Photo exhibition “Days of Memory of the Heroes of the Ilovaisk Battle 2014” to open at the Museum of the Occupation of Kyiv

On January 17 at 4:00 p.m., the photo exhibition “Days of Memory of the Heroes of the Ilovaisk Battle 2014” will open.

The photo exhibition recalls one of the most tragic events in our fight against Russia and honors all those who were the first to defend our country in 2014. You will be able to see photos that have already become historical. They were taken by photographers who worked in the zone of the fiercest fighting near Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region in August 2014 at the combat location of the special forces battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine “Donbas”. We are grateful for the preservation of the photo anthology of those events to Maksym Dondyuk, Oleksandr Glyadelov, Markiyan Lyseyko and Maksym Levin, who managed to get out of the Ilovaisk cauldron alive. Maxim Levin died during a full-scale invasion of the occupied Kyiv region in the spring of 2022, recording the crimes of the Russians.

More than fifty photos are just part of a large photo collection that records the facts about the battle for Ilovaisk from August 10 to the “green corridor of death” on August 29, 2014.

“Ilovaisk is the preservation of the honor and dignity of the Ukrainian soldier and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in general. Their rank is courage, courage and valor. By entering the battle, they created a Nation! I believe that the Ilovaisk battle became reconnaissance, a battle in our modern war for independence,” said Natalia Kharchenko, mother of the deceased soldier Yevhen Kharchenko, head of the NGO “Indestructible Mothers of Ukraine”.

The exhibition will be open at the Museum of the Occupation of Kyiv (49/1 Denis Antipov St.) from January 17 to February 25.

Exhibition organizers: NGO “Military-Patriotic Association of Combatants “Sarmat”, NGO “Indestructible Mothers of Ukraine”, Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and the National Memorial Complex of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred – Museum of the Revolution of Dignity.

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The exhibition “Born from Flames” will open at the Boris Paton State Polytechnic Museum at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

On January 23 at 3:00 p.m., the opening of the exhibition “Born from Flames” will take place, which is dedicated to Ukrainian servicemen, volunteers and medics. The day before, the project was seen in seven cities of Ukraine, and now it is returning to Kyiv.

The heroes of the project are famous defenders, including Hero of Ukraine, pilot Vadim Voroshilov “Karaya”, David Kasatkin “Khimik”, Yulia Paevska “Tyra”, Tata Kepler, Leonid Ostaltsev. In the exhibition you will be able to see portraits of 23 heroes created by photographer Mina Sorvino for the art book of the same name.

You will also touch the manuscript of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2021–2024) Valery Zaluzhny, see the helmet of the legendary pilot, Hero of Ukraine Vadim Voroshilov “Karaya”, a painting of volunteer, paramedic and policewoman Tata Kepler, honorary medals and awards of Ukrainian soldiers, shell fragments and other unique exhibits, each of which carries the story of a hero.

At the opening of the exhibition there will be a unique opportunity to meet the heroes of the art book and photographer Mina Sarvino. The Museum will be visited by:

• Iryna Soloshenko – volunteer, Maidan medic, head of the medical department of the KOLO Foundation, including the projects “Mobile Evacuation”, “GVKG Reception Department”, “Azerbaijan Armed Forces Blood Center”, awarded with numerous state awards;
• Tata Kepler – founder of the “Birds” movement, volunteer, awarded with the “National Legend of Ukraine” award;
• Maksym Yermokhin – veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war, knight of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky;
• Oleksandr Bugay – chief anesthesiologist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
• Vadym Svyrydenko – advisor-pledged to the President of Ukraine on issues of rehabilitation of combatants;

as well as:

• Serhiy Lytvynko – project producer, head of the reception department of the Main Military Hospital (2023);
• Iraida Medvedeva – project producer, who collaborates with legendary Ukrainian military personnel.

Visitors to the exhibition will receive a short briefing on first aid from the Chief Anesthesiologist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one of the project heroes, Oleksandr Bugay.

The project aims not only to tell about the heroes and their ranks, but also to involve more people in the collection for the renewal of the Blood Center’s equipment so that doctors can save even more lives. Details about the collection can be found on the page of the “KOLO*” charity fund: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14Mbs9Pn9g/

The exhibition “Born from Flames” will run at the Boris Paton State Polytechnic Museum at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute until March 28, 2025.

Admission to the exhibition is free.

Museum opening hours: Mon–Thu 9:00–17:00; Fri 9:00–16:00; Sat–Sun – weekends.

Organizers: Boris Paton State Polytechnic Museum at NTUU "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, KOLO Charity Foundation.

Additional information – by e-mail olga_sai@ukr.net (Olga Zaychenko) or by phone 050 440 95 85.

Media accreditation by phone 066 614 49 21 (Daria Fisun).