support Programme

3:00 PM — Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration (online)

Topics of focus:
— The current situation in the region
— The plan for reconstruction of the region

4:30 PM — Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration (online)

Topics of focus:
— Shelling in the region, casualties, and death toll
— Humanitarian situation and infrastructure damage in the region
— Demining of the territories

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