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On August 1, the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will host a presentation of a study entitled “Veterans’ Needs and Barriers to Employment”

Analysts of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans conducted a thorough study, during which 475 employers were surveyed, and 10 in-depth interviews were conducted with Ukrainian business representatives and business leaders. The participants in the event will present the results of the study and discuss the needs and problems of veterans’ employment opportunities. 

Participants:

– Svitlana Kashenets, Deputy Minister for Veteran Affairs; 

– Ruslana Velychko-Trifonyuk, First Deputy Executive Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs;

– Yulya Kirillova, Head of the Department of Educational and Analytical Work of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation;

– Olga Bandrivska, Coordinator of the Military Vacancies Department at Lobby X;

– Maksym Pylypenko, PR Director at Work.ua; 

– Vitalii Kucherenko, veteran employer, founder of the company for humanitarian demining of de-occupied territories;

Among other things, speakers will discuss whether veterans are supported and confident in future employment, how the state supports and provides opportunities for veterans to return to civilian life, and whether employers are willing to hire veterans. 

Event registration is required.

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• Kyiv

On July 29 and 30, during “Kurazh” charity fair in Kyiv, everyone is welcome to play ping-pong with soldiers who were wounded at the front and received prostheses in Superhumans Center, the modern rehabilitation and prosthetics center for victims of war.

Visitors at the event will also be able to hold and even try on one of the prostheses in order to understand what Superhumans Center patients are dealing with and why quality rehabilitation is important to learn to live with a prosthesis.

• casualties
• doctors
• military
• Kyiv

On July 28, at 11:00 AM, Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will hold a briefing entitled “Olenivka: Impunity – Encouragement of Terrorism.”  One year ago, the russians committed a terrorist attack brutally murdering the unarmed and powerless defenders of Azovstal, who had been held captive for more than two months at that time. As a result of the barbaric crime, according to unconfirmed data, at least 53 Ukrainian defenders were killed

Participants:

– Nataliia Zarytska, Chair of the “Woman of Steel,” wife of a released from captivity soldier of the Azov Regiment;

– Nataliia Pashniuk-Pashnieva, the mother of the defender of Azovstal who died as a result of the terrorist attack;

– Mariia Alieksieievych, the wife of the wounded defender of Azovstal, injured as a result of the terrorist attack in Olenivka;

– Nelia Shastun, the mother of two soldiers of the Azov Regiment, the elder of whom died, and the second was captured after leaving Azovstal and kept in the Olenivka barracks during the terrorist attack;

– Mykyta Shastun, Azovstal defender released from captivity, who was kept in the Olenivka barracks during the terrorist attack;

– Oleksandr Zarutskyi, international lawyer;

Prior accreditation is required.

• casualties
• dead
• military
• prisoners
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Media accreditation for the open training session of the Ukrainian wheelchair basketball national team at the 2023 Invictus Games, which will take place on July 27 in Kyiv, has started.

At the start of the open training session, the team members will be addressed by Minister of Veterans Affairs Yuliia Laputina, Minister of Youth and Sports Vadym Gutzeit, representatives of the NGO Invictus Games, as well as the coach of the Ukrainian national wheelchair basketball team Taras Shpuk and the coach of the US national wheelchair basketball team Hannah Walker.

Journalists can attend the wheelchair basketball game and talk to national team members.

Important notice:  The program of the open training session and detailed information about the venue will be sent only to accredited journalists who agree to the terms of the press embargo on information dissemination. Accreditation lasts until 9:00 PM on July 26.

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• military
• Kyiv

On July 26, at the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform, the Media Initiative for Human Rights, a member of the 5AM Coalition, presents an investigation into the mass murder of Azovs in Olenivka Colony No. 120. During the presentation, based on the documented testimonies of the victims, the MIHR journalists will reveal in detail the circumstances of the crimes committed in Olenivka colony: how it happened, what happened inside and outside the barracks with the Azovs regiment members, why no one saved them, and who is to blame.

To reconstruct the events of the night of the mass murder of prisoners from July 28 to 29, 2022, the MIHR team interviewed crime witnesses. At the time of the attack, they were inside the barracks. At that time, two explosions killed about 50 Azov soldiers and seriously injured more than 70 others.

Speakers:

Tetiana Katrychenko – author of the investigation, Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR)

Maria Klymyk – author of the investigation, journalist at MIHR;

Anna Lobova, wife of a prisoner of war wounded in Olenivka;

Arina Khavanskykh, wife of a prisoner of war killed in Olenivka.

Event accreditation is required.

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• military
• prisoners
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On July 25, Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will hold a briefing entitled “Chemical weapons, biolaboratories and nuclear provocations: how russia lies about the health of Ukrainians — VoxCheck monitoring.” Over 1,800 news stories and posts with lies and propaganda about the health of Ukrainians were discovered by VoxCheck fact-checkers in cooperation with the USAID Health Reform Support Project in the information space of Ukraine, russia and Belarus from June 2022 to June 2023.

Participants:

• Olena Hlyvynska, USAID Health Reform Support Project (online);
• Svitlana Slipchenko, VoxCheck Project Manager (in person);
• Anayit Khoperiya, Head of the Department for Countering Information Threats to National Security at the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (in person);
• Mykola Balaban, Deputy Head at the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security (in person);
• Dzvenyslava Shcherba, Analyst and Journalist at Internews Ukraine NGO (in person).

• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Every third Friday of the month, 12 Kyiv subway stations host first aid training sessions. The training is conducted by the Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine experienced specialists and instructors. Anyone can join the training available free of charge. Practices on how to conduct an initial assessment of the victim’s condition, how to act in case of massive bleeding, airway obstruction, thermal burns, etc are taught by doctors.. The training was launched last year by the Ministry of Health and the Kyiv Metro. At least 10,000 passengers have already undergone 11 trainings, thanks to which at least 10,000 passengers have acquired first aid skills. 

Important: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine event accreditation for the foreign media is required. 

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• Kyiv

The Military Sewing Company is a voluntary association of people who volunteer to sew adaptive clothing for wounded soldiers: pants, shorts, underpants, T-shirts, etc. The adaptive clothing with Velcro, ties, or buttons is designed so injured defenders can put it on comfortably and painlessly. 

The Military Sewing Company has already produced over 30,000 pieces of such clothing. They are sent to more than 50 medical institutions across Ukraine, as well as to soldiers in need of such garments.

The Military Sewing Company was founded in Dnipro. People who have joined the initiative and sew clothes (in workshops, sewing shops, or home-based ones) are located in Kyiv, Dnipro, Rivne, Poltava, Zhytomyr, and Lviv. Some seamstresses are actively involved in sewing while residing in Norway, Germany, and Canada.

• casualties
• military
• volunteers
• Dnipro
• Kyiv
• Lviv
• Poltava
• Zhytomyr
• Rivne

On July 20, Top Lead content marketing agency’s study “Russia-Ukraine War: Environmental Impact” on the impact of russian armed aggression on Ukraine’s environment will be presented at a press conference. The topics of focus include: what are the damages to the environment from the full-scale war; what is Ukrainian business doing to overcome the consequences of ecocide; the problem of demining agricultural land, “green” recovery.

Participants:

• Stanislav Shum, CEO Top Lead;
• Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi, First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine;
• Natalia Slobodian, Head of the Climate Change and Environment Protection Department, DTEK;
• Mykhailo Rizak, Director for Government Relations and Sustainable Development, NIBULON;

Pre-accreditation required.

• ecology
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The All-Ukrainian Center for the Adoption of Homeless Animals “Patron Pets Center” launched a new project entitled “Walk with me.” Its purpose is to socialize four-legged friends. Those who are willing to take part in the project can walk animals in the center of the capital every day from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM, and from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

“Patron Pets Center” cooperates with volunteers who evacuate animals from regions suffering from russia’s full-scale invasion. So, for example, the Center recently sheltered more than a hundred pets from Kherson region. Volunteers also bring animals from Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.

In Kyiv, “Patron Pets Center” provides shelter to animals, rehabilitates them and helps to find owners.

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• volunteers
• Kyiv