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On June 12, a press conference will be held at NEZLAMNI National Rehabilitation Center, during which experts will present the first case of osseointegration prosthetics in the history of Ukrainian medicine and share their successes.

Osseointegration is the newest technique in our country. During the surgery, a part of the prosthesis is simply implanted into the bone. And after healing and recovery, an artificial foot is fitted.

Defender Ihor Krupnov was the first Ukrainian to receive osseointegration prostheses. The man is 57 years old, who volunteered to go to war. He lost his legs as a result of a mine explosion in a car. The implant surgery was performed on April 10. Six weeks later, on May 24, prosthetists fitted the last part – artificial feet. During the press conference, Ihor and the Center’s experts will talk about how he took his first steps and how he feels now.

It will also be possible to film physical therapy exercises with a robotic walking system.

Accreditation required.

Photos and video materials with all stages of prosthetics and rehabilitation process, as well as Ihor Krupnov’s first steps, will be provided to journalists.

• casualties
• doctors
• military
• Lviv

The construction of the first part of a 3D printed school, has been completed in Lviv. The team disassembled and moved the printer to begin printing the second, final part of the building. The entire building is planned to be put up in 10 days.

It will be the first school in Ukraine created with 3D printing technologies: the building is designed for 100 first-graders. The institution is planned to open in 2024. The school project was developed by Balbek Bureau architecture studio.

• children
• Lviv

At the beginning of 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) provided more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Taiwanese assistance was provided to 85 local communities (which were under occupation or affected by shelling and which hosted IDPs) in 14 oblasts of Ukraine.

Among other things, dozens of Ukraine’s non-governmental organizations, local administrations, and individual volunteers were involved in the project being implemented. 

The purpose of the press conference, to take place on June 1, is to report on the results of the 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine project and other projects implemented by partners in Ukraine and to discuss future humanitarian needs and opportunities for cooperation in various spheres.

• casualties
• occupation
• Lviv

The Loshadkin Dim riding school and equestrian theater, which managed to leave the now-occupied Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast, reopens in Lviv Oblast. Loshadkin Dim has been in Drohobych for over a month. Territory preparatory work for future classes with children is underway. The school had existed in Kreminna for 9 years, and they managed to take the horses out just before the occupation. A few hours after the animals were evacuated, their stables completely burned down.

• animals
• occupation
• Lviv

A social project supporting Ukraine’s defenders has been operating in Lviv and Ternopil since the beginning of the full-scale war.  Here couples can undergo a free infertility treatment program and cryopreserve (freeze) their biological material (sperm and eggs).

Journalists can learn more about this project from Stefan Khmil, MD, a fertility specialist, and from couples who have joined the initiative whenever possible.

• children
• doctors
• military
• Lviv
• Ternopil

On June 28-30, Lviv Urban Forum will be held in Lviv. The event will largely focus on rethinking the principles of restoration, transformation and development of Ukrainian cities and villages. The participants include more than 30 Ukrainian and foreign architects and urban planners, particularly, Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect and laureate of the Pritzker Prize, and Kees Christiaanse, a leading world urban planner from the Netherlands.

In addition to the lectures, the program features workshops and a community opportunity fair.

• reconstruction
• Lviv

The construction of Ukraine’s first 3D-printed school has begun in Lviv. The concrete mixture for the structure has already been tested, showing good results. The printer will be used to construct the building for junior high school, designed for 100 first-graders. The construction should take four to five weeks. The school is set to open in 2024. The school project was developed by the Balbek Bureau architectural studio.

• Lviv

On April 28, Lviv will host a briefing by Artem Sytnyk, Deputy Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention.

Time: 11:30 AM

Place: Media Center Ukraine, 20 Ruska St., Lviv.

Accreditation is required.

• Lviv

On April 27, in Lviv, experts of the Heritage Emergency Response Initiative will present the results of their work. Experts spent over six months going on dozens of expeditions in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, and Kharkiv regions to record the damage caused to Ukrainian cultural heritage as a result of the russian invasion. The collected information includes: photographs of damage, documentation carried out in accordance with the methodology of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, eyewitness accounts, aerial photography, 3D models, etc.

Detailed program of the conference is available at:  https://bit.ly/3N2HLZX 

Awareness raising events will be held in Kyiv —  with a focus on looted museums, and in Kharkiv —  with a focus on war crimes against cultural heritage.

For reference: in February, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy, said that about 1,500 objects of cultural heritage and cultural infrastructure had been damaged or destroyed as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

• culture
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Lviv

“The Race for the Drama Theater will start on April 23 at the Lviv Opera House. To participate, you need to fill in a registration form and make a charitable contribution. People from other cities can join the campaign online. The donations raised during the race will be transferred to The Association of Families of Azovstal Defenders. Families members of Azovstal’s Defenders will also take part in the race. The charity race organizer, Maria Nekrasova, has to experience Mariupol occupation herself.

For reference: More than 700 Azov fighters are still held captive by the Russians. They voluntarily laid down their arms in May 2022 after several months of defense of Mariupol.

• military
• prisoners
• Lviv