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The owners of this beautiful Maine Coon cat declawed him, which is a prohibited surgery, so that he wouldn't damage the furniture. When they fled Kyiv at the beginning of the war, there was simply no room for him in their car, but it seems like there was no room for him in their hearts either.
Left on the street, the animal becomes disabled after such a horrible manipulation, as it cannot defend itself, cannot hunt for food, and cannot even break a fall. A creature left in such conditions is doomed to die. The owners knew about this. Our volunteers found him scared, hungry, and thirsty,[...]
18.05.2022
This cheerful woman can sing, comfort, and hug each of us sincerely every day. Teresa is in charge of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement’s Rapid Response Headquarters’ “Crispy Muscovites” Bar. It is here that the famous "Bandera smoothies" are made - the famous "Molotov cocktails" in Ukraine. She willingly shares how to mix a cocktail, what ingredients should be used and in what proportions, as well as what security measures should be followed in order to successfully resist the occupier.
This is not the first time Teresa has taught someone. In peacetime and to this day, she[...]
18.05.2022
Elena adressed Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement with this phrase.
Elena is from Hostomel. After the shelling on her house, the apartment and her belongings burned to the ground. After miraculously escaping, the woman and her children hid in the basements of destroyed houses for almost two months to avoid the occupiers. And when Hostomel was freed from the russian army, Olena returned to look at her house. The woman stared out with the empty kitchen window at the stove, where she had recently cooked delicious pancakes for the children, at the place where the table used to stand, where she[...]
05.05.2022
From the first day of the war, she spends the night with her three children and two grandchildren in one of Kyiv's bunkers to protect her family from russian missile bombardment. From the first week she collects parcels with humanitarian aid and manages the product stock of the rapid response headquarters of "Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement".
During the full-scale invasion, she worked on 1,500 applications for assistance from the Ukrainian military and civilians. Each left a mark in her soul.
When asked by her grandchildren why "our brothers" are killing us, she said that in a[...]
08.04.2022
On February 24, my mother called me and said, "Lena, the war has begun." Honestly, I was in a very big shock. I couldn't believe it. I did not hear any explosions. I woke my daughter up and said, "Get up, the war has begun." On the second or third day of the war, my godmother Nina and I got in touch and came here. Her husband and son immediately joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. I had to do something because it's not in my nature to sit at home. Since then, I have been at the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement rapid response headquarters.
Our task is to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces[...]
04.04.2022
She is always calm, even-tempered, and friendly. Also, she can speak openly and without loud words, it seems, about everything she has in mind. So the story of 24-year-old Veronica, a volunteer of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, is presented in the first person.
I had a normal life. I worked in a restaurant. Six months ago I left Mariupol and returned to Kyiv and began to establish my life here. Everything went as usual, but there was anxiety in the air. I tried to get used to the thought of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Burning documents at the Embassy was a key moment[...]
29.03.2022
On February 25, our NGO Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement opened a rapid response headquarters. During this time, dozens of volunteers joined it and thousands of people have already received the necessary assistance.
On the day of the establishment of the headquarters, Kateryna Pryimak, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, started raising money for the staff's expenses on her own bank account.
During this period, the card privat 1 received - 159500 hryvnias, 148795 hryvnias were spent. The card privat 2 received 492347 hryvnias, and 493241 hryvnias were spent. The[...]
21.03.2022
Many stereotypes are associated with women in war. Overcoming them will take more than one year of systematic and professional work. This became one of the priority tasks of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement organization, which was created in 2019 and now has representatives in all regions of Ukraine. Activists seek to change society's attitude towards women in the army, to expand women’s opportunities in society, and to show that having a military profession is prestigious.
This is a conversation with Kateryna Pryimak, deputy head of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement and winner[...]
15.02.2022