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Odesa developers have launched “yePPO” (We Have Air Defense) application, and the first russian missile has already been shot down with the aid of this app. The application allows citizens to report missiles, drones and aircraft, and it is already available on Google Play. Volunteer programmers got aid in creating this app from Operational Command “South,” the Ukrainian Navy and the Ministry of Digital Transformation. At a Media Center Ukraine — Odesa briefing on October 27, the creators of the app will tell where the idea to create it came from, whose help they are most looking forward to in the app, and when it will appear on the AppStore.

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• volunteers
• Odesa

In Kharkiv, volunteers weave camouflage nets from russian military uniforms. When the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the Kharkiv region, the enemies left not only their weapons, but also their uniforms. Now volunteers chop these clothes with axes to make it easier to cut them into strips and weave nets.

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• Kharkiv

Maksym Lutsyk, Rostyslav Stoika, and Rostyslav Bilyi, Professors at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, developed a hemostatic agent that now saves the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. They got to work on it back in 2014, after russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Two years later, they patented it. And now, at the cost of American investors, they produce the hemostatic agent and send it to the front at no charge. When this hemostatic agent comes into contact with blood, it forms a viscous gel, which helps stop bleeding. In some respects, the “Blood Clotting Activator”, as the scientists called it, surpassed “Celox”, the well-established on the market drug produced in the UK.

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• volunteers
• Lviv

Serhiy Zhadan, the Ukrainian writer, is awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The award was presented for creativity and humanitarian stance, assistance to civilians and military.

Since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, Serhiy Zhadan has remained in Kharkiv, which is constantly attacked by russians. The writer is engaged in volunteering, helping the Ukrainian military and civilians of the city.

For reference: The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is an annual award of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association presented since 1950. Hermann Hesse, Karl Jaspers, Janusz Korczak, Astrid Lindgren, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood have been previously presented this award.

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• volunteers
• Kharkiv

The fifth wave of ZSU Meet charity meetings starts in Ukraine. This time it is dedicated to the liberation of Kherson.

According to organizers’ idea, you can buy a meeting with the charity auction participants and the funds received will go to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The previous waves were joined by celebrities and people from abroad. In general, during the term of the charity initiative’s existence, about 400,000 hryvnias were collected for the military’s needs. This time, it is planned to raise 130,000 hryvnias for repair of a pickup necessary to the military in the South of the country.

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October 19 — A Day for Unbreakable. Previously, Ukrainians were encouraged to transfer a one-day salary for prostheses for those who suffered due to the war. The general purpose of the campaign is to collect 100 mln hryvnias. Last year, October 19 was A Day for Viktoriia Poliuha. At that time, 50 mln hryvnias were collected for the girl diagnosed with SMA.

• casualties
• doctors
• volunteers
• Lviv

Heorhii Molchanov’s craft winery “SliVino” is located near Mykolaiv and suffers from russian shelling, as well as the city. However, even under such conditions, the enterprise does not discontinue working. Now farmers together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine decided to raffle off the unique bottle of Grad Cru to raise money for the purchase of vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This wine is made from the “war” grape harvest 2022, which survived the shelling with russian MLRS and got on the Daily Telegraph pages. And its label features a modified BM-21 Grad combat vehicle with an uncorked bottle of champagne instead of a multiple launch rocket system.

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• Mykolaiv

Animal advocates launched fundraising for Bretsel’s evacuation to South Africa. During the recent missile attacks by russians in Kyiv oblast, the animal was scared by loud sounds, tried to escape and was injured against the cubicle. In addition to Bretsel, another 11 lions that were taken out of flash points and a bear are being collected for evacuation.

• animals
• russian crimes
• volunteers

The nationwide project “Tachka Na TROkachku” (the analog of Pimp My Ride TV show) is aimed at restoration for the front line of military trucks that are currently out of commission or damaged as a result of military operations. The project will be launched on October 18 at 11:00 AM in a car repair shop which is engaged in old cars restoration. The presentation will be attended by Ihor Tantsiura, Major General, Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Roman Horodechnyi, Senior Lieutenant, co-founder of the project; Viktor Shevchenko, Junior Lieutenant, Logistics Officer of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, co-founder of the project; Andrii Ovchynnyk, Mechanic Supervisor at the car repair shop. Journalists in Kyiv will be able to see and film the cars repair process. Pre-registration is required to participate in the presentation. For security reasons, the venue will be informed by organizers to the registered participants on the day before the event.

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Ukrainian military and animal advocates of UAnimals rescued a bear who was shell-shocked near the de-occupied Lyman. After the liberation of the city, the injured animal was found locked in the cubicle. The private zoo was occupied, but the bear miraculously survived. Volunteers took the bear to the wild animal rescue center in Kyiv region.

• animals
• military
• volunteers
• Kyiv