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Frankie and Coen, two well-known restaurant owners from the Netherlands, are visiting Ukraine for the twelfth time with their mobile restaurant. The men treat people with free French fries and snacks. During this trip, they will go around several Ukrainian cities. In particular, the volunteers will travel to Mykolaiv and Kherson to support people affected by the Kakhovka dam collapse. Later on, they will go to Donbas.  

Frankie and Coen also support orphanages and assist other humanitarian organizations in medicines and food package distribution in the frontline area. They also arrange hospital equipment transportation. 

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Medical volunteers of FRIDA Ukraine will provide assistance to people in Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions.

In Kharkiv oblast, 25 doctors will work in close proximity to the front line. The team includes: therapists, surgeons, pediatricians, dentists, urologists, ophthalmologists and other doctors.

A team of 20 doctors will also go on a mission to Zaporizhia region.

Journalists can join the volunteer medical team during scheduled missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without going to hot spots.

Accreditation is required. 

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On June 16, a veterinary clinic and a shelter for animals, founded by actor Oleksii Surovtsev, will be officially opened in Irpin. Ukrainian celebrities will attend the opening. Among other things, it will be possible to take a look at cats rescued from Kherson region.

Background: Famous Ukrainian actor Oleksii Surovtsev has been rescuing animals since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion. (In Kyiv region, he was evacuating pets from shelled areas). Recently, the man went to Kherson region to save animals that suffered as a result of the occupiers’ blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP.

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• Kyiv

Tetyana Marina, the wife of the Spanish citizen Mariano García Calatayud, who was kidnapped in Kherson, is seeking the release of her husband from russian captivity. Mario is a well-known volunteer who has been living in Ukraine since 2014. On March 19, 2022, the Spaniard was kidnapped by the russians. Since that time, the wife has received only one confirmation from the military prosecutor’s office of the Black Sea Fleet that her husband has been detained, but there is no information in which pre-trial detention center he is being held. Tetyana assumes that Mario is in Crimea, because that is where the reply came from.

For reference: Currently, there are more than 22,000 civilians held hostage in russia and the temporarily occupied territories. 

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“Dental Front is a charity project of the Association of Implantologists of Ukraine, assisting dental clinics and specialists in the field. Recently, the first dental readiness and oral health clinic for military service in Ukraine was opened in the Lviv region. It will provide free dental services, ensuring mobilized soldiers medical readiness prior to deployment. Later, similar clinics will be opened in Kyiv and Dnipro Oblasts (in general, the project will be implemented in all regions).

For reference: the project website states that every 3rd soldier has a dental problem. Because of this, soldiers experience great discomfort and often suffer from unbearable pain when they get to the front.

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• Lviv

Building Ukraine Together (BUR) is creating a base of hosts from its community, who are ready to shelter people affected by the occupiers’ blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP. The volunteers will transfer the collected contact database to partner organizations that are directly involved in evacuating and finding accommodation for the victims.

Journalists are invited to learn more about this initiative and, if possible, talk to a volunteer who has already been included into the contact database and is ready to provide shelter for victims.

For reference: Building Ukraine Together is an NGO that creates opportunities for young people to bring about changes in the country through volunteering.

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The Ukrainian-Israeli medical volunteer mission FRIDA Ukraine is currently helping those affected in Kherson region.

The mission mobilized efforts to:

– provide primary and secondary medical care to victims,

– evacuate victims in need of medical assistance to hospitals,

– organize volunteer groups to help with humanitarian and logistical issues.

Very soon, additional 35 specialty physicians will join the team of volunteers to provide high-quality secondary care to everyone who needs it.

Journalists are invited to cover the work of medical volunteers. Accreditation is required. 

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Representatives of the animal protection organization “UAnimals” are rescuing animals that suffered as a result of russians blowing up the Kakhovka HPP dam. (There are frightened and abandoned pets).

Over the past day alone, animal activists and concerned citizens have evacuated more than a hundred animals from flooded areas.

In addition, the day before, “UAnimals” launched a series of single-person pickets under the slogan “russia is killing the planet.”

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• Kherson

Volunteers of “Brave to Rebuild” project announced that they were collecting essential items for the people affected by the occupiers’ blowing up the Kakhovka HPP dam (disposable tableware, food, power banks, etc.). Rescuers also need help: inflatable boats, underwater cutting tools, etc. Tomorrow, June 8, volunteers will take the collected aid to Kherson.

Journalists are invited to see how people donate aid in Kyiv and bring essential items.

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• Kherson
• Kyiv

The Dnipro city is preparing to welcome the victims of the occupiers’ explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and to resettle them in shelters. Those affected will be provided with food and other necessities.

Journalists can look firsthand at the preparatory process to receive people underway. 

For reference: Charitable organization «Charitable Fund: Revival of Ukraine!» and the “Institute for the Promotion of Public Initiatives” Public organization are helping the victims.

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