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FRIDA Ukraine teams of doctors to leave for two missions that will be carried out simultaneously in the Donetsk and Sumy regions. For two days, doctors will conduct full outpatient appointments in regional communities.

25 doctors divided into teams will work in several settlements in Donetsk Oblast at the same time. The teams of surgeons, cardiologists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, and other specialists. A team of 16 doctors is going on a mission to Sumy Oblast.

Journalists can join the team of medical volunteers during the planned missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without traveling to the hot spots.

Holding a pre-accreditated status is required.

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Mykola Mohylevskyi, a 24-year-old volunteer from Fastiv, has been to the most dangerous places on the frontline during the full-scale invasion: Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, Lyman, Soledar and Siversk. He took everyone he could persuade to evacuate to safe places. In addition to people, Mohylevskyi had to take out animals: dogs and even cows. Mykola goes to the front line every month. Now journalists can visit him in Fastiv, Kyiv region for conversation.

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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ukraine, Caroline Lindholm Billing, will give a briefing in Kyiv on the occasion of World Refugee Day. The topic of the exact number of Ukrainian refugees in the world and assistance to Ukraine in addressing the issue of housing recovery and reconstruction is among the issues to be discussed.

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Volodymyr “Shamil” Sheredeha is a Joint Forces Operation veteran who went back to defend the country on February 24, 2022. Last summer, he injured his leg and has been undergoing treatment in Kyiv since then. After the injury and several unsuccessful surgeries on his leg, the soldier became depressed and was twice hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital in Kyiv. But Volodymyr managed to get the disease under control and now continues therapy with his psychologist. “Shamil” is well aware of the importance of mental health for people returning from the front. So he managed to attract more than 30 thousand of his Twitter followers to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the military.

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Frankie and Coen, two well-known restaurant owners from the Netherlands, are visiting Ukraine for the twelfth time with their mobile restaurant. The men treat people with free French fries and snacks. During this trip, they will go around several Ukrainian cities. In particular, the volunteers will travel to Mykolaiv and Kherson to support people affected by the Kakhovka dam collapse. Later on, they will go to Donbas.  

Frankie and Coen also support orphanages and assist other humanitarian organizations in medicines and food package distribution in the frontline area. They also arrange hospital equipment transportation. 

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Neopalymi (Unburnt) is a national program of external rehabilitation for war-affected people. Everyone who needs help can receive free treatment for burns or scars of a non-domestic nature within the project.

For example, the project treats Natalia, who was injured in Mariupol in mid-March 2022. She took her children to a shelter and returned to get her belongings when an air raid hit. Illia, who joined the ranks of defenders voluntarily, got severe burns last September due to a tank fire. A patient named Olha was injured as a result of a rocket attack targeting Vinnytsia (the fire broke out, giving a woman hand burns, leaving post-burn scars, and making her undergo a transplant). Another victim named Tina received a scar on her forehead as it took her to crawl on the ground during enemy shelling.

Journalists can learn more about the project and talk to people who receive burns, scalds, and scars course of treatment, wherever possible. The Neopalymi project operates throughout Ukraine, as well as in Poland and Moldova.

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The Superhumans Center is a modern clinic in Ukraine that provides free medical services for prosthetics, rehabilitation, reconstructive surgery, and PTSD treatment. In addition, the center owns a laboratory where prostheses are manufactured.

Journalists can learn more about the clinic’s activities and talk to those the specialists provide assistance to, wherever possible. 

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Ukrainian photographer Marta Syrko founded the photo project “Sculpted” last December. The subjects of her photos are Ukrainian defenders who suffered as a result of the russian federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. (These are soldiers who received injuries, burns or whose limbs were amputated.) Ten defenders have already participated in the photo project. Civilians who have suffered as a result of the war can also take part in the project.

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Paramedic Liudmyla, call sign “Ariyka,” has been rescuing the wounded since 2014. During russia’s full-scale invasion, the woman left her job at a publishing house and started rescuing people at the front, including in the hottest spots. Liudmyla rescues people as part of the volunteer medical battalion “Hospitallers.”

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On June 12, a press conference will be held at NEZLAMNI National Rehabilitation Center, during which experts will present the first case of osseointegration prosthetics in the history of Ukrainian medicine and share their successes.

Osseointegration is the newest technique in our country. During the surgery, a part of the prosthesis is simply implanted into the bone. And after healing and recovery, an artificial foot is fitted.

Defender Ihor Krupnov was the first Ukrainian to receive osseointegration prostheses. The man is 57 years old, who volunteered to go to war. He lost his legs as a result of a mine explosion in a car. The implant surgery was performed on April 10. Six weeks later, on May 24, prosthetists fitted the last part – artificial feet. During the press conference, Ihor and the Center’s experts will talk about how he took his first steps and how he feels now.

It will also be possible to film physical therapy exercises with a robotic walking system.

Accreditation required.

Photos and video materials with all stages of prosthetics and rehabilitation process, as well as Ihor Krupnov’s first steps, will be provided to journalists.

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