{"id":38943,"date":"2025-05-30T12:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/?p=38943"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:59:50","slug":"participants-of-the-uanimals-media-club-reflected-on-the-loss-of-beloved-places-due-to-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/en\/news\/participants-of-the-uanimals-media-club-reflected-on-the-loss-of-beloved-places-due-to-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Participants of the UAnimals Media Club Reflected on the Loss of Beloved Places Due to the War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 29, Lviv hosted the second <strong>UAnimals Media Club<\/strong> \u2014 a gathering centered around <strong>UAnimals Media<\/strong>, a publication focused on compassion toward animals and nature. This time, participants discussed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/media\/en\/statti-en\/ukrainian-places-being-destroyed-by-russia\/\"><strong>Viktoriia Topol\u2019s article<\/strong><\/a><\/span> on russia\u2019s environmental crimes: <em>\u201cKyianytsia, Dzharylhach, Kinburn: The Beloved Ukrainian Places Being Destroyed by russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It was a warm conversation in a close-knit circle<\/em>,\u201d says <strong>Katya Nikishova<\/strong>, editor of UAnimals Media and the moderator of the meeting. The youngest participant was just <strong>5 years old<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Readers from different regions came together. Some had never been to the now-occupied areas; others used to live near or frequently visit the beautiful natural sites in the south and east of Ukraine \u2014 and now deeply miss them.<\/p>\n<p>Katya, originally from <strong>Kramatorsk<\/strong>, often reminisces about <strong>Sviatohirsk<\/strong>, the pine forests near <strong>Shchurove<\/strong> and <strong>Lyman<\/strong>, and her hiking trips through <strong>Crimea<\/strong> with a backpack and a tent.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt was comforting to meet like-minded people who also long for the places we can no longer visit. These are not just beautiful spots \u2014 they\u2019re part of our lives and hold cherished memories,\u201d<\/em> Katya shares.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One participant from <strong>Belarus<\/strong> also joined the meeting. Due to the repressive regime in her home country, she now lives in Ukraine, working in media and reporting \u2014 among other things \u2014 on environmental losses caused by the war. She had visited <strong>Crimea<\/strong> and <strong>Kinburn<\/strong> in the past and used to live in <strong>Polissia<\/strong>. Now, all these places are out of reach \u2014 and that causes her real pain.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most-loved parts of the article, many attendees mentioned the story by <strong>Natalia Zhizhchenko<\/strong> about the <strong>Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve<\/strong>. They also discussed <strong>Sasha Tab\u2019s<\/strong> piece on Crimea, <strong>Anton Ptushkin\u2019s<\/strong> account of the <strong>Tuzly Lagoons<\/strong>, and stories about <strong>Kinburn<\/strong> and <strong>Kyianytsia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>UAnimals plans to continue hosting media meetups with readers. 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