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More than 2,000 military personnel and more than 1,000 civilians have undergone tactical medicine training at “Soloma Cats” charitable foundation since the beginning of this year. Training is open for everyone in April. After all, it is certain that in a critical situation, people who have undergone training will be better equipped to help themselves or save those around them.

For reference: “Soloma Cats” charitable foundation helps Ukrainian military, rescuers and civilians. Their focus is on tactical medicine and mine clearing.

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On April 12, 2023, Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform, the Media Initiative for Human Rights will present a map of places where the russians are holding Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war. The map contains systematic data on more than a hundred detention centers in russia, Belarus and the occupied territories of Ukraine. Information on places of detention was collected during interviews with victims and witnesses. Oleksandr Zhuhan, a civilian from Sumy region, who was held hostage by the russians for almost a year, will take part in the presentation.

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• prisoners
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Tetiana is a resident of Hostomel and the head of two apartment buildings co-owners association. At the outbreak of the full-scale invasion, she opened all the basements for people to hide and placed pallets to have a stay.  Later, more than a hundred people were hiding there. There was even a 2-month-old baby among them. The woman did the cooking with her neighbors in her own apartment. When all communications were cut off, they prepared food on the street. A blast wave injured Tetiana’s husband.

On March 5, the occupants entered the houses and settled there. People stayed in the basements. Later, some of them decided to evacuate and go to another neighborhood, but they did not manage to leave. The occupiers told people to return, or they would be taken to Belarus. No one has been willing to. Instead, most went to the local prison bomb shelter. 

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

To help children and their parents overcome the psychological implications of the occupation, mobile teams of psychologists from the Children’s Voices charity foundation visit villages and small towns with no specialists, suitable institutions, or stable public transportation. They organize individual and group psychological and psychosocial support for children and parents.

Currently, such mobile teams of psychologists are working in Kyiv and the region, Mykolaiv and Vysoke. During the year of the full-scale war, the foundation provided psychological and psychosocial assistance to 4,700 children and more than 1,800 adults.

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• psychological support
• Kyiv
• Mykolaiv

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.

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• Kyiv

At the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 65 people were hiding on the territory of the ethnographic complex “Ukrainian village.” (A Sunday school used to be located in the basement of the complex, but later it was converted into a shelter). At that time, there were constant explosions and planes circling around the area. Buildings were riddled with “Grad” fragments. The occupiers did manage to enter the territory of the “Ukrainian Village” complex. They looted the museum and threatened the security guard with a weapon.

Journalists are invited to learn more about the way people were staying alive and how the complex was rebuilt after the russian invasion.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On April 13, a “Classrooms of Safety” will be opened in one of the educational institutions of Bila Tserkva with the participation of employees of the State Emergency Service. Rescuers will teach children the rules of mine and fire safety, as well as tell them how to provide medical aid.

For reference: The government approved the opening of “Classrooms of Safety” throughout Ukraine last September. These classrooms are well-equipped to provide fire and mine safety training. Among other things, children are taught what to do in the event of an emergency and during air raid alerts. Specialists of the State Emergency Service and the National Police, medical workers, combatants and other experts are involved in the work of “Classrooms of Safety.”

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• Kyiv

Tetiana and her husband returned to their house in Moshchun in April 2022, and it had been destroyed as a result of fighting. They immediately started volunteering: interacting with foundations and other volunteers and asking for help (food, clothes). They supported the villagers and garden associations in every way possible, including setting up a humanitarian center in the local club. Today, the woman holds art therapy classes with local children.

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• occupation
• Kyiv

A modular kindergarten now opened in Zahaltsi village in the Kyiv region. It can accommodate 55 children at a time. The facility is fully equipped with the necessary furniture, appliances, kitchen, and generator. The modular kindergarten was installed with the assistance of the Hungarian Ecumenical Charity Relief Service Ukraine. 

“About 30 children are already attending the kindergarten, and there are also classes for 1st and 2nd graders. The modular kindergarten is a temporary solution to ensure a continuous educational process, having its next step a comprehensive reconstruction of educational institutions,” the Ministry of Education and Science reports.

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• occupation
• Kyiv

This week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, as well as on weekends), volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project will be clearing the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion. They will work in Kyiv region, particularly, Irpin, Hostomel and Horenka.

In addition, on Thursday and Sunday, volunteers will repair used bicycles that came from Amsterdam. Later, the repaired bicycles will be handed over to people in de-occupied settlements.

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• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv