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Tymko III, the groundhog from Kharkiv Oblast who has traditionally forecasted the weather, is now back from russian captivity. Together with other animals, Tymko survived the occupation in Nesterivka until Ukraine’s Armed Forces liberated the village during the counterassault in Kharkiv Oblast. Tymko, together with 38 other groundhogs living in the area of the biological research station of Kharkiv’s Karazin University, got under the russian occupation in the spring. Two biological research station employees, Volodymyr and Halyna, stayed to keep an eye on the animals. Volodymyr Hrubnyk, the head of the Eastern Steppe Laboratory of the Department of Biology of Karazin University in Kharkiv, told that the groundhogs were safe and sound and received a shipment of humanitarian aid.

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Volunteers of the Patron Pets Center, which helps stray animals, go to the liberated territories in Kharkiv Oblast, including Izium, to bring feed for abandoned cats and dogs. They not only feed the animals but also try to find out how much feed they will need in the future and search for people who could take care of the animals on an ongoing basis. Volunteers feed hundreds of abandoned pets in Izium in Kharkiv Oblast and work in other liberated cities and villages where animals need help.

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Relive is a project that transforms basements of apartment blocks into provisional bomb shelters. The project is run by Volonterska.Ua charity together with Kharkiv Youth Council. The goal is to prepare enough basements to accommodate 100,000 people safely.

Over the last two weeks, the volunteers have already prepared 12 basements that can take about 1,580 people. The next week, they will start transforming 16 more basements into provisional bomb shelters. It means that 4,000 residents of Kharkiv will have a safe place to stay during the bombardments.

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In Kharkiv, a shelter for passengers was installed at one of the public transport stops. The shelter has 12 seats and a screen with video surveillance cameras. About 100 kg of sand will also be stored there for extinguishing fires. In general, safe stops are going to be set up in 25 locations in Kharkiv.

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Jerzy Jurczyński from Poznań in Poland clears debris together with Kharkiv rescue workers. The 55-year-old man with 10 years of mountain climbing experience came to Ukraine two months ago as a humanitarian aid coordinator for a Polish charity. Now, he is the only foreigner in a team of Kharkiv steeplejacks. He cleared debris in schools, apartment blocks, and industrial areas ruined by the russian artillery. He also worked in Saltivka, the worst destroyed part of the city.

His wife and 12-year-old daughter are waiting for him at home. Jerzy will visit them in a week; after that, he plans to come back to Kharkiv and work with the rescuers till winter.

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Safe public transport stops will appear in Kharkiv. At first, they will be set up on the busiest bus, trolleybus and tram routes. According to the plans of the mayor’s office, these reinforced concrete structures will be located next to the stops. In the event of a threat of artillery fire, it will be possible to hide there and wait for an air alarm to end. According to the mayor of Kharkiv, similar shelters already exist in Israel.

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In Kharkiv, volunteers of BudDopomoha Kharkiv, a charitable organization, help locals cover the windows damaged due to the war.  Instead of glass, they fit oriented-strand board (OSB) sheets. Later on, the sheets can be removed to set the glass in. In addition, the volunteers bring food to those in need and deliver humanitarian aid both within and outside the city.

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On July 8, the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will host a media event in Kharkiv, offering journalists an opportunity to interview legionnaires from France, the USA, and the UK.

Interviews and topics must be signed off by the Legion’s Director of Communications on July 7 using Signal or Telegram messaging apps.

Details of the venue and time will be provided to each journalist separately.

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In Kharkiv, employees of the Household Waste Removal Complex utility keep working despite the war. Their garbage trucks came under fire several times after the start of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Some of them had to hide while working because a projectile fell nearby. Still, the utility employees remove several thousand containers of garbage every day.

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Charity volunteers from 4.5.0 Kharkiv Residents Together have been helping locals since the first days of russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. Every day, they cook and deliver more than 10,000 servings of food. They deliver food by bus to all districts of Kharkiv. Food is given to people who lost their work because of the war and those who live in bomb shelters and basements.

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