12-year-old Mariupol boy Oleksandr was left almost blind in one eye due to a shrapnel hit. He was taken prisoner by Russian troops and separated from his mother. His grandmother traveled 5,000 kilometers and saved him, but they still don't know where his mother or little sister are. By Настоящее Время | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

"My mother used to beat me" 😮 Just a light hearted song from the amazing Theatre Gerdan in Bukovyna, Chernivtsi. . This was a rare treat for the members of the voluteer group that participated in our first humanitarian trip to Ukraine that finished up last week! . Future Ukrainian Humanitarian Trips Consider joining out Humanitarian Tour if you feel the urge to support the Ukrainian people and see everything for yourself on the ground. . Save the dates of our upcoming trips: July 14 - 26, 2023

On the International Day of Music, Ukrainians worldwide celebrate bandura — the sound of Ukraine and its national treasure. 🎵 Bandura is a Ukrainian national instrument, once especially beloved by the ancestors, the Ukrainian Cossacks. Although the totalitarian Soviet regime tried to ban it once, Ukrainians preserved their traditions, far from bandura's homeland in diaspora as well. Today this remarkable sound captivates, inspires and mesmerizes — a music that is truly one of a kind. __________

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