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ZooPatrol Volunteers have already brought over a hundred animals from the Kherson region and continue to rescue new ones. The shelter, the clinic, and the partner foster house pets. 

These days, people have already started coming to adopt the saved animals. In addition, volunteers are looking for the previous owners of the animals.

For reference: ZooPatrol is a non-governmental organization formed at the beginning of the full-scale invasion to rescue, evacuate, treat, and find homes for wildlife affected by war and human cruelty.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Various items continue to wash up on the beaches of Odesa Oblast, including building parts and pieces of furniture that washed up in Kherson Oblast due to Russia blowing up the Kakhovka dam. City services periodically clean the city’s beaches, but the sea keeps bringing more and more debris to the shore. Journalists will have the opportunity to talk to environmentalists and volunteers who will show the state of the beaches and tell them about the dangers of coastal littering.

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• russian crimes
• Odesa

The Khortytsia National Reserve also suffered due to the occupiers’ blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Experts have recorded the water bodies shallowing. In addition, the reserve administration notes that the water level drop in the Dnipro River has revealed the remains of wooden bridges dating back to 1944, which had been underwater for almost 70 years. Read more here.

Journalists can also learn more from local scientists about the consequences of the Kakhovka HPP explosion for the Kamianska Sich National Park in the Kherson region.

For reference: The Khortytsia National Reserve includes the island of Khortytsia (the largest Dnipro island), the adjacent(Baida, Try Stohy, Dubovyi, Rozstebyn islands, and Serednia, Blizniuky rocks), and the Vyrva tract on the right bank of the Dnipro, as well as the Kamianska Sich historical monument of national importance in Kherson region.

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• Zaporizhzhia

People and the environment suffer from the consequences of the occupiers’ blowing up of Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, and the country’s economy will see significant losses as well. In particular, the impossibility of taking water from the irrigation canals will make agriculture very difficult. Losses related to grain, oilseeds, vegetables and melon crops will be significant, and the situation will be difficult for the dairy industry as well. Denys Marchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council, made this statement during a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform. More details are available here.

Journalists are invited to ask for an expert’s comment to learn more about how this situation will affect Ukraine’s agriculture and economy.

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Building Ukraine Together (BUR) is creating a base of hosts from its community, who are ready to shelter people affected by the occupiers’ blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP. The volunteers will transfer the collected contact database to partner organizations that are directly involved in evacuating and finding accommodation for the victims.

Journalists are invited to learn more about this initiative and, if possible, talk to a volunteer who has already been included into the contact database and is ready to provide shelter for victims.

For reference: Building Ukraine Together is an NGO that creates opportunities for young people to bring about changes in the country through volunteering.

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Representatives of the animal protection organization “UAnimals” are rescuing animals that suffered as a result of russians blowing up the Kakhovka HPP dam. (There are frightened and abandoned pets).

Over the past day alone, animal activists and concerned citizens have evacuated more than a hundred animals from flooded areas.

In addition, the day before, “UAnimals” launched a series of single-person pickets under the slogan “russia is killing the planet.”

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• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kherson

On June 8, Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will host a press conference by Dmytro Zaruba, First Deputy Head of the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine. The topics of focus include: the ecological consequences of blowing up the Kakhovka HPP and the damage caused by russian aggression to the environment of Ukraine.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Oleksandra Vasylenko, Director General for Economic Diplomacy and Sanctions Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Special Commissioner for Humanitarian and Sanctions Policy, will hold a press conference on June 8 at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform. Topics of focus include: the reaction of the global community to the blowing of the Kakhovka HPP, the consequences for the economy of Ukraine, and assistance to the victims.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Kherson team of “Save Ukraine” Charitable Foundation is evacuating residents of the South, who found themselves in the flood zone after the russians had blown up the Kakhovka HPP dam.

They are also providing all necessary support for the victims.

For reference: “Save Ukraine” is a charitable foundation that coordinates dozens of organizations, volunteers, individuals and legal entities to help internally displaced persons. Among other things, the foundation’s volunteers organize rescue operations to return deported Ukrainian children.

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• russian crimes
• Kherson

The organizations Helping to Leave and Vostok SOS help with the evacuation of residents of the areas affected by the blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP dam. They are ready to show their work and provide comments to journalists.

For reference: Helping to Leave is a 24-hour hotline to help Ukrainians affected by the russian military invasion and genocide. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Helping to Leave operators have taken more than 53,000 people through the evacuation process.

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Vostok SOS organization, in turn, has already evacuated 46,000 Ukrainians since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

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• russian crimes
• Kherson