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On August 28, savED charity fund’s photo exhibition will be opened in Kyiv. The exhibition is dedicated to the stories of schools and children affected by the full-scale war.

The opening of the photo exhibition will be attended by students of Chernihiv, Mykhailo-Kotsyubynske (Chernihiv region), Borodyanka and Katyuzhanka (Kyiv region) schools, who, despite the horrors of war, shelling and occupation, have not lost their thirst for learning and are actively rebuilding their schools and communities. Their stories will be heard during the opening of the exhibition.

The photo exhibition will be a part of a campaign to raise funds for the construction of a temporary school in the village of Chervona Dolyna, Mykolaiv region. This, in turn, is part of the fund’s fundraising campaign #to_school_again, within which the fund is collecting money for the shelter and to restore facilities of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions.

For reference: As of August 2023, every tenth school in Ukraine has been destroyed by russia. And over 1,500 schools are significantly damaged or destroyed and cannot be repaired.

savED is a charity fund that restores access to education where it was taken away by war.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On August 25, Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform will host a networking event for journalists and fixers.

Participants:

– Alina Bondarchuk, Head of the Information Collection and Monitoring Department of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine;

– Colonel Oleksandr Melnichenko, representative of the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of the State’s Interests in the Field of Information Security of the Security Service of Ukraine;

– Artem Shevchuk, Head of the Expert Group at the Strategic Communications Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine;

Topics of focus:

– The importance of communication with the public sector and why it is necessary to move away from what exists in the information space of Ukraine? How to safely work with the news coming from the russian federation?

– How did the level of media literacy of Ukrainians and immunity to russian fakes increase?

– Why are russian fake news on sensitive topics the most effective and how to work with sensitive topics correctly?

– How to choose a topic for the news so as not to become a tool in the hands of the enemy and stay on subject?

– Basic rules for working with information and responsibility for spreading information from the russian information space to the Ukrainian one.

Pre-registration is required. Registered visitors will be able to join the lecture online: they will be sent a link.

• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On August 24, the Independence Day of Ukraine, Lithuanian high-ranking officials, together with representatives of the local administration, will open a kindergarten restored by Lithuania in Irpin, Kyiv region. The officials will then talk to media representatives.

Lithuania rebuilt the largest kindergarten in the city in just eight months after it had been almost completely destroyed by russian troops. The project budget exceeded EUR 4.8 million.

Pre-registration is required.

For reference: This kindergarten sustained the most damage among all the kindergartens in Irpin community. As a result of repeated shelling and fire, the facility was 75% damaged.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes

An exhibition of Russian military equipment destroyed during the war will be held in Kyiv. It is currently being assembled on Khreshchatyk. The exhibits include damaged Russian tanks, armored personnel carriers, and destroyed missiles. In total, there are plans to display more than 50 pieces. 

Journalists can learn more about the exhibits from a representative of the National Military History Museum of Ukraine.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The sculpture “Cruise Missile” by artist Illia Chornomaz consists of fragments of shells that were hitting the Kharkiv region. During the first days of the enemy invasion, the 24-year-old man was hiding in his workshop. And then he got down to work. Illia spent a year of his life and 500 kilograms of Russian missile fragments on the metal sculpture. He managed to find and collect all the material, thanks to the rescuers. With his sculpture, Illia wants to show the importance of art even in such challenging times. And it also aims to demonstrate the tension experienced by a person who has been living in war for two consecutive years. The “Cruise Missile” is planned to be sold at auction, and the proceeds will be used to support the military defending the Kharkiv region. 

Illia Chornomaz is in Kharkiv, ready to talk to journalists, both online and in person. 

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• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kharkiv

On August 22, Kyiv will host two panel discussions and a special event by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People within the framework of the Third Summit of the International Crimea Platform. The goal is to give a background for the discussions that will take place at the Third Summit of the International Crimea Platform: to discuss ways to liberate temporarily occupied Crimea and part of the waters of the Black and Azov Seas; to investigate the opportunities available to Ukraine for the liberation of certain regions; to assess the most likely problems and risks on the way to establishing sustainable and reliable peace; to determine the range of problems on the way to the reintegration of Crimea and to develop a vision for overcoming them.

Participants: representatives of the Expert Network of the Crimea Platform, state authorities of Ukraine, international think tanks and NGOs, representatives of the International Crimea Platform countries officials, and representatives of the academic community.

Some of the participants include:

• Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defense of the Netherlands (TBC)
• Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
• Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske village is located near Chernihiv. At the beginning of the full-scale war, it was under occupation for more than a month. In March 2022, two russian missiles hit the local lyceum: the first and second floors of the building and the sports ground were destroyed.

The computer science, chemistry, physics, biology and defense of Ukraine classrooms, as well as the archive were also destroyed. The gym was damaged too.

Currently, the charitable foundation “savED” is helping to restore the lyceum (this foundation restores access to education in communities affected by the war).

Also, as part of the efforts by UNITED24, global initiative to support Ukraine, a charity match was held in London, where Ukrainian football players Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko took to the field to raise funds to restore Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske Lyceum in Chernihiv region.

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• occupation
• russian crimes
• Chernihiv

The team of Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has produced the documentary Beyond the Peace. It was created based on footage made in Bucha district, Kyiv oblast in February 2024.

The documentary depicts the consequences of war crimes committed by the russian army as well as Ukraine’s resistance. The film also includes testimonies by the locals from the previously occupied areas.

The documentary aims to showcase the war crimes that took place during the occupation of Bucha district, Kyiv oblast.

The creators of the film are ready to provide all the necessary broadcasting rights to the documentary.

The English version is available here.

The Ukrainian version (with English subtitles) is available here.

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• russian crimes

Vitalii Kucherenko is a Ukrainian military man with almost 30 years of experience. He has been defending Ukraine since 2014 (he took part in the battles for Ilovaisk, Maryinka, and Avdiivka in particular). He was discharged from military service in 2017. During his service, he faced the major issue of the occupiers’ mining of Ukrainian land and in 2020, founded a private humanitarian company in mine action and later a training center for those wishing to learn the explosive ordnance survey and clearance experts profession. The center operates in the Khmelnytskyi region. There are already 174 people who have taken the course, including about 30 veterans of the Russia-Ukraine war, who are now qualified as demining experts. Currently, Vitalii’s company employs three veterans, and they are preparing to take part in land release operations.

For reference: According to preliminary forecasts, every 10th worker in Ukraine will be a veteran after the war is over. According to a recent study on ex-military employment, over 60% of employers had no experience working with veterans and, accordingly, had no experience recruiting veterans. 

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• Khmelnytskyi
• demining

Mykola has been working in the agricultural industry for about 30 years. The man manages a farm in Kyiv region that sells seeds on the country’s domestic market. (Specifically, legume, wheat, buckwheat, barley, oats seeds, etc.).

However, due to russia’s full-scale invasion and the blockade of sea ports, Ukrainian farmers cannot sell their crops, so they have no money to buy new seeds.

So, the farm managed by Mykola was able to sell only 10% of last year’s stock of soft wheat seeds.

For reference: On the topic of agricultural enterprises and other farms affected by the full-scale war, journalists are welcome to receive comments from experts of the “Ukrainian Agrarian Council” and the international fund SaveUA, which was created by agrarians in the first days of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

• russian crimes
• Kyiv
• grain