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Kyrylo Barashkov has built a modern bunker in the Kyiv region: equipped with sofas, a fireplace for heating, double flow ventilation, a dry closet, and even a utility room, and the Internet is provided. The bunker is located at a depth of 4.8 meters, with reinforced concrete on top. The construction of this shelter took two months, costing about 18 thousand dollars. Apart from the family, Kyrylo lets neighbors hide in the shelter during air raids.

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Before the start of the full-scale war, Kyiv-based organization CRAF was engaged in car tuning and preparing them for races. But after February 24, 2022, the team promptly changed the format of their work, and now they help the military camouflage everything: from cars and armored vehicles to helmets and assault rifles. CRAF paints each car according to their own methodology to hide it either in the field or in the forest. For more than a year of work, at least 900 cars were painted for Ukrainian defenders.

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Experts from the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) will present their analysis of the places where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being held in Russia at a briefing in Kyiv. The event will also be attended by relatives of the prisoners.

Speakers:

– Tetyana Katrychenko, the MIHR coordinator 

– Maria Klymyk, investigative journalist at the MIHR

– Andriy Yakovlev, lawyer, and expert with the MIHR

– Iryna Latysh, a prisoner of war relative

– Nataliia Yepifanova, head of the “Warrior’s Liberation” public organization, a relative of a prisoner of war

For reference: Based on interviews with service members released from captivity, the Media Initiative for Human Rights identified and mapped 42 places of detention of prisoners of war on the territory of Russia. These are pre-trial detention centers and penal colonies. The public organization describes ten of them in detail in new analytical material. These are the places where the highest number of prisoners of war are held and where a large number of war crimes are committed.

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Mykola Mohylevskyi, a 24-year-old volunteer from Fastiv, has been to the most dangerous places on the frontline during the full-scale invasion: Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, Lyman, Soledar and Siversk. He took everyone he could persuade to evacuate to safe places. In addition to people, Mohylevskyi had to take out animals: dogs and even cows. Mykola goes to the front line every month. Now journalists can visit him in Fastiv, Kyiv region for conversation.

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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ukraine, Caroline Lindholm Billing, will give a briefing in Kyiv on the occasion of World Refugee Day. The topic of the exact number of Ukrainian refugees in the world and assistance to Ukraine in addressing the issue of housing recovery and reconstruction is among the issues to be discussed.

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The damaged Russian military equipment exhibit on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. The enemy UAVs, burned BM-21 ‘Grad’ rockets, broken tanks, trucks, and infantry fighting vehicles are among the pieces. The enemy drones and the remains of missiles regularly targeting Ukrainian cities are also on display. The Military History Museum of Ukraine prepared the exhibition. It will be open until 6:00 pm on June 18.

For reference: The Military History Museum of Ukraine collects artifacts of the Russian-Ukrainian war. There is currently an exhibition dedicated to the Russian cruiser Moskva’s destruction, featuring the remains of a Neptune anti-ship missile that hit the flagship and a life preserver from the ship.

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On June 16, a veterinary clinic and a shelter for animals, founded by actor Oleksii Surovtsev, will be officially opened in Irpin. Ukrainian celebrities will attend the opening. Among other things, it will be possible to take a look at cats rescued from Kherson region.

Background: Famous Ukrainian actor Oleksii Surovtsev has been rescuing animals since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion. (In Kyiv region, he was evacuating pets from shelled areas). Recently, the man went to Kherson region to save animals that suffered as a result of the occupiers’ blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP.

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ZooPatrol Volunteers have already brought over a hundred animals from the Kherson region and continue to rescue new ones. The shelter, the clinic, and the partner foster house pets. 

These days, people have already started coming to adopt the saved animals. In addition, volunteers are looking for the previous owners of the animals.

For reference: ZooPatrol is a non-governmental organization formed at the beginning of the full-scale invasion to rescue, evacuate, treat, and find homes for wildlife affected by war and human cruelty.

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Kyiv will host INSCIENCE CONFERENCE 2023, the largest popular science conference in Ukraine, this year entitled Science to Rebuild Ukraine on June 17 and 18. The guests will attend global and Ukrainian speakers’ speeches and workshops. The program includes 39 participants from the United States, Estonia, France, Germany, and South Korea in particular.  Aerospace engineer, writer, and founder of the Mars Society Robert Zubrin, Vice President of Skeleton Technologies Arnaud Castagnier, and marine biologist and member of the expedition to the Akademik Vernadsky station Mariia Pavlovska are among them.

The conference exhibition will also feature 20+ deep tech startups and scientific developments: drones, bionic prostheses, and rocket engines. It is an excellent opportunity for the conference guests to learn about innovations made in Ukraine and to communicate with innovators personally. 

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Patron Pet Center in Kyiv shelters rehabilitates and helps to find animals from Kherson region owners. Currently, 75 animals are under their care. Almost all of the rescued wildlife the center currently houses are home pets. That is why the organization is making every effort to find the animals’ previous owners. The center has already helped several families from the Kherson region find their pets.

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