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Iryna is a PE teacher from Bucha. In March 2022, the woman was held captive by the occupiers for nine days. Fortunately, she managed to escape. Today, Iryna continues to live in Bucha and work as a PE teacher. She also helps children cope with war trauma.

• occupation
• prisoners
• Kyiv

Volunteers in Kyiv region make special bulletproof vests for dogs. They are handed over to the canines of the National Guard, the State Emergency Service and “Antares” canine search and rescue team. Protective equipment is necessary for dogs that take part in demining and search and rescue operations. So far, volunteers have already produced and handed over two dozen of these bulletproof vests to the special services.

• animals
• Kyiv

The team of “Zemliachky” (Countrywomen) NGO is working on an animated series about life in occupied Mariupol based on the diary of a local resident named Natalia. The series is called “Mariupol. Military Chronicles of a Civilian.” The last episode was supposed to be released on February 24, the anniversary of the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, however, the process was significantly slowed down due to blackouts.

For reference: “Zemliachky” project was created by a TV presenter and journalist Ksenia Drahanyuk to tell the world about incredible Ukrainian women. After russia’s full-scale invasion, the project turned into an NGO with a volunteer headquarters that helps Ukrainian military women.

• blackout
• Kyiv

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv has not stopped working (as reported, in February-March 2022, the invaders tried to break into the Ukrainian capital). The workers practically lived at the workplace, and one of the doctors voluntarily decided to go to the front to defend the country. Currently, people from de-occupied and occupied territories are being treated at the Institute.

Journalists can find out more about the difficulties cancer patients and doctors have to face due to the war and what has changed.

For reference: the National Cancer Institute is the oldest clinical cancer research center providing specialized and highly qualified medical care, as well as highly complex medical procedures in Ukraine.

• casualties
• doctors
• Kyiv

The first gas turbine power plant in Ukraine started working in Irpin. If necessary, it will generate electricity for the city’s critical infrastructure facilities. The power plant generates energy using natural gas, and this significantly reduces the cost per kilowatt, compared to the fuel needed for generators. Ukraine plans to create a network of such small power plants. They will reduce the load on the power grid, which russia is trying to destroy.

• blackout
• reconstruction
• Kyiv

Victory Drones, an ecosystem for training drone operators for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, State Emergency Services and healthcare services, invites you to see its training routine, which will take place on January 28 at a military training ground in the capital. (Exact coordinates will be provided on the day before the event. Journalists are required to register).

In particular, UAV operators will show the flight practice routine on the basis of the Territorial Defense Forces.

For reference: Victory Drones is an ecosystem for training drone operators for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, State Emergency Services and healthcare services. Training and exercises are conducted in cooperation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the General Staff at military training grounds. The system was created on the basis of the Air Intelligence Support Center with an expanded network of partner organizations. 

• military
• Kyiv

A lion has recently been evacuated to the Wild Animal Rescue Center in the Kyiv region from the Sumy region — the animal was in territory shelled by russians. Also, a lemur from Kherson city lives in the Center. He survived the occupation and a russian missile hit on the petting zoo where he was cared for. Now they and many other wild animals are recovering, the Center takes care of and treats them.

In general, since the beginning of full-scale invasion of the russian federation in Ukraine, the Wild Animal Rescue Center has hosted more than 600 animals of various species (lions, bears, tigers, wolves, leopards, wild birds, raccoons, etc.). The volunteers evacuated animals, in particular, from front-line zones and other dangerous territories.

• animals
• occupation
• volunteers
• Kyiv

A lecture by Oleksandra Matviichuk, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Head of Centre for Civil Liberties will be held in Kyiv on January 23. The event will also include a discussion entitled “A talk about the war, the victory and the future.” The participants will include: Yevgen Zakharov, Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union; Volodymyr Yermolenko, President of PEN Ukraine, Editor-in-Chief at UkraineWorld; Valeriy Pekar, public activist; Vitaly Portnikov, journalist; Olena Styazhkina, writer.

The event will also be attended by: Bridget A. Brink, United States Ambassador to Ukraine; Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Head of Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016

Accreditation of media representative: until 3:00 AM on January 22

• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On January 20, first aid training will take place at 12 stations of the capital’s metro. Experienced specialists and instructors of the Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine will teach the skills of first aid (initial assessment of the victim’s condition, assistance with massive bleeding, thermal burns). The training will last from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, everyone is welcome to participate.

• doctors
• volunteers
• Kyiv

On January 28, BUR (Building Ukraine Together) volunteers will start working in Hostomel. Together with Gurtum charitable organization, they will restore the school where 55 children once studied. The school’s main entrance and roof were almost completely destroyed after russian shelling. The walls and ceiling are damaged by debris. Everyone is welcome to join the volunteers.

For reference: Building Ukraine Together is an NGO that creates opportunities for young people to create changes in the country through volunteering.

• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv