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For the second time, “volunteer paratroopers” are being trained in Odesa to go to Kherson. Those who volunteered will pack and unload the humanitarian aid, as well as deliver it to the addresses, explains the coordination headquarters for humanitarian aid in Odesa region. Some of the volunteers will work in villages near the city. One of the tasks they will face is clearing the rubble. Therefore, there is a need for drivers of special vehicles.Departure to Kherson is planned for the middle of February, and the volunteer work will last for at least two months.

For reference: 11 people from Kyiv, Odesa, the UK and the U.S. worked in Kherson as part of the first such mission, which lasted 10 days. 

• casualties
• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kherson
• Odesa

In Odesa, barbers give free haircuts to Ukrainian soldiers. Within almost a year, more than 200 defenders of the country visited the barbershop. Journalists can talk to the hairstylists and, if possible, film them work.

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• volunteers
• Odesa

More than five hundred couples in love throughout Ukraine will create new families on Valentine’s Day. Currently, Civil Registry Offices continue to receive applications for registration of marriages. So far, the majority of applications to get married on this day have come from Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Volyn, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa regions and Kyiv.

In addition, Civil Registry Offices participating in “Love Will Win” event will work extra hours on Valentine’s Day.

Journalists are invited to talk to the employees of Civil Registry Offices and, if possible, film marriage registration.

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russia’s full-scale invasion had a negative impact on the lives of pets. In particular, many animal shelters are overcrowded in Odesa. People who are forced to leave abroad often leave their pets behind, and these can be adult animals that are used to living inside instead of being kept in enclosures. In addition, volunteers care for and treat animals that have become homeless due to the war. In addition, the military bring many animals from the combat zone to animal rights activists.

Activists can show and tell journalists how the war changes the lives of pets.

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• Odesa

Odesa volunteers converted an old bus into a mobile bathhouse for soldiers at the front. They are currently finishing the work and will soon send the bathhouse to one of Odesa brigades at the front line. “Ukrinteravtoservis — Odesa” enterprise and “Good Luck” volunteer headquarters are responsible for this project. The creation of the first bathhouse cost them USD 4,000. In general, the volunteers want to make at least 5 of these: one for each Odesa brigade currently serving at the front.

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• volunteers
• Odesa

Odesa Zoo functions despite frequent power outages due to rocket attacks by the occupiers on the country’s infrastructure. The institution has insulated enclosures for animals as well as potbelly stoves. The zoo also experienced a long-term power outage and lack of water (employees had made supplies in advance). In addition, the zoo has generators, coal and lots of firewood.

For reference: in September, Odesa Zoo celebrated its 100th anniversary.

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• blackout
• Odesa

Odesa developers have launched “yePPO” (We Have Air Defense) application, and the first russian missile has already been shot down with the aid of this app. The application allows citizens to report missiles, drones and aircraft, and it is already available on Google Play. Volunteer programmers got aid in creating this app from Operational Command “South,” the Ukrainian Navy and the Ministry of Digital Transformation. At a Media Center Ukraine — Odesa briefing on October 27, the creators of the app will tell where the idea to create it came from, whose help they are most looking forward to in the app, and when it will appear on the AppStore.

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• volunteers
• Odesa

In Odesa Oblast, people are actively restoring the houses damaged by the missile attack on June 27. Some people had not only to install new doors and windows but also rebuild an entire story that the missile had demolished. People affected by the russian aggression want to refurbish the damaged homes before winter comes. The local government covers a part of the cost of repairs.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Odesa

A married couple of K-9 handlers serve in a border guard detachment in Odesa Oblast. They met during a training course in a K-9 training center one month before the start of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The husband handles a German Shepherd, and the wife – a Jack Russell Terrier. During the all-out war, they were deployed far from each other several times; lately, they were transferred to serve in the same unit.

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• military
• Odesa

In Odesa, the discussions are raging regarding the demolition of the monument to the russian empress Catherine II, who destroyed the Ukrainian military-political entity Zaporozhian Sich and implemented the russification of Ukrainians. Many citizens and activists support the demolition of the monument, but the Odesa City Council slows down the process and refuses to issue a corresponding order. The leadership of the region has already spoken out in favor of dismantling the monument, and even the President of Ukraine reacted to the corresponding petition.

In 2015, Ukraine launched decommunization, the process of getting rid of the remains of communist ideology. Now, in the midst of russia’s all-out war against Ukraine, there is a debate going on in Ukrainian cities about how to get rid of other remains of russian occupation, albeit from the days of the russian empire.

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• Odesa