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An exhibition on russia’s war crimes has been opened in PinchukArtCentre in the capital. It is a part of the exhibition presented by the Center in Davos in its “russian war crime house” during the World Economic Forum. The exhibition was founded in partnership with the Belgian Museum of Modern Art; it was the first time in the history of the arts that a museum offered a part of its collection to be exhibited in a country actively fighting the enemy.

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Eleven years old, Lev evacuated from Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast this spring. Two months ago, he underwent a major surgical procedure in Lviv. Lev was in a grave condition, with a spinal tumor preventing him from moving; the child also had issues with inner organs. Lev and his family moved to Khmelnytskyi Oblast because his native city was under occupation. The boy is still being rehabilitated after surgery.

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Destroyed buildings, ammunition fragments, shelled cars, and even love at the front line: photographer spouses from Odesa now take photos of the war. They used to shoot love stories for couples in love. Now, they are documenting events taking place in Ukrainian cities to demonstrate the truth to the world. They visited, for instance, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Bucha, Irpin, Sievierodonetsk, and Lysychansk. They visited some cities twice and even came under fire. Today, they are visiting Mykolaiv again, a city heavily shelled by the invaders.

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Residents of a block of apartments in Bucha whose roof was destroyed by a russian missile are raising UAH 800,000 to renovate the roof. The rain coming down into the building continues to destroy it. Because of this, the residents got together to restore the roof before winter. They have already raised UAH 230,000.

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Volodymyr Alyokhin, a shepherd from the village of Pavlivka in Donetsk region, single-handedly herded 400 sheep to the village of Novostav in Volyn region. The man walked the first 50 kilometers. Then the flock was transported by a special truck for animals. There is still active combat in the man’s native village, his home was destroyed by russian troops, and more than 100 sheep were killed by mortar fire from the occupiers.

Volyn farmer Vasyl Melnyk is currently helping the shepherd from Donetsk region. Their sheep are now in a single flock, and, as the men say, they themselves do not know which is whose.

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About a hundred works of the legendary Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko are exhibited in Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv. The opportunity to see these paintings exists thanks to an art critic and an academician from Kyiv, Eduard Dymshits, who has collected the artist’s works for 30 years.

For reference: Maria Prymachenko is a Ukrainian folk artist who worked in the genre of naïve art.

At the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, a shell of the invaders hit a museum in Kyiv region, where a part of her paintings was kept. Local residents, risking their own lives, rescued the pieces of art from the burning building.

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In Odesa, a plastic surgeon operates on injured people for free after a rocket attack on Serhiyivka. For example, the operation of the first patient who sought help lasted one and a half hours. She had a bone fragment removed and her eyebrows contours restored.

On July 1, the russians launched rocket attacks on the village of Serhiyivka in Odesa region. 22 people died, about 40 were injured.

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Almost USD 100 billion is the amount of direct losses as the result of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These numbers were calculated at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). As part of “russia will pay” project, all financial losses of Ukraine since February 24 are recorded there. According to the KSE, residential buildings account for over a third of the damages. Some can still be restored, while some will have to be rebuilt from scratch. Business losses from the war have also been calculated. The damages include destroyed factories, and burned down warehouses as well as closed coffee shops, pharmacies, and stores.

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Oksana, who lost her leg due to the russian shelling of Huliaipole in Zaporizhia Oblast, is preparing to get her prosthesis soon. She undergoes rehabilitation in Lviv. Oksana became one of the first patients of the Rehabilitation Center, a part of the #UNBROKEN network. Oksana will receive the prosthesis abroad.

According to earlier reports, the Nezlamni (Unbroken) National Rehabilitation Center is to open in Lviv. This 37,000 square meters large Center will help 50,000 Ukrainians every year, first of all, those who suffered physical injuries and mental trauma due to russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.

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Journalists have the opportunity to visit a farm with an area of ​​more than 1,000 hectares, which was under russian occupation. This is a good opportunity to see with your own eyes warehouses and silos, agricultural machinery and fields of wheat, corn and sunflowers that were burnt down as a result of shelling by the occupiers.  The speakers will include:

Oleksandr Fischun, owner and director of Iveria Agro farm.

Hanna Hopko, Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory.

Ivan Miroshnichenko, Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations, Vice President of the Ukrainian Grain Association, former adviser to the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine

Ihor Melnyk, owner of “Agrogeophysica” subsidiary company, the territory of which is partly under occupation.

The farm visit will take place on Thursday, July 14 at 11:00 AM. Media accreditation form must be filled out to take part it the visit — https://bit.ly/3axlsef. After receiving your application, the exact address of the location will be sent to you.

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