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The operational headquarters of the State Ecological Inspectorate of Ukraine calculated the damage caused to the environment as a result of russia’s armed aggression. Its total amount reaches almost USD 52 billion (February 24, 2022 to March 3, 2023). This estimate includes air, land and water.

Journalists are invited to find out how much of Ukrainian land is polluted with remnants of ordnance, how many oil products were burned during shelling, and how many forests were burned by rockets and shells, etc. In addition, journalists can learn more about the methods that the State Ecological Inspectorate of Ukraine uses to estimate the damage to the environment as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion.

• ecology
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Since the beginning of the all-out war, volunteers of “Save Ukraine” charitable foundation have returned more than forty children who were deported to the russian federation and occupied Crimea. They even had to organize rescue operations to save the children. The volunteers are also evacuating children from the war zone.

For reference: according to Children of War, a state platform for searching children, as of March 20, more than 16,000 Ukrainian children were deported by the occupiers.

• children
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv

NGO “Center for Civic Education “Almenda” has been documenting the militarization and destruction of the identity of children the occupied Crimea for 9 years, and with the beginning of the full-scale invasion— in the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhia regions as well.

The organization points out that today it is already possible to single out 10 tools with which russia destroys the identity of children in the occupied territories.

Journalists are invited to find out more about these tools and the conditions, which students in the occupied territories find themselves in, from Valentyna Potapova, Head of NGO “Center for Civic Education “Almenda” and former teacher from Crimea.

• children
• russian crimes

Volunteers of “Dobrobat” will clear the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of the war in Irpin, Kyiv region. The work will start in the morning of March 18. Those who want to join the volunteer effort are currently being recruited.

For reference: “Dobrobat” is a volunteer building division that helps victims by promptly rebuilding housing and social infrastructure facilities in the de-occupied territories.

• occupation
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv

On Friday, March 17, the journalists are invited to learn how mobile DNA labs work. Police officers will demonstrate the work of mobile laboratories, as well as forensic centers, where experiments are conducted.

Oleksandr Malysh, Chief Forensic Officer of Kyiv region, will join the event to talk about the experience of working at the places where the bodies of dead citizens were found during the occupation, as well as at mass graves in Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka and other settlements where hostilities took place.

Prior registration is required to join the tour.

Accreditation by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is required as well.

• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Residential buildings mutilated by russian shells are being dismantled on Vokzalna Street in Bucha and new homes are being built in their place. Specialists are rebuilding 12 completely destroyed houses from the scratch and reconstructing another 80 damaged buildings. Workers are also replacing all communication lines and laying new ones in certain places on Vokzalna Street. There are plans to completely replace the sidewalks and finish repairing the pavement.

Bucha Town Council is implementing the “Vokzalna Street” project with the support of the international organization “Global Empowerment Mission,” the U.S.-based Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Ukrainian NGO “Quality of Life.” The reconstruction efforts are also supported by Kyiv Oblast Military Administration and the Ministry of Regional Development.

For reference: During the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military destroyed a large convoy of russian vehicles on Vokzalna Street in Bucha. The photo of this street went viral around at the time.

• occupation
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Truth Hounds organization documents war crimes and is a member of Ukraine 5 AM Coalition (a coalition of human rights organizations that document war crimes during the russian armed aggression in Ukraine). It is Truth Hounds team that is responsible for the thorough investigation into the circumstances of the deaths of people, who were standing in line for bread when russian artillery shelled the civilian infrastructure of Chernihiv on March 16, 2022. As a result, 14 people died and another 27 were injured.

According to the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, in recognition for its work, Truth Hounds received an award that honors those who resist the oppressive state machine that encroaches on human rights values. 

• casualties
• dead
• occupation
• russian crimes

Vitalii and Andrii are the first patients to receive bionic hand prostheses at the Superhumans Center. Wearing the prosthesis, one of the defenders of Ukraine drew a blue and yellow heart, and then picked up and put down various objects, turned on the charger. Now he can drive a car, fold his clothes and comb his hair by himself. Another defender painted the Ukrainian flag and tried to fill the bag with things and lift it up, which he managed to do.

For reference: the Superhumans Center is a modern prosthetics, reconstruction and rehabilitation clinic that will soon open in Lviv. Currently, the hospital facilities are being supplied with necessary equipment. Superhumans services are free of charge for the victims of war.

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• doctors
• military
• russian crimes

During the year of the war, 800 enterprises were relocated to safer regions of the country under the government’s relocation program. 623 of that number have already resumed work in a new location, according to the Ministry of Economy report. Most enterprises were relocated to Lviv, Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi, and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblasts.

Earlier, the Rubizhne Hosiery Manufacturer, the factory that was destroyed by the russians during the seizure of the city, moved to Lviv. It was decided to continue its business in western Ukraine: they found factory premises and purchased equipment. Some employees also left Luhansk to continue their job at the company. The factory had been successfully operating for over 20 years before russia’s full-scale invasion and occupation of Rubizhne.

• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Lviv

On March 7, 2023, the ‘Ambulance’ project will be presented on Mykhailivs’ka (Saint Michael’s) Square in Kyiv. An ambulance formerly operating in the Derhachi district of Kharkiv Oblast before the full-scale Russian invasion is to exhibit on this day. During the shelling, this vehicle served to evacuate people out of dangerous areas. However, after it came under attack, it was put out of action.

Since it was the only four-wheel-drive ambulance to reach even the most remote villages off-road and in bad weather, many people have now lost the opportunity to receive prompt medical treatment. The vehicle has become one of the symbols of the occupiers’ cruelty against the civilian population.

This ambulance will be exhibited in different cities in European countries within the project. It will start in Vilnius and come with donation fundraising for new ambulances for the affected communities that need medical equipment today. The shot-up ambulance will also be on display in Riga, Ghent, Munich, Tallinn, Colchester, and Warsaw.

• russian crimes
• Kyiv