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Knitters from different cities of Ukraine have joined for a common goal: to provide as many Ukrainian defenders as possible in the cold trenches with warm clothes. As well as, to give care. Participants of the “Zihrii” (warm up) movement knit warm hats, scarves, balaclavas, mittens and socks for Ukrainian soldiers. Those who cannot knit, but want to join the initiative, donate money for yarn.

According to Yulia Savostina, co-founder of the “Zihrii” (warm up) movement, they do not try to compete with tactical equipment for soldiers. Knitwear has a different purpose. “Soldiers can move somewhere or have a break, and they need, for example, to pick up tires at the post office, cook borshch after all, do some other things in the fresh air, and it is important that they are warm and comfortable. This is the intended use of socks, hats, balaclavas being knitted by our girls,” Yulia Savostina explains.

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• Kyiv

The host of the morning radio show helps pensioners in the Kyiv region. In particular, in localities affected by russian occupation. For this purpose, the girl founded the Charitable Foundation “Yulia’s Grannies”. One of the main activities of the Foundation is guardianship of the elderly and single people. Now the fund has five employees who regularly go to nursing homes in the Kyiv region, bring aid and just communicate with persons under care. On the holidays’ eve, the team goes to the foster house in Prybirsk of Kyiv region. “Yulia’s Grannies” urge Ukrainians to become a secret Santa and buy gifts for elderly gents.

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Lviv Defense Cluster raised funds for the production of evacuation kits for children. Each set consists of a bulletproof vest and a helmet. Now the LDC is already completing the production of bulletproof vests and ordering the helmets. In next to no time, hundreds of children can be evacuated at the same time in protective kits.

Recall that Lviv Defense Cluster was addressed by the Juvenile Prevention Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine with a request to develop protective kits for children’s evacuation from the war zone and other dangerous areas.

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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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The team of the Charitable Organization “World Central Kitchen” was one of the first to arrive in the liberated Kherson to feed people. Recently, the President of Ukraine has awarded Jose Andres, the founder of the organization, the Order of Merit of Degree II. In addition, the sign with his name was placed on the Alley of Courage in the capital city.

For reference: WCK has been operating in Ukraine since the first days of the full-scale russian invasion. Generally, this organization provides funds and supplies products for making the food packages in countries and regions where humanitarian, climate or man-made crises occur.

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• Kherson

Students of the “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” University continue collecting electronic cigarettes, spare parts from which are needed at the front. Engineers use an electronic cigarette battery for ammunition discharge systems in UAVs for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Also, “disposables” become spare parts for making batteries for drones themselves. In addition, they are used to make power banks for the Armed Forces. And after a wave of russian attacks on the energy system of Ukraine, engineers decided to even make chargers from disposables in dormitories.

They collect used cigarettes on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute. In addition, they agreed upon with ROZETKA stores, which also opened collection points.

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Volunteers of “Zemliachky” (Countrywomen) charity organization sewed the first military uniform for a pregnant woman. The recipient of the uniform is the Ukrainian sniper Yevhenia Emerald. As is the case with other women serving in the ranks of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, the uniform was made to order, as to this day, the army still has a single uniform standard — men’s. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Zemliachky project has kept in touch with the women on the front lines and helped cover their needs. Boxes with hygiene products, sleeping bags, women’s thermal clothing, small berets and ultra-light plates for body armor are being sent to the front.

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On November 12, Marathon of the Indomitable charity race will start in Hostomel. The purpose of the race is to raise funds for the creation of the “Center for Psychological Assistance and Rehabilitation for Military Personnel” in Kharkiv region. Paratrooper Maksym Pasichnyk will run the half-marathon. He took part in the operation to liberate the Antonov airport and spent 10 days walking more than 100 kilometers to leave the enemy rear together with his comrades. The half-marathon will pass through Bucha and Irpin, and will end at the recently restored bridge in Stoyanka. Anyone who wants to participate will be able to follow the race online. The organizers plan to collect UAH 300,000 during the half-marathon, with these funds they will start the creation of a Center for the rehabilitation of military personnel.

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Since February 25, Helping to Leave project team managed to help about 133,000 people, who received informational, financial, psychological assistance, or were transported to a safe area. In particular, more than 43,000 people were able to leave the war zone. The operators fully organized the entire evacuation process: from route development to constant online support.

Helping to Leave is a 24-hour hotline to help Ukrainians affected by the russian military invasion and genocide. The goal of the project is to help people get the necessary humanitarian aid, evacuate from the war zone to safe territories. In addition, they hold evacuation both from the Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied by russia and from the territories of the russian federation, where Ukrainians were forcibly deported.

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The Maltese Aid Service has opened a new special project to help people, in particular, in the regions bordering the frontlines and those on the frontline. These are Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions. As part of the “Winter Relief” program, people receive help with repairing houses damaged by shelling and preparing buildings for the cold season. In particular, about 130 houses have already been restored. It is also planned to deliver 300 power generators to communities in various regions so that residents can charge their phones and stay in touch with relatives. In addition, 2,000 families should receive “winter kits”, which will include a power bank, an LED flashlight, a sleeping bag and a set of products that do not require cooking.

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