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The building of the Kherson Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Oles Honchar was badly damaged during the russian occupation and immediately after the liberation of the city. In particular, the library was shelled by the enemy on November 19. The windows of the building, with a total area of about a thousand square meters, were broken. From the Dnieper side alone, no less than 88 windows were destroyed. Now the people concerned help to preserve the building for the winter. Owing to their contributions, the library managed to purchase materials to protect the building and “close” the damaged windows.

• culture
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kherson

On December 23, Ukrposhta will put into circulation a postage stamp in honor of the world-famous Christmas carol. “Shchedryk. Carol of the Bell” is the final one in the cycle of stamps issued by Ukrposhta in 2022. The issue of the postage stamp was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the presentation of the musical piece “Shchedryk” on the Carnegie Hall stage in New York. It was after this that “Shchedryk” by Mykola Leontovych became a symbolic holiday anthem for a number of countries.

The new stamp will be canceled with a special postmark in Kyiv on Sofiiska square by Ihor Smilianskyi, General Director of Ukrposhta, and by Mykola Kochubei, the Honored Artist of Ukraine, the author of the postage stamp. Also, the folk choir “Vesnianka” will perform the famous holiday song on the square.

• culture
• Kyiv

In order for the Christmas tree to light up at the capital’s railway station this year, you need to spin the pedals of a mechanical generator. And the main Christmas tree of the country located on Sophia Square is decorated with energy-saving lamps. Most likely, the Christmas tree will be lit up at certain hours of the day. Among other things, points for recharging gadgets will be set up next to the generator.

The “Indomitable Christmas Tree” was installed in Mykolaiv. It is made of a camouflage net that covers the monument to St. Nicholas. Previously, this monument had been covered with sandbags to protect it from destruction. On St. Nicholas Day, December 19, people are encouraged to bring their toys with wishes to put them up on the unusual Christmas tree. And in Kharkiv, the New Year tree was placed underground. A Christmas tree was put up at one of the metro stations.

• culture
• Kharkiv
• Kyiv
• Mykolaiv

Ukrposhta invites media representatives to the grand opening of the New Year’s postal residence on December 19 in the main post office building in the capital city. The postage stamp “Victorious New Year!” will also be presented and canceled with the postmark “First Day” with the participation of the General Director of Ukrposhta.

The opening of the New Year’s postal residence will also be attended by the Magician (children can communicate with him and his assistants). The event agenda also includes master classes, holiday entertainments for children and New Year’s gifts.

• culture

While fleeing from Kherson city, russians robbed two of the largest museums in the region: the Regional Museum of Local Lore and the Oleskii Shovkunenko Regional Art Museum. At least 20,000 exhibits were stolen. In the Art Museum, the collection of the world and Ukrainian paintings of the 17th–21st centuries was looted by 80%. From the Local Lore Museum, they took out rare archaeological finds of the ancient world: weapons, coins — everything that is in demand in the shadow market.

For reference: The Local Lore Museum in Kherson city was established in 1890. Since then, most of the archaeological artifacts found in the region have been kept here. They include antiquities found during excavations of Olvia kingdom city and Berezan island of the 7th—6th centuries B.C.E.

• culture
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kherson

This year, the authorities of Kharkiv refused to celebrate the New Year on Svobody Square because of russia’s full-scale invasion. Despite this, the Christmas tree was still installed, but underground, at the “Universitet” metro station. Also, festive decorations were put up on other stations to create a festive atmosphere for the townspeople and people who found refuge in Kharkiv.

For reference: due to russia’s full-scale invasion, the movement of trains in the Kharkiv metro was stopped, and the stations were used as bomb shelters from February 24 to May 24, 2022. Now the subway is working as usual.

• culture
• Kharkiv

The performance was organized by the efforts of Looking at the Stars Canadian Foundation, with the support of All-Ukrainian Forum for Democracy NGO, People-Army volunteer initiative, and Izium community in Ukraine.

Performer Darius Mažintas, Vice President of Looking at the Stars Canadian Foundation, representatives of Ukrainian partners and volunteers of Izyum will be available for comments after the performance.

• culture
• volunteers
• Kharkiv

The world premiere of “Iron Butterflies” documentary will take place at the World Cinema Documentary Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023. This is a documentary by Roman Liubyi that looks into the circumstances surrounding the downing of MH17, the narratives of russian propagandists about the event, and the world’s reaction to this crime. The film was produced by Babylon’13 film collective in cooperation with TRIMAFILM and RBB/ARTE from Germany. The authors dedicated this film not only to the passengers and crew of flight MH17, but also to all the victims of russian aggression against Ukraine, says film director Roman Liubyi.

• casualties
• culture

“Numo Kozaky” (Come On Cossacks): this is the title of a new track released by Kalush Orchestra, winners of the current Eurovision Song Contest, jointly with Kozak Siromakha. “This is a song in which we wanted to convey the real Ukrainian spirit. Despite the cruelty of the enemy and the lack of any humanness in it, Ukrainian soldiers are driving it out further and further from our land! We believe that this song can become the anthem of our imminent Victory,” Oleg Psyuk, the Band Leader, said. He also added that with this song, the musicians wanted to show the strength and courage of Ukrainian men who are ready to give their lives for their native homeland daily.

Recall that the Kalush Orchestra band received a new cup of the Eurovision Song Contest winner. Previously, the band sold its winner’s cup at a charity auction for USD 900,000 to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

• culture

Alim Iakubov, Ukrainian Crimean photographer, a Crimean Tatar who returned to his historical homeland from Uzbekistan in 2008, just like other children of deported people. The exhibition contains portraits of Ukrainian LGBTIQ+ war heroes and heroines created by Alim. The exhibition is accompanied by Ukrainian heroes’ personal stories collected and described by Daphna Rachok, Ukrainian Scientist and Activist. The authors’ goal is to show unity and courage of the Ukrainian people who include the LGBTIQ+ community as an integral part. Everyone can communicate with them at the exhibition by prior arrangement

• culture
• military
• Kyiv
• LGBT