2 August, 2026
This week, a generator arrived in the city of Semenivka, thanks to the support of the twinning committee of its partner town, Sailly-Lez-Lannoy, as part of Des Lumières Pour L'Hiver campaign, carried out in partnership with Electriciens sans frontières.
The generator will enable the town's medical centre to continue operating during power outages caused by Russian attacks, ensuring uninterrupted access to essential healthcare services for local residents.
The partnership between Semenivka and Sailly-Lez-Lannoy goes beyond material assistance. This September, as part of the TIPS4UA programme, local government representatives from both municipalities will take part in study visits and exchanges in Sailly-Lez-Lannoy to share best practices in healthcare and local governance.
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17 July, 2026
Live images from Kherson, under the constant threat of Russian military strikes. That is how the conference “Kherson, Free City: First-Hand Testimonies and Territorial Solidarity” ended on June 30, with a video address by Vitalii Bielobrov, deputy mayor of the city.
He shared a powerful account of the daily lives of civilians living under the constant threat of Russian drones carrying out what has become a real “human safari.” Daily shelling, strikes on critical infrastructure, and deliberate attacks on civilians have become part of everyday life. Despite this, the people of Kherson continue to demonstrate remarkable courage and resilience.
Organised by the Volya Association, the event once again highlighted the importance of partnerships between local authorities, building on the cooper...
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16 July, 2026
In Kherson, where Russian drones hunt civilians every day in what has been described as a “human safari,” life has not stopped. It has simply moved underground.
This was witnessed by the President of the Brittany Region, Loïg Chesnais-Girard, and Vice-President Stéphane Perrin-Sarzier, accompanied by the Governor of Kherson Oblast, Oleksandr Prokudin, and the Head of the Kherson City Military Administration, Yaroslav Shanko, during their visit to an underground nursery and primary school, as well as the maternity ward of the O. S. Loutchanskyi Municipal Clinical Hospital, both operating from bomb shelters.
The school welcomes children from the age of one every day. Many of them were born after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion and have known only Ukraine at war. Despite these cir...
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