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On September 11, a presentation of a VR exhibition about the crimes of russians in the temporarily occupied territories will be held in Kyiv. During the presentation, the authors of the exhibition will show a clip from the documentary film, photos, as well as a VR-video with testimonies of Ukrainian citizens from de-occupied territories.

The VR video of the documentary project “Deoccupation ” will allow “transporting” the viewers to the de-occupied territories and, with the stories of eyewitnesses, viewers will be able to experience everything that happened there more fully. It will be possible to “visit” Kharkiv, Kukhari village (Kyiv Polissia) and settlements of Sivershchyna.

Participants:

• Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director at the Center for Civil Liberties
• Vitalii Poberezhnyi, Producer of the docuseries “Deoccupation”
• Karina Piliugina, Producer and Author of Ukraïner projects
• Spokesperson for the National Resistance Center of Ukraine

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• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

A “Safety Training Classroom” starts classes in the village of Baryshivka, Kyiv region, on September 8. The classroom training will teach students how to provide first aid and familiarize them with mine safety rules. The State Emergency Service representatives will attend the opening of the classroom.

For reference, The government approved the Safety Training Classroom to start across Ukraine in September last year. The room is fitted out with appropriate equipment to organize training on fire and mine safety. Among other things, children are taught how to act in the event of an emergency and in the event of an air raid alarm. The experts from the State Emergency Service, the National Police, medical workers, combatants, and mine safety specialists are engaged in taking “Safety Training Classroom” classes. 

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• Kyiv

On September 2-3, volunteers of the Brave to Rebuild project will be dismantling the rubble of buildings destroyed by the all-out invasion of Russia. They will work in Irpin, Horenka, and Hostomel in the Kyiv region: 

For reference: The Brave to Rebuild project aims to help residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. Volunteers are restoring housing and social institutions damaged as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Volunteers from Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia are also involved in the project. 

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• Kyiv

On August 31, Media Center Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance will hold an educational project presentation that will help to bring the context of this war to the knowledge of foreign and domestic audiences in short-form video content format to debunk myths about Ukraine’s history, and uncover the truth about ‘ruscism.’

Participants:

– Anton Drobovych, Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance;

– Volodymyr Tylishchak, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance;

– Svitlana Chepurenko, communications manager at Media Center Ukraine;

– Maryna Ponomarenko, producer. 

• Kyiv

On August 30, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Center for Civil Liberties is organizing “VOICES” rally in support of civilian prisoners.

The purpose of this rally is to draw the attention of both the Ukrainian and the global community to the problem of civilians forcibly detained by russia.

The rally will include the following events:

1. A meeting with relatives of civilians detained by russia;

2. Performance by the Actors For Future team, during which actors will show the conditions in which civilians are being kept;

3. Presentation of a brochure containing 50 stories of civilian prisoners, created within the framework of the Prisoners Voice initiative.

Accreditation is required. The rally will take place in Kyiv.

For reference: The Center for Civil Liberties is aware of more than 150 penitentiary facilities in russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine that detain civilians abducted during the occupation without reason. The prisoners were kidnapped from their own homes, on the way to the store or from the workplace.

If journalists are interested in the topics and stories of civilian prisoners and need professional comments, they are welcome to contact the Center for Civil Liberties.

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• prisoners
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Kateryna Pryimak is one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement and a veteran of the russo-Ukrainian war. Kateryna knows firsthand how uncomfortable a uniform for women can be, if it has been sewn by man’s uniform standards. Therefore, when servicewomen began to request uniforms, the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, led by Kateryna and her sister in arms Yuliia Sidorova decided that it was time to create one on their own. The workshop started its work about a year ago, later Kateryna turned to the Ukrainian Veteran Fund for help in order to receive a grant and financial support for the development of production. They succeeded. With the grant, the workshop was able to expand to include workstations for volunteers and start courses on sewing technique. Civilians and three female veterans became their first students.

Kateryna is in Kyiv. The veteran woman is ready to communicate with journalists, both online and offline.

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• women
• Kyiv

On August 30, media representatives are invited to visit the rehabilitation department at Bila Tserkva Hospital. During the event, the journalists will visit the rehabilitation unit, get acquainted with the work of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, and see how the department is organized to provide the best possible care to patients—military and civilians undergoing rehabilitation. Physical therapists will demonstrate the importance of an active approach to rehabilitation using the example of a patient with brain damage.

During the event, journalists will be able to learn about:

– The role of active, evidence-based rehabilitation in the process of treatment and improving the quality of life of patients;

– The rehabilitation process and its stages;

– How a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team works

– Why rehabilitation care it’s about a team of specialists rather than walls and equipment? 

– Why should a rehabilitation unit be integrated into a healthcare facility, to work as a part of it, and not as a separate institution?

Event accreditation is required. 

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• doctors
• Kyiv

On August 28, savED charity fund’s photo exhibition will be opened in Kyiv. The exhibition is dedicated to the stories of schools and children affected by the full-scale war.

The opening of the photo exhibition will be attended by students of Chernihiv, Mykhailo-Kotsyubynske (Chernihiv region), Borodyanka and Katyuzhanka (Kyiv region) schools, who, despite the horrors of war, shelling and occupation, have not lost their thirst for learning and are actively rebuilding their schools and communities. Their stories will be heard during the opening of the exhibition.

The photo exhibition will be a part of a campaign to raise funds for the construction of a temporary school in the village of Chervona Dolyna, Mykolaiv region. This, in turn, is part of the fund’s fundraising campaign #to_school_again, within which the fund is collecting money for the shelter and to restore facilities of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions.

For reference: As of August 2023, every tenth school in Ukraine has been destroyed by russia. And over 1,500 schools are significantly damaged or destroyed and cannot be repaired.

savED is a charity fund that restores access to education where it was taken away by war.

• children
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On August 27, a peaceful rally will be held in Kyiv at the initiative of the families of Mariupol border guards held in captivity.

Journalists will have an opportunity to talk in more detail with relatives of captured border guards.

• prisoners
• Kyiv

On August 25, Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform will host a networking event for journalists and fixers.

Participants:

– Alina Bondarchuk, Head of the Information Collection and Monitoring Department of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine;

– Colonel Oleksandr Melnichenko, representative of the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of the State’s Interests in the Field of Information Security of the Security Service of Ukraine;

– Artem Shevchuk, Head of the Expert Group at the Strategic Communications Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine;

Topics of focus:

– The importance of communication with the public sector and why it is necessary to move away from what exists in the information space of Ukraine? How to safely work with the news coming from the russian federation?

– How did the level of media literacy of Ukrainians and immunity to russian fakes increase?

– Why are russian fake news on sensitive topics the most effective and how to work with sensitive topics correctly?

– How to choose a topic for the news so as not to become a tool in the hands of the enemy and stay on subject?

– Basic rules for working with information and responsibility for spreading information from the russian information space to the Ukrainian one.

Pre-registration is required. Registered visitors will be able to join the lecture online: they will be sent a link.

• russian crimes
• Kyiv