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Dubky, a modular home camp, was opened in Irpin, a town in Kyiv Oblast damaged by russian fire.  Further 352 Irpin residents, who lost their homes, will get temporary shelter in their native town.  The camp comprises 88 four-person residential units, with 55 units already occupied.  They accommodate families of healthcare, education, and military personnel.  The camp has a library, a small gym, an activity room for children, a recreation space, and a laundry/ironing zone.  World Central Kitchen NGO helps provide camp residents with food.

• casualties
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Geoffrey Nice, a British lawyer, who was a prosecutor at the trial of Slobodan Milošević, Serbia’s former president, arrived in Ukraine. He will stay in Kyiv till August 21, meeting Ukrainian specialists.

Geoffrey Nice has been a barrister since 1971. He worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1998 to 2006 and was a prosecutor at the trial of Slobodan Milošević, Serbia’s former president. The major part of his work since then has been related to cases of the permanent International Criminal Court (on Sudan, Kenya, and Libya) or to assisting groups of victims from those countries (Iran, Myanmar, North Korea) whose cases cannot be tried by any international court. The Times of London described Geoffrey Nice as one of the leading lawyers of his generation.

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• Kyiv

Students of the “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” University have started collecting used electronic cigarettes, spare parts of which might come in need for the production of drones. After all, the battery of an e-cigarette can become a part of the discharge system in drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Used cigarettes are collected on campus. In addition, an agreement has been reached with ROZETKA chain of stores: they will also collect e-cigarettes.

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• Kyiv

Sociotherapy City Crisis Center in Kyiv offers special anti-stress therapy pro bono to the Ukrainian survivors of crisis events during the war. The Center’s personnel will assist with symptoms of an acute stress reaction, anxiety, or depressive disorders. The Center welcomes people who survived the occupation or evacuation or stayed in active combat areas. The therapy sessions are organized in groups and as individual sessions with a psychologist.

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• doctors
• occupation
• psychological support
• Kyiv

Volunteers of Magic Moments community help the residents of Kyiv region to clear the buildings that collapsed as a result of the war. They have already made three visits to the region. They also helped to clean up the aftermath of the destruction and responded to the requests by locals to get the necessary appliances and furniture. Their next trip to Kyiv region is planned for the end of August.

For reference: Magic moments is a travel agency that organizes original trips in Ukraine and abroad. Both agency employees and tourists have joined the volunteer movement. Everyone is also welcome to join the charity initiative.

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• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv

An exhibition on russia’s war crimes has been opened in PinchukArtCentre in the capital. It is a part of the exhibition presented by the Center in Davos in its “russian war crime house” during the World Economic Forum. The exhibition was founded in partnership with the Belgian Museum of Modern Art; it was the first time in the history of the arts that a museum offered a part of its collection to be exhibited in a country actively fighting the enemy.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

José Andrés, the founder of World Central Kitchen, will give a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform in Kyiv on August 9 at 2:30 PM. The restaurateur will talk about the company’s operations in Ukraine and food aid to the Ukrainians.

World Central Kitchen is a non-commercial, non-governmental organization that provides meals to victims of natural disasters and various emergencies. José Andrés, a celebrity chef, founded WCK in 2010: together with his team, he prepared food in Haiti following the devastating earthquake. World Central Kitchen has been working in various cities of Ukraine since the start of russia’s all-out invasion.

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

Residents of a block of apartments in Bucha whose roof was destroyed by a russian missile are raising UAH 800,000 to renovate the roof. The rain coming down into the building continues to destroy it. Because of this, the residents got together to restore the roof before winter. They have already raised UAH 230,000.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On Tuesday, August 2, the following reconnaissance UAV will be presented for the first time at a location in Kyiv:

• 2 Fly Eye 3.0 UAVs, which is one of the best NATO-type reconnaissance UAVs used by Polish special forces.
• 30 DJI Matrice 300 UAVs equipped with AI technology and thermal imaging that can focus on targets and identify potential dangers.
• 30 consumer drones donated by people from all over the world as part of the “Army of Drones” project, 10 of which are toy drones for children.
• 1 Raybird Skyeton drone and 1 Ukrainian-made SKIF UAV.

Immediately after the presentation, the drones will be sent to the frontlines.

At the presentation, journalists will be able to talk with Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine, and Yurii Shchyhol, Head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.

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• Kyiv

According to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, 9,120 marriages were registered in Kyiv from February 24 to July 23 2022. For comparison, during the same period in 2021, the number of couples that got married in the capital was almost nine times fewer — only 1,110. Such determination of the newlyweds is explained by their desire to cope with the stress associated with the war. Also, the number of marriages was probably influenced by the simplification of the marriage registration procedure during the war.

Among the newlyweds, there are many soldiers, because according to the new rules, the military, police officers and employees of health care facilities can register their marriage online, without personal presence.

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• Kyiv