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Currently, 67 out of 86 damaged kindergartens have been restored in the Kyiv region. The press service of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "During the occupation of the Kyiv region, a total of 86 preschool education institutions were damaged. So far, 67 kindergartens have been restored," the statement said. One of them is the Havrylivka pre-school No. 10 'Veselka' in the Bucha community. Today it is attended by 190 children. In addition, inclusive education is organized in the kindergarten. Read also: Forced evacuation: six families with children taken from dangerous communities in Zaporizhzhia…

Deputy Minister of Justice Oleksandr Banchuk says the authorities have not abandoned the idea of having a classic jury trial in Ukraine as considerations are underway as to when it would be better to implement this. He said this in an interview with Ukrinform, answering questions about the potential prospects of the classic jury trial proceedings in Ukraine. "In 2019, we tabled in parliament the relevant draft law. But in the conditions of martial law, given the lack of adequate funding, this has become a complicated issue," Banchuk said. He recalled that a few months ago, the National Security and…

Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, emphasized the illegitimacy of the pseudo-elections Russia is holding in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and called on the local population to refrain from participation. He announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. As Lubinets noted, Russia has already started their hoax "elections" to its "local authorities" in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, where citizens are practically forced to vote at gunpoint. "Terrorists call these attempts "early voting" for the sake of "concern for the safety of citizens". However, in reality, the "concern" and "safety"…

Representatives of several dozen countries will take part in the Third Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen set to be held in Kyiv. That’s according to Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska, who spoke at a press conference in Kyiv, answering questions from an Ukrinform correspondent. "There are a lot of countries (who will take part in the summit - ed.): several dozen. This is a different format. We have increased the number of those who will come to Kyiv by more than half (compared to 2022 - ed.). For security reasons, I cannot yet to say how many there will…

The government of Latvia plans to increase the funding of local self-government bodies by nearly EUR 10 million so that they can continue to support Ukrainians. This is said in a report published by Delfi with reference to the TAP portal of legal acts, according to Ukrinform. On March 28, 2023, an order was issued to provide the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) with funding totaling EUR 21,788,249 to cover the costs of local self-government bodies in 2023, which provided support to citizens of Ukraine, including accommodation and food. Read also: Latvia hands over another Mi-17 helicopter…

While visiting Mongolia on Saturday, September 2, Pope Francis called for "Mongolian peace" on the planet. This was reported by UPI, according to Ukrinform. During the meeting with President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh at the state palace, the pontiff highly praised the country’s traditions stemming from the Mongol Empire. "The fact that the empire could embrace such distant and varied lands over the centuries bears witness to the remarkable ability of your ancestors to acknowledge the outstanding qualities of the peoples present in its immense territory and to put those qualities at the service of a common development," Francis said. Read also:…

There is confirmed information that 386 Ukrainian children have been adopted in Russia. Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said this during the nationwide news telethon on Ukrainian TV channels, Ukrinform reports. "We have confirmed information that 386 children were adopted. There is an established fact that they have been placed in Russian families, and the adoption procedure has either started or ended," Lubinets said. He emphasized that terminology matters and there are nuances whether that is adoption or, for example, foster care. Read also: Russia-held Ukrainian political prisoner in critical condition – ombudsman "As you remember, at…

Russian invaders use schools in the occupied territories as a method of pressure on Ukrainian citizens. That’s according to Natalia Humeniuk, the spokesman for Ukraine’s Operational Command South, who spoke at the national telethon, Ukrinform reports. "In the temporarily occupied territories, the enemy uses schools as a method of putting pressure on people. The occupiers demand that children attend special educational institutions. That is, they use schools as a tool to blackmail adults," Humeniuk said. Read also: Minister Lisovyi: 500,000 Ukrainian children begin studies abroad According to her, if parents refuse send their children to specially specified institutions, pressure is…

A total of 500,000 Ukrainian children started the school year abroad. "We have data: 500,000 schoolchildren are abroad. We will have exact numbers by September 15," Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Oksen Lisovyi said during the United News nationwide telethon. He noted that the Ministry had developed a curriculum for such students, who also study in foreign schools, which provides for the Ukrainian studies component only – Ukrainian language, Ukrainian literature, and the history of Ukraine. The rest of the disciplines are allowed to be counted on the basis of the grades received at the school at the…

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets announced positive news regarding the return of Ukrainians kidnapped by Russia. "I can announce that you will hear, I hope, more such positive news in the near future," Lubinets said during the United News nationwide telethon. He also said that the process of returning 11 children, who were illegally held by the Russians in the occupied part of Kherson region, lasted several months, in particular, it included both preparation and logistics, namely transportation, restoration of documents. However, he refused to reveal the details of this process. "The Russians are constantly trying to…