Themes by tag: Kyiv

On January 30, the press conference “Dialogue in Russian: “Black Register of Executions, Tortures and Cases of Inhumane Treatment of the Civilian Population” will be held at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform. Freerights Human Rights Association, a part of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition, will present the “Black Register of Executions, Tortures and Cases of Inhumane Treatment of the Civilian Population in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine,” and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) will showcase the Roadmap for Investigating Torture and Enforced Disappearances, in order to incorporate recorded cases to criminal investigation and ensure further inevitability of punishment of those responsible for war crimes.

Participants:

• Anastasiia Malynka, Freerights Human Rights Association information manager (in person);
• Maryia Kvitsinskaya, Expert on Europe and Central Asia at the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) (online);
• A representative of the Division for Interaction with State, Non-Governmental, and International Organizations of the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Department for Combating Crimes Committed During Armed Conflict (speaker to be announced).

The event will be held within the framework of the cooperation between Ukraine 5 AM Coalition with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

For reference: Ukraine 5 AM Coalition started working on February 25, 2022, the day after russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today, there are 38 NGOs and four individual experts in the Coalition. They combined their efforts to systematically document war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the russian armed aggression against Ukraine. The Coalition also protects victims of the russo-Ukrainian war through state and international mechanisms of justice.

• casualties
• dead
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On January 26, a three-day basic tactical medicine course (ASM NAEMT), designed for military personnel and those who are preparing themselves for combat starts in Kyiv. Among other things, the course participants will learn how to assess the tactical situation, safely move the injured victims, recognize and stop severe bleeding, and provide assistance in case of head injuries, burns, fractures, etc.

The volunteers from the Hospitallers medical battalion regularly hold training sessions. All proceeds paid by the course participants directed to support the battalion’s work.

Journalists have the opportunity to cover the training sessions.

For reference: The Hospitallers medical battalion has been working at the front since 2014. Its crews carry out dozens of evacuations day by day along almost the entire front line. It has also been teaching tactical medicine since 2015 and first aid basics since 2018. The instructors are certified by NAEMT (American National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians), UVMA (Ukrainian Military Medical Academy), and other organizations.

• doctors
• Kyiv

On January 23, the Lokomotyv stadium, a sports complex of Ukrzaliznytsia in Kyiv, was damaged by Russian missile fire.

Ukrzaliznytsia reported that more than five hundred children of railroad workers and IDPs, including those from Mariupol, Melitopol, and Kherson, as they train at Lokomotyv stadium every single day. Fortunately, there were no children on the territory of the sports facility at the time of the shelling.

For now, training sessions at the stadium have been canceled. Soon, FC Lokomotyv aspiring players will return to training at the partners sports facilities. 

Journalists can get to the stadium to cover the footage revealing the extent of the destruction. 

For reference: Lokomotyv Stadium was opened to the public on August 2, 1925.

• russian crimes
• Kyiv

A press conference on “Future School for Ukraine” – a Lithuanian-Ukrainian project to boost donor acquisition and support school building will be held at the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform on January 24. 

“Future School for Ukraine” is a Lithuanian Government initiative to recover educational infrastructure, which aims to save time and money on school project design. In partnership with the Restoration Agency, the ready-for-localization and implementation adaptive design for building schools will be provided to Ukrainian communities and donors free of charge. With close coordination with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the project aims to build back modern, inclusive, and resilient educational institutions.

Participants: 

– Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine;

– Mustafa Nayem, Head of the Recovery Agency, Ukraine;

– Arturas Žarnovskis, Program Manager of “Co-create Future of Ukraine”, Central ProjectManagement Agency (CPVA) Lithuania;

– Anna Novosad, educational activist, SavED, Ukraine. 

Event registration is required. 

• children
• reconstruction
• Kyiv

The InNikos Canine Assisted Therapy Center has recently opened in Kyiv. A team of therapy dogs, dog handlers, psychologists, and a rehabilitation therapist help people improve their emotional well-being and physical health. The military personnel, families of defenders, IDPs, children who survived the occupation, and in general people affected by the war, are center clients. The Center provides free-of-charge sessions, and group and individual therapy is available. 

The center employs 9 therapy dogs: six have been trained and tested, and three more are in training. The oldest mixed-breed therapy dog (Labrador Retriever + German Shepherd) is 10-year-old Nika. The youngest dog in the center is a 5-month-old Belgian Malinois named Barcelona. She is still undergoing a training program, but she is already involved in classes, mostly with the military and children. 

The organizers plan to launch a similar canine therapy project in 4 more cities.

• animals
• casualties
• psychological support
• Kyiv

On January 24, Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will host a press conference entitled: “Nothing sacred: war crimes by the russian occupiers against religious communities and the clergy.”

During the event, the participants will speak of numerous facts of religious persecution in the occupied territories and violations of international humanitarian law by the aggressor against religious buildings during hostilities.

Participants:

• Viktor Yelenskyi, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience;
• Yevgeniy Zakharov, Director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group;
• Vyacheslav Likhachev, Expert Council Member at the Center for Civil Liberties;
• Ruslan Khalikov, religious studies expert, Head of “Religion on Fire” project, Workshop for the Academic Study of Religion.

The event requires registration.

• religion
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

KoLeSo (Wheel) is a network of educational and training centers for tactical medicine (Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv and Vinnytsia). The network’s founder, Olha Omelchuk, has been a medical instructor in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2014.

Since March 2022, about 38,000 people, both military and civilians, have received free pre-medical care training at the centers. The courses are based on the tactical protocol — Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

The training (tactical first aid in combat) spans a 6-hour course, which includes both theoretical and practical components. After that, participants have the opportunity to engage in online workshops facilitated by the instructors, which will help revise the material. Additionally, participants can opt to participate in “Module 2” and successfully pass the exam and obtain a certificate.

Journalists can cover the training and talk to the students. If they wish, journalists can also undergo training.

• doctors
• Kyiv

On January 22, the exhibition “Dali: I Will Take My Life Back” will open in Kyin. It is dedicated to the memory of the poet and soldier Maksym “Dali” Kryvtsov.

The exhibition will feature 24 photographs by Maksym Kryvtsov with his poems. The official opening will be timed to the poet’s birthday (January 22). During the event, everyone will be able to listen to poetry from Kryvtsov’s collection “Poems from the Gun Slits,” which will be read by Maksym’s friends and relatives.

All works, as well as postcards with illustrations by Ukrainian artists, will be available for purchase. The proceeds from the sales will be donated to preserve the memory of Maksym Kryvtsov.

For reference: A machine gunner, poet and photographer, Maksym “Dali” Kryvtsov died on the front line on January 7 at the age of 33. On January 11, Ukrainians paid tribute to Maksym in Kyiv, and the soldier was buried in his native Rivne on January 12.

Maksym Kryvtsov participated in the Revolution of Dignity in 2013–2014, and joined the ranks of the Armed Forces as a volunteer in 2014. When the kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kryvtsov volunteered to fight again. 

• culture
• dead
• military
• Kyiv

On January 17, a press conference on the situation in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied areas in 2023 and the challenges ahead in 2024 will be held at the Media Center – Ukrinform.

The press conference discussion will involve experts examining the socio-political issues, humanitarian crises, and abuses of international humanitarian law in the temporarily occupied territories. The event will also feature a discussion on challenges to face in 2024, including the upcoming Russian presidential election.

In addition, a study by the OSINT agency Molfar “Kremlin Agents in Robes: How the Clergy of the UOC (MP) Lobby for Russia’s Interests” will be released. 

Participants: 

– Andriy Yusov, Representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine;

– Anatolii Stelmakh, Deputy Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine;

– Ihor Solovey, Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security;

– Pavlo Fiialkovskyi, an analyst at an OSINT Agency;

– Representative of the Special Operations Forces’ National Resistance Center of Ukraine. 

Event media registration is required. 

• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

70-year-old Olha is a teacher who takes care of 5 adopted children. Her husband is severely ill.

The village in the Kherson region where the family lived was occupied by Russia since the beginning of its full-scale invasion. The woman was living in fear of enemy military might separate her from her children, as her daughter and sons were adoptees. They managed to flee life under occupation only on the third attempt.

Now the family lives in a rented apartment. However, Olha’s brother helped them buy a plot of land in the Kyiv region. Dobrobat volunteers assisted in constructing new housing for the family. It will be a one-story eco-house made of wood. They will start building it with the onset of warm weather.

For reference: “Dobrobat” is a volunteer building division helping those affected to restore housing and social infrastructure in the de-occupied territories.

• casualties
• children
• occupation
• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv