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On April 11, media representatives are invited to attend a capsule laying ceremony in Briukhovychi, Lviv region, marking the start of reconstruction at a medical rehabilitation center set to become the largest facility within the UNBROKEN national rehabilitation center humanity ecosystem.
The project includes the full renovation of the current rehabilitation center and the construction of new buildings. The total area of the facility will expand from 5,124 m² to 9,101 m². Upon completion, the center will accommodate 105 beds, making it the largest institution in the UNBROKEN network. The initiative is a key phase in a broader Lithuanian government program aimed at supporting the rehabilitation and reintegration of Ukrainian veterans.
Foundation work has already been completed for both the new buildings and the swimming pool facility, with reconstruction of the existing premises currently underway. The project is scheduled for completion by November 2025.
Speakers:
– Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine;
– Lina Janionytė, Program Manager at the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA);
– Representatives of the Vilnius City Municipal Council;
– Maksym Dotsenko, Director General of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society;
– Andriy Sadovyi, Mayor of Lviv;
– Maksym Kozytskyy, Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration;
– Yulian Holyk, Director of St. Panteleimon Hospital;
– Oleksandr Hura, Director of Watzenrode LLC (main contractor).
The event will also feature a pre-ceremony press conference with representatives from the Lviv City Council, the Lithuanian delegation, the Lviv Regional Military Administration, the Red Cross, and the First Medical Union of Lviv.
Accreditation is required for attendance.
For reference: The project is being implemented by the Central Project Management Agency of Lithuania (CPVA) with funding from Lithuania’s Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Fund.
The company “Skeiron” was founded in 2016 by a team of like-minded people in Lviv. The main goal of the project is to preserve and promote cultural heritage through digitization. The team digitizes significant Ukrainian monuments, both preserved and lost. They believe that this will help to restore these landmarks in the future.
During their work, the specialists have managed to digitize and recreate over 200 structures, including monuments destroyed during the war. In particular, the company has digitized in 3D format the Mariupol Drama Theater, which was destroyed by russia.
You can communicate with representatives of the “Skeiron” team both online and offline, by prior arrangement.
Lviv will officially launch its year as the European Youth Capital 2025 with a grand opening ceremony on April 5. The city earned this prestigious title after competing against dozens of European contenders, marking the first time in Ukraine’s history that a Ukrainian city has achieved such recognition.
The event is expected to draw young people from across the country, along with speakers from various sectors, influential opinion leaders, and prominent Ukrainian musicians.
For reference: The European Youth Capital title is granted annually to one European city through a competitive process aimed at empowering youth engagement and participation. Lviv secured the designation on its fourth attempt, having reached the finals twice before ultimately claiming the honor in 2022.
Holding this title offers Lviv valuable opportunities, including enhanced international recognition, the establishment of new partnerships, and a stronger platform for young voices in local governance. As the 17th city to receive this distinction, Lviv will welcome guests from across Europe throughout 2025.
Mykola Shot joined Ukraine’s Defense Forces in March 2022, serving with the Kholodnyi Yar Brigade. In February last year, he suffered severe injuries near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, resulting in the loss of both his arms and legs.
For several months, Mykola has been adapting to prosthetic limbs with the support of specialists at the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv.
Despite his injuries, he remains active and focused on competing in the Paralympic Games. He is now awaiting specialized running prosthetics to begin training for the competition.
The only pediatric burn center in western Ukraine that accepts the most critical cases will now be able to treat children at home – in Ukraine – instead of sending them abroad, as was previously the case. St. Nicholas Children’s Hospital in Lviv now has everything it needs to save young patients with severe burns. The grand opening of the updated pediatric burn center will take place on March 28.
Approximately 12,000 children in Ukraine suffer from burns every year. The war has exacerbated the situation, as any mine or explosion injury is often accompanied by severe thermal trauma.
St. Nicholas Hospital is now fully equipped to care for pediatric burn patients, with advanced and expensive intensive care equipment, a specialized burn bed, a dedicated treatment room, and a laser for post-burn scar resurfacing.
Patients will attend the opening, including Robert, a fifth-grader who tried to replicate a popular TikTok trend by making a homemade firecracker. As a result, he suffered severe chemical burns to his face.
At the opening, members of the media will have the opportunity to speak with Robert and other children who have suffered burns in a variety of circumstances – as well as their parents, doctors, and representatives from socially responsible companies. Prior to the official opening, journalists will also have the opportunity to attend a training session led by the hospital’s burn surgeons for Lviv schoolchildren. The training will teach first aid for burns and raise awareness about the dangers of TikTok trends.
Registration is required for the event.
In the Lviv Oblast, soldiers with amputations are taking part in a specialized cycling rehabilitation program. This initiative offers the defenders a unique opportunity to reintegrate into active life, regain their physical fitness, and experience the freedom of movement once again.
The sessions are led by a physical therapist, and the bicycles used in the program were generously donated by benefactors from the Netherlands. The inaugural class saw 10 participants, including veterans with both upper and lower limb amputations, many of whom use prosthetics.
The next cycling rehabilitation session is scheduled for Saturday, March 29, in Lviv.
Journalists interested in covering the sessions are invited to attend by prior arrangement.
The program is being carried out through a collaboration between the “With an Angel on A Shoulder” Charitable Fund, the NGO “Sports Club Power of the Nation,” the State Noncommercial Enterprise “Center of Complex Rehabilitation ‘Halychyna’,” and the Lviv Municipal Art Center.
The team of the Bat Rehabilitation Center in Kharkiv, together with volunteers caring for bats in various cities of Ukraine, will dedicate the month of March to releasing these endangered animals back into their natural habitat. These are bats that have been rescued and cared for by volunteers throughout the winter.
The release events will take place in Kyiv on March 29 and in Vinnytsia, Lviv, Rivne and Chernivtsi on March 30.
The sledge hockey team consists of 11 veterans with lower limb amputations. They practice four times a week at an ice rink in the Lviv oblast. This summer, the team will decide whether to compete in the 2026 World Championship.
Journalists can cover the team’s training sessions by prior arrangement.
Background: Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey, was developed in Sweden in the early 1960s specifically for people with physical disabilities. It became a Paralympic sport in 1994.
Before russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, Mykola Hradnyi-Savytskyi worked in theater and film. He calls meeting his wife, Kateryna—also part of the arts community—a gift of fate. In April 2022, he decided to enlist, visiting multiple recruitment offices before finally joining a National Guard unit in Chernihiv.
Determined to serve in a combat role, Mykola soon transferred to the National Guard of Ukraine’s 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov, where he became a UAV operator. In March 2024, while operating near the Serebrianskyi Forest in Luhansk Oblast, he and his unit were caught under a collapsing concrete slab.
For four hours, his comrades worked to pull him from the rubble under enemy fire. Once freed, they waited another two hours for evacuation. Doctors had no choice but to amputate both of his legs. Throughout his treatment, rehabilitation, and prosthetic fitting, Kateryna remained by his side. She says the injury was not a tragedy for them—they always understood the risks of military service.
Mykola is now undergoing rehabilitation at the Superhumans Center in Lviv Oblast.
The Hradnov-Savytskyi family is available for interviews both online and in person by appointment through their press officer.
On March 16, Ukraine will hold an annual event to honor the victims of the Mariupol Drama Theater tragedy. Mariupol residents and all those who remember are invited to light candles near theater buildings across the country in a tribute to those lost.
Commemorative gatherings will take place in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Zaporizhia (March 15), Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Lviv, Kyiv, Kamianske, Kremenchuk, Rivne, Ternopil, Uzhhorod, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Kropyvnytskyi, Poltava, Kryvyi Rih, and Odesa.
Background: On March 16, 2022, russian forces dropped bombs on the Mariupol Drama Theater, despite the russian word for “children,” “ДЕТИ”(DETY), written in large, clearly visible white letters on the pavement outside the building. At the time, hundreds of Mariupol families were sheltering there, seeking refuge from relentless russian shelling. The attack claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, including children.
The Mariupol Drama Theater has since become a harrowing symbol—of brutality and destruction, of Mariupol’s suffering, of Ukraine’s pain. It remains an enduring testament to a russian war crime the world must never forget.
