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Students of the “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” University continue collecting electronic cigarettes, spare parts from which are needed at the front. Engineers use an electronic cigarette battery for ammunition discharge systems in UAVs for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Also, “disposables” become spare parts for making batteries for drones themselves. In addition, they are used to make power banks for the Armed Forces. And after a wave of russian attacks on the energy system of Ukraine, engineers decided to even make chargers from disposables in dormitories.

They collect used cigarettes on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute. In addition, they agreed upon with ROZETKA stores, which also opened collection points.

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• Kyiv

Alim Iakubov, Ukrainian Crimean photographer, a Crimean Tatar who returned to his historical homeland from Uzbekistan in 2008, just like other children of deported people. The exhibition contains portraits of Ukrainian LGBTIQ+ war heroes and heroines created by Alim. The exhibition is accompanied by Ukrainian heroes’ personal stories collected and described by Daphna Rachok, Ukrainian Scientist and Activist. The authors’ goal is to show unity and courage of the Ukrainian people who include the LGBTIQ+ community as an integral part. Everyone can communicate with them at the exhibition by prior arrangement

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• military
• Kyiv
• LGBT

More than 50,000 women currently serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of which 3.5 thousand are high-ranking officers. And not all of them are equipped with comfortable uniforms. The “Arm Women Now” project was launched to provide every woman in the Ukrainian army with military uniform. The first batches of uniforms are already at the front line. Now, with a specially designed women’s uniform, defenders on the front line will start receiving tactical uniforms and thermal underwear. Everything is Made in Ukraine of high-quality fabric and according to the female body structure.

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• women
• Kyiv

The parents of the physician Oksana were shot by russians in the car during their attempts to evacuate themselves from Bucha (the couple moved there from Luhansk region two days before the full-scale russia’s invasion). The woman’s mother died at the scene, and her father was injured. Oksana decided to operate on him with no outside help, in the private hospital where she worked.

Subsequently, Oksana and her family moved to the Ivano-Frankivsk region. She and her sister established the “Nash Sokil” Charity Foundation in memory of their deceased mother. The foundation helps displaced persons with evacuation and find shelter, and also sends assistance to those in need among other things.

Moreover, Oksana headed the “Dobrobut-Fundatsiia” Charity Foundation, where she together with her colleagues provides free medical care to war victims: both civilians and military.

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• dead
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

In peacetime, Pavlo Kashchuk was an expert on the automobile market and the host of a popular YouTube channel about cars. However, in 2014, he also became a volunteer and devoted a significant part of his time to strengthening Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Currently, Pavlo is researching the military equipment used by russia to attack us, he has thoroughly studied Iranian drones and helps the Ukrainian military train to shoot them down.

• russian crimes
• weapon
• Kyiv

Luxembourg has sent 30 3D scanners to Ukraine, which can be used to scan large areas and collect evidence of war crimes committed by the russians. The aid package includes not only scanners, but also internal software that allows users to scan large areas with all the objects found there. The information is then processed by a computer. In total, the project costs EUR 1.3 million.

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• Kyiv

On November 12, Marathon of the Indomitable charity race will start in Hostomel. The purpose of the race is to raise funds for the creation of the “Center for Psychological Assistance and Rehabilitation for Military Personnel” in Kharkiv region. Paratrooper Maksym Pasichnyk will run the half-marathon. He took part in the operation to liberate the Antonov airport and spent 10 days walking more than 100 kilometers to leave the enemy rear together with his comrades. The half-marathon will pass through Bucha and Irpin, and will end at the recently restored bridge in Stoyanka. Anyone who wants to participate will be able to follow the race online. The organizers plan to collect UAH 300,000 during the half-marathon, with these funds they will start the creation of a Center for the rehabilitation of military personnel.

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

For several months in a row, beauty volunteers have been traveling through the de-occupied towns and villages of Kyiv region: manicurists, hairdressers, make-up artists and massage therapists work with local residents for free. In particular, they visited Bucha, Dymer, Katyuzhanka and many other places. The idea of ​​beauty volunteering for de-occupied villages belongs to make-up artist Olha Belytska. In the spring, she and her colleagues did beauty treatments for the patients of Okhmatdyt in Kyiv and saw that some women, having barely recovered from shell and cluster bomb attacks, complained that they were staying there with their hair uncombed and with no makeup. So, together with like-minded people, Olha comes to the de-occupied settlements of Kyiv region every week to help people who survived the horrors of occupation to feel beautiful again.

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• occupation
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• Kyiv

“Female Pilots of Ukraine” school, which teaches women to fly drones, has already received more than 100 applications from those willing to learn. Now the school is preparing to recruit two groups. 12 girls will be able to become cadets after the 2-stage selection. A total of 2 cohorts of female students have already graduated from “Female Pilots of Ukraine” school.

The first female drone pilot school in the country was founded by Valerii Borovyk, a member of the National Guard of Ukraine. The main goal of the institution is to give every Ukrainian woman the necessary skills to defend the state.

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• women
• Kyiv

Ukrainian researchers of urban spaces and the quality of urban life have started work on an interactive map of locations with autonomous power. They are looking for places in the city that can work even during blackouts due to having generators and other equipment. The list will include not only coffee shops, but also stores, beauty salons, and car service stations. They have already done other studies in different cities of Ukraine focusing on air quality, accessibility to public transport, educational institutions and medical services.

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