In Ternopil, rescue crews have been clearing the rubble for a third day after a Russian strike: 16 people are still being searched for.
As a result of the enemy attack, 28 people were killed and 94 were injured.

Russian attack on Ternopil on November 19: 26 killed, including 3 children, 93 injured, 22 still missing.

If I wore a costume this Halloween, I'd be Bella Baxter. An iconic woman character.

Happy Halloween if you celebrate!

“Hi! I heard an explosion, but don’t worry, it wasn’t near me.”

Just a casual message from grandma in Ukraine. Life under constant Russian aggression.

January 1st in Kyiv: instead of happy moments with family and friends, Ukrainians face more terror and tragedies. It’s not a happy New Year when your neighbor is Russia.

Every time I see how my hometown Kyiv is being attacked and destroyed by the Russians, I feel as if I’m being scratched by a thin knife, pierced by a thick needle. I’m telling myself it doesn’t matter what I feel – as long as people are alive. But my city is alive too, so it hurts every time.

St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kyiv, after another horrific Russian attack.

My mum’s birthday is next week. I was thinking about presents and suddenly remembered a nice cafe in Podil, Kyiv that sold brownies – Veterano Brownie. During covid, they had a great option to order a box of freshly made brownies with different flavors as a gift.

Now France? Not even sure I understand what’s happening. What a time to be alive, right?

An interesting detail about our friend for whom we’re fundraising.

He is “awarded with an incentive award of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

For courage in the performance of special tasks

Chief's order: Kyrylo Budanov 😏
21.03.2023

Маленькі милі штучки 🥰

Now I have another small dream – I want to see a ginkgo tree in Yalta and hug it. Please, take care. As soon as we liberate Crimea, I’ll be there! ❤️‍🩹

In Ukraine, ginkgo appeared in 1818 in Nikita Botanical Garden in Yalta, Crimea. It's considered that the oldest tree in Kyiv lives in A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, it was planted in 1880 (on the photo)

The nuts were used in food, oil – in medicine. It took on symbolic meaning in Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Shintoism.

Due to different periods and climate changes, ginkgo lived almost everywhere on Earth, it even grew close to the North Pole. But eventually, it began to suffer. Ginkgo was nearly destroyed by the great Ice Ages. It could live only in China.

Just imagine, these trees shared the space with dinosaurs! Fossil ginkgo leaves are known from every continent. And now we can see them almost unchanged. Another thing that surprised me was that people helped them survive (which is rare).

Ginkgo biloba is the only species with no close living relatives. And it may be the oldest surviving kind of plant.

In my pre-2022 life, I was very into plants. I had many pots in my apt, I began to research magic plant life. Once I read an article about Ginkgo biloba – "living fossils,". I was so impressed that I got a small dream to see it with my own eyes. Then I didn't know they were growing in Ukraine too.

He has served in a volunteer battalion since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. He always bought his own gear without outside help. But now he needs our help.

The list of needs here 👇