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UAH 4.5 million are needed for the restoration of Chernihiv Central Library named after Kotsyubynskyi, which was partially destroyed by the russians during an aerial bombing on February 27. The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine announced this on its social media. The building’s roof and walls are damaged, windows are missing, internal partitions and doors were knocked out, and the heating system is destroyed. A part of the library’s catalog was also lost. Therefore, to restore the institution, the Ministry launched a special platform for collecting funds.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Chernihiv

A landfill of russian projectiles used by invaders to fire at the city since February 24 has appeared in Kharkiv. The landfill contains thousands of remnants: they are “Grads”, “Uragans”, “Smerches” and “Tornadoes-S”. All remnants of ammunition in “landfills” are safe. They are kept to have an evidence base of crimes committed by rf in Kharkiv.

Totally, as of October 20, more than 1,500 civilians, including 76 children, have been killed in the Kharkiv region since the beginning of full-scale war of rf in Ukraine. 

• russian crimes
• weapon
• Kharkiv

Animal advocates launched fundraising for Bretsel’s evacuation to South Africa. During the recent missile attacks by russians in Kyiv oblast, the animal was scared by loud sounds, tried to escape and was injured against the cubicle. In addition to Bretsel, another 11 lions that were taken out of flash points and a bear are being collected for evacuation.

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• russian crimes
• volunteers

The parents of the physician Oksana were shot by russians in the car during their attempts to evacuate themselves from Bucha (the couple moved there from Luhansk region two days before the full-scale russia’s invasion). The woman’s mother died at the scene, and her father was injured. Oksana decided to operate on him with no outside help, in the private hospital where she worked.

Subsequently, Oksana and her family moved to the Ivano-Frankivsk region. She and her sister established the “Nash Sokil” Charity Foundation in memory of their deceased mother. The foundation helps displaced persons with evacuation and find shelter, and also sends assistance to those in need among other things.

Moreover, Oksana headed the “Dobrobut-Fundatsiia” Charity Foundation, where she together with her colleagues provides free medical care to war victims: both civilians and military.

• casualties
• dead
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Major Ukrainian retailers, carriers and communication operators cut electricity consumption to reduce the load on power infrastructure hit by russia’s massive shelling. They had not to do that, but decided to support the Ukrainians in such a “flash mob”. For example, Nova Poshta delivery service announced that it turned off all signs and needless lighting to avoid loading the grids during peak hours. Kyivstar mobile operator did the same. ALLO, COMFY and EpicentrK equipment sellers joined the campaign too.

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• russian crimes

At Ukraine’s request, a special tribunal is being established in The Hague for putin and russia’s political leadership. The russian elite will be tried for the aggression crimes against Ukraine. Leading international lawyers take part in tribunal proceedings. As well as the Ukrainian working group for establishing the special tribunal. The court may commence operations as far as in a year.

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On October 10, as a result of large-scale missile attack on Kyiv, several museums were damaged at once: the National Science and Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Taras Shevchenko National Museum and the Khanenko Museum. Fortunately, the collections were not damaged, but museum buildings were damaged, windows were broken. The losses are still under assessment, but it is already clear that they are fairly significant. In order to resume their work as quickly as possible, museums ask for support. Charitable accounts have been opened for those who are willing to support museums with funds.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The Center for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian NGO, became one of the laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize. “ After russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Center for Civil Liberties has engaged in efforts to identify and document russian war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population. In collaboration with international partners, the center is playing a pioneering role with a view to holding the guilty parties accountable for their crimes,” — the committee stated. 

• russian crimes
• Kyiv

In Boryspil, Kyiv region, 19 apartments were handed over to refugee families by the State Fund for Support of Youth Housing Construction. The apartments were purchased for the temporary residence of IDPs, primarily large families and families whose homes were destroyed as a result of the russian aggression in Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. According to the program, citizens receive “turn-key” apartments with repairs, furniture and household appliances. Earlier, 9 families received social housing in Sumy, 2 families in Romny, Sumy region, and 21 families in Chernihiv.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The “Postcards from Ukraine” project was established to capture and demonstrate the damage caused to Ukrainian culture by russian invaders as a result of bombing and shelling during the full-scale war. Among other things, the postcards feature how the outstanding buildings, museums, monuments look like before and after destruction. For example, the list includes the tallest building in Ukraine — the Kyiv TV Tower, and one of the oldest country’s zoos — Mykolaiv Zoo. To make the world aware of invaders’ destruction of Ukrainian culture, the project organizers call for sharing the postcards via social media and sending them to influencers. 

• culture
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv