Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is working together with environmental organizations and local municipalities in Ukraine to rebuild the country sustainably. As a result, instead of the whole hospital building, only parts of the building could be used for doctor appointments. To fully operate again, the heating system needed reconstruction. Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and other Ukrainian NGOs – Ecoaction and Ecoclub, initiated a green reconstruction of this hospital by installing a heat pump and solar plant.  After 11 months of the war, the damaged hospital near Kyiv was rebuilt in a sustainable and green way. With the initiative of Greenpeace and Ukrainian eco-NGOs Ecoaction, Ecoclub, and Victory of Ukraine fund, a heat pump, and solar power plant were installed to increase the building’s energy independence, the community’s resilience, and reduce the CO2 emission of the country.  This project also demonstrates how much money can be saved if damaged facilities are restored in accordance with sustainable standards. According to preliminary estimates, the Horenka hospital will be able to reduce heating costs by 80%, and the hybrid solar station will be able to cover up to 60% of the energy consumed per year.  Through the green reconstruction of Horenka hospital, Greenpeace was able to test and explore how the green reconstruction of similar facilities could take place.  In this case, the most energy-efficient solution was to install a heat pump and a hybrid solar power plant. Today, a heat pump is one of the most modern and environmentally friendly means of space heating. In Horenka, an outdoor circuit was equipped in the backyard – vertical depth probes were lowered into prepared wells 65 meters deep. This is how the pump will take the energy from the ground to heat the hospital. To ensure that the pump works even during power cuts, a hybrid solar power plant was installed in the outpatient clinic. The roof of the hospital was ideal for installing solar panels on it. Over time, this can be expanded to provide 100% of the electricity the hospital needs to make it energy-independent. Currently, the solar power plant will cover from 40% to 60% of the energy demand.  The clinic will keep the old gas system as a backup. However, environmental organizations are convinced that the future is in modern green technologies that enable communities to meet their own needs, reduce CO2 emissions, and save money. According to the local foundation “Victory of Ukraine,” more such facilities need reconstruction. Serhiy Regeda, director of the foundation, showed us the damaged infrastructure of the village and added that there is not enough money in the budget for reconstruction. Therefore, the aim of such a project is to attract more European cities to enter into partnerships with Ukrainian counterparts in the framework of green recovery.  Greenpeace is ready to advise local communities on planning the ecological and green reconstruction projects of damaged facilities to support such partnerships. The cost of reconstructing the heating system in Horenka is about 56,000 euros, which will be fully returned in 6-7 years, thanks to the savings.  The Horenka hospital is an excellent example of what is possible to do right now instead of waiting until the war’s end. This project and similar ones to come are all investments into our common European future that must be in green energy solutions.  THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY GREENPEACE CEE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT “PARTNERSHIP FOR GREEN RECOVERY OF UKRAINE” AND IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN COOPERATION WITH THE NGO ECOACTION, NGO “ECOCLUB,” CF “VICTORY OF UKRAINE” WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HOSTOMEL SETTLEMENT MILITARY ADMINISTRATION AND THE HOSTOMEL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER. Please select which cookies you are willing to store. These cookies are required for technical reasons so that you can visit our website and use the functions we offer. These cookies are used to recognise you between successive visits and thus provide you with a better experience, storing your consent preferences and the last Greenpeace.org website visited. We use tracking and analysis tools to ensure continuous optimisation and demand-oriented design of our website. 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After 11 months of war, a hospital near Kyiv crippled by Russian shelling has been reconstructed with a heat pump and solar power system, boosting the building’s energy independence, the community’s resilience, and reducing the country’s CO2 emissions. The project also demonstrates how much money can be saved if damaged facilities are restored to sustainable standards. According to preliminary estimates, Horenka hospital will reduce heating costs by 80% and the hybrid solar station could cover up to 60% of the building’s energy consumption per year.  The work at Horenka hospital also gave us the chance to test and explore the best ways to deliver other similar green reconstruction projects. Here the most energy-efficient solution was a heat pump, one of the most environmentally friendly means of heating, and a hybrid solar power system. Vertical depth probes were lowered into prepared wells 65 metres deep for the pump to take heat energy from the ground to heat the hospital. The cost of reconstructing the heating system in Horenka was about € 56 000, which will be made back in full in six or seven years, thanks to the energy savings.  Serhiy Regeda, director of local foundation Victory of Ukraine lamented that there is not enough money in the budget for such reconstructions as she was showing us more damaged infrastructure in the village.  “Our aim is to find partner cities in Europe that will be ready to help local Ukrainian communities in green reconstruction. To do this, we have prepared detailed calculations to help implement similar projects faster and will be ready to help local authorities to design sustainable projects.” Denys Tsutsaiev added. Kateryna Bystrytska is a member of the ‘Green Reconstruction of Ukraine’ projectThe project was initiated by Greenpeace CEE within the framework of the ‘Partnership for Green Recovery of Ukraine’ project and is being implemented in cooperation with Ecoaction, Ecoclub Rivne and Victory of Ukraine with the assistance of the Gostomel Settlement Military Administration and the Gostomel Primary Health Care Center Whether you live in Manila or in Los Angeles, you’re already feeling the impacts of the climate crisis. 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We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt. Tetiana's family home in the village of Horenka, north of Kyiv, was burned to ashes after a bomb fell in her backyard. Located in the Bucha region, Horenka was devastated by Russian shelling during the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  As the war nears the one-year mark, the 'Brave to Rebuild' charity has been helping residents to repair their homes. For Tatiana, leaving her village behind was simply not an option “I love this place and I won’t go to any other place. I want to stay here”. "Right now we are clearing the land so that in the future we can rebuild something." Many of Brave to Rebuild's volunteers are young Ukrainians, such as 20-year-old Roman, a maths student who dedicates his spare time to rebuilding his country. “It’s almost a year since the war started and there’s still a lot of ruins that need to be removed and rebuilt. It could be me. I live 5 km from here, so this could be my home. So if I don’t help people who live here, then who will?". Olena Liashenko, the charity’s coordinator told Euronews, “unfortunately the owners of these houses don’t have the possibilities or the money to clear things up."  "When they lose their homes, they lose everything. That’s why we work here as volunteers to help them to rebuild at least something”. Click on the video above to watch the full report View this post on Instagram A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) Horenka found itself on the front lines shortly after Russia’s invasion began on 24 February and was severely affected by shelling, mass displacement and the killing of civilians. news9 February 2024Preserving Banksy: public art database to document the UK’s muralsThe project backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund will also capture many of Northern Ireland's politically charged street art works news5 December 2022Police detain group attempting to steal Banksy mural from Ukraine wallThe work is one of seven the artist created in war-torn areas of the country last month gallery14 November 2022Banksy in Ukraine: seven new works appear in war-torn sitesThe pieces are located throughout the country Ukrainians walk through the unlit streets of the capital Kyiv on Thursday a day after Russian airstrikes knocked out electricity With Russian troops faring poorly on the battlefield Russia has launched a widespread bombing campaign directed at civilian infrastructure in Ukraine Ukraine — When Ukrainian solider Viktor Ganich was given a brief leave from his military unit he went to stay at the apartment of his mother and step-father in Kyiv Then came an early morning barrage of Russian drone attacks on the city One drone slammed into the apartment where Ganich was staying Russia dramatically stepped up its air campaign last month with waves of drones and missiles Russia fired 70 cruise missiles on Wednesday heating and water in many cities and further damaged the already fragile power system These basic services were steadily returning on Thursday and Friday Ukraine said it shot down 50 of the 70 missiles on Wednesday The figure couldn't be independently confirmed But it's in line with other recent claims by Ukraine which says it usually knocks out two-thirds to three-quarters of the incoming fire But the Russian weapons that reach their targets are causing serious damage Ukrainian firemen put out a blaze at a building hit by a Russian missile in Kyiv Russia fired 70 missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday the latest barrage in a stepped up air campaign against the country's civilian infrastructure "Ukraine does not have enough firepower to be fully protected from the sky That is why we ask the whole world to help Ukraine by any means," said Col Ukraine's limited air defenses have been geared to protect key military and government sites more widespread Russian attacks have left Ukraine unable to protect all the potential targets in the energy sector Ukraine says most of the country's power plants and substations have been hit and damaged since the stepped up Russian air campaign began Oct which usually last around four hours at a time The more ominous prospect is of extended blackouts during the coldest days of winter "I think Ukraine does face a real challenge from a concerted Russian strike campaign that's focused on the electricity grid," said Michael Kofman, an expert on the Russian military at CNA I've seen are enacting electricity conservation They're quite dark at night even though they have power," he added Ukrainians line up for food near a painting by graffiti artist Banksy on a the wall of a destroyed building in Horenka Ukraine has been contending with Russian ballistic missiles and cruise missiles since the war began This has further complicated Ukraine's air defenses "Drones can loiter, which makes them different from a missile, and then decide to dive bomb and explode on impact," said Kelly Grieco, with the Stimson Center She says all these Russian weapons require different defenses "I don't think there are enough air defense systems probably in the world to be able to create that kind of impenetrable barrier that we would like to be possible right now," she said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently announced the arrival of new Western air defenses which protect the White House and other government buildings in Washington But integrating different weapons systems is tricky He noted that Ukraine is now managing 14 separate artillery systems including many sent from the West this year "The issue is that if they get a couple of air defense systems it create enduring challenges for maintenance a Russian missile recently crashed into the third floor "Ukrainians are not afraid. 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All rights reserved Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A chunky yellow Labrador comes bounding down the sidewalk and into the street toward me Trailing behind him is an older man repeatedly calling the dog’s name in Ukrainian: “Richi The dog wants no part of going home while people are willing to pet him catches up with Richi and drags him by his collar down an entire block a greenhouse and an underground bunker with more than one full bar and a rifle range he stops in his leafy front garden to point to the spot where his adored previous Labrador died a few months ago in a shock wave from a Russian bomb “It was probably a heart attack,” Virko says The rambunctious yellow Lab he now lives with was found in some trenches nearby — his full name is Richi II So now we’re sinking into dusty couches in his darkened a suburb about a half an hour northwest of Kyiv and about 10 minutes from Bucha This village was the final front line of the thwarted Russian attempt to capture Kyiv Bombed and invaded intermittently since Feb a lawyer who put her job on hold to lead an effort to bring food and supplies to the village Locals estimate that there has been damage to nearly 80% of the structures in Horenka; like so many villages that surround Kyiv it seems like every other house has been destroyed such as Bucha and Irpin (the sites of well-publicized massacres) I did not hear about people being shot in their cars as they fled When the Russians pushed toward Kyiv after landing at the nearby Antonov Airport — a key target in Russia’s goal to create an air bridge that would allow them to take the capital — soldiers went from house to house in these suburbs taking with them everything from ovens to fishing poles as they searched for patriotic Ukrainians by making them strip The idea was to find military and pro-Ukrainian tattoos I’ve heard reports about men being tortured and killed because of such ink Virko was one of a handful of men who stayed behind He’s the stereotype of the cranky old man standing his ground: “It’s my house replace “cranky” with “resourceful.” Like some of his neighbors he’s old enough to have memories — however faint — of being in Ukraine at the end of World War II And now he’s living through a near-facsimile of that period’s hungry aftermath having stocked up and canned and pickled every vegetable imaginable he wasn’t about to leave behind his dog — it’s just the two of them these days His beloved wife died of skin cancer in 2004 from radiation released during the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986 his mother died in a massive 1961 landslide in Kyiv that some called the “revenge of Babyn Yar,” the site at which Nazis killed 100,000 Jews Russians bombed a communications tower that overlooks the ravine Virko has childhood memories of Russian planes flying west overhead — a tremendously exciting event to a toddler who loved planes But one of his strongest memories comes from his mother She told him she remembered being on a train to Kyiv with him when he was just a few weeks old and that the Germans bombed the rails so “they flew like matchsticks.” “You have to experience it all firsthand,” Virko says of war but no storytelling can prepare you for this No movie can show you what it’s like to endure a shock wave.” We talk a little more about why he stayed in Horenka during this invasion maybe it’s something in my blood,” he says “I have so many military men in my family.” Virko spent time in the military himself as both a translator and a trainer of marksmen His father went missing in World War II in 1943 His son spent decades trying to figure out what had happened to him It wouldn’t be until the early 1970s that he would discover that his father had died in eastern Ukraine in Luhansk — territory seized in this new war by the Russians Some of the Ukrainian survivors of World War II whom I spoke to are struggling to get through this present-day conflict And while some of the people I talked to in June were OK with sharing their stories I ask if she could tell me what she remembers from World War II and how she feels going through war again Tamara takes a few moments before answering but now she is leaning heavily on a wooden cane “I do not want to talk about this,” she eventually says as she grabs at her heart and then at my fixer’s arm for balance But Tamara stands there for another four minutes until finally saying: “I can’t talk Some keep their pain inside; others face it head on he gestures for me to come with him into the next room dog-furred couch so he can show me his library he reaches up to grab hold of one side of the bookcase and gently pulls Ukraine has a history of occupation that is but also in the way that the country’s agricultural industry has come to a near halt Less known is Ukraine’s history of starvation a phenomenon that is again rearing its head although hopefully not to the same degree as it did in the 1930s (it seems that the countries that import Ukraine’s grain are more at risk of famine than Ukraine itself) killing 3 million to 4 million people in 1932 and 1933 The genocide is called the Holodomor: literally I was watching an international charity hand out food in Horenka’s town square — a donation reminiscent of earlier wars’ bread lines D.C.-based nonprofit called World Central Kitchen was giving out black Styrofoam meal boxes to mainly old people although there were some boys (who looked too young to fight) who had also quietly gotten in line When the charity declared they’d given out all the food they could a few older women crowded the man who’d been handing out the meals from the back of a van — there were more boxes there But the man said the other boxes were meant for the next village An older man in the odd combination of a dashing fedora-style straw hat and a see-through striped shirt approaches while I’m watching the food handout Oleg Stygach was born too late to have memories of the war but he has distinct memories of the yearslong starvation that followed “I worked catching fish to survive.” He was only about 3 years old he didn’t speak until he was 3 or 4 because his limited diet of fish affected him — to the point where he attributes his full head of hair as a child to the high amount of phosphorus he was consuming by eating only fish who had been hamming it up for my camera a few minutes earlier if he ever thought he would see war again in his lifetime and similar to others to whom I’ve asked this question It’s so scary when the planes fly overhead he imitates the sound of jets and falling Russian artillery: “Pppppeeeeew bom!” He used to be the head of one of the largest chicken farms in the Soviet Union but he is “now a pensioner and no one needs me.” Like so many others I speak to in his generation he is dumbfounded that war has found them again in these late “Neither in Moscow nor in New York nor in Kyiv There’s just a lot of talk and no results.” I continue down the curving stairs behind him and his dog lined with magazine photos of hair bands from the 1980s you’re advised to either get to an underground shelter or behind two thick walls But while Virko has chosen the shelter route his bunker is unlike others I’ve seen or heard about First stop on Virko’s bunker tour: the rifle range I warily duck beneath various webs to hunch down and peer through the length of the range On the ledge where we’re standing are a few tins — one of which is an old one for Ricola cough drops — containing spent and ready bullets Virko explains that he used to teach marksmanship in the military He spent decades at a choreography school in Kyiv teaching ballerinas the language of their movements Virko shows me a few cramped rooms with low ceilings two of which sheltered other families during the worst of the Russian shelling in February and March although one room in particular has the feel of a nascent nightclub Virko flings open a cabinet door with the flourish of a showman to offer up glass jars of pickled vegetables A bit older than some of the people I’ve spoken to Volgina has clearer memories of her life during World War II She remembers evacuating to Uzbekistan along the River Volga where Nazis bombed the refugee boats so that “it seemed as if the water itself was burning.” “The water was covered with oil and kerosene from the destroyed boats,” Volgina says and there were lots of people clinging onto the parts of the ships that had been destroyed During her family’s eventual return to Kyiv by train she recalls that at one point she watched as feathers flew past her window and that there were strange mounds of dirt around the tracks Her father learned that the train just in front of them had been hit and that the feathers had come from pillows Volgina talks about how her little sister died when she was 3 at the end of the war from the cold with the family unable to find enough corn flour to make a porridge that might have saved her Volgina remembers that the tiny bit of milk her mother was able to find went to her sister reminding me of what doctors and nurses told me at Kyiv’s pediatric neurosurgery hospital a couple of weeks ago: that they know of many children who have died in this current war because the Russians haven’t allowed parents to evacuate them to hospitals that could save them there are children who have been shot in their cars while fleeing the invading Russians I met a mother and father with empty eyes whose two boys were killed this way as the family tried to leave their village many families have labeled their cars with signs that say “CHILDREN” in block letters But as a shot-up car displayed in Kyiv’s Independence Square makes clear I am saying goodbye to Virko as he’s describing how he patrolled his own house with a gun in case the Russians came there is one last thing he wants to show me: At the corner of his property high on a pole wound with electrical lines fly the bracing yellow and soothing blue of the Ukrainian flag “Six of us put it up there,” he says proudly holding up his phone with liver-spotted hands to show me a photograph of him and the other men under the flag so this was his way of giving those soldiers the middle finger When asked what it is like for her to again go through war Volgina says that “war in general is a horror.” With her wheat-colored curls and smooth skin But there is no doubt that she has had enough experience of war for a lifetime “Everyone goes through all this individually,” she says “It depends on whether a person can cope with it emotionally she lands on: “I couldn’t ever have imagined that a modern war could be more horrifying than the Second World War.” Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy “Can we have lessons without lights?” asks teacher Lilia Osmanivna “Nooooo!” the children chorus.  “Can we have a fun exercise with music?” the teacher asks another question.  Because it gives us electricity!” says one of the children.‍The kindergarten “Kazka” in the village of Horenka The educational institution had been undergoing reconstruction for a long time as at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine it was literally on the front line There were air strikes on the territory of the kindergarten and the facility was in shattered condition with destroyed furniture Inspired by Greenpeace’s green reconstruction of the Horenka outpatient clinic the Hostomel military administration asked the organization to help install solar panels in the war-ravaged kindergarten.“This is the only kindergarten in the Hostomel community that accepts children from both Hostomel and Horenka,” says Polina Kolodyazhna and we decided that we could help the kindergarten become more energy independent survive all these emergency shutdowns and continue to operate” saving on utilities and energy,” says Borys Prykhodko coordinator of the international humanitarian charity Arche Nova “This cooperation is important for our organization as a pilot project that we implemented together with Greenpeace I really hope that we will be able to scale up the implementation of such projects in the future.”  The solar panels provide the kindergarten with up to a thousand kWh of electricity per month which is a third of the school’s needs solar electricity is used most often to run computers where food is prepared for the children and for a branch of the local lyceum so solar electricity also helps to keep the food in good condition even during power outages Greenpeace is convinced that green technologies are the best solution for rebuilding Ukraine “Our research has shown that literally one percent of Ukraine’s territory is enough to provide the entire country with electricity from renewable energy sources,” says Greenpeace Senior Campaigner Polina Kolodyazhna “That’s why we constantly emphasize to our partners and other organizations involved in reconstruction to install renewable energy sources and with Russia’s constant attacks on energy green technologies are vital for Ukraine.”  the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action announced that the German government is starting a program for one million euros for… Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is working together with environmental organisations and local authorities in Ukraine to rebuild the country sustainably a hospital near Kyiv crippled by Russian shelling has been reconstructed with a heat pump and solar power system boosting the building’s energy independence.. Please select which cookies you are willing to store These cookies are required for technical reasons so that you can visit our website and use the functions we offer These cookies are used to recognise you between successive visits and thus provide you with a better experience storing your consent preferences and the last Greenpeace.org website visited We use tracking and analysis tools to ensure continuous optimisation and demand-oriented design of our website These cookies will allow us to collect statistical and anonymised data such as how visitors use our website or which pages are accessed most frequently to ultimately improve Greenpeace.org and provide you with a better experience of our website In addition to the Performance cookies mentioned above we may also place in your browser cookies from third-party services (e.g Facebook or Google) to track the effectiveness of our online marketing strategies and to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests These cookies may also be used to serve advertising to you after you have left our site (retargeting cookies) NEW YORK — A video journalist for Fox News was killed in Ukraine when the vehicle he was traveling in outside of Kyiv with another reporter came under fire This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing the Biden administration announced on June 21 that it will reverse the Trump administration policy that allowed for wider use of anti-personnel landmines The decision means the United States is returning to the Obama-era policy that bars the use of the weapons anywhere except in support of its ally South Korea on the Korean peninsula The policy to limit the use of anti-personnel landmines will “align the United States’ policy and practice with key provisions of the Ottawa Convention for all activities outside the context of the Korean peninsula,” Stan Brown principal deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs “we’re not going to export or transfer anti-personnel landmines; we’re not going to use them outside the Korean peninsula We would also undertake to destroy all anti-personnel stockpiles not required for the defense of [South] Korea; and again or induce anyone outside the context of the Korean peninsula to engage in any activity that would be prohibited by the convention.” President Joe Biden pledged to reverse what he characterized as President Donald Trump’s “reckless” stance on landmines The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction typically referenced as the Ottawa Convention or the Mine Ban Treaty seeks to end the use of anti-personnel landmines worldwide representing more than 80 percent of the world’s states and all NATO allies except the United States The Ottawa Convention has won strong global support because anti-personnel landmines are indiscriminate weapons that devastate civilian communities during conflict and for decades after the conflict has ended Brown said that the United States “will continue to pursue materiel and operational solutions that would be compliant with and ultimately allow the United States to accede to the Ottawa Convention while we at the same [time] ensure our ability to meet our alliance commitments.” Pressed about when the United States could deploy an alternative weapon along the DMZ that would allow it to accede to the Ottawa Convention but I would have to defer you to the Department of Defense for the specific acquisition and operational capabilities of future devices.” the United States does not maintain any active anti-personnel minefields not even in South Korea or on the DMZ with North Korea where the landmines are all owned by South Korea the United States has roughly three million anti-personnel landmines Aside from a single use in Afghanistan in 2002 the United States has not used these weapons since the Persian Gulf War in 1991 “The administration’s policy stands in a sharp contrast to Russia’s actions in Ukraine where there’s compelling evidence that Russian forces are using explosive munitions in an irresponsible manner which is causing extensive harm to civilians and damage to vital civilian infrastructure there,” Brown said Russia is not party to the Mine Ban Treaty but Ukraine is The United States recently transferred Claymore mines to Ukraine meaning they tend to be less lethal to civilians The Ottawa Convention outlaws landmines that are victim activated Campaign to Ban Landmines welcomed the policy adjustment calling it “an important first step toward the ultimate goal of the United States joining the Mine Ban Treaty and banning the use and transfer of anti-personnel landmines worldwide.” praised the Biden policy adjustment in statements delivered at Mine Ban Treaty meetings in Geneva in late June which the United States attended as an observer and used as a venue to announce its new policy “Norway warmly welcomes the United States new landmine policy bringing [it] in closer alignment with the requirements of the Mine Ban Treaty and an important step toward possible accession.” The German delegation called it an “important step to achieve a mine-free world and universalization of the Ottawa Convention.” The Arms Control Association depends on the generous contributions of individuals who share our goal of promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies and your financial support makes a difference Your membership comes with a 12-month subscription to Arms Control Today DC 20005            Tel: (202) 463-8270 | Fax: (202) 463-8273 Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin who went missing since 13 March while documenting the Russian invasion of Ukraine near the capital The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join their Ukrainian affiliates in condemning the deliberate attacks on journalists in Ukraine The photojournalist, Maks Levin, 40, was a prominent freelancer. His body was found in the Huta-Mezhyhirska village on Friday, according to the news website LB.ua On Saturday, the Vyshhorod district prosecutor’s office said in a statement that based on preliminary information Levin was shot by Russian armed forces with “small arms fire,” and that a criminal investigation into his death was underway Levin had been traveling with, Oleksiy Chernyshov said: "This war is being incredibly tough to cover for media workers on the front line who are suffering targeted attacks daily. Targeted attacks on journalists covering the war constitute war crimes that cannot go unpunished" “Evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers is mounting,” said EFJ General Secretary Ricardo Gutiérrez “There is no longer any doubt that journalists are being deliberately targeted journalists are now operating without distinctive signs so as not to be targeted We once again call on the international community to set up a special tribunal to investigate these war crimes and prosecute the perpetrators.” At least six other journalists have been killed since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February: Donate to the IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund for journalists in Ukraine The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 146 countries Follow the IFJ on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Subscribe to IFJ News The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its West Asia sub-group will organise an event on 6 May from 2:30pm to 4:30pm at the Residence… As the world witnesses the relentless targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces (both under decades of… Many IFJ affiliates are taking action to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May Here is a non-exhaustive list of their initiatives The International Federation of Journalists is the global voice of journalists it is the world’s largest organisation of journalists representing 600,000 media professionals in 187 unions and associations in more than 140 countries IFJ - International Federation of Journalists The clip features an interview with a Ukrainian mother and her young child Banksy has shared a moving behind-the-scenes video documenting the creation of his recent artworks in Horenka The anonymous Bristolian artist last week confirmed that he was behind seven new pieces that have recently appeared across the war-torn country Works have also been spotted in Kyiv itself One of them depicted two children using a metal tank trap as a seesaw, and another featured a woman in hair curlers and a gas mask holding a fire extinguisher. Per HypeArt, a third piece included a Vladimir Putin lookalike being thrown to the floor in a judo match with a child. Taking to Instagram yesterday (November 17), Banksy posted a one-and-a-half-minute clip that sees him at work in Horenka – a small village on the northwest outskirts of Kyiv – this month. Soundtracked by a Ukrainian folk song, the video intersperses footage of the mystery artist spray painting and stencilling with shots of the finished works on various damaged buildings. A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) the clip includes a brief interview with an unidentified mother in front of a destroyed school and many people died,” she explains before comforting her child Horenka faced particularly violent attacks at the hands of Russia earlier this year. Borodianka was also hit hard by bombardments in the earliest days of the conflict The latter town was liberated from Russian occupation back in April Earlier this year, Banksy was made an honorary professor at the University for the Creative Arts in recognition of “his humanitarian efforts and the impact he has had on the global arts scene” he did not attend the ceremony to receive the honour in order to preserve his anonymity The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952 The Dnipro River Integrated Vision combines research and the public to encourage collaboration and dialogue about the river’s future despite the ongoing war An important outcome of the project is the energy modeling of the city of Kremenchuk which revealed the enormous potential for energy efficiency and local production of solar energy in the case of residential and social buildings in Ukraine This research was conducted in cooperation with Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine.  Greenpeace and Ro3kvit teamed up to develop a vision for the Dnipro River This website is a ‘popular version’ of the work we have done in 10 months There is a report in Ukrainian and English that can be downloaded for free In this report there are many links to articles A 54-year-old Ukrainian woman will welcome the New Year in the basement of a partially destroyed apartment with no electricity and heating service in the town of Horenka in the central Kyiv region "Neighbors who are homeless like me also live here it's more an effort to hold on to life​​​​​​​,” Irina Vorobyova told Anadolu Agency She said she fell and broke her hip just before the Russia-Ukraine war started in February adding that she could not walk inside and outside of the shelter without support "It was easier to live in the summer because I was going out with the help of my neighbors I'm afraid of falling again," Vorobyova added Vorobyova has two other neighbors in the shelter whose houses were also burned during the Kyiv-Moscow clashes She further said they depend on humanitarian aid to live and will wait for meals that volunteers will bring on New Year's Eve "Nothing can return to normal before the war is over," she said It's too early to be comfortable" with regards to ongoing Russian attacks against the country Over 120 Russian missiles were reportedly launched against Ukraine earlier in the day with local authorities in the capital Kyiv and the cities of Odesa and Kryvyi Rih having reported explosions and power outages in their respective regions (function (w) { var el = (window.__shadowRoot || document).getElementById('1qiGlNvv6A-background-viewport'); w.Shorthand && w.Shorthand.initInstantImage w.Shorthand.initInstantImage(el) : w.SHPreloadInstantImages w.SHPreloadInstantImages.push(el) : w.SHPreloadInstantImages = [el]; w.Shorthand.initFocalPointPictures(); })(window)Powerful images taken by Sky News producer Chris Cunningham travelling around the city of Kyiv reveal the suffering and heartbreak inflicted on the population by Russia's bombardment.This is all that remains of an apartment block which once housed people living near Kyiv An exhausted firefighter comes out after surveying the damage This is all that remains of an apartment block which once housed people living near Kyiv A residential building in western Kyiv remains still cloaked in smoke after yet another missile strike by Russia Police officers look on as the body of an old man is taken away Bodies covered in sheets are brought out one after the other The old and frail are helped across a shattered bridge in Irpin eventually forced from their homes as the fighting escalates These soldiers were hit by mortar rounds just north of Horenka shaking and bloodied as doctors frantically treat their shrapnel and bullet wounds The village of Horenka on the outskirts of Kyiv has been at the centre of intense fighting As residents fled the oncoming Russian advance some starving pets have been left to fend for themselves among the ruins In an underground nursery for surrogate babies The place is a hubbub of crying and gurgles - in contrast to the distant grumbling of shelling A Russian missile strike in Vynihradar left at least two people dead and multiple buildings damaged beyond repair There are two schools only metres away from the impact site But the resilience of those living through the war is extraordinary as a woman clears her doorstep of debris left from an attack outside her building on day 21 of the war Lessons learned from a decades-long civil war could help counter the long-lasting mental health impacts on Ukrainian children exposed to air strikes "These are the adults and the society of the future," said Eva Alisic an associate professor of child trauma and recovery at the University of Melbourne In Syria - a nation pummelled by a decades-long civil war - one study indicated that 88 percent of the population had experienced at least one symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) highlighting the dire need for consistent mental health support in conflict zones "That's what we can learn from previous crises … we need a long-term vision and long-term support for these people rather than this initial rush and then not being there anymore which is really detrimental," Dr Alisic said Nearly a quarter of conflict-affected individuals are at risk of developing some form of mental health disorder that would equate to a growing number of more than 4.5 million people according to a new report from World Vision an international humanitarian organisation working in Ukraine While not affiliated with the World Vision report Dr Alisic said that the war in Ukraine offered an opportunity to apply lessons learned from previous conflict responses and to provide more lasting support for those who needed it "One of the things that always worries me is that there is this initial interest in supporting people - and there's a lot of media attention and a real outcry - and then but the people are still dealing with these incredible challenges." a large percentage of Ukraine's adult workforce may struggle with some form of emotional or mental disorder catalysed by childhood trauma that is occurring now as millions of children are among those fleeing the devastating conflict Not only is providing support for mental health an important humanitarian imperative with $1 of mental health support projected to return $4 in improved The World Economic Forum estimates the global financial impact of mental health disorders could amount to more than $23 trillion over the next 20 years a country already set to dig out from the social and economic damage of the Russian invasion an investment of $50 per person in mental health now could save billions later that investment in mental health and providing the supports necessary can be challenging as conflict inherently displaces those populations most in need Dr Alisic said this required a network of cooperation between organisations and governments across Ukraine and its neighbouring countries to get supports to those who needed them "Partly there is a response on the ground with humanitarian organisations partly it is in countries where people are currently seeking refuge and there are lots of initiatives to support and provide those basics - shelter and food - as well as more social and mental health support," Dr Alisic said "We should be doing that for people from Ukraine and we should also be doing it for people from other countries that have had to flee conflict." children are particularly vulnerable to the accumulation of a variety of stresses inherent to life as a refugee: They may have witnessed or experienced atrocities in their home country faced separation from family as they fled and contended with the difficulties of settling into an unfamiliar environment Three million Ukrainian children have already faced this "triple blow of conflict" and - despite trying to resume their lives in neighbouring nations - they still fear the threat of air strikes and bombings the G7's financial leaders pledged $27 billion to continue to support Ukraine's stability as it battled the Russian invasion has approved $79.6b in aid to Ukraine to date with $38b of that being spent solely on military aid "We're helping with the physical needs of kids but we also have to be there for their mental needs," said World Vision Australia chief executive Daniel Wordsworth you're seeing so many dreadful things happen and you think the urgent things - kids need to be in shelters they need to have enough food - and those things are certainly true But we can't forget the impact of this sort of mental health crisis that is emerging World Vision is optimistic about the future of their work in the current conflict reporting that the Humanitarian Response Plan for Ukraine is already 61 percent funded in steep contrast to just 20 percent funding across all global humanitarian crises The only definitive answer to addressing the threats to children's mental wellbeing his organisation will continue to do whatever it can to support Ukrainian children or whether it's locked in place in a place like Kyiv we try to create these bubbles where kids can be safe." Ukraine has rejected Russian calls to surrender the port city of Mariupol where residents are besieged with little food water and power and fierce fighting shows little sign of easing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia's siege of the port city of Mariupol was "a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come" while local authorities said thousands of… Britain will pay people £350 a month if they can offer refugees a spare room or property for a minimum period of six months Parents and wider family members will be able to join Ukrainians in New Zealand under a new policy covering about 4000 people World RSS Follow RNZ News Paris, March 15, 2022 – Russian and Ukrainian forces must ensure that journalists can cover the ongoing war safely, and those responsible for journalists’ deaths must be held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday and a Ukrainian army official who spoke to CPJ on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press Camera operator Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova died from injuries sustained during the attack, according to that statement and news reports Correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured and remains hospitalized Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs adviser Anton Gerashchenko posted on Telegram that the team was attacked by mortars fired by Russian forces the news reports and the Fox News statement did not specify the suspected source of the attack “We are deeply saddened by the deaths of Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova in Ukraine while they were working with Fox News and we are hoping that correspondent Benjamin Hall recovers from his injuries,” said Gulnoza Said CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator “Reporting on this war is a vital public service and it has already claimed the lives of at least two other journalists in just a few weeks Ukrainian and Russian authorities must do their utmost to ensure safety of all journalists and to thoroughly investigate attacks on the press.” a former Fox News fixer who was familiar with the case told CPJ in a phone interview that the team’s car was clearly labeled as “Press” at the time of the attack On March 7, the Associated Press reported that Russian shelling of Horenka had reduced one area of the town to “ashes and shards of glass.” Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin wrote on Twitter that he was “disturbed and saddened” by the death of Zakrzewski CPJ emailed the Russian and Ukrainian Ministries of Defense for comment Committee to Protect Journalists Pierre, we miss you. We are devastated. pic.twitter.com/P779HX4p2L — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) March 15, 2022 Such a fine man. Such a good friend. Such a fantastic war photographer and so much more. RIP Pierre Zakrzewski. pic.twitter.com/Q6KJKCuayI — Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) March 15, 2022 I don’t know what to say. Pierre was as good as they come. Selfless. Brave. Passionate. I’m so sorry this happened to you. pic.twitter.com/IvxlPWGDAl — Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 15, 2022 Pierre Zakrzewski e Alexandra Kuvshinova sono rimasti vittime dello stesso attacco in cui è stato ferito il corrispondente Benjamin Hall era una assoluta leggenda del nostro lavoro US journalist Brent Renaud is killed in Ukraine, second journalist is wounded Trackback dal tuo sito leggi Vai Vai Facebook: LIBERA INFORMAZIONE - Twitter: @liberainfo 97479140580 - COD IBAN: IT 28 S 03127 03206 000 000 000 483 - UGF BANCA