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Kharkiv resident Yuliia Napolska has been helping foreign journalists film the fighting around her hometown since the beginning of the full-scale war and volunteered in the building of the Kharkiv Oblast Administration. On February 28, the girl miraculously escaped during the shelling of the city center – simply because she went to sleep in the dressing room at the ground level. After that, Yuliia moved to Lviv, but did not abandon volunteering: she carried bulletproof vests from abroad, arranged fund raising for things needed at the front. For example, she managed to raise a million hryvnias (almost USD 30,000) for a drone to the front line.

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Italian newspaper “Il Foglio” chose the defender of Ukraine and journalist Anastasia Blyshchyk as its person of the year. Former correspondent of TV channel “Ukraine 24” Anastasia Blyshchyk defends Ukraine with a weapon in her hands. The woman made this decision after her fiancé, paratrooper and journalist Oleksandr Makhov died at the front. Oleksandr died on May 4, 2022 in the village of Dovhenke in Kharkiv region.

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Natalia is the founder of the “Medicine of Kherson region” charitable foundation, which deals with humanitarian aid to hospitals and patients. During the occupation of Kherson, the woman did not leave the city and continued her volunteer activities. She supplied medicines from the controlled part of Ukraine that were difficult to obtain at that time and helped the locals in every possible way. The volunteer can talk about the realities of the occupation, the heroism of doctors, and also help with the contacts of local doctors.

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Journalists can visit a retirement facility in the village of Prybirsk, Kyiv region, together with “Yulyni Babusi” (Yulia’s Grannies) charitable foundation. There are 30 pensioners living there who cannot take care of themselves (disabled or bedridden). The foundation plans to organize a small celebration for these people on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, December 18

For reference: a presenter of the morning show on the radio helps pensioners in Kyiv region, particularly, those living in settlements that suffered from the russian occupation. To do this, the girl founded Yulyni Babusi charity foundation. One of the foundation’s main activities is to care for elderly and lonely people. There are five employees in the foundation, they regularly go to retirement homes in Kyiv region, provide help and simply talk to the retirees.

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Mitzi Purdue, an American presenter, writer and philanthropist, the heiress of Sheraton hotels, will arrive in Kyiv region on December 14. In order to support Ukraine, she sold her engagement ring at an auction for a million dollars. Now she will hand over cars to the Kyiv region police for work in the Chornobyl exclusion zone. It will occur at the checkpoint “Dytiatky” at the entrance to the Chornobyl exclusion zone. Accreditation is required.

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Oksana Dubyk from Mariupol found refuge in Lviv after her hometown was captured by the russians. The woman lives in a modular town and works in a flower shop, which she opened together with two other residents of Mariupol. In Lviv, Oksana is waiting for her husband, a 59-year-old Azovstal defender Ihor Dubyk. Ihor was captured by the russians on May 17. He was also in “Olenivka” penitentiary. On December 1, Ihor was released during the exchange of prisoners. The man is currently undergoing rehabilitation and awaiting surgery. Oksana and her children have already been able to meet him in the city where he is undergoing treatment.

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More than 50,000 women currently serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of which 3.5 thousand are high-ranking officers. And not all of them are equipped with comfortable uniforms. The “Arm Women Now” project was launched to provide every woman in the Ukrainian army with military uniform. The first batches of uniforms are already at the front line. Now, with a specially designed women’s uniform, defenders on the front line will start receiving tactical uniforms and thermal underwear. Everything is Made in Ukraine of high-quality fabric and according to the female body structure.

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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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“Female Pilots of Ukraine” school, which teaches women to fly drones, has already received more than 100 applications from those willing to learn. Now the school is preparing to recruit two groups. 12 girls will be able to become cadets after the 2-stage selection. A total of 2 cohorts of female students have already graduated from “Female Pilots of Ukraine” school.

The first female drone pilot school in the country was founded by Valerii Borovyk, a member of the National Guard of Ukraine. The main goal of the institution is to give every Ukrainian woman the necessary skills to defend the state.

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Kseniya Draganuk, presenter and journalist, initiated the “Countrywomen” project to tell the world about incredible Ukrainian women. After a full-scale invasion, the project turned into a volunteer headquarters that supports Ukrainian military women. Kseniya, together with her friends, began to collect boxes of humanitarian aid for each of them. Over time, relationships with large foundations and organizations were established. The girl has already opened the “Countrywomen” Non-Profit Organization and plans to receive grants to develop the headquarters. During the period of its existence, the “Countrywomen” have helped several hundred women. Kseniya tries to keep in touch with each of them and know about their needs at the front line. Kseniya publishes the stories of heroines assisted by the non-profit organization in “Countrywomen’s” Instagram.

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