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Investigative journalists from Slidstvo.Info joined human rights advocates from the Tribunal for putin initiative who keep a record of russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. Working together, they set up a database of more than 150,000 profiles of russian military personnel who perpetrated war crimes. They were identified with the assistance of Ukraine’s so-called IT Army and the information from the Defense Intelligence, the National Security and Defense Council, and social media.

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In March, Oleksandr Kryvosheia, a farmer, called the Ukrainian artillery fire onto his warehouse in Kozarovychi village in Kyiv Oblast, where russian invaders were based. The russians occupied his farm on February 25 and lived there for more than a month. Over this period, the invaders ate more than a hundred sheep, half of his livestock. The building’s roof, seed grain, and equipment burned down due to the Ukrainian artillery strike on the farm. However, Oleksandr does not begrudge the property destroyed by the Ukrainian missiles. On the contrary, he says, chasing away the enemy was the most important thing.

Now, he is restoring his farm from scratch. The Keep Going project raises UAH 600,000 for Oleksandr to install the new roof on the warehouse. Half of the target amount has already been raised.

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The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine created a special account to collect funds for the restoration of cultural heritage objects destroyed by the russians. A special section with a list of objects in need of restoration was added to the Ministry’s website. In particular, these objects include the Central House of Culture of the city of Irpin, Chernihiv Central City Library, Dnipro House of Organ and Chamber Music and Korolenko State Scientific Library in Kharkiv. According to the Ministry, russia has already destroyed a total of 492 objects of Ukraine’s cultural heritage.

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Lviv physicians are rescuing a lady from Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast gravely injured by the explosion of a russian missile. The missile hit nearby, and she was buried under a heap of soil. Barely alive, she was extracted from a 5-m deep shell crater created by the explosion. Oksana was hospitalized in Dnipro immediately. She spent 11 days in the intensive care unit. As soon as her condition was stabilized, an evacuation train brought her to the St. Panteleimon Hospital in Lviv. Currently, Traumatology and Orthopedics Unit specialists are treating Oksana’s abdomen, arm, and leg wounds.

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Three volunteers from Lviv Oblast evacuated 120 cows from a farm in Mykolaiv Oblast under artillery fire. The farm has suffered from being incessantly shelled by the russian army for three months.

The preparations took three days, and the evacuation took about three hours. The volunteers moved trucks with the cattle under missile and artillery fire while covered by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The russian Orlan UAVs were the greatest danger because the foe used them to search for targets and adjust fire.

Over a hundred cows were moved to Lviv Oblast; some had to be treated for shell fragment wounds.

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Dubky, a modular home camp, was opened in Irpin, a town in Kyiv Oblast damaged by russian fire.  Further 352 Irpin residents, who lost their homes, will get temporary shelter in their native town.  The camp comprises 88 four-person residential units, with 55 units already occupied.  They accommodate families of healthcare, education, and military personnel.  The camp has a library, a small gym, an activity room for children, a recreation space, and a laundry/ironing zone.  World Central Kitchen NGO helps provide camp residents with food.

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Geoffrey Nice, a British lawyer, who was a prosecutor at the trial of Slobodan Milošević, Serbia’s former president, arrived in Ukraine. He will stay in Kyiv till August 21, meeting Ukrainian specialists.

Geoffrey Nice has been a barrister since 1971. He worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1998 to 2006 and was a prosecutor at the trial of Slobodan Milošević, Serbia’s former president. The major part of his work since then has been related to cases of the permanent International Criminal Court (on Sudan, Kenya, and Libya) or to assisting groups of victims from those countries (Iran, Myanmar, North Korea) whose cases cannot be tried by any international court. The Times of London described Geoffrey Nice as one of the leading lawyers of his generation.

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62-years-old Iryna was seriously wounded due to the russian artillery attack on her neighborhood in Sievierodonetsk. Only 5 buildings remain standing on the street where Iryna and her grandson used to live. Her thigh had to be amputated due to the heavy injuries. Currently, she is in one of the hospitals in Lviv Oblast. The Hands for a Mom project raised money to buy a prosthetic leg for Iryna. Within the framework of this initiative, prominent artists sold their works at auctions abroad and in Lviv. They raised over 30,000 euros to provide prosthetics for women gravely injured during the war. Soon, project organizers will buy prosthetics for two more injured women.

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Due to hostilities in Donetsk region, the state enterprise “Artemsil” has stopped working. It is based in Bakhmut, for which the Ukrainian military is fighting fiercely at the moment. Artemsil used to be the main supplier of all the necessary salt to Ukrainians, but now most of the salt in Ukraine is imported. However, a salt deposit was found in Bushtyno community in Zakarpattia region. The mining will be begin in six months. This deposit will be enough to provide 100% of Ukraine’s salt needs.

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A mine safety app has been made available in Ukraine. It was developed by volunteers of Free Ukraine, a Swiss charity, with support from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Users can view a map indicating potentially hazardous areas according to the SESU and receive alerts when approaching an unsafe area. This app is important for people living in Ukraine’s de-occupied areas because russian invaders have left many mined areas there.

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