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Volunteers helping woman. Photo: Albert Lores<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHuman is a duty, not a title\u201d<\/strong>
these words belong to Vasyl Stus, a Ukrainian poet, translator, human rights activist, and active member of a dissident movement. For his civic position, defending the right of Ukrainian culture to development his works were banned by the Soviet regime and he spent 13 years in detention until his death in Perm-36, a Soviet forced labor camp for political prisoners, in 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports of sexual violence involving Russian soldiers are multiplying<\/strong>
On March 22, Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine\u2019s prosecutor general, said in a Facebook post<\/a> that a Russian soldier had killed an unarmed civilian and then repeatedly raped his wife in front of her underage kid. That is the first case in which a Russian serviceman was officially informed about the suspicion of violating the laws and customs of war. He was wanted and a request for detention was filed with the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the victims \u2013 Natalia \u2013 told her story<\/a> to NY Times. It happened to her on March 9. First, the Russian occupiers entered Brovary (a city near Kyiv), where she lived with her husband and 4-year-old son. Then the villains broke the car, killed the dog, shot the husband and raped her three times. Miraculously, the occupiers did not touch their son \u2013 Olexiy. He hid in the boiler room and cried. But fortunately, he did not understand what the russian militaries were doing to his mother. Natalia managed to escape to Western Ukraine with her son and apply to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently a story about victims in occupied Mariupol was revealed. The Russian occupiers raped a woman in front of her six-year-old son for several days in a row. She later died of her wounds. Her little son’s hair turned gray. This is not a horror movie. Rape, violence, murder \u2013 that’s what “Russian world” means, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In telephone conversations with relatives, the Russian occupiers admit that they rape children and eat dogs in Ukraine. This is stated in the intercepted conversation of Russians, published<\/a> by the Ukrainian Security Service on YouTube. In one conversation, the occupier admitted that \u201cthree tankers raped a 16-year-old girl\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are dozens more such cases. Due to the difficulties of communication and logistics in the besieged cities, many cases can not be qualified, in addition, the military often kills their victims after violating. \u201cLaw enforcement officers have data and open criminal proceedings over the rape of Ukrainian women by the Russian military in the occupied territories, but it is extremely difficult to gather evidence due to the inability to access the territories,\u201d said Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A message from Lviv City of Literature, a city of unbreakable poetry <\/strong>
Pavlo Koriaga & Bogdana Brylynska from Lviv City of Literature office open an important page of Ukrainian culture and history. This is a message about the unbreakable Ukrainian poets. Among these authors are Taras Shevchenko, who said \u201cBattle on \u2013 and Win Your Battle!\u201d, Lesya Ukrainka, who wrote \u201cI laughed, in order not to cry\u201d,  Vasyl Stus, who knew \u201cHuman is a duty, not a title\u201d. The Ukrainians remember the main messages of their poets. And that knowledge inspires us to win!  Here is a video in Ukrainian and English<\/a>. A little earlier, Hanna Khriakova and Mariana Zagoruiko from Lviv – UNESCO CIty of Literature spoke to the community of Nottingham with a statement about war time in Ukraine and Lviv as a part of event \u2013 reading of Anastasiia Kosodii \u201cTime Traveler’s Guide to Donbass\u201d play. \u201cToday, here and now, we are creating a new history. The history of a strong country and nation, the history where life wins against death and light against darkness\u201d.  Video is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Culture from shelters and ruins<\/strong>
We start to get used to the state of permanent danger and trying to cope with the fact that in some regions of Ukraine people have to spend most of their time in shelters permanenty hearing how bombs are destroying their cities. What a damage that gives to people\u2019s minds and psychics. So that, to avoid the feeling of fear and to somehow try to love the life still given to us, culture plays it\u2019s main role to entertain and educate people, even those in shelters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kharkiv \u2013 UNESCO City of Music and Freedom<\/strong>
It\u2019s been less than a year since Kharkiv received the title of UNESCO City of Music. So far such a beautiful city, full of bright minds, is now experiencing its darkest times, but still continues to celebrate music, culture and life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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