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In July of this year, a barely alive 40-year-old woman from Bakhmut named Oksana was dug out of a 5-meter-deep crater formed as a result of a russian missile hit. Oksana was taken to a hospital in Dnipro in extremely serious condition. She had shrapnel wounds in her right lung and liver, extensive wounds to the left shoulder, an open fracture of both legs and the right arm. Doctors fought for her life in the intensive care unit for eleven days. As soon as it was possible to stabilize her condition, Oksana was taken by evacuation train to “Unbroken” National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv. Here, doctors performed a complex reconstructive surgery: the tissue from the patient’s back was transplanted to her limb, and her leg was saved from amputation. Oksana has a few more bone surgeries ahead of her, but she will definitely be able to walk.

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Olena and her team were finishing preparations for the opening of their dream restaurant in Hostomel, Kyiv region. They invested a year of work in the restaurant, which was supposed to open its doors on March 8, 2022. But a week and a half before the opening, russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine. russian paratroopers landed at the city’s airport, and later, the russians completely destroyed Olena’s not yet opened establishment. However, despite the huge losses and uncertainty during the full-scale war, the team was able to open a restaurant, but in Kyiv.

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Some residents of the villages of Horenka and Moschun in Kyiv region, where active hostilities took place in February-March, still live in half-destroyed houses without heating, water and power. Some of them refused to move to modular houses, as suggested by local authorities. Instead, they are banding together to survive the winter, heating their apartments with potbelly stoves or warming themselves up in special tents, and sleeping in warm jackets.

After the start of russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, the village of Moschun and adjacent Horenka in Kyiv region became the site of fierce battles. It was the battle for Moschun that became decisive in the defense of the capital. Most of the residential buildings here have been destroyed.

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A scrapyard of russian shells used to attack the city since February 24 was created in Kharkiv. There are thousands of remnants of “Grad,” “Uragan,” “Smerch” and “Tornado-S” at the landfill. All ammunition remains at “scrapyards” are safe. They are kept in order to have an evidence base of crimes committed by the russian federation in Kharkiv.

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On November 1, the British lawyer Jason McKew filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of London against Wagner PMC and Yevhen Prigozhin. Jason McKew represents the interests of a group of Ukrainians who have asked him to represent them in court. According to the lawyer, they decided to launch a campaign against putin’s war machine in order to receive reparations on behalf of Ukraine.

“This case will prove to the world that Wagner Group is terrorist contractors, and that putin is colluding with them to commit terrorist acts against the Ukrainian people, is engaged in terrorism financing,” Jason McKew said.

For reference: British lawyer Jason McKew has been representing victims of terror for many years, helping them achieve justice and receive compensation. As a co-founder and senior partner of the law firm McCue Jury and Partners LLP, he played a major role in the legal victories over the Real IRA, HAMAS organizations, as well as in the case against the Libyan Jamahiriya. Earlier this year, McCue Jury and Partners LLP successfully defended Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat CEO, in a lawsuit initiated by the Wagner PMC owner Yevhen Prigozhin.

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A couple from Kharkiv started their own business: they developed and patented the design of candles in wood (Wood MOOD). The products are eco-friendly. Candles are non-disposable because they are equipped with wax cartridges, and use the wood intended for fuel. During the war, russian invaders destroyed a wood-working shop in the Kharkiv region, where candle bases were produced. In addition, a candle workshop in Kyiv region was looted. However, entrepreneurs managed to resume production: they found a workshop in Volyn and grant support programs and now their products are taking over the world.

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On November 29, at 4:30 PM, human rights defenders of “Helping to Leave” international project will hold an online press conference with the opportunity to talk with volunteers who help people in the occupation every day. If necessary, they will also help to meet with real witnesses and victims of war crimes who are ready to tell their stories.

In addition, “Helping to Leave” in partnership with Ukrainian foundations and other international organizations, launched a public campaign, the purpose of which is to explain to the international community that annexed lands cannot be given away in order to end the war. After all, this means leaving the people who live in these territories to fend for themselves.

“Helping to Leave” is a project that carries out a humanitarian mission to help Ukrainians affected by the military invasion and genocide committed by russia.

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A hundred people who lost their homes due to russia’s full-scale invasion have recently received the keys to 30 temporary apartments in Lviv region. For this purpose, the authorities and benefactors repaired an apartment building in the village of Neslukhiv. The accommodation includes the necessary furniture and household appliances. Families with children and elderly people will live there.

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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.

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• Kyiv

Specialists of “MykolaVvodokanal” have already started the work to restore the supply of drinking water to the city. There was practically no drinking water in Mykolaiv since the beginning of the full-scale war. Teams of utility workers are working on sites where the 73-km long pipeline burst. They found 4 places of damage. Some of the damage looks as if the pipe was deliberately fired upon from tanks, the city says. The utility workers themselves tell how “MykolaivVodokanal” is restoring the supply of water to the city after the liberation of Kherson.

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