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"Putin" - a new English-language feature film by Polish director, Patryk Vega, AIO Studios

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Patryk Vega, one of the most popular directors in contemporary Polish cinema, has made a feature film entitled "Putin" using deep fake technology.

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  • WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Patryk Vega, one of the most popular directors in contemporary Polish cinema, has made a feature film entitled "Putin" using deep fake technology.
  • It shows the life of the Russian president from his violence-stricken childhood in Georgia to the unfounded invasion against Ukraine.
  • Patryk Vega is a Polish director whose films have enjoyed continued interest for years.
  • "The largest Ukrainian distributor decided to distribute the film not only in Ukraine but also in countries where the Ukrainian emigration is particularly numerous," added the Polish director.

"Putin" - a new English-language feature film by Polish director, Patryk Vega, AIO Studios

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Patryk Vega, one of the most popular directors in contemporary Polish cinema, has made a feature film entitled "Putin" using deep fake technology.

Key Points: 
  • WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Patryk Vega, one of the most popular directors in contemporary Polish cinema, has made a feature film entitled "Putin" using deep fake technology.
  • It shows the life of the Russian president from his violence-stricken childhood in Georgia to the unfounded invasion against Ukraine.
  • Patryk Vega is a Polish director whose films have enjoyed continued interest for years.
  • "The largest Ukrainian distributor decided to distribute the film not only in Ukraine but also in countries where the Ukrainian emigration is particularly numerous," added the Polish director.

Tucson Team Lead by Leija Donates Life-Saving Devices to Ukraine's Frontlines

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Over the last year, DDT has been coordinating with organizations to donate several life-saving medical devices to the frontlines in Ukraine, including another just this month.

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  • Over the last year, DDT has been coordinating with organizations to donate several life-saving medical devices to the frontlines in Ukraine, including another just this month.
  • Partnering with Monti Leija and his team at Delta Development Team was a natural fit.
  • Monti's dedication to the project and his unwavering commitment to enhancing medical capabilities have been instrumental in turning this initiative into a reality.
  • Anastasia Zimina, an NAEMT TCCC Instructor and Farma Field Transfusion Kit user has also played a vital role in this endeavor.

Amsterdam & Partners LLP Retained by Ukrainian Religious Figure Vadym Novynskyi to Defend against Alleged Political Persecution

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The law firm of Amsterdam & Partners LLP has been retained by Vadym Novynskyi, a Ukrainian citizen, religious figure, former Ukrainian parliamentarian from Mariupol and founder of the Smart Holding Group, to defend against a series of politically motivated attacks by the Ukrainian government.

Key Points: 
  • The law firm of Amsterdam & Partners LLP has been retained by Vadym Novynskyi, a Ukrainian citizen, religious figure, former Ukrainian parliamentarian from Mariupol and founder of the Smart Holding Group, to defend against a series of politically motivated attacks by the Ukrainian government.
  • Although last year Novynskyi relinquished his ownership of Smart Holding Group, the Ukrainian authorities are continuing their corporate raid against the industrial and investment group, under the premise that Novynskyi’s religious beliefs justify doing so, according to Robert Amsterdam, founding partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP.
  • “Unfortunately, for some Ukrainian officials the war with Russia represents an opportunity for extortion and corporate raiding,” according to Robert Amsterdam, founding partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP.
  • He is instead being ruthlessly targeted for his religious beliefs and subjected to blatant corporate raiding by the state.

Berlin airlift and Ukraine war: the importance of symbols during conflicts

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Friday, June 23, 2023

Symbols, as the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz once put it, “store” meanings.

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  • Symbols, as the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz once put it, “store” meanings.
  • The Berlin airlift, initiated in response to the Soviet blockade of western-controlled sectors of the city in June 1948, is among the most potent symbols of the cold war.
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    Berlin airlift and Ukraine war: the importance of symbols during conflicts

    Symbols shape conflicts.

  • The Soviets backed down, and the allies showed they were prepared not to give up on Berlin.

Symbolic moments

    • The scale of international assistance that’s now required across Ukraine is greater than the 1948 Berlin airlift operation .
    • Symbols have come to define the war in Ukraine too – think about Russian assaults on Bucha, Mariupol or Bakhmut.
    • In the coming days much will be said about the Berlin airlift as a symbol of resolve and resistance.
    • West Berlin’s main value was not military or strategic, but symbolic.

Understanding significant moments

    • The work of our late colleague, professor of international politics Andrew Linklater, examines how across the course of human history symbols have affected the use of violence.
    • The key to understanding symbols in warfare is whether symbolic victories affect outcomes of strategic conflicts.
    • It’s become a symbol of plucky Ukrainians who, like Berliners and their western allies in 1948, are determined not to give up.
    • Without the continued western willingness to commit serious and sustained material resources – Ukraine will become a symbol of western timidity.

Ukraine war: the devastating effects of conflict on infant mortality rates – new research

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

On March 16 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had recorded 859 attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine.

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  • On March 16 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had recorded 859 attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine.
  • Russian attacks on civilians and the most vulnerable targets, including maternity hospitals, have been a feature of the conflict from its beginning.
  • In research published in The Journal of Human Rights, I presented evidence that tends to corroborate Tedros’s statement.

Collateral deaths

    • As well as deaths due to the actual fighting, there are many other causes of death during a war.
    • These include increased exposure to disease, food shortages, and civilians’ lack of access to medicines and medical care.
    • Attacks on healthcare facilities and infrastructure place greater demands on governments that are having to switch funding from healthcare provision to defence.
    • I found that civil wars are associated with an average increase in the infant mortality rate of 5.2% the following year.

It doesn’t end with ceasefire

    • The country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and was almost immediately embroiled in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict against Armenia, which lasted until 1994.
    • By May 1994, when the signing of the Bishkek Protocol brought a (temporary) end to hostilities, the IMR had increased to 75.3 per 1,000.
    • I made the same comparison involving countries that had spent their whole time as independent states involved in civil war.
    • These war-torn societies, on average, experienced an 11.5% increase in their IMRs (from 62.5 to 69.7).
    • By the last year of the major civil war in 1994, the rate had jumped to 200.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, a 22.6% increase.

War crimes

    • But the terrible consequences of all war for people – not least, the infants that have been the subject of my research – should remind all those involved in conflict that they must adhere to the Geneva Conventions, or face the consequences of committing war crimes.
    • It’s hard to imagine war crimes more heinous than those committed against infant children who have not yet reached their first birthday.

UKRAINE: Salesians support more than 100 projects for people impacted by war

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Monday, March 6, 2023

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- February 24 marked one year since Russia invaded Ukraine* in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Since that time, 2,700 schools have been bombed and more than 5.5 million schoolchildren have seen their education disrupted by the war. More than 8 million people have fled the country as refugees, according to UNHCR – the United Nations Refugee Agency. Nearly 18 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.

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  • Since that time, 2,700 schools have been bombed and more than 5.5 million schoolchildren have seen their education disrupted by the war.
  • Salesians in Poland and Slovakia, among those in other countries, have welcomed refugees and provided shelter, food, medical support and education.
  • People have been generous in their support and it has been life-saving for those who have been impacted.
  • This fund is among other fundraising efforts that Salesians in more than 130 countries are doing in support of Salesians on the front lines of this crisis.

Teleperformance Teams With the International Committee of the Red Cross to Fund Essential Humanitarian Assistance Operations

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Thursday, July 21, 2022

As such, we are grateful to the International Committee of the Red Cross for this partnership, which lets us live out our values by supporting people in need across the world.

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  • As such, we are grateful to the International Committee of the Red Cross for this partnership, which lets us live out our values by supporting people in need across the world.
  • ICRCs urgent action in Ukraine includes essential operations such as:
    Donation of medicine and medical equipment, including trauma surgery kits to hospitals across the country.
  • The support provided by Teleperformance allows us to strengthen our impact, said Valentine Honor, Private Sector Engagement Manager for Europe, International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • We have sent teams to Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Russia to support our regional response and coordinate with our partners from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Looming mental health crisis for 1.5 million Ukrainian children

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The No Peace of Mind report, launched today by the international humanitarian organisation, has sounded the alarm on a looming crisis as Ukrainian parents reveal the mental health of their children is their biggest worry.

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  • The No Peace of Mind report, launched today by the international humanitarian organisation, has sounded the alarm on a looming crisis as Ukrainian parents reveal the mental health of their children is their biggest worry.
  • Catherine Green, Ukraine Country Director for World Vision's Ukraine Crisis Response, said it was crucial that mental health prevention services for children and families were prioritised before it was too late.
  • We know from experience in places like Syria and South Sudan that proper investment in mental health and other services is vital if children are to overcome the trauma they have suffered."
  • In interviews with Ukrainian children and carers crossing the border into Romania, children repeatedly told World Vision staff of feeling scared and distressed every time they heard an airstrike.

Mission Aviation Fellowship Partners with HALO Trust to Raise Support for Ukraine De-mining

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Friday, June 10, 2022

In that country, MAF transports HALO staff and equipment, and remains on call as a medical evacuation service for their staff there.

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  • In that country, MAF transports HALO staff and equipment, and remains on call as a medical evacuation service for their staff there.
  • Since 2014, HALO has had a dedicated staff of over 400 working in Ukraine, and is uniquely positioned to help with efforts to provide safe passage to those fleeing hostile areas.
  • MAF has made special accommodation to support the work of The HALO Trust in Ukraine, and is encouraging others to support the work that the HALO Trust is doing in that besieged country.
  • Through partnerships with firms like Esri, they are using cutting-edge geographic information system (GIS) software, expertise, and staffing to support HALOs mission in Ukraine.