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Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform to host an event dedicated “Culture vs. War” project about Ukrainian artists at war and the first documentary film about the ANTYTILA band release

Speakers:

• Iryna Borovets, Director General for Public Diplomacy and Communications Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
•  Marco Ferraro, program manager at the EU Delegation to Ukraine
•  Andrii Rizol, project producer
•  Alina Krasnianska, executive producer of the series of documentaries

•  Taras Topolia, the “Antytila” band leader
•  Serhii Vusyk, the “Antytila” band manager and musician
•  Dmytro Zholud, the “Antytila” band guitarist

In-person attendance of all participants.

The Culture vs. War project tells the world about the values of Ukrainian culture through the stories of artists who left their everyday lives and creative ambitions to defend the country. A key component of the project is a series of documentaries where Ukrainian musicians, filmmakers, writers, photographers, and other cultural figures are the main protagonists telling about this war through their own stories and memories.

Accreditation is mandatory. 

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• military
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Free football training sessions for amputees and servicemen who lost limbs in war with the occupiers to begin in Kyiv on June 6. The Ukrainian Football Association for People with Disabilities organizes the training. The project’s primary goal is to help with the social adaptation and rehabilitation of veterans. The players who show the best results can represent Ukraine in international competitions.

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• military
• Kyiv

Soldier Pavlo survived his car hitting a mine while driving. Pavlo was driving while returning from a combat mission with his comrades. In a moment, his comrade sitting next to him was burned alive.

Pavlo was wearing glasses that saved his eyes from burns. He tried to get out of the car, but the wreckage pinned his right leg.

The man has already undergone 21 limb-saving surgeries. Currently, the national program #SaveLimb of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People” doctors are fighting for the soldier’s limb. Its mission is to stop the invalidism of Ukraine people due to war-related injuries to their arms and legs.

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• doctors
• military

On June 5, at 11:00 AM, Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will hold the event entitled “Veterans and military: respect vs. discrimination.”

As part of the event, the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs together with the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO) and the sociological group “Rating” will present a study: “Discrimination of different social groups in the Armed Forces of Ukraine: military and civilian points of view.” And there will also be a discussion of complex and important topics.

Participants:

• representatives of the Ministries
• Ruslana Velychko-Trifonyuk – First Deputy Executive Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation
• Svitlana Musiiaka — Head of Research and Policy at NAKO
• Liubomyr Mysiv – Deputy Director of the Sociological Group “Rating”
• Oksana Hryhorieva – Gender Advisor to the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• Maria Berlinska – a veteran, volunteer
• Yulya Kirillova – veteran, analyst of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation
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Issues to be discussed include:

• Veteran policy is one of the Government’s priorities. More than 15% of the population of Ukraine will be eligible for veteran benefits after the end of the russo-Ukrainian war. Is the state ready?
• Discrimination of the military in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Which categories are the most vulnerable and why is it an important issue to investigate?
• How the attitude towards women in Ukraine’s Armed Forces and society has changed since 2014. Is “positive discrimination” a challenge?

Registration is required.

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• Kyiv

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.

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• doctors
• military
• Lviv
• Ternopil

Native Crimean woman, Yulia became the founder of the volunteer project “Stepanivski bees” in Vinnytsia region. During the full-scale invasion, people, who are willing to help, cook food to hand it over to the soldiers at the front. A production site was set up in the abandoned premises of the kindergarten. Both local residents and refugees work there to make delicious home-made dishes for the defenders (lamb shurpa, cabbage rolls, grains with meat and much more). Food is delivered in retort pouches, which are convenient for defenders at the front.

When russia occupied Crimea, Yulia had to leave her native peninsula.

In December 2022, her husband Volodymyr, who had been defending the country, died in the battles for Bakhmut.

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• military
• volunteers
• Vinnytsia

On May 20 at 11:00 AM, the procession “We are waiting for the heroes of Mariupol to come home” will take place in Shevchenko Park in Kyiv. And already in the evening, installation art symbolizing indomitability and faith of the prisoners of war from Azovstal will be unveiled on Sophia Square. Also, a charity run in vyshyvankas (embroidered shirts) “Towards Freedom” will take place on May 20 in Brovary, Kyiv region. The distance is 3 kilometers, all those willing to participate must pay a charity contribution of UAH 300.

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• military
• Kyiv

On May 20, 2022, the last Ukrainian defender left the territory of the Azovstal steelworks. Following 86 days of heroic defense, the formerly flourishing city by the sea found itself under complete occupation. According to preliminary data alone, more than 22,000 citizens of Mariupol died, 90% of the city’s infrastructure was destroyed, and thousands of Mariupol residents were forced to leave their homes.

On May 19, 20 and 21, the exhibition “Mariupol. 86 #Live,” public lecture “Unbreakable” about the lost ethnic groups of Mariupol and performative literary event “#Live” will be held in the territory of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.

So, for example, the exhibition “Mariupol. 86 #Live” will tell how the world watched the struggle of the city during the 86-day-long siege via social networks and mass media. Photographs, artifacts, and video materials connected to the defense of Mariupol, its heroic defender, and the lives of people under occupation will be presented, as well as a film about the blockade of the city.

Visitors will have an opportunity to talk to the participants and witnesses of the events in Mariupol and the defenders of the city.

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• military
• occupation
• Kyiv

On May 20, a charity marathon “Run for those from Steel. RUN FOR AZOVSTAL. Run to support the defenders of Azovstal.” (With the support of the YOUkraine Charitable Foundation and the Women of Steel public organization)

The organizers want to remind about and call for the release of prisoners who have not yet returned home, to help their families, and to help those who have already been released from captivity.

The charity event aims to raise UAH 200 thousand. All the funds raised will be used for rehabilitation activities for the released prisoners and support for their families.

Among other things, the event program includes an exhibition and sale of “Eyes of Azov” exclusive photographs signed by the defenders from the former head of the Azov Regiment’s press service, Dmytro Kozatskyi, call sign Orest.

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• prisoners

An exhibition of war photographs by fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier Maksym Burda titled “Heavenly Photographer” organized by Maksym’s family and the Serhiy Prytula Charitable Foundation, will be held in Kyiv on May 18. 

The exhibition of Maksym’s war collection of photographs was a dream of his, now being realized by the family. As a civilian, Maksym was a well-known photographer in the Volyn Oblast. After the full-scale invasion outbreak, he went to war and was a UAV operator. He died on January 26, 2023, near Bakhmut while performing a combat mission.

“Photographer”, Maksym’s call sign, did not leave his favorite job, even on the front line. He photographed his comrades, their everyday life, work, and life “from the ground zero”. The exhibition will feature a total of 176 photographs. 35 photos from Maksym’s latest flash drive, which was recently transferred from the front line, and never published before, will be presented. Maksym’s family and friends are invited to the opening. Photos at the exhibition are available for purchase. The proceeds will be used for drone procurement for the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.

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• Kyiv