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“Kyiv450” workshop was founded by a volunteer and entrepreneur Andrii, who bought seven 3D printers together with like-minded people at the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion. These devices help Andrii and his team produce a large number of various parts for Ukrainian military personnel. Currently, components for dropping projectiles from UAVs are in high demand. The volunteer explains: the printers work at night, and in the morning the team collects the finished parts, like a harvest, and sends them to the front. Andrii says that the military appreciates the efficiency of the 3D-printed parts. His team has already managed to create thousands of components, and they continue to receive orders.

Important notice: to ensure the safety of the volunteers and their production, Andrii keeps the location of the workshop secret. Journalists are welcome to talk to Andrii and his team online or by phone, as well as receive all the necessary photos and video materials from them.

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FRIDA Ukraine, together with Polska Misja Medyczna, is launching a new project in the Kharkiv Oblast: mobile clinics will operate in the region. A team of doctors and healthcare workers will have patient appointments in different parts of the de-occupied Kharkiv region for 6 months.

The doctors have already undergone a series of training sessions to be qualified to examine local residents in any condition. In particular, a course was held by The HALO Trust, during which doctors were taught the rules of safe behavior in war conditions and told about the risks of handling explosive devices.

For reference: FRIDA Ukraine is a Ukrainian-Israeli mission of medical volunteers aimed at helping the civilian population.

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• Kharkiv

Stefan was born and raised in the USA, where his family emigrated at one time. Parents raised him to love Ukraine, Ukrainian customs and culture. Stefan arrived in Lviv in April 2023. He says that he had a rough idea of what was waiting for him, because his relatives stayed here and told him about the situation in the country. Stefan has already joined the work of several organizations that send humanitarian aid to the east of Ukraine, and in addition, the young man devotes his time to volunteering at the Lviv railway station.

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• Lviv

The first mobile bomb shelter, funded by a European donor, was installed in Kherson on the 30th of June. It was financed by German artist Dennis Josef Meseg, who also created the decorative appearance of the shelter.  It was the 11th protection facility installed by “Youth 2.0” NGO. It was mounted on the site where 5 people were killed by Russian artillery fire on February 11, 2023. 

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• Kherson

Chi came from Hong Kong to help Ukrainians affected by the full-scale war. A 53-year-old accountant joined the volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project two weeks ago. Now he spends his weekends dismantling the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Kyiv region.

The foreign volunteer will be available for journalists to talk to after July 10.

For reference: Brave to Rebuild is a volunteer project aimed at helping residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine restore housing and social institutions damaged due to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine.  

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Rustem Skybin is a Crimean Tatar artist who has established his own style of ceramics called “Quru Isar”, which means “dry barrier” in the Crimean Tatar language. Rustem was forced to leave his native Crimea in 2014 due to the Russian invasion. After moving to the capital, he found himself living in his car as he did not have his own home. Later, when life started improving, he opened a workshop. But in 2022, Russia tried to take everything away from him again, this time in Kyiv. The man volunteered and evacuated those who could not leave the city.  Then he began to counteract information warfare waged against Ukraine by organizing information resistance. He created a series of posters about cities that were under Russian occupation and a “museum of trophies,” i.e., things left behind after the Russians retreated. He opened the museum in a symbolic place – a toilet. Now the “museum” displays more than 50 exhibits, which are given to the artist by his friends from the front.

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Before the full-scale Russian invasion, Anastasiia Strokach had never done any repairs, let alone roof repairs. However, she was always keen on restoring things. In April 2022, Anastasiia joined the Dobrobat volunteer building division. At first, she got down to clearing the debris in the Kyiv region but later realized there was a lack of people who could repair roofs. Then Anastasiia overcame her fear of heights and now works in a team that repairs roofs mercilessly shattered by Russian shelling. 

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• women

Andrew was born in the U.S.A., but he has Ukrainian roots – two grandfathers from Lviv. By profession, he is a family physician. When russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Andrew first provided medical aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland as a volunteer. And later he became part of a team of medical and psychological care volunteers who help people at the railway station in Lviv. The man also teaches tactical medicine to his colleagues.

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• Lviv

The WOMAN AND WAR psychologists charity platform helps and supports women and children affected by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In that regard, specialists have developed various group therapies: those for mothers, for women abroad, for women who lost a loved one during the war, for military wives, and teenagers.

In 15 months, the team has assisted nearly 7000 women and children.

Journalists can talk to the charity platform psychologist, as well as to participants who have applied for help by prior arrangement. 

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• psychological support
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• women

Before the start of the full-scale war, Kyiv-based organization CRAF was engaged in car tuning and preparing them for races. But after February 24, 2022, the team promptly changed the format of their work, and now they help the military camouflage everything: from cars and armored vehicles to helmets and assault rifles. CRAF paints each car according to their own methodology to hide it either in the field or in the forest. For more than a year of work, at least 900 cars were painted for Ukrainian defenders.

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• Kyiv