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Sleeping cars were placed on a railway track in Irpin to accommodate locals who lost their homes because of the war. The railcars are equipped for prolonged accommodation with shower cabins, individual beds, and a restaurant car.

Gazeboes and toilets were placed near railcars, and a fence was installed to prevent people from walking on the tracks. According to Irpin’s mayor, these railcars can be used as temporary accommodation for 150 to 200 people.

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Sociotherapy Kyiv City Crisis Center will begin operating in Kyiv on June 8. It will offer special anti-stress therapy pro bono to the Ukrainians affected by crisis events during the war. The Center’s doors are open to everyone. Its personnel will help with symptoms of an acute stress reaction, anxiety, or depressive disorder. They will organize group meetings and face-to-face sessions with psychologists and teach special self-help techniques in the case of stress. The Center offers a 4-week crisis therapy program.

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People who lost their homes due to the russian invasion can find temporary shelter in a modular camp in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast. The houses are being installed now and will provide shelter for 350 people soon. Every unit has a kitchen and a canteen, toilets and shower rooms. In rooms, there are beds for 4 people and the necessary furniture. Poland provided these housing units under the #PolandFirstToHelp program.

By way of background information: On April 2, Kyiv Oblast was liberated from russian forces. Numerous killings of civilians were recorded in the liberated towns and villages. It is especially valid for Bucha, where at least 400 people were killed. According to Bucha’s mayor Anatolii Fedoruk, 22 apartment blocks in the city were damaged, two of them beyond repair. Also, 243 private homes suffered so much damage that they had to be demolished.

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Over 80 rescue workers, who worked under occupation in Chornobyl, have recently returned to work. These people did not leave their stations after russians had occupied the territory. Instead, the rescue workers controlled the area to ensure that nothing bad happened at the ChNPP site and responded to fires. All the time, these men worked while held at gunpoint by russians.

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Due to the war, Kyiv Horse Race Track lost all opportunities to earn money and, accordingly, to manage and train horses. As a result, many horses with good chances of becoming champions do not have them anymore. For this reason, employees of the Horse Race Track decided to ask everyone to help. Everyone can sponsor a young horse. Also, everyone can help the Horse Race Track with money to be spent on managing, purchasing, transporting, caring for, and training young pedigree horses.

By way of background information: Kyiv Horse Race Track is the core of the entire horse husbandry sector, employing hundreds of people in breeding institutes and state-owned and private pedigree horse breeding farms. It also employs veterinarians, blacksmiths, coaches, and jockeys.

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Oleksandra, 82 years old, and her daughter Vira spend nights together with their dog and cat in a shed near their house destroyed by the russian army. The ladies sell potatoes to buy bread. Unfortunately, all their clothes remained under the building debris. When Ukrainian journalists told their story, people from all over Ukraine started sending aid to the old ladies and raising funds for them. Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, also paid interest in their story. However, the ladies still have no home. 

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Olena from Hostomel searches for her sister Liudmyla who disappeared together with her husband from Hostomel while the russians occupied it. On March 22, Liudmyla came under fire. She suffered serious leg wounds. russian soldiers took her purportedly to the military hospital. Ihor, her husband, went there together with his wife. However, they never came back from the hospital.

It has become known by now that Ihor is kept in a pre-trial detainment facility in russia, and no information is available as to what happened to Liudmyla. After Hostomel had been liberated from russians, Olena submitted a statement to the World Organization Against Torture. She hopes to find out what happened to her sister and where she is.

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Over 20,000 Ukrainians from various cities have already joined Dobrobat, a charity volunteering project. These people with different skills help Ukraine’s Emergency Response Service for free. They carry out searches and clear debris of buildings ruined by the russian army. They also started rebuilding the damaged settlements. Dobrobat’s volunteers work currently in Kyiv Oblast—in Bucha, Irpin, Vorzel, Hostomel, and Borodianka. They play to start working in the liberated areas of Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts.

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