Before the full-scale invasion of Russia, Mykyta, 21, was a professional kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. He also had a small café in Kharkiv, which is now closed. Currently, he is repairing and arranging houses for internally displaced persons together with BUR.
After February 24th, 2022, an artist from Odesa Oblast temporarily evacuated with her daughter to the Czech Republic. The language barrier turned out to be the main problem. When Oksana found a way to deal with it, she started helping others by creating a Telegram channel called Ukrainka v Chekhii and shared this story with the readers of Ukrainska Pravda.
In just a few months, this woman researched everything about fabrics and components, learned how to plan the logistics of shipping materials from Portugal to Ukraine or find a 20-ton truck when it’s urgently needed, not to mention nail smaller tasks like dying nubuck leather in the requested colour.
At 43, Dmytro Revniuk, a Kyiv native, owns his own production company. After the start of the full-scale war, animal protection has become an integral part of his life.
