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On March 29, UNIT.City will host the presentation of the art book “Born out of Flame,” which is dedicated to the country’s heroes — soldiers, volunteers, and medics.

At the event, journalists will have an opportunity to chat with the heroes of the art book (Tata Kepler, Eva Tur and Serhiy Litvinko), listen to the poems written by soldiers and with their own eyes witness a visual performance accompanied by Maryana Golovko, a soloist of “New Opera,” creator of SUOK, her solo project.

The art book was made to support the Main Military Hospital of Kyiv.

Entry is free but prior registration is required https://forms.gle/56F67ZmQnYzVqRYG9

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• Kyiv

From the first days of the full-scale invasion, despite being outside his hometown of Hostomel, Kyiv region, Vitalii and his friends remotely organized a system for transmitting the coordinates of the russians who occupied Hostomel. He collected information on the location and movement of enemy troops online and helped to direct the artillery fire at them. During the occupation of the city, he recognized the location of the Chechen unit in a video posted on social media by Ramzan Kadyrov. Then he helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine to destroy the unit, for which he received a state award.

For reference: Hostomel in Kyiv region was liberated from the russian occupiers on March 31, 2022. Ukraine commemorates the anniversary of the complete liberation of Kyiv region on April 2.

The Producer Department of Media Center Ukraine helps journalists find participants and witnesses of those events. 

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• Kyiv

On March 29, in Hostomel, Kyiv region, “Dobrobat” volunteers will clear the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion. Volunteers are still being recruited.

For reference: “Dobrobat” is a volunteer building division that helps the victims of war to rebuild housing and social infrastructure facilities in the de-occupied territories.

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• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Volodymyr is a school bus driver at Volodarka Lyceum in Kyiv region. At the beginning of the war, he joined the effort to evacuate people from occupied cities and villages. The man transported the civilian population out of Irpin, Bucha, Brovary, Borodianka, Nemishaieve, Rudnya and other settlements. He managed to save dozens of people.

The evacuation of the population was carried out in the immediate vicinity of the invaders’ firing positions.

As reported, March 28 marks the first anniversary of the liberation of the town of Irpin in Kyiv region, which last year became the main battlefield during the battles for Kyiv. Kyiv region was completely liberated on April 2, 2022.

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• occupation
• Kyiv

The W2U (Women to Ukraine) marathon – a round-the-clock conference on the impact of war on women and women on war will take place on March 27 and 28. 

The 24-hour marathon is devoted to discussing ways to protect and empower Ukrainian women with a live broadcast at 13:25 in each of the time zones of the countries participating in. The Kyiv studio will be kept open during daylight hours, and Zoom Rooms with experts involved from around the globe will be on the air for 24 hours. 

In 24 hours, participants will be able to hear more than 65 speakers from 15 countries.

Among the speakers: Kateryna Levchenko (Government Commissioner for Gender Policy, Ukraine), Irene Fellin (NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security), Oleksandra Matviichuk (Head of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), first Nobel Prize winner, Ukraine), Vineta Kleine, Head of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine, Latvia) and many others. See here for more details on the event and its participants.

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• Kyiv

On March 25,  Dobrobat volunteer movement members will be clearing the rubble of buildings destroyed by the full-scale russian invasion in Irpin, Kyiv region. Currently, group volunteer recruitment is still ongoing. 

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

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

Stanislav is a school bus driver at the Volodarka Professional Lyceum in the Kyiv region. At the beginning of the russian invasion, he started selflessly helping evacuate people from the occupied towns and villages. The man was carrying civilians from Bucha, Irpin, Brovary, Borodianka, Nemishajeve, Rudnya, and Chernihiv. During this period, Stanislav took dozens of people to safe places.

There have been cases of people evacuation carried out in close proximity to the firing positions of the invaders.

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• Chernihiv
• Kyiv

On March 25-26, volunteers of “Brave to Rebuild” project will clear the rubble of buildings destroyed in the war. They will work in Kyiv region. In particular, they will visit Irpin, Hostomel and Horenka. (The list of settlements may expand).

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

Olha is from Hostomel, Kyiv region. She survived the occupation with her parents and 7-year-old son. She was hiding in the basement with her child. At one point, the russian military broke into their house. In addition, Olha saw and heard other horrors of the occupation. In particular, how the russians shot down her fellow villager. Journalists are invited to find out how the woman managed to escape from the occupation.

For reference: at the beginning of April, Ukraine commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of its northern regions from russian occupation. In particular, the village of Hostomel, where the woman lives, was liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 1, 2022.

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• women
• Kyiv

In Irpin, Kyiv region, volunteers of “Zoopatrol” NGO opened a shelter for rescued animals. Currently, there are rescued animals from Irpin amalgamated territorial community, as well as those brought by volunteers during their evacuation missions (Izyum, Kharkiv region, Bohorodychne and Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region).  

In particular, a cat named Beta lives in the shelter now. Volunteers brought him from Izyum, Kharkiv region, immediately after its de-occupation. The cat used to live in the barrel of the destroyed russian Solntsepyok multiple rocket launcher. By the way, Beta has already found his new owners abroad.

There are about 70 dogs and 63 cats in the shelter.

For reference: “Zoopatrol” is an NGO that was formed at the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine to rescue, evacuate, provide treatment and find homes for animals that have suffered from war and human cruelty.

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• Kyiv