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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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• volunteers

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

2,000 forgotten bicycles from Amsterdam Bicycle Depot will be donated to Ukraine. One batch will arrive at the end of this week. Bicycles are intended primarily for doctors, social workers and volunteers who help people in the de-occupied territories. The first batches of two-wheelers will be distributed among communities in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions.

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Ukrainian volunteers have already collected more than 130,000 dollars in donations using the “RevengeFor” platform designed for the Armed Forces of Ukraine support. On the project website, foreigners from anywhere in the world can order an inscription on any projectile that will fly towards russian invaders. The platform developers are sure that Ukraine’s foreign friends also wish to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy russians who have been destroying nations and breaking families’ lives for a long time. Proceeds from an order go directly to the “Come Back Alive” Charity Foundation account. The minimum cost of getting a photo with a “revenge” is 500 dollars. The upper threshold is unlimited.

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At the start of russia’s full-scale invasion, the small village of Moshchun became the site of heavy fighting and an obstacle on the invaders’ path to the capital. The Ukrainian forces fully liberated Moshchun on March 21, but the village still comes to its senses after the fierce battle. Most houses were destroyed, so locals have to live in modular homes. B50, a volunteering initiative, helps restore Moshchun. The Ukrainian volunteers clear the debris of buildings destroyed by the war brick by brick. As the rainy season approaches, volunteers restore roofs and help patch the windows with plastic film. Volunteers come to clear the debris every weekend. You can join the volunteering community and find out more about its activity on social media at B50.

• casualties
• occupation
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Registration for the charity “Run to 100,000 Bulletproof Vests” was extended until September 26. Anyone who wants to take part in the run in an online format and receive a medal made of real armored steel used to make body armor for Ukrainian defenders. With the funds received from registration fees, Lviv Defense Cluster will produce body armor for the military.

A number of Ukrainian athletes have joined the initiative including: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Zhan Beleniuk, Olga Saladukha, Viktoria Shkurko, Anzhelika Terliuga and Stanislav Horuna. More than 1,700 participants have already registered for the run, and over UAH 1.8 million have already been collected.

• volunteers
• Lviv

Volunteers of the Patron Pets Center, which helps stray animals, go to the liberated territories in Kharkiv Oblast, including Izium, to bring feed for abandoned cats and dogs. They not only feed the animals but also try to find out how much feed they will need in the future and search for people who could take care of the animals on an ongoing basis. Volunteers feed hundreds of abandoned pets in Izium in Kharkiv Oblast and work in other liberated cities and villages where animals need help.

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• volunteers
• Kharkiv

On September 23, the Kyiv History Museum will host a charity auction, Heroes without Weapons. It aims to help firefighting and rescue units of the State Emergency Service in Kramatorsk and Kharkiv. All the funds raised will be handed over to the rescue units that rescue dozens of children and adults and fight fires that destroy homes and offices shelled by russian forces.

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• Kyiv

Stefan Vorontsov returned to Ukraine on the eve of the all-out invasion. He studies in Poland but decided to visit his parents. The war caught him in Nova Kakhovka; Stefan’s life has been closely connected to his native city since that time. Within 40 days under the occupation, he managed to set up a volunteering headquarters and establish HUMANITY, an NGO that supplied food and medicines to residents of Nova Kakhovka. The organization also evacuated city residents from the occupation. Stefan decided to leave Kherson Oblast when a local resident told russians about his activities.

• occupation
• volunteers
• Kherson