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The village where farmer Hennadii lives was under shelling for six months. In order to detect explosive objects in the fields where he grew wheat, the man decided to purchase a drone with a thermal imager. (Debris of rockets or mines are displayed in a thermal imager differently than, for example, the ground or vegetation). With the permission of the military, the farmer inspects the land and takes pictures to show the EOD.

In addition, the farmer’s lavender field was damaged due to russia’s full-scale invasion. About a third of the plants died. Now he and his wife are trying to restore it. Previously, tourists visited the lavender field and held photo shoots there.

As reported, Oleksandr, another farmer from Kharkiv region, rebuilt an ordinary tractor to demine his fields.

Important notice: taking pictures of mined fields can be dangerous.

• russian crimes
• Kharkiv

Gen.Ukrainian NGO deals with the treatment of children’s psychological trauma caused by the war. The organization is supported by the Olena Zelenska Foundation.

One of the project’s missions is to update international protocols for helping war-affected children around the world based on the real experience of the war in Ukraine.

Gen.Ukrainian organized a Gen.Camp, a health and educational camp for the psychological rehabilitation of children who have experienced traumatic events, lost their parents or witnessed war crimes.

Gen.Camp is a free camp that was based in Spain last year, and this year is located in the Carpathians. Ukrainian therapists work with young Ukrainians to stabilize their psycho-emotional state. (A new group of children will come to the camp on May 18).

• casualties
• children
• psychological support
• russian crimes

The Save Ukraine rescue network has brought back 96 children illegally detained by Russia to the homeland during six missions. The following rescue mission preparation is currently underway. 

Journalists can learn more about Ukrainian children rescue from Mykola Kuleba, Founder of “Save Ukraine,” Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights (2014-2021). 

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• russian crimes

During the press conference, representatives of Save Ukraine rescue network will present the evidence of crimes committed by the aggressor country against Ukrainian children, which are manifestations of genocide. The evidence was obtained during one of the rescue missions carried out by the network’s team, which resulted in the return of 96 children.

A family of mother and daughter, brought home as part of the sixth mission, will talk about the circumstances of the child’s deportation to russia and the intentions of the aggressor country regarding the girl’s future.

Participants: Svitlana Popova, mother of a girl deported to russia; Alina Kovaleva, a girl, returned after being deported to russia; Mykola Kuleba, Founder of “Save Ukraine”, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights (2014-2021); Myroslava Kharchenko, a lawyer at “Save Ukraine”; Kateryna Rashevska, Legal Expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR) NGO.

The press conference will be held on May 11, at Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform. Registration is required.

• children
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

An outpatient clinic in Horenka, Kyiv region, was shelled by the russians in February 2022. In November, the work began to rebuild the facility, with the principle of green restoration used in the process. Now the hospital is equipped with a modern heating system with a heat pump and a solar power plant with a battery.

With these innovations, the outpatient clinic has become more autonomous, and now it can work during power outages. In addition, heating costs were reduced by 80%, CO2 emissions decreased, and negative impact on the environment lessened.

• ecology
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine says that according to preliminary estimates, the war has already caused more than UAH 2 trillion in damage to Ukraine’s environment (figures as of early May)

Journalists can learn more about the impact of russia’s full-scale invasion on the environment from experts from the Ecoaction Center for Environmental Initiatives. 

For reference:  The Center for Environmental Initiatives Ecoaction (Ecodia) is a non-governmental organization, whose experts and activists are united by the idea of preserving the environment through influencing decision-making.

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• russian crimes

Students of the Ukrainian Leadership Academy brought a 50-kilogram book “Crime without Punishment” to Europe. This book contains information on russia’s crimes in Ukraine. The book is 6,000 pages long, which symbolizes the 6,000 children kidnapped by the russian occupiers. The activists were “inspired” to create the book, the title of which is an allusion to the russian classics, by the arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, the children’s ombudsman of the russian federation. The book will arrive in Ukraine in a few days.

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• culture
• russian crimes

Ukrainian military man Maksym Kolesnikov, whose photo with an apple went viral and made him famous after the release from captivity, returned into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, in April, Kolesnikov took part in the OSCE meeting in Vienna, where he spoke of the crimes that the russians are committing to Ukrainian prisoners. He is ready to tell his story to the media as well.

For reference: Maksym Kolesnikov was captured in March 2022. He was released during prisoner exchange on February 4, 2023.

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• prisoners
• russian crimes

37-year-old Iryna Horobtsova worked for a Ukrainian IT company and became known for her social media posts about life under occupation. Iryna posted photos with Ukrainian symbols and called her apartment her “home resistance headquarters.” On May 13, 2022, the Russians abducted her from her home and kept her in a pre-trial detention center in Simferopol. No one is allowed to visit Iryna, and she is completely isolated from the outside world. The activist’s parents are ready to talk to the media to spread her story and get their daughter released as soon as possible.

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• russian crimes
• Kherson

In the occupied territories of Ukraine, russians most often resort to electric shock torture and beatings while tormenting civilians. The russian army mostly detains and abuses former military personnel and Joint Forces Operation participants, volunteers, civil and political activists, as well as government officials and entrepreneurs. These are the results of the ZMINA Center for Human Rights researchers study conducted from February 2022 to March 2023. 345 cases of torture of Ukrainian civilians were recorded. Media covering this topic will have the opportunity to talk to victims of russian crimes.

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• occupation
• russian crimes