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Anton Tenyk has been engaged in farming for the past 5 years. He runs a farm in Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Since the Armed Forces of Ukraine de-occupied the right bank of the Kherson region, farmers have decided to get back to work. However, it has proved to be an uphill struggle, as most of the fields were contaminated with mines. Ukrainian military and sappers were clearing these areas of land mines, and Anton and other farmers did not stand aside: they used handheld mine detectors to detect shell casings and mortar shells. When pinpointing an unknown object, they seek professional help.

The farmers turned to their colleagues and charitable foundations for help to get fertilizers, seeds, and diesel fuel. Anton says that overcoming the odds, they managed to sow 800 hectares of sunflower, 400 hectares of barley, and 150 hectares of peas. Now the man is trying to employ all those who return home to the liberated regions of Kherson.

• Kherson
• demining

Starting October 14, short-term reconstruction actions will begin in Kherson Oblast by the NGO Building Ukraine Together (BUR), which has announced the launch of the rebuilding initiative in southern Ukraine. BUR South is a volunteer construction activity in the communities of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts to restore hospitals, village councils, community centers, and private homes before winter.

The main goal is to involve residents in the restoration of infrastructure and private homes damaged by Russian shelling and to unite the community. It also aims to engage Ukrainian youth in volunteering.

BUR cooperates with three rural communities where critical social infrastructure was destroyed during the full-scale invasion.

For reference: Building Ukraine Together is an all-Ukrainian non-governmental organization that has been engaging young people in volunteering and working with communities and activists to implement socially important projects for 9 years. BUR welcomes volunteers to join restoration events and week-long BUrcamps to help communities. 

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kherson
• Mykolaiv

The first mobile bomb shelter, funded by a European donor, was installed in Kherson on the 30th of June. It was financed by German artist Dennis Josef Meseg, who also created the decorative appearance of the shelter.  It was the 11th protection facility installed by “Youth 2.0” NGO. It was mounted on the site where 5 people were killed by Russian artillery fire on February 11, 2023. 

• volunteers
• Kherson

Representatives of the animal protection organization “UAnimals” are rescuing animals that suffered as a result of russians blowing up the Kakhovka HPP dam. (There are frightened and abandoned pets).

Over the past day alone, animal activists and concerned citizens have evacuated more than a hundred animals from flooded areas.

In addition, the day before, “UAnimals” launched a series of single-person pickets under the slogan “russia is killing the planet.”

• animals
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kherson

Volunteers of “Brave to Rebuild” project announced that they were collecting essential items for the people affected by the occupiers’ blowing up the Kakhovka HPP dam (disposable tableware, food, power banks, etc.). Rescuers also need help: inflatable boats, underwater cutting tools, etc. Tomorrow, June 8, volunteers will take the collected aid to Kherson.

Journalists are invited to see how people donate aid in Kyiv and bring essential items.

• casualties
• volunteers
• Kherson
• Kyiv

Kherson team of “Save Ukraine” Charitable Foundation is evacuating residents of the South, who found themselves in the flood zone after the russians had blown up the Kakhovka HPP dam.

They are also providing all necessary support for the victims.

For reference: “Save Ukraine” is a charitable foundation that coordinates dozens of organizations, volunteers, individuals and legal entities to help internally displaced persons. Among other things, the foundation’s volunteers organize rescue operations to return deported Ukrainian children.

• casualties
• russian crimes
• Kherson

The organizations Helping to Leave and Vostok SOS help with the evacuation of residents of the areas affected by the blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP dam. They are ready to show their work and provide comments to journalists.

For reference: Helping to Leave is a 24-hour hotline to help Ukrainians affected by the russian military invasion and genocide. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Helping to Leave operators have taken more than 53,000 people through the evacuation process.

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Vostok SOS organization, in turn, has already evacuated 46,000 Ukrainians since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

• casualties
• russian crimes
• Kherson

In Kyiv region, volunteers of “Zoopatrol” NGO are planning a trip to Kherson region to help the evacuated people and their pets. (The date of the trip is yet to be determined). Currently, volunteers help by providing information and coordination, as well as raising funds for the victims.

In Lviv, a team of volunteers from “Home of Rescued Animals” charity foundation is also planning a humanitarian mission to Kherson.

• animals
• russian crimes
• Kherson

The team of the World Central Kitchen charity organization is feeding people who are forced to evacuate from flooded areas due to the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP dam. In particular, they work in Kherson region, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhia.

For reference: WCK has been working in Ukraine since the first days of russia’s full-scale invasion. In general, this organization funds and provides products to create food kits in countries and regions experiencing humanitarian, climate or man-made crises.

• casualties
• food
• russian crimes
• Kherson
• Zaporizhzhia

Journalists can contact the Media Center Ukraine Producer Department to get contacts to official services (police, rescuers, etc.) in Kherson and the Oblast.

• russian crimes
• Kherson