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More than 140 Ukrainian children are currently studying at the newly established school in Cambridge. Lessons are taught in Ukrainian and English, according to the program of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. All the teachers have experience working in Ukrainian schools.

The school’s founder, Rend Platings, herself fled the war in Iraq as a child. Right now, she is a pro-Ukrainian activist in Britain. She also organized the celebration of Vyshyvanka Day and other events in support of Ukraine. Currently, she is in Kyiv and can talk to journalists.

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On May 20 at 11:00 AM, the procession “We are waiting for the heroes of Mariupol to come home” will take place in Shevchenko Park in Kyiv. And already in the evening, installation art symbolizing indomitability and faith of the prisoners of war from Azovstal will be unveiled on Sophia Square. Also, a charity run in vyshyvankas (embroidered shirts) “Towards Freedom” will take place on May 20 in Brovary, Kyiv region. The distance is 3 kilometers, all those willing to participate must pay a charity contribution of UAH 300.

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On May 20, 2022, the last Ukrainian defender left the territory of the Azovstal steelworks. Following 86 days of heroic defense, the formerly flourishing city by the sea found itself under complete occupation. According to preliminary data alone, more than 22,000 citizens of Mariupol died, 90% of the city’s infrastructure was destroyed, and thousands of Mariupol residents were forced to leave their homes.

On May 19, 20 and 21, the exhibition “Mariupol. 86 #Live,” public lecture “Unbreakable” about the lost ethnic groups of Mariupol and performative literary event “#Live” will be held in the territory of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.

So, for example, the exhibition “Mariupol. 86 #Live” will tell how the world watched the struggle of the city during the 86-day-long siege via social networks and mass media. Photographs, artifacts, and video materials connected to the defense of Mariupol, its heroic defender, and the lives of people under occupation will be presented, as well as a film about the blockade of the city.

Visitors will have an opportunity to talk to the participants and witnesses of the events in Mariupol and the defenders of the city.

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An exhibition of war photographs by fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier Maksym Burda titled “Heavenly Photographer” organized by Maksym’s family and the Serhiy Prytula Charitable Foundation, will be held in Kyiv on May 18. 

The exhibition of Maksym’s war collection of photographs was a dream of his, now being realized by the family. As a civilian, Maksym was a well-known photographer in the Volyn Oblast. After the full-scale invasion outbreak, he went to war and was a UAV operator. He died on January 26, 2023, near Bakhmut while performing a combat mission.

“Photographer”, Maksym’s call sign, did not leave his favorite job, even on the front line. He photographed his comrades, their everyday life, work, and life “from the ground zero”. The exhibition will feature a total of 176 photographs. 35 photos from Maksym’s latest flash drive, which was recently transferred from the front line, and never published before, will be presented. Maksym’s family and friends are invited to the opening. Photos at the exhibition are available for purchase. The proceeds will be used for drone procurement for the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.

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On May 18, a “War crimes against Crimean Tatars – the signature of those found guilty committing the 1944 deportation” press conference will be held at the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform. The current actions of the russian occupiers in Crimea largely repeat the ethnic cleansing the Soviet secret police NKVD on the peninsula was responsible for in 1944. The russian occupiers are persecuting local activists and leaders of the Crimean Tatar people. Speakers at the press conference will include Crimean Tatars who know firsthand what it is like to be persecuted on the peninsula.

For reference: On May 18, it’ll be 79 years since the forced eviction of Crimean Tatars from the peninsula, an egregious act that was recognized by Ukraine as genocide of the Crimean Tatar people.

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Veteran Oleksandr Shvetsov, who lost his leg in 2014 near Luhansk, and his brother in arms Serhii Khrapko, who has a prosthetic leg and arm after being wounded in eastern Ukraine in 2015, set out on a journey to meet each other halfway. The distance between the soldiers is 120 kilometers, Oleksandr is coming from Zhytomyr, and Serhii is from Kyiv. By doing this, the veterans want to draw attention to the need to create a modern admission department at the National Military Medical Clinical Center “Main Military Clinical Hospital” and raise funds for a gastroscope worth over UAH 3.5 million.

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On May 18, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the Crimean Tatar People, the event entitled “Remembering history — returning the territory” will be held in Kyiv. The art performance “Tashke-Tavaksay hell road” will be held as part of the event. During the event, guests will be able to join the marathon of writing letters to political prisoners, as well as get acquainted with two photo projects dedicated to crimes against the Crimean Tatars in 1944 and today. The participants include: Tamila Tasheva, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People; Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine; Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

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On May 16, Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform will host a briefing entitled “A year of leaving Azovstal steelworks: cry out, as it’s impossible to be silent” by representatives of Women of Steel NGO.

In May, it will be one year since Azovstal steelworks defenders left the plant’s territory after 86 days of unprecedented defense in the tripled enemy encirclement. Back then, the whole world admired the strength of the spirit of Azovstal defenders. However, neither the fighters nor their families could have imagined that following the evacuation from the drop point of five-ton aerial bombs, they would be sent to torture chambers for an indefinite period of time.

Participants of the briefing:

– Nataliia Zarytska, Chair of the “Women of Steel” Council of Wives and Mothers of Ukraine’s Defenders,” wife of a released from captivity soldier of the Azov Regiment;

– Nataliia Kravtsova, mother of a captured Azovstal defender;

– Nelya Shastun, mother of Azov battalion soldiers, whose one son was killed and the other was held in captivity;

– Anastasiia Mikhilova, who was held for two months in an Azovstal bunker with her four-year-old son;

– Sofiia Cherepanova, sister of a captured Azovstal defender.

Media accreditation required.

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An inclusive bakery in Kyiv, which provides employment to people with mental disabilities, bakes 1,500 loaves of bread every day, which it distributes for free to those in need. In particular, since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, the bakery has provided 300,000 loaves of bread to the military, displaced persons and people in the liberated and front-line territories. Now about 5,000 loaves of bread are sent out to Kharkiv and the de-occupied territories of the region every week. They deliver bread to Donetsk region, deliver it to Luhansk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

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Journalists are invited to attend the “Keep fighting – you are sure to win” project presentation to be held on May 16 to be the first to see and hear the unique audio postcards 

The “Postcards of Heroes” project collects 12 stories of modern Ukrainian heroes. Azov commander Denys Prokopenko “Redys”, fighter pilot Vadym Voroshylov “Karaya”, volunteer Tata Kepler, soldier Oleksandr Budko “Teren”, journalist and blogger Ihor Lachenkov, and others are among them. They all have embodied the characters of the postcards and will share the inspiring stories that motivate them to fight and win.

The event will be attended by:

Igor Smelyansky – Director General of Ukrposhta

Vlad Bolsun – Creative director of MOZGI Group

Tata Kepler – volunteer, the “Ptahy” movement founder, which helps the military and civilians

Kateryna Prokopenko, wife of Azov regiment commander Denys Prokopenko.

Other postcard characters and illustrators will also be present.

Registration is required.

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