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A fundraising platform United24, together with the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, announced its Drone Army project. The first goal is to buy 200 recon UAVs for Ukraine’s Armed Forces and gather thousands of the simplest regular drones. Everyone can transfer funds and buy or donate a drone.

Drones can be sent to the warehouse of the project’s partners – Help Ukraine Center in Poland or a hub in the USA. Then, it will be delivered to Ukraine from the warehouse. Ukrainians can send a drone via any Nova Poshta office.

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KNESS, a Ukrainian group of companies from Vinnytsia, developed a standalone mobile solar power plant on wheels. The power unit is already in use by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The design is really simple, so one only needs to turn a switch on. It is also very compact, with solar panels folding and unfolding conveniently. A solar power plant can power up a mobile phone, an electric kettle, a fridge, and military devices, such as a radio station.

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• Vinnytsia

The training center of the LEV territorial defense battalion hosts free training for civilian residents of Lviv. Everyone can learn how to handle firearms and undergo weapon training. There are both men and women among the first trainees. They include Iryna Sabat, who spent 15 years of her life in France and decided to return home after the russian invasion had started. Her brother was mobilized, and she registered for the training course.

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• Lviv

Before the war, Vyacheslav Khabarov was a virtuoso guitar player who played with rock legends, such as John Lawton (Uriah Heep), Graham Bonnet (Rainbow), Dan McCafferty (Nazareth), and Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest). After russia’s invasion, Slava Khabarov joined the army, where he got the callsign “Maestro.” Unfortunately, the musician was wounded; a serious injury to his left hand can put an end to the career of a top-grade musician. However, Slava remains calm, keeps rehabilitating and rehearsing, and even restringed his guitar to play with his healthy hand.

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• culture
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Before the all-out war, Every Animal, an NGO, engaged in education projects to raise the Ukrainians’ awareness of veganism. Hundreds of activities, performances, and lectures were organized to rescue animals from suffering. Once the all-out war had broken out in Ukraine, the activists started cooking for both civilian and military vegans. Its charity kitchens staffed by volunteers work in seven cities, with the NGO taking care of about 200 vegans from Ukraine’s Armed Forces and about 100 IDPs.

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• volunteers

Joseph Woodke, a veteran of the U. S. Armed Forces and Paralympian, lost both legs after being wounded at war in Afghanistan. He came to Ukraine to show Ukrainian veterans with his example that life does not come to a grinding halt after the amputation.

Also, Jeremy Locke, a former U. S. Army Special Forces soldier and co-founder of Aerial Recovery Group, came to visit Ukraine. Aerial Recovery Group has been helping Ukraine for several months. Both veterans will stay in Ukraine for several days and have a number of meetings.

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Ternopil manufacturer provides light electric bikes for mobile groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. With the start of a full-scale war, the company donated several bikes to the army. The military appreciated the advantages of such transport, so the designers re-equipped a civilian model specifically for the army: they painted it khaki, removed mirrors and lighting. The details were purchased at the expense of volunteers.

Electric bicycles accelerate up to 90 km per hour. If necessary, they can be used as a large power bank on wheels. In the field, the military can connect Starlink satellite Internet equipment to the bike battery.

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• Ternopil

Maryna is said to be the first female mine clearance specialist serving in the National Guard. She has substantial military experience; she has recently mastered the mine clearance specialty and joined an engineering unit of Ukraine’s National Guard. She studied her new metier in Kosovo. Today, she is gaining new experience, deactivating hazardous ammunition in Kyiv Oblast.

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• women

Roman Nabozhniak, a Ukrainian soldier, veteran, and entrepreneur, organized a charity auction to raise USD 50,000 and buy a Punisher assault UAV for the Ukrainian Army. He offered his own Veterano Brownie café for the auction and decided to sell it in parts.

At the online auction, everyone could buy a cup, a plate, or another “part” of their favorite establishment. USD 50,000 were raised within 26 hours.

Veterano Brownie, a cafe well-known in Kyiv, closed immediately after the start of russia’s full-scale invasion. Roman Nabozhniak took up weapons to defend Ukraine.

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• volunteers

Families of defenders of Mariupol announced the establishment of the NGO “Ladies of Steel.” The Council of Wives and Mothers of the soldiers will control the process of the repatriation of POWs. For instance, they will launch a Telegram channel for communications that will help exchange the Ukrainian soldiers. Furthermore, they plan to become a mediator between the Ukrainian authorities and the defenders’ families.

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• women