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2022-04-17 23:20:00 Bird in Flight magazine launched a charity sale of 74 works by Ukrainian photographers

All of the proceeds will be donated to the Zaporizhzhia organization Smile UA, which supports orphans and families with children affected by the war, namely from besieged Mariupol.

One photo costs 50 euros. The charity sale will last until April 29

Photo: Roman Pashkovsky, Roman Pyatkovka, Anna Bekerskaya, Bogdan Hulyay Open / Comment

2022-04-17 22:53:13 "We are making fun of it here that this Russian helicopter worth about $15 million was shot down with a weapon that costs around 100 bucks, and was bought during the Soviet era", — an officer of the 93rd Brigade Kholodny Yar told the details of the helicopter downing in Kharkiv region and showed photos from a drone. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 22:07:05 People collected UAH 500,000 for Valentyn Mykolaiovych’s family. This is a grandpa who touched hundreds of hearts, saving his family

This was reported by UNICEF Ukraine.

The fund also reported that the family had managed to evacuate to a safe place! Now the grandpa can spend quality time with his grandchildren without hiding in the basement from shelling Open / Comment

2022-04-17 21:42:53 Ukrainian football club "Prykarpattia" almost in full force joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

14 football players and coaches of the team took the military oath at the same time.

This is the first time it has happened in the history of Ukrainian football. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 21:26:19 We have not been able to get used to such shots…

Kyiv region Open / Comment

2022-04-17 21:15:00 Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have showed how Ukrainian Peony guns work Open / Comment

2022-04-17 18:22:09 Production of Russian SMS is currently on pause, factory workers are sent on vacation or to war, says the The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

The production requires the use of a large number of components and electronics: the main supplier was Germany, but with the beginning of the Russian invasion, cooperation was terminated. "Almost nothing Russian" is used in the technological process. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 17:46:39 Ukrainian teachers and children who were forcibly deported to the territory of Russia and the occupied Crimea are getting russificated - the Center for Countering Disinformation.

Teachers will be forcibly aligned with "Russian educational standards" and children will be forced to take Russian "language classes" Open / Comment

2022-04-17 17:34:26 President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Joe Biden can visit Ukraine. He expressed this opinion in an interview with CNN.

"I think he could. I mean, of course, it’s only his decision. And it depends on the security situation - I mean that - but I think he's the leader of the United States, so he has to come here to see [everything with his own eyes], "said Zelensky. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 17:21:16 Ukraine's first victory at the Invictus Games in The Hague!

Rodion Sitdikov won the gold medal at the shot put on the first day of the competition. We are extremely proud! Ukrainians are truly Invictus! Open / Comment