SECURITY SITUATION AT KPI NOW

16/05/2022

During the past day (May 15-16, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

2. Carrying out of emergency repair works of city heating networks of KP “Kyivteploenergo” is completed and hot water supply in dormitories 7, 8, 12, 16 and 17 is restored;

3. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

4. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

5. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were reinforced posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense, the KPI Security Department, and two car patrols;

6. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 24, 27, 28, 30, 32, 35th educational buildings and the Center of Culture and Arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

7. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

8. Employees of Kyivteploenerho finished restoring the improvement near the power wing of the first educational building after the emergency works of the city heating network;

9. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund actively worked to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

13/05/2022

During the past day (May 12-13, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. A round table was held to discuss the prospects for the development of educational, scientific and innovative environment of KPI. Igor Sikorsky and the role of the Scientific and Technical Library in it. Profile vice-rectors and heads of departments took part;

2. The team and experts of the Center 4.0 at Igor SikorskyKPI together with APPAU held a webinar for small and medium-sized businesses on current in May-June open competitions on Industry 4.0: digital duplicates, composite materials, green energy, etc .;

3. The European Commission has announced the launch of a scholarship scheme for Ukrainian scientists MSCA4Ukraine. This will allow Igor Sikorsky KPI scientists to acquire new skills, temporarily continue his scientific work abroad, and after the war to continue the research initiated abroad at the KPI;

4. A working meeting was held at the Civil Defense Headquarters of the Solomianska District State Administration in Kyiv, where the algorithm of close cooperation of the Civil Defense Headquarters of the district with representatives of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine was discussed and worked out;

5. A master class called “Treasury” was held for 11 children who are in the shelters of the University and live in the 5th, 21st and 22nd family dormitories and treats with sweets were organized;

6. In the dormitories of the KPI, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

7. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were reinforced posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, and two-car patrols;

10. The operative group of the KPI Security Department visited 1, 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30th educational buildings and the scientific and technical library, re-inspected roofs and basements;

11. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

12. Employees of the Department of Economic Work carried out a preventive inspection of transformer substations located on the territory of the University;

13. Specialists of the chief mechanic’s service performed a preventive inspection of cold water supply engineering networks of the 22nd, 23rd and 27th educational buildings;

14. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. 150 kg of meat products received as humanitarian aid.

12/05/2022

Over the past day (May 11-12, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University have focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. The competition for replacement of positions of scientific and pedagogical workers of university departments is announced. More details on the link: https://kpi.ua/files/2022-kp15.pdf (https://kpi.ua/files/2022-kp15.pdf%C2%A0);

2. A working meeting was held with the participation of Igor Sikorsky KPI specialists  (FEL) and two academic institutes of NASU, which discussed the implementation of joint promising scientific and technical projects;

3. Based on the results of participation in the Online Bar Camp for Ukrainian Higher Education Managers, information posted on international and domestic platforms on the possibilities of grant funding for innovation is processed;

4. A career guidance meeting was held – a presentation with future entrants and parents of Physics Lyceum # 142;

5. A council on housing and social issues was held, at which positive decisions were made regarding the placement of relatives of students from the occupied territories in the dormitory;

6. The scholarship commission of the university was held;

7. Representatives of the technical and construction commission checked the material and technical condition of the recreation centers “Sosnovy” and “Polytechnic”, and determined the plan of renewable repair work for May;

8. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

9. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

11. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were reinforced posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, and two car patrols;

12. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29th educational buildings and the Center of Culture and Arts, inspection of roofs and basements;

13. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work continue to crown greenery in the park area of ​​the University along Peremohy Avenue;

15. Specialists of the chief mechanic’s service performed a preventive inspection of cold water supply engineering networks of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th educational buildings;

16. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Received drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

11/05/2022

During the past day (May 10-11, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. Igor Sikorski KPI Support Fund  received funds from the KPI Alumni Section in Poland. We truly thank our Polish colleagues;

2. For projects financed by the National Research Fund of Ukraine in cooperation with the leaders prepared and sent to the NRFU letters on the possibility and conditions of their further implementation;

3. A workshop with experts of the 4.0 Center was held jointly with APPAU, where the issues of Industry 4.0 grant promotion techniques were discussed;

4. A career guidance meeting of schoolchildren with a student of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Aerospace Technologies Fedor Chornobrivtsev was held within the framework of
KPIAbitTalks;

5. A socially unifying event “Reanimating home and office plants together” was held for employees and students;

6. Representatives of the Department of Labor Protection took part in a working meeting of the Main Department of State Labor in Kyiv on the organization of labor protection in martial law;

7. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

8. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

9. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

10. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were reinforced posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, and three car patrols;

11. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 32, 35th educational buildings and scientific and technical libraries, re-inspected roofs and basements;

12. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

13. Employees of the Department of Economic Work continue to perform landscaping of the University, using the remnants of materials that were purchased in the autumn of last year;

14. Specialists of the Chief Power Engineer’s Service performed a preventive inspection of the electrical networks of the 15th and 16th educational buildings;

15. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

10/05/2022

During the past day (May 9-10, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. Prepared and submitted for accreditation  case for the educational program at the level of Doctor of Philosophy (specialty 125) “Cybersecurity”;

2. At the request of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Information for 2021 on the directions of formation of the topics of scientific research and scientific and technical (experimental) developments corresponding to promising areas has been prepared;

3. A council on housing and social issues was held to make positive decisions on the placement in dormitories of employees who lost their homes and relatives of students from the occupied territories;

4. Yana Kalisetska, a first-year student of the FTI, went to the International Tournament of Physicists in Colombia as a member of the team of Ukrainian students, which will take place on May 9-14, 2022. (The team consists of 6 students from 3 Ukrainian universities: Igor Sikorsky KPI, KNU named after T. Shevchenko, Karazin KhNU ). We wish them victory;

5. Progrestech Ukraine has started registration for the dual training program for masters in two educational and professional fields of choice:
⚙️ “Dynamics and strength of machines”;
⚙️ “Mechanical Engineering Technologies”;

6. The University was visited by the Head of the Solomyansky District Police Department, who noted the high level of law and order on the territory of the University and praised the intensive and responsible work of students-volunteers of the KPI Territorial Defense;

7. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

8. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

9. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried reinforced guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

10. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were reinforced posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, and four car patrols;

09/05/2022

During the past day (May 8-9, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. For 17 children who are in the shelters of the University and live in the 5th, 21st and 22nd family dormitories held a master class entitled “Introduction to the technique of quilling” and organized treats with sweets;

2. The nutrition center of shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its vital activity and safety continued to work;

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

4. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense intensively guarded the checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

6. Law and order was properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were reinforced posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, and three car patrols

08/05/2022

During the past day (May 7-8, 2022), the administration and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. A consultative seminar-meeting with those responsible for the formation of curricula from the faculties and departments. In total, the meeting was attended by about 150 participants, who summed up the interim results of the campaign to choose disciplines and prepare for the new school year;

2. A meeting of the Commission on Scientific and Innovative Activities was held, at which the issues of analysis of scientific schools of KPI named after Igor Sikorsky;

3. A working meeting was held on the strategic prospects for the development of the Scientific and Technical Library and its services as part of the educational, scientific and innovative ecosystem of the university;

4. Representatives of KPI  took part in the Online Bar Camp for Ukrainian Higher Education Managers, organized jointly by the University of Münster and the University of Leibniz in Hanover (Germany). The event is designed for managers of science and education. Problems and proposals for the support of scientists who went abroad were discussed;

5. The Faculty of Linguistics held an Open Day online;

6. At the initiative of students and at the request of the volunteer organization “Common Cause” the humanitarian headquarters of the university collected and donated aid to residents of villages around the village of Makarov (food);

7. The management and administration of the Solomyansky district police together with the KPI administration held a meeting to discuss and develop a set of enhanced security measures to ensure law and order at the university in the period from 7 to 9 May;

8. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its life and safety continued to operate;

9. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without any special events. The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

10. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

11. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

12. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols

07/05/2022

During the past day (May 6-7, 2022), the escalation of hostilities along the entire line of contact continued. Bloody fighting continued in the Kharkiv region in Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In the Kharkiv and Izyum directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a counteroffensive. Liberated 5 settlements.

Artillery and missile strikes were inflicted on infrastructure facilities and the housing sector in Kharkiv, Rivne, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia oblasts and other regions of the country. The Ukrainian air defense repulsed them.

Russian troops continued to storm the Azovstal plant, which still has civilians. The defenders of Mariupol are heroically defending themselves.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimetz, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis.
He thanked for the strong support of Ukraine. He addressed the parliament and the people of Iceland. He thanked for the support of Ukraine and offered to expand cooperation in the energy sector. On Infantry Day, he presented awards to the military and members of the families of fallen defenders, who were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine, as well as the first Knights of the Cross of Military Merit, including Holocaust Commander Valery Zaluzhny.

According to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk, another exchange of prisoners took place today. 28 military, 13 civilians, a total of 41 people were returned, including 11 women. Among those released was the rector of the PCU church.

With the participation of the UN and the International Red Cross, the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant continued. UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said more than half a thousand people had been evacuated in the past three days.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. A meeting of the admissions committee of the university was held. The peculiarities of admission to the KPI this year were discussed and the action plan was approved.

2. At the initiative of the Trade Union of Students and a charity Fair was held. Thanks to the consolidation of KPIshniks, it was possible to raise UAH 16,000. for the Armed Forces;

3. Intensified work in the field of career guidance, conducted: the next KPIAbitTalks with student Gamaliy Ivan on the topic “Security of information resources”;

4. As part of career guidance work, meetings were held with representatives of schools (entrants, parents, teachers) in Gorenichi, Chernihiv, and Vinnytsia;

5. HTF Open Day was held;

6. Events commemorating the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War were agreed upon.
The event was attended by representatives of the Solomyansk District State Administration in Kyiv, headed by Iryna Romanovna Chechotka, the university administration, trade union representatives, veterans, teachers, students and guests. Students-volunteers of the KPI Territorial Defense laid baskets of flowers from the University staff to the monument to teachers and students who did not return from the war and to the monument to Kyiv Polytechnicians who died for Ukraine;

7. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its life and safety continued to operate;

8. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

9. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district.

11. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI.

12. Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 35th Corps and the Center for Culture and Arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

13. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work have completed the restoration and repair of electrical poles in the KPI Park along Victory Avenue;

15. Specialists of the chief mechanic’s service performed a preventive inspection of the cold water supply engineering networks of the 14th, 15th, 24th and 29th educational buildings.

06/05/2022

During the past day (May 5-6, 2022), the escalation of hostilities along the entire line of contact continued. Bloody fighting continued in the Kharkiv region in Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In the Kharkiv and Izyum directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a counteroffensive.

Rocket attacks were carried out on infrastructure facilities and the housing sector in Kharkiv, Rivne, Odesa, Mykolaiv regions and other regions of the country. The Ukrainian air defense repulsed them.

Russian troops continued to storm the Azovstal plant, which still has civilians. The defenders of Mariupol are heroically defending themselves.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a video conference with the 43rd President of the United States of America George W. Bush. He thanked the United States and the American people for their help. He spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about expanding military aid to Ukraine. He had a telephone conversation with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He awarded NABU employees who distinguished themselves in the fight against the Russian occupiers

The UN and the Red Cross have sent another rubber convoy to evacuate Azovstal. This was stated by UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths. “Now, the convoy is going to Azovstal, where it should be tomorrow morning. We hope to pick up those who survived this hell and bring them to safety,” he said.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. The positive conclusion of the expert group NAME on accreditation of the educational program “Physics” of the level of the doctor of philosophy is received. Prepared and submitted materials for further consideration by the branch expert council NAME;

2. An online conference was held with the Vice President of the International University Ranking Organization (IREG) Waldemar Sewinski and the management of the Polish PERSPEKTYWY Foundation. The possibility of creating consortia for joint projects “Horizon Europe”, assistance with an expert evaluation of such projects, and participation of Ukrainian students/graduate students in the international conference in Warsaw on June 7-8, 2022 “Woman in Tech Summit” were discussed.

4. In order to provide opportunities for modeling the impact of indicators and results of attestation of free economic zones in terms of their scientific activities, organized work on the preparation of initial data for appropriate testing and analysis on the example of  Igor Sikorsky KPI;

5. A meeting of the Budget Commission was held, at which decisions were made on the criteria for establishing and the amount of incentives for the month of May for University staff and the cost of training for the 2022/2023 academic year for higher education;

6. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its vital activity and safety continued to operate;

7. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

8. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

9. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

10. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

11. Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30th Corps and scientific and technical library, re-inspected roofs and basements;

12. On a regular basis, energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected;

13. Employees of the Department of Economic Work crowned and formed green plantings around the educational buildings of the University;

14. Specialists of the chief mechanic’s service performed a preventive inspection of cold water supply engineering networks of the 9th, 12th, 20th and 21st educational buildings;

15. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Antiviral and sedative drugs were obtained.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

05/05/2022

During the past day (May 4-5, 2022), the escalation of hostilities along the entire line of contact continued. Bloody fighting continued in the Kharkiv region in Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Rocket strikes were carried out on infrastructure facilities and the housing sector in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad regions, and other regions of the country. There are casualties among the civilian population. The Ukrainian air defense repulsed them.

Russian troops continued to storm the Azovstal plant, which still has civilians. The defenders of Mariupol are heroically defending themselves.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi had a telephone conversation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres. He thanked for his efforts to evacuate Ukrainian citizens from Azovstal. He spoke at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit. He noted that the effective response of the world to Russian aggression is the most realistic of the possible safeguards against other wars in the future.

With the support of the UN and the Red Cross, the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol to Zaporizhia continued.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. The team of the Igor Sikorsky KPI Center 4.0 met with the developers of the startup “SMARTZAVOD” on opportunities for cooperation, including participation in international projects, which include the creation of consortiums “DIH-SME” and financing the development of technology 4.0 Industry .;

2. A video meeting was held with the Rector of Poznan Polytechnic Prof. Teofil Yasinovsky on cooperation in the field of project-grant activities, in particular on space issues;

3. With the participation of Igor Sikorsky KPI  submitted a project application “CreaSurf” for consideration of the Horizon Europe program under the competition HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01;

4. Advanced training course for 29 young scientists “International projects: writing, submission, implementation” has been launched. Such courses will increase the effectiveness of international project-grant activities with the participation of young scientists;

5. Complex Agreement on cooperation with EPAM SYSTEMS LLC was executed and signed;

6. Thanks to FMM, 720 liters of milk were received from Halychyna Dairy Company LLC;

7. As part of KPIAbitTalks, Bogdan Zagarulko, a student of FEL, held another career guidance meeting with future entrants on the topic: “Startup, hackathon, robotics – things that changed my life”;

8. A charity futsal tournament was held, which was attended by representatives of the KPI territorial defense teams, Solomyansky district police, and KPI veterans. The victory was won by the team “Veterans of KPI”. The funds raised will go to support the Armed Forces;

9. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its life and safety continued to operate;

10. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

11. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

12. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

13. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, two car patrols;

14. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 35th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum , re-inspected roofs and basements;

15. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

16. Employees of the Department of Economic Work crowned greenery and partially removed dryness in the park area of ​​the University along Victory Avenue;

17. Specialists of the chief mechanic’s service performed a preventive inspection of cold water supply engineering networks of the 1st, 4th and 7th educational buildings;

18. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

 

04/05/2022

 

During the past day (May 3-4, 2022), the escalation of hostilities along the entire line of contact continued. Bloody fighting continued in the Kharkiv region in Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Rocket strikes were carried out on infrastructure facilities and the housing sector of Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Kirovohrad region and other regions of the country. There are casualties among the civilian population. The Ukrainian air defense repulsed them.

Russian troops have stormed the Azovstal plant, which still has civilians. The defenders of Mariupol are heroically defending themselves.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.
The President of Ukraine congratulated the leader of Poland and all the fraternal Polish people on the 231st anniversary of the Constitution of May 3, which is celebrated today. He thanked for the comprehensive support of Ukraine. He addressed the Ukrainian Parliament together with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He thanked the head of the friendly state for his invaluable help. He delivered a speech before the National Assembly of Albania.

According to the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, on May 3, 156 civilians from Mariupol and the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant arrived in Zaporizhia.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. An online meeting of the KPI delegation named after Igor Sikorsky with the leadership of Arizona State University and its newly established branch (American University in Kyiv). The directions of further cooperation and interaction between universities are discussed;

2. A working meeting of the International Collaboration Department and Department for science and innovation was held, at which approaches to the creation of an information system for the support of international project grant applications were discussed, which will increase the efficiency of work in this direction;

3. At the request of the Ministry of Education and Science, information was prepared on the implementation of medium-term priority areas of innovation at the national level in 2021;

4. The Council on educational work was held. The results of the 4th-semester control, peculiarities of the choice of educational programs and procedural issues concerning the registration of mobility are discussed;

5. A socially unifying event was held for staff and students to create a photo zone with origami;

6. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its life and safety continued to operate;

7. A meeting was held with the leadership of the Solomyansky District Police Department, where a set of measures to ensure law and order at the University was discussed and worked out, in connection with the daily increase in the number of KPI visitors;

8. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

9. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

11. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

12. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 32nd educational buildings and the Cultural Center and arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

13. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work continued to repair and restore electrical poles in the University Park along Peremohy Avenue and in the Knowledge Square;

15. Specialists of the Chief Power Engineer’s Service performed a preventive inspection of the electrical networks of the 2nd and 9th educational buildings;

16. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Received painkillers and three first aid kits.

 

03/05/2022

 

During the past day (May 2-3, 2022), the escalation of hostilities along the entire line of contact continued. Bloody fighting continued in the Kharkiv region in Donetsk, Luhansk, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Rocket attacks were carried out on infrastructure facilities and the housing sector in Odessa, Kharkiv, Ochakov, Mykolaiv region, and other regions of the country. There are casualties among the civilian population. The Ukrainian air defense repulsed them. The heroic defense of Mariupol continued.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mr. Eppe Kofod. He noted that Ukraine highly appreciates the support of Denmark, and reminded that his fruitful meeting with the Prime Minister of the country Mette Frederiksen took place recently in Kyiv. They discussed the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. He awarded 438 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He congratulated Muslims on the occasion of Ramadan, which marks the end of fasting and the month of special prayer.

The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol continued.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. An educational program of the level of Doctor of Philosophy in the specialty 134 “Aviation and Rocket and Space Engineering” has been submitted for accreditation;

2. For the Methodology of scientific attestation of universities the description of procedures of the passing of scientific attestation and the role of participants of this process is prepared;

3. The world rating “THE Impact Rankings” has been published.
For the third year in a row Igor Sikorsky KPI confirms his presence in it;

4. At the initiative of students and at the request of the volunteer organization “Common Cause” the humanitarian headquarters of the University collected and donated aid to residents of Borodyanka (hygiene products, toys, things for adults and children);

5. The work of the sports aerobics and football section was resumed;

6. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its life and safety continued to operate;

7. The university administration together with student volunteers visited the shelter for lost pets from the cities of Bucha, Irpin, Gostomel, Vorzel, and Borodyanka, which was deployed by zoo activists on the territory of the KPI. Resolved a number of technical and organizational issues for the maintenance of animals and transferred hygiene products for them, electrical extensions, feed and other necessary materials and tools;

8. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

9. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

11. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

12. Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35th Corps and scientific and technical library, re-inspected roofs and basements;

13. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work continued to carry out landscaping of the University, using the remnants of materials that were purchased in the autumn of last year;

15. Specialists of the Chief Power Engineer’s Service performed a preventive inspection of the electrical networks of the 10th educational building;

16. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

02/05/2022

 

During the past day (May 1-2, 2022), the escalation of hostilities along the entire line of contact continued. Bloody fighting continued in the Kharkiv region in Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Rocket attacks were carried out on infrastructure facilities and the housing sector of Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk region, and other regions of the country. The Ukrainian air defense repulsed them. The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress Nancy Pelosi, who arrived in Belarus on a visit. He thanked the United States and personally Nancy Pelosi for their efforts to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state. He stressed the importance of the address of the President of the United States of America Joseph Biden to the Congress to provide Ukraine with financial assistance in the amount of 33 billion dollars. USA. He awarded Mr. Pelosi the Order of Princess Olga.

According to President Zelensky, more than 100 civilians were evacuated from Azovstal today. The evacuation of people in other parts of the city was postponed to Monday, May 2.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The bypass regime was controlled by campus staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

2. The emergency dispatching station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

3. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

4. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, two car patrols;

5. The operative group of the KPI Security Department visited 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32nd educational buildings and the Center of Culture and arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

6. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

7. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

26/04/2022

 

During the past day (April 25-26, 2022) Ukraine continued to fight for its freedom and sovereignty. Fierce battles took place in the Izyum direction in the area of ​​Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Svyatogorsk. In the Luhansk direction – in the area of ​​Popasna. The city of Kremenchuk hit 9 cruise missiles. Kherson, Mykolayiv, and Kharkiv regions came under artillery fire. The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the Secretary of State of the United States of America Anthony Blinken and the Secretary of Defense of the United States Lloyd Austin, who arrived on a visit to our country. He discussed defense assistance, strengthening sanctions against Russia, financial support for Ukraine and security guarantees.

According to the head of the Luhansk region Serhiy Gaidai, on April 25 73 people were evacuated from the Luhansk region, 12 from Severodonetsk, 38 from Lysychansk, 23 from Popasna. 50 pupils of the Kramatorsk Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation of Children were evacuated to the Swiss Confederation.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. A meeting of the Commission on Scientific and Innovative Activities was held, at which the organizational issues of the analysis of scientific schools of Igor Sikorsky KPI, features of scientific research financed from the state budget, 6 monographs were considered, 4 of which were recommended for the stamp of the Academic Council of the KPI;

2. A memorandum was signed between Igor Sikorsky KPI  and Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. The memorandum will provide new opportunities for university scientists;

3. The order on the order of work of employees of Igor Sikorsky KPI during the legal regime of martial law;

4. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its life and safety continued to operate;

5. In the dormitories of the KPI, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was controlled by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with everything necessary.

6. There was an emergency dispatch station in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

7. There was an accident of the city heating networks of Kyivteploenerho, in connection with which hot water supply was disconnected in dormitories 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Approximate terms of recovery (according to KP “Kyivteploenergo”) – 16:00 26.04.2022.

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

11. Employees of the Department of Economic Work together with student volunteers planted 16 trees (ash, hornbeam, oak) in the park area behind the 18th educational building along Borshchahivska Street;

12. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Antipyretic drugs for children and adults were obtained.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

25/04/2022

 

During the past 24 hours (April 24-25, 2022), Ukraine continued to fight for its freedom for the 60th day in a row. Fighting intensified in the Severodonetsk, Kurakhiv, and Popasnyansk areas. According to Dmytro Lunia, head of the OVA, five missile strikes were fired at infrastructure facilities in the Poltava region. The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi congratulated the Ukrainian people on Easter. He discussed with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan possible guarantees for Ukraine’s security, continued talks with Russia and Turkey’s assistance in evacuating Mariupol, including Azovstal, and ways to immediately exchange blocked troops. In the evening of April 24, a visit to Kyiv and talks with US Secretary of State Zelensky Anthony Blinken and Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin are expected.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. Psychologists of the social service presented to the university at the round table “Challenges of the present for the psychological service of the Free Economic Zone in wartime”. By
the results are planned to hold a series of events to support students and teachers;

2. IAT Open Day was held;

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

4. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

6. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, and two car patrols. Measures to protect public order during the Easter holidays have been strengthened throughout the University;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department inspected a number of educational buildings and the scientific and technical library, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

8. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

9. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

22/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 21-22, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hostilities intensified along the entire line of contact in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions. Donbas became the key direction of Russia’s offensive. Heavy positional battles were fought in the Kharkiv direction near the town of Izyum. Missile strikes were inflicted on the cities of Kharkiv, Mykolayiv, Dnipropetrovsk region. There are human casualties among the civilian population.

The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued. The President of the russian federation refused to storm the Azovstal enterprise, which is surrounded by defenders of the city and which will be blocked in the future.

Russia has renounced a temporary truce during the Easter holidays from April 21 to 24.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain Pedro Sanchez and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, who arrived on a visit to our country. They discussed the possibilities of strengthening military support for Ukraine, rebuilding the country after the victory in the war, and future membership in the European Union. He delivered a speech before the Assembly of the Republic and the Parliament of Portugal. He thanked Ukraine for its support on the path to European integration. He addressed the participants of the special spring session of the World Bank with a proposal to provide financial support to Ukraine. He awarded 202 defenders of the Fatherland, including 194 servicemen of the Armed Forces, 8 – the State Special Service.

According to Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko, on Thursday, April 21, during the evacuation of civilians, Russian troops launched an offensive against the Armed Forces, resulting in the removal of only 80 people instead of the planned 1,000.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. KPI joined the weekly activities of European scientists on the platform of virtual meetings created by the European Commission – DG Research and Innovation, Eklipse, Science for Ukraine and Chance for Science. The main idea of ​​this initiative is to support Ukrainian scientists and researchers, as well as to unite the Ukrainian and European scientific communities;

2. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has made changes to the methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of scientific, scientific, and technical activities of scientific institutions and institutions of higher education in terms of their scientific (scientific and technical) activities;

3. Project applications were prepared on the subject of the creation of helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles for submission to international project grant funds;

4. At the request of schools from different regions of Ukraine, career guidance meetings of presentations with future entrants have been launched. 7 presentations have already been held for schoolchildren of Chyhyryn, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Fastiv;

5. The Faculty of Electronics held an online open day;

6. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

7. There was an accident of the city heating networks of Kyivteploenerho, in connection with which the hot water supply in dormitories 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 were temporarily cut off. Approximate terms of recovery (according to KP “Kyivteploenergo”) – 14:00 22.04.2022;

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. KPI Security Task Force Detachment 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32 -th educational buildings and the center of culture and arts, performed a re-inspection of roofs and basements;

11. Energy supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines were inspected on a regular basis;

12. Employees of the Department of Economic Work, together with student volunteers, representatives of the KPI Territorial Defense, and the Students’ Trade Union, planted more than a hundred new trees (birch, linden, ash, and maple) in the new park along Borshchahivska Street.

13. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Painkillers and antiviral drugs were obtained.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

 

21/04/2022

 

Over the past day (April 20-21, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hostilities intensified along the entire line of contact in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions. Donbas became the key direction of Russia’s offensive. Heavy fighting was fought in the Kharkiv direction. Missile strikes were inflicted on the cities of Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv. There are human casualties among the civilian population.

The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued. President Zelensky proposed exchanging Russian prisoners of war for a humanitarian corridor for people to leave.

The UN Secretary-General called on Russia and Ukraine to organize an Easter humanitarian “silence” from April 21 to 24. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine supported the UN proposal for a four-day truce for Easter.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky received the President of the European Council Charles Michel. Sanctions against Russia, defense and financial support of our state and answers to the questionnaire on compliance with EU criteria were discussed. He awarded 203 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 49 of them posthumously. Five were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, the humanitarian corridor from Mariupol did not work as planned today. Due to the lack of control by the military, there was no proper ceasefire. Attempts to evacuate people from Mariupol will continue tomorrow.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. The first wave of choice of disciplines by bachelor’s students lasted. As of April 20, 2022, about 59% of students have already used the opportunity to choose the desired disciplines from the university-wide catalog;

2. The KPI has joined the Unity Initiative, which is a collaboration between the University of Ukraine and a similar UK peer university. Universities from the USA, Canada and the EU can join this cooperation. To date, 40 British universities, more than 80 US and 50 EU universities have expressed their intention to join the Unity Initiative.

3. Sending to the State Space Agency of Ukraine proposals for cooperation with the Polish Space Agency, which have been developed by the Council of the Space Program of the University;

4. A set of documents for the object of national heritage “Complex of experimental stands for research and testing of space technology products” was prepared and sent to the Ministry of Education and Science for funding in 2022;

5. IPSA open day was held online;

6. The humanitarian headquarters worked actively:
– the purchased film for pasting windows, 2 batteries for KAMAZ and medicines were transferred to Chernihiv Polytechnic;
– 400 liters of milk “Galychyna” were transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by teachers – volunteers of FMM;

7. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, two car patrols;

10. KPI Security Task Force 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32, 35th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, performed a re-inspection of roofs and basements;

11. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

12. Employees of the Department of Economic Work performed hydraulic tests of fire hydrants on the territory of the University;

13. Specialists of the University of Landscaping conducted a partial crowning of greenery around the educational buildings and on Polytechnic Street;

14. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

Mikhail Zgurovsky, [04/20/2022 11:34 PM]
For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

 

20/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 19-20, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hostilities intensified along the entire line of contact in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions. Missile strikes were inflicted on the cities of Kharkiv, Mariupol, and Mykolayiv. Four people were killed and 14 other civilians were injured in Kharkiv. There are civilian casualties in other cities in Ukraine.

The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued. Mariupol plant “Azovstal” “bombed and destroyed almost completely” – Deputy Commander of the Regiment “Azov” Svyatoslav Palamar.

The UN Secretary-General called on Russia and Ukraine to organize an Easter humanitarian “silence” from April 21 to 24.

The leaders of the United States and France, Joseph Biden and Emmanuel Macron, are convening an urgent meeting of world leaders on April 19 over Russia’s large-scale offensive in Donbas.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi discussed with people’s deputies the most important legislative initiatives for the state’s activities during the war. He held talks with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. They agreed to expand aid to Ukraine. He discussed with the President of the European Commission Ursula von Layen ways to speed up the process of Ukraine’s movement toward European integration. He awarded 286 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 229 servicemen of the Marines defending Mariupol.

Humanitarian corridors in Ukraine have not been approved for the third day in a row, but there will be attempts to evacuate people from the Luhansk region even under fire.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. The KPI Library has resumed face-to-face service to readers. Provides the opportunity to exchange books, issue a circular letter, etc. In addition, the library will continue to serve students, faculty, and researchers remotely in full;

2. The famous scientific journal QS Global Education News in its latest issue published an article about the achievements and awards of students of KPI. Igor Sikorsky in international competitions in 2021;

3. Representatives of the University took part in the Interregional Scientific Teleconference “Scientists of Ukraine are united. Together we are stronger “, organized by Cherkasy STU. The event was attended by vice-rectors of seven technical free economic zones of Ukraine, as well as representatives of students and young scientists;

4. As part of the introductory campaign, an online KPIAbit Talks was held with FICT student Sofia Pavlova on the topic “Does a programmer need higher education?”

5. A lecture on “Chemical protection in wartime” was organized and held for 20 representatives of the Territorial Defense of the KPI and members of the Security Department. Important information on types, methods of distribution of chemical weapons, principles of detection of signs of poisoning, treatment and prevention, and protection against chemical weapons of mass impression is discussed;

6. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

7. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

8. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

9. KPI Security Task Force 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 35 educational buildings and the center of culture and arts, performed re-inspection of roofs and basements;

10. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

11. Employees of the Department of Economic Work began to repair and restore electrical poles along the park alley of the University with the replacement of street lamps;

12. They started preparing places for planting a new batch of trees in the park along Borshchahivska Street;

13. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

19/04/2022

 

Over the past day (April 18-19, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hostilities intensified along the entire line of contact in the Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. Missile strikes were inflicted on the Kyiv region and the cities of Kharkiv, Mykolayiv, and Lviv. In Lviv, 7 civilians were killed and 11 wounded, including one child.

The heroic defense of the besieged Mariupol continued. The Ukrainian military rejected the ultimatum to surrender.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi President Volodymyr Zelenskyi handed over a completed questionnaire to the head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine, Matti Maasikas, in order to obtain Ukraine’s EU candidate status. He discussed with the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Croatia the situation in the war zone and in Mariupol, ways to effectively support Ukraine. He held a meeting with government officials to discuss a plan for the country’s postwar reconstruction and development. He awarded 192 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 24 of them posthumously.

According to the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai, as of April 18 in the Luhansk region (currently one of the most dangerous regions of Ukraine) evacuation will be carried out from Popasna, Rubizhne, Mountain community, Severodonetsk, Lysychansk. In these settlements, in case of a ceasefire, “humanitarian corridors” will be opened.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. A campaign has been launched to select students for elective courses from the university-wide catalog for the 2022-2023 academic year. The choice is made using the service my.kpi.ua. The final formation of groups for the study of elective subjects will take place by May 5;

2. In the ranking of universities by citation indicators in Scopus 2022 Igor Sikorsky KPI  improved his position: from 5th place in 2021 rose to 4th place in 2022;

3. Lectures by the Academy of Digital Technologies and Entrepreneurship within the Alliance of Twin Universities of Guangzhou continued. The next lecture is on April 21. Topic: Entrepreneurship in Creative Tourism: Insights for Post-pandemic Re-emergence. To gain access to the following programs (in English), registration is available at https://icd.kpi.ua/?p=11957 ;;

4. In order to provide opportunities for the defense of dissertations for graduate students majoring in 136 “Metallurgy” submitted and registered for accreditation in the NAME accreditation case of the relevant educational program;

5. A meeting was held with the First Deputy Head of the Solomyansky District State Administration in Kyiv, Oleksandr Petrovych Smyk, at which they worked out a plan of work on the improvement of areas located around the University along with Victory Avenue;

6. For students and employees in the premises of the Social Service, the crisis center of civil and military medicine MED.PATRIOT under the guidance of coach Anna Mayboroda, training on home care “I’m learning to save lives”;

7. The processing and publication of the results of monitoring of students on the resumption of the educational process have been completed. As of April 17, 17,481 students were surveyed (94.8% of the full-time contingent). Of these, 17,246 got in touch and chose synchronous, asynchronous, mixed forms of education.

8. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

9. There was an accident of the city heating networks of Kyivteploenerho, in connection with which the hot water supply in dormitories 11, 13, 14, 15, 22 was cut off.
Approximate terms of recovery (according to KP “Kyivteploenergo”) – 14:00 19.04.2022;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

11. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI.

12. Posts of the National Police, Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols worked;

13. KPI Security Task Force Task Force 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 , 30, 32, 35th educational buildings and scientific and technical library, performed re-inspection of roofs and basements;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work repaired and restored electric poles on Polytechnic Street.

15. Landscaping work continues in the newly created park behind the 28th educational building along Borshchahivska Street;

16. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. 1.5 tons of humanitarian aid were received: dairy products and pasta.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

18/04/2022

 

For the past 24 hours (April 17-18, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, active hostilities took place in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. The cities of Kharkiv and Brovary in the Kyiv region were bombed. Five civilians were killed and 15 were injured. The defenders of Mariupol continued their heroic defense. They refused to surrender.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi congratulated the Christians of Ukraine of the Western Rite on the occasion of Easter. He held a meeting with the military and government officials on military action in the Donbas. He stated that Ukraine would not give up Donbas to end the war. He spoke with the Director of the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva about ensuring Ukraine’s financial stability. He awarded 188 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 553 soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine, 64 border guards, 5 policemen, 26 representatives of the State Emergency Service, and six soldiers were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. Congratulated the fire brigade on their professional holiday.

Ukraine has completed a questionnaire to become an EU candidate. Then it’s up to the European Commission – it must confirm that Ukraine meets the criteria for EU membership, – said Deputy Head of the OP Igor Zhovkva.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian authorities have failed to reach an agreement with the Russian military to cease fire for the April 17 evacuation, while asking for corridors to evacuate civilians and wounded servicemen from Mariupol.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. On 5 faculties (IEE, FMM, IHF, FPM, ITS) an open day was held online.

2. A coordination meeting of the units responsible for the organization and implementation of the educational process was held, which summed up the interim results of the resumption of the educational process in a remote format.

3. The introduction of all catalogs of elective courses in the AIS “my.kpi.ua” has been completed, which will allow next week to carry out in this system a campaign of students’ choice of disciplines for the next academic year.

4. A master class called “Holiday Bunny” was held for 17 children who are in the shelters of the University and live in the 21st and 22nd family dormitories and treats with sweets were organized.

5. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who are on the territory of the University around the clock and ensure its livelihood and safety continued to operate.

6. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was controlled by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with everything necessary.

7. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 35th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, re-inspected roofs and basements;

11. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

12. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. The humanitarian headquarters worked. At the request of the dormitories and the food center, food and medicine were handed over to these units.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

17/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 16-17, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, active hostilities took place in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. The cities of Kharkiv and Lysychansk were subjected to large-scale bombing. There are casualties among the civilian population. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has hit seven air targets in the past 24 hours: one plane, one helicopter, three UAVs, and two cruise missiles. The defenders of Mariupol continued their heroic defense.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with servicemen of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection and presented them with state awards. He held a meeting dedicated to the reconstruction of destroyed cities, with energy modernization of housing and providing it to those who need and work for the state. He held talks with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson and with the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Anderson. They discussed ways to help Ukraine and the possibility of unblocking Mariupol. He awarded 186 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 13 – GUR, 2 – SBU, 1 – National Guard.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, 1,499 people were evacuated on April 16, most of them to Zaporizhia Oblast. 1211 people left for Zaporizhia from the captured Pologi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk and Mariupol. 130 people left Mariupol for Zaporizhia. In the Luhansk region, 68 people were deported from Severodonetsk, Kreminna and Rubizhne. Due to the devastating shelling, the evacuation of civilians from Lysychansk was completely thwarted.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. Igor Sikorsky KPI signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), which covers cooperation in education, science, and innovation;

2. A coordination meeting on organizational and documentary support of the participation of higher education and research and teaching staff in academic mobility programs in the legal regime of martial law. Detailed explanations are given on the peculiarities of the procedure for issuing orders and other accompanying documents on academic mobility;

3. A council on housing and social issues was held. 8 applications for placement of students with parents from the occupied territories and combat zones were approved. In total, 15 families of students and 5 families of employees were accommodated during the week;

4. As part of the introductory campaign, an online KPIAbit Talks was held with experts on “How to learn in wartime, overcome anxiety and panic attacks”;

5. Another friendly football match between the University staff and the police took place, which further consolidated and united the people who ensure law and order and life of the KPI;

6. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

7. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, two car patrols;

8. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30th educational buildings and the center culture and arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

9. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

10. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Two military first aid kits and three gas masks were received.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

16/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 15-16, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, active hostilities took place in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk and Kherson regions. Kharkiv and Mykolayiv were subjected to large-scale missile and bomb strikes. There are numerous civilian casualties.

The defenders of Mariupol continued their heroic defense.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with members of the Government and representatives of the Office of the President on topical issues of economic development in the war. He met with the leaders of the state power bloc. The problem of Mariupol and ways of deoccupation of liberated territories were discussed. He awarded 237 defenders of the Fatherland, 34 of them posthumously. The title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to Colonel Kashchenko Vadym Valeriyovych.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, 2,864 people were evacuated on April 15.
2,494 people from Mariupol and Berdyansk. From them: 363 persons – from Mariupol; 2,131 people – residents of cities of the Zaporizhia region (Pologi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk and Melitopol). 370 people were evacuated from the cities of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna, Popasna and the village of Horske in the Luhansk region.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following tasks:

1. A meeting of the working commission to verify the implementation of the collective agreement of the KPI was held, which discussed the stages of implementation and holding of conferences of labor collectives under the legal regime of martial law. The Commission proposes to combine the next conference of the KPI staff with a session of the teaching staff of the university and to hold it in August-September 2022;

2. A meeting of the KPI Space Program Council was held to discuss the implementation of current and future space projects;

3. A meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Vice-Rectors for Scientific Work was held, at which the text of the appeal to public authorities regarding the problems of innovative development of Ukraine’s economy was supported.

4. KPI took part in a meeting of the consulting company Cormack Consultancy Group with the support of the University of Great Britain on establishing partnerships between universities in Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and the EU.

5. Representatives of the University together with students visited the cities of Irpin, Vorzel and Bucha. Medicines and foodstuffs were handed over to the inhabitants of these cities;

7. A coordination meeting on the participation of applicants for higher education and research and teaching staff in academic mobility programs under the legal regime of martial law was held.

8. A council on housing and social issues was held. 8 applications for placement of students with parents from the occupied territories and combat zones were approved. In total, 15 families of students and 5 families of employees were accommodated during the week;

9. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university and provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

10. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

11. KPI Security Department Task Force Detours 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 31 , 32nd educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, performed a re-inspection of roofs and basements;

12. Inspection of energy and heat supply, warning systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines was carried out on a regular basis;

13. Employees of the Department of Economic Work completed the planning of the territory before applying the fertile soil in the new park along Borshchahivska Street behind the 28th educational building. Aeration and scarification of the lawn in front of the first building were performed.

14. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

14/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 13-14, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the escalation of hostilities in the South and East of Ukraine has intensified.

Infrastructure objects and residential areas of Kharkiv, Myrhorod, Chudniv in the Chernihiv region, and other cities of Ukraine were bombed.

The defenders of Mariupol continued their heroic defense.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Latvia Egils Levits, President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda and President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis, who are visiting Belarus. He held talks with US President Joseph Biden. He appealed to the Parliament and the people of Estonia. He discussed the next package of financial and defense assistance to Ukraine. He awarded 270 defenders of the Fatherland, 7 of them posthumously, and 2 were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

As of April 13, no humanitarian corridors had been agreed to evacuate civilians from dangerous areas. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Based on the results of the accreditation examination of the educational program of the third level of higher education in specialty 186 “Publishing and Printing” published and published a positive report of the expert group with a recommendation to accredit the educational program for 5 years. KPI prepared and submitted the materials of the accreditation case for further consideration by the branch expert council;

2. Foreign students actively use the opportunities to study at the university. From April 4, 2022, 76.2% of bachelors (372 out of 488) and 80% of masters (48 out of 60) from among foreign citizens started studying;

3. An appeal was sent to the Presidium of the Council of Vice-Rectors for Scientific Work of the Free Economic Zone of Ukraine with a request to prevent a reduction in funding for research work of the university from the state budget;

4. The search for partners in the field of international project-grant activities continued. In particular, the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering was consulted. An analysis of existing foreign publications on the topic of the project is carried out in order to identify potentially interested research groups;

5. Educational subdivisions carried out work on preparation for the final attestation (proposals on the composition of examination commissions and the schedule of their work were formed);

6. Proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters were provided, medicines and food were supplied, and other household problems were solved;

7. During the last two days, the public organization of zoo-defenders has arranged a shelter for evacuated pets from the cities of Gostomel, Bucha, Irpen, Vorzel and Borodyanka on the territory of the University. Through information resources, today two cats and one dog found their owners, who were forced to evacuate from the above cities;

8. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

9. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was controlled by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with everything necessary.

10. There was an accident of the cold water supply system of the 5th dormitory. Currently, the economic services of the University are working to eliminate it. The dormitory is supplied with water from the reserve cold water supply engineering line of the campus.

11. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the strengthening of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

12. Law and order was properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;
13. The placement of students with parents from eastern Ukraine and staff who lost their homes as a result of hostilities continued. Today there are 4 families;

14. The scholarship commission of the university on the issues of awarding academic scholarships to graduate students was held;

15. A tour of part of the dormitories was conducted in order to communicate with students, determine their needs, conditions of study and living;

16. Employees of the Department of Economic Work began to repair and restore benches in the park area and on Polytechnic Street.

17. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. Received humanitarian aid: antiviral drugs, sedatives and painkillers.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

13/04/2022

 

Over the past day (April 12-13, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the escalation of hostilities in the South and East of Ukraine has increased.

Infrastructure objects and housing estates in Kharkiv, Derhachi, and Pyatihatky in the Kharkiv region were bombed.

The defenders of Mariupol continued their heroic defense.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Lithuanian Parliament. He thanked Ukraine for its help. He held talks with Austrian Chancellor Karl Negammer. He signed a decree on awarding 419 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 72 of them are posthumous. He also awarded 30 servicemen of the GUR of Ukraine with state awards. Lieutenant Colonel Dmytro Mykolayovych (posthumously) was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).

According to Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk, 2,671 people were evacuated on April 12. 2,343 people traveled from Mariupol and Berdyansk by their own transport to Zaporizhia. 208 of them are from Mariupol; 2135 – are residents of cities of the Zaporizhia region (Pologi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk, and Melitopol).

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. A regular meeting of the Ministry of Education and Science with the heads of the Free Economic Zone was held, where issues of organization of the introductory campaign, functioning of EDEBO, current problems of resuming the educational process, labor relations with teachers who can not perform their duties were raised;

2. Monitoring of the preparation for the final attestation, units that decided to change the form of attestation (exam programs, etc.) were monitored;

3. Meetings of branch expert councils took place, which considered 4 educational programs of KPI level of doctors of philosophy in specialties: 151 Automation and computer-integrated technologies, 161 “Chemical technology and engineering”, 032 “History” and bachelor’s degree educational program “Medical engineering “. Industry expert councils recommended KPI educational programs for approval by the board with 5-year accreditation;

4. At the initiative of the trade union of students, the university formed and transferred to the Armed Forces food products;

5. A council on housing and social issues was held. 10 applications for placement of students with parents from Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts, and families of employees who lost their housing were approved;

6. As part of the introductory campaign, an online meeting of KPIAbittalks students with students was held on the topic “Conversations with students”;

7. Proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

8. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

9. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

10. Emergency repair works of Kyivteploenerho heating networks were performed and the hot water supply in dormitories 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22 was restored;

11. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the strengthening of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

12. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, two car patrols;

13. Employees of the Department of Economic Work prepared and handed over firewood for the needs of KPI territorial defense and continued to replace street lighting lamps along the park alley and in the park area, together with student volunteers continued to clean the park area along Borshchahivska Street.

14. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University. They also received two bulletproof vests and bandages.

11/04/2022

 

Over the past day (April 10-11, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the escalation of hostilities in the South and East of Ukraine has increased. Attempts to break through Russian troops in the direction of Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region and near the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region were repulsed. The defenders of Mariupol continue their heroic defense.

The number and intensity of artillery shelling of infrastructure facilities and dormitories of Kharkiv, Mykolayiv, and Dnipro have increased.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz ways to help Ukraine, and gave an interview to the Associated Press. In particular, he stressed that thanks to Ukrainian defenders in the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region, Ukraine today holds a strong position in the east and has a more confident position in negotiations with the Russian Federation. The President held a conference call on the logistics of the security and defense forces and their readiness to carry out current combat missions. He signed a decree on awarding 18 defenders of the Fatherland.

As of April 10, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon in Ukraine to evacuate people from settlements affected by the fighting in Zaporizhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk oblasts.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. A master class called “Spring Tree” was held for 15 children who are in the shelters of the University and live in the 21st and 22nd family dormitories. After the work, the children were treated to sweets.

2. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The bypass regime was controlled by staff and volunteer students, and dormitories were provided with all the necessary facilities.

4. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the strengthening of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

6. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

7. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 35 educational buildings and the Scientific and Technical Library, re-inspected roofs and basements;

8. Inspection of energy and heat supply, warning systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines was carried out on a regular basis;

9. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, and to help their colleagues.

08/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 7-8, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the tense situation persisted in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Kharkiv region, and southern Ukraine. The Russian army launched missile strikes on defense facilities, logistics infrastructure, and residential areas of Kharkiv and other cities in eastern Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the parliaments and peoples of Greece and Cyprus. He suggested ways to help Ukraine. He noted that together with the people of Kyiv, diplomatic missions of other countries began to return to the capital: the embassies of Slovenia and Turkey, the ambassador of Lithuania. He signed decrees awarding 344 defenders of the Fatherland, 5 of them were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, as of April 7, 4,676 civilians had been evacuated. 3,256 people traveled from Mariupol and Berdyansk to Zaporizhia. 1205 of them are from Mariupol. 2050 people arrived from the cities of the Zaporizhia region: Pologi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk, and Melitopol. Today a convoy of 9 evacuation buses will arrive in Melitopol. Humanitarian aid will also be delivered by bus.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. At the regular meeting of the Methodical Council of the KPI on April 7, 2022, a decision was made on the possibility of choosing the models of final certification in the form of bachelor’s thesis defense or passing the certification exam of students’ choice. Procedures for recognizing the results of non-formal / informal education during the martial law regime, procedures, and opportunities for students to choose disciplines for the 2022/2023 academic year have been simplified. New certificate programs and syllabi of general university disciplines were approved, and recommendations on printing educational publications were given.

2. An online open day of the IMZ was held. Similar measures are being prepared in other units;

3. Monitoring of students has started. As of April 7, the monitoring covered 17,241 people (95% of the contingent). The results are being processed and will be published soon.

4. Work continued on applications from students and parents from Donetsk and Luhansk regions for their placement in KPI dormitories;

5. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

6. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The crossing regime was controlled by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with everything necessary. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock, and, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

7. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the re-equipment of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

8. Specialized military medics conducted theoretical and practical classes on emergency first aid for 20 representatives of the territorial defense of the University and employees of the Department of Security;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed the 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 27th, 27th, 30th Corps and the Center for Culture and Arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

11. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

12. Employees of the Department of Economic Work continued the work begun in the autumn period, to create a new park along Borshchahivska Street behind the 28th educational building.
Remains of materials purchased in the pre-war period were used;

13. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund actively worked to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University;

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

07/04/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (April 6-7, 2022), according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and Kharkiv regions remained tense. The Russian army has used missile weapons on defense facilities, logistics infrastructure, and residential areas of cities.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Parliament and the people of Ireland. He was assured that this country would support Ukraine’s accelerated accession to the EU. He met with members of the Cabinet. He discussed ways to restore the economy. He appealed to Ukrainians to return to normal life in the liberated and safe areas of the country and to perform their work on the ground. He signed a decree awarding 160 defenders of the Fatherland.

On April 6, 4,892 people were evacuated from dangerous settlements of Ukraine, said Deputy Prime Minister – Minister Iryna Vereshchuk. 3,686 people from Mariupol and Berdyansk. 1,171 of them are from Mariupol and 2,515 people from the cities of Polohy, Vasylivka, Berdyansk, Melitopol, and Huliaipole. 1206 people were evacuated from the cities of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna, and the village of Horske.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Intensified work in the direction of career guidance. Open days were held at IAT, FEA. Other meetings are being prepared .;

2. Provision of the student nutrition center with food and everything necessary has been organized. Received and transferred to the dormitories humanitarian aid from LLC “MK” Gallicna “(dairy products);

3. The council of the labor collective on housing and social issues was held. Teachers who have lost their homes and students who live in the area of ​​active hostilities and need temporary accommodation of their families in dormitories (with the consent of the residents of the rooms) will be provided with places in the dormitories of KPI;

4. In order to support lifelong learning, students of the ITS Design Bureau provided Internet connection to shelters on campus. Work has already been done in 21, 4, 16 dormitories;

5. There was a constant informing and consulting of students and teachers on issues of education, living with the use of bots on campus, DNVR, other resources;

6. KPI students and researchers abroad were assisted in their temporary involvement in the educational process in foreign free economic zones within the framework of academic mobility programs;

7. Representatives of the territorial defense of the University and the chairman of the KPI students’ trade union together with law enforcement officers took away and distributed humanitarian aid (medicines, food, and animal feed) to residents who did not leave Bucha, Irpin, and Gostomel;

8. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure the life and safety of the university continued to operate;

9. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the re-equipment of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

11. Specialized military instructors conducted practical classes on tactical and fire training for 25 representatives of territorial defense and employees of the Department of Security of the University;

12. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

13. KPI Security Task Force  1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 35 -th educational buildings and the Center of Culture and Arts, performed a re-inspection of roofs and basements;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work cleared the soil, planned the territory, and sowed grass along the KPI Walk of Fame;
15. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the University;

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, and to help their colleagues.

06/04/2022

 

For the past 24hrs (April 5-6, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been defending along the entire front line. On the 41st day of the war, Russian troops continue to retreat to the eastern regions of Ukraine and at the same time launched targeted missile strikes throughout the country. The most difficult situation persisted in the Kharkiv direction and in the Donbas. Mariupol is under siege in a state of deep humanitarian crisis.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a meeting of the UN Security Council. He suggested holding a global conference in Kyiv on the new role of the UN in the world law and order system. He appealed to the Parliament and the people of Spain. He held talks with French President Macron. He stressed that Kyiv is now the capital of global democracy and the struggle for freedom. He gave interviews with leading Ukrainian journalists. He touched upon the tragedy in Bucha and other cities of Ukraine liberated after the occupation. In the Marin Hall, he awarded the Star of the Hero to the Defenders of Ukraine, some of them posthumously.

On Tuesday, April 5, there were 7 humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, Berdyansk, and Mangush, accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross. 3846 people were evacuated.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. A council of the labor collective on housing and social issues was held. A positive decision was made at the request of students living in the area of ​​active hostilities and in need of temporary accommodation for their families in dormitories (with the consent of the residents of the rooms);

2. A working meeting on the organization of the educational process with representatives of FIOT, its administration, heads of departments, and students;

3. The order of the social scholarship for April is made;

4. Together with DOOP for students and teachers prepared and systematized information on the organization of the educational process during martial law;

5. Proper conditions for people to stay in the shelters of the KPI were provided, medicines and food were supplied, and other household problems were solved;

6. Iryna Romanivna Chechotka, Head of the Solomianska District State Administration in Kyiv, and Oleksandr Petrovych Smyk, First Deputy Head, visited the University again and praised the state of law and order and livelihoods in the KPI;

7. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

8. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer students, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

9. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and repairs;

10. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the re-equipment of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

11. Specialized military medics conducted theoretical and practical classes for 50 representatives of the territorial defense of the University and employees of the Department of Security to provide emergency first aid;

12. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

12. Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 35th Corps, and the Center for Culture and Arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

13. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

14. Employees of the Department of Economic Work began to carry out spring works on the landscaping of the University, in particular, the Polytechnic Street, the park alley, and the alley of monuments were cleaned;

15. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university. Received regular humanitarian aid for the University (baby food);

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, and to help their colleagues.

05/04/2022

 

For the past 24hrs (April 4-5, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine have maintained defense along the entire front line. Heavy fighting continued in the Donbas, southern Ukraine, and the Kharkiv region. During the last two virgins rocket blows were struck across Nikolaev. 10 civilians were killed and 46 wounded.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited the cities of Stoyanka, Irpin, and Bucha in the Kyiv region, where mass killings of civilians took place during the occupation. The head of state spoke with international and Ukrainian journalists who came to document Russia’s war crimes. He discussed the crimes with European Commission President Ursula von der Lain, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and Austrian Chancellor Karl Negammer. He addressed the Romanian Parliament.

According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk, 3,376 people were evacuated on April 4. To date, 2,405 people have traveled to Zaporizhia by humanitarian transport from Mariupil and Berdyansk. 1,553 of them are from Mariupil. Also 805 people arrived from the cities of the Zaporizhzhia region: Pologi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk, Melitopol.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. The war-interrupted educational process began. A package of methodological documents on the organization of training during martial law has been developed. About 12,000 students registered to study. The rest of the students will be able to continue their studies according to a flexible scheme after they have sufficient conditions.

2. Proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

3. Two students who are in shelters and live in dormitories of the University were provided with free medical consultation in a military hospital with which a cooperation agreement is in force;

4. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

5. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

6. There was an emergency dispatch station on the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

7. In connection with the accident of the heating networks of Kyivteploenerho, the hot water supply was disconnected in dormitories 11, 13, 14, 15, 22. Approximate terms of recovery (according to KP “Kyivteploenergo”) – 12:00 05.04.2022.

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the re-equipment of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;
9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, re-inspected roofs and basements;

11. Energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were inspected on a regular basis;

12. Employees of the Department of Economic Work performed one emergency repair of the water supply system in the 1st educational building of the University and started replacing street lighting lamps in the park alley;

13. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

Received regular humanitarian aid for the University (antibiotics, sedatives, antivirals, painkillers, elastic bandages);

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, and to help their colleagues.

04/04/2022

 

For the past 24hrs (April 3-4, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been defending the entire front line. Heavy fighting continued in the Donbas, southern Ukraine, and the Kharkiv region. Missile strikes were inflicted on Odesa, Vasylkiv in the Kyiv region, and Mykolayiv. In Nikolaev 1 person was lost, and 11 were hospitalized with injuries, in particular the 15-year-old teenager with injuries of average severity.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi made a special address on the genocide of civilians in Bucha. He visited the wounded border guards at the Main Military Medical Clinical Center. He talked to the head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Serhiy Deynek and the management of the clinical center. The President presented state awards to eight border guards. They were wounded in battles for Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Gostomel, as well as in clashes with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk, 2,694 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors on April 3. 469 Mariupol residents arrived in Zaporizhia from Mariupol and Berdyansk by their own vehicles. We also managed to pass the checkpoints of the bus convoy, which has been held at the checkpoints since yesterday. This is more than 350 people from Mariupol and Berdyansk. Seven buses accompanied by a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived in Mangush. 1,467 people were evacuated from the cities of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, and Kreminna in the Luhansk region.

The KPI trade union organization collected and transferred over UAH 1 million to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University express their deep gratitude to all students and staff who joined in providing assistance to the Ukrainian army and the university union for organizing this important cause.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

2. For 22 children who are in the shelters of the University and live in the 21st and 22nd family dormitories, master classes were held on making greeting cards for our defenders of the Armed Forces. After the work, the children were treated to sweets.

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

4. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the re-equipment of protective structures on the recommendations of police officers, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

6. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 35th educational buildings and the Center of Culture and Arts, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

8. Inspection of energy and heat supply, warning systems, communication, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines was carried out on a regular basis;

9. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university;

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

31/03/2022

 

For the past 24hrs (March 30-31, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been defending along the entire front line. The Russian military launched a missile strike on the Dnieper. Phosphorus shells were used in the town of Marinka in the Donetsk region. There was no mass withdrawal of troops from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with the Presidents of the United States and Egypt, the Crown Prince of the UAE, and addressed the Norwegian Parliament. The main topic of diplomatic talks was assistance to Ukraine.

During the day on March 30, 1530 people were evacuated from the battlefields, including 812 Mariupol residents and 718 residents of the Zaporizhia region. These are residents of Berdyansk, Melitopol, Pologi, Orikhiv, Huliaipil, Vasylivka, and Energodar.

According to the Kyiv City State Administration, the night of March 30 in Kyiv was relatively calm – to the sound of sirens and the cannonade of suburban fighting. The grocery store was shelled.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions for people to stay in the shelters of the KPI were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

2. Inspectors of the State Emergency Service of Solomyanskyi district carried out a preventive inspection of fire hydrants on the territory of the University;

3. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

4. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

5. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

6. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

7. Specialized military medics conducted the second part of theoretical and practical classes on emergency first aid for representatives of the territorial defense of the University;

8. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

9. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, performed re-inspection of roofs and basements;

10. Employees of the Department of Economic Work together with Kyivteploenergo specialists performed a regular inspection of heating networks, valves, and meters in connection with the end of the heating season;

11. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university. Received regular humanitarian aid for the University (antibiotics, sedatives, antivirals, vitamins, fever medications);

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

30/03/2022

 

For the past 24hrs (March 29-30, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine have maintained defense along the entire front line. The aggressor inflicted a rocket-bomb blow on Nikolaev. 8 civilians were killed.

The delegations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation held talks in Istanbul on an agreement on the cessation of hostilities. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the withdrawal of Russian troops in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions has begun in connection with the alleged progress in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

The civilian population was evacuated from the occupied territories. 139 cars and buses with people left Energodar for Zaporizhia. Another 34 buses are going to Mariupol to evacuate civilians. Yesterday 880 Mariupol residents were deported.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions for people to stay in the shelters of the KPI were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

2. A system of cooperation between the university and the military hospital has been established. One person in a shelter on the territory of the KPI was provided with free medical care;

3. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

4. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

5. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

6. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

7. Theoretical and practical classes on providing emergency first aid for representatives of the territorial defense of the University were conducted by specialized military medics;

8. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

9. The Task Force of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 35th educational buildings and scientifically -technical library, re-inspected roofs and basements;

10. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

11. Employees of the Department of Economic Work after strong gusts of wind inspected and, if necessary, repaired the roofs of the educational buildings of the University;

12. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university;

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

29/03/2022

 

Over the past 24 hours (March 28-29, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine maintained their defenses along the entire front line, did not cede territory, but there was still a significant risk of airstrikes.

The tragedy of Mariupol deepened. The Ukrainian military, being surrounded, courageously defended the city and its citizens.

The situation in Kyiv and the region was under control. In some areas of the city and its environs, the lights were temporarily turned off, but after repairs, power was restored.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. The Administrative Council of the University has decided on the system of remuneration of KPI employees during martial law and on the peculiarities of returning to the educational process from April 4, 2022;

2. Proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

3. One person who is in shelters on the territory of the University was provided with a free medical consultation at a military hospital with which a cooperation agreement is in force;

4. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

5. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, and the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteer forces. The dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

6. In accordance with the order of the Kyiv City State Administration, the cessation of heat supply to dormitories has begun due to the end of the heating season.

7. The emergency dispatch station worked round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of dormitories.

8. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

9. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30th educational buildings and the Center of Culture and Arts, performed a second inspection of roofs and basements;

11. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

12. Employees of the Department of Economic Work harvested and brought firewood to the posts for heating at night, representatives of the territorial defense of the University, who are on duty on campus;

13. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university. Received 350 kg of regular humanitarian aid for the University (pasta, canned food, milk, cookies, pate, vegetables and fruits and hygiene products);

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

28/03/2022

 

Over the past day (March 27-28, 2022), Ukraine continued to resist along the entire line of defense.

Unfortunately, the martyrology of Kyiv Polytechnics, who died for the freedom and independence of the Motherland, has grown.
A fourth-year student died –  Alexander Antonyuk. Earlier it was reported about the death of a first-year student – Dmytro Arsenovych and MMI graduate, Department of Machine Tool Design, ATO Hero –  Volodymyr Kovalsky. Eternal memory to the Heroes! 

The tragedy of Mariupol continues. The Ukrainian military, being surrounded, continues to courageously defend the city and its citizens. President Zelensky allowed them to leave the city, but they refused.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions for people to stay in the shelters of the KPI were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

2. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities. The emergency dispatch station worked around the clock on the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of the dormitories.

4. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in the Solomyansky district;

5. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

6. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, performed re-inspection of roofs and basements;

7. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

8. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

27/03/2022

 

Over the past day (March 26-27, 2022), Ukraine continued to resist along the entire line of defense.

The town of Slavutych was temporarily lost, and the town of Trostyanets in the Sumy Region was liberated. Two missile and bomb attacks were carried out on critical infrastructure facilities in Lviv. Five people were injured. Bloody street fights continued in Mariupol. 300 people died under the rubble of the city’s drama theater.

US President Joe Biden met in Warsaw with Ukrainian refugees and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov. The US President has promised more assistance to Ukraine.

On March 26, 10 humanitarian corridors were opened. A total of 5,208 people were evacuated during the day. Due to roadblocks, Mariupol residents were unable to leave the city by private transport.

The situation in the Kyiv region and the city of Kyiv did not change and was under control.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions for people to stay in the shelters of the KPI were provided, medicines and food supplies were provided, and other household problems were solved;

2. A friendly football match took place between the staff of the University and the police of Solomyansky district, which further united the people who ensure law and order and life of the KPI;

3. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

4. In KPI dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events.
During the air raid, residents were in shelters, the crossing regime was monitored by staff and student volunteers, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities. The emergency dispatch station worked around the clock on the campus, which, if necessary, performed preventive measures and promptly repaired the engineering networks of the dormitories.

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

6. There was a second meeting of students-volunteers and representatives of the territorial defense of KPI with law enforcement officers, which discussed the issue of creating a voluntary formation of the territorial community at the University;

7. Law and order was properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

8. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 35th educational buildings and the scientific and technical library, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

9. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

10. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university. Received regular humanitarian aid for the University (painkillers, antivirals, vitamins, drugs for fever);

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

26/03/2022

 

Over the past day (March 25-26, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its position along the entire line of defense. The Armed Forces of Ukraine regained control of part of Kherson.

The population was evacuated along 3 humanitarian corridors. Namely, residents were deported from the settlements of Velyka Dymerka, Bohdanivka, and Bervytsia. 9 buses and 43 own cars arrived at the destination. A total of 509 people were evacuated along all routes, including 44 children.

In the vicinity of the city of Kyiv there was a positional struggle on the part of Gostomel, Bucha, Vorzel, Irpin. The last day in Kyiv was relatively calm. After the curfew, the city lived in wartime: the city’s infrastructure worked: utilities, transport, doctors, and rescuers. Citizens were provided with all utilities.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions were provided for people to stay in KPI shelters, supply of medicines, food, and other household problems;

2. Iryna Romanivna Chechotko, Head of the Solomianska District State Administration in Kyiv, and Oleksandr Petrovych Smyk, First Deputy Head, visited the University and praised the state of law and order at the University;

3. Two persons staying in shelters on the territory of the University were provided with free medical consultation at a military hospital with which a cooperation agreement is in force;

4. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

5. In dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students were in shelters during the air raid, and the crossing was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents. The dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

6. The emergency dispatch station works round the clock in the campus, which, if necessary, promptly repairs the engineering networks of dormitories.

7. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

8. A meeting of students-volunteers and representatives of territorial defense of KPI with employees of law enforcement agencies was held, where they discussed issues of tactical law and order on the territory of the University and agreed to conduct practical classes on first aid in martial law;

9. Law and order was properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

10. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30th educational buildings and the center culture and arts, re-inspected roofs and basements;

11. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

12. Received 300 kg. humanitarian aid for the University (rice, pasta, oil, meat, canned food, milk, cookies, pate, sausages and hygiene products) and hot cooked lunches for 60 people;

13. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

25/03/2022

 

Over the past day (March 24-25, 2022) Ukraine continued to maintain its position along the entire line of defense

Important international events related to the war in Ukraine took place: the NATO summit, the G7 summit, the EU summit.

NATO members say Ukraine has a fundamental right to self-defense, so they will step up their support and continue to provide further political and practical support to Ukraine.

Leaders of the G7 (https://nv.ua/ukr/world/geopolitics/viyna-rosiji-proti-ukrajini-zelenskiy-zaklikav-krajini-g7-posiliti-sankciji-ostanni-novini-50228062.html) condemned Russia’s full-scale invasion to Ukraine and warned the aggressor country against the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

European Union leaders and US President Joe Biden reaffirmed their unity in supporting Ukraine in the war and held a “political discussion” on new sanctions against Russia.

The first full-fledged exchange of prisoners of war during the full-scale war took place between Ukraine and Russia. Ten servicemen of the Armed Forces and 19 civilians were exchanged for the same number of captured Russian prisoners.

103 civilians were evacuated from seven humanitarian corridors from four hotspots in the Donetsk region;

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions were provided for people to stay in KPI shelters, supply of medicines, food, and other household problems;

2. One person who is in shelters on the territory of the University was provided with free medical consultation in a military hospital with which there is an agreement on cooperation;

3. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

4. In dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students were in shelters during the air raid, and the crossing was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents. The dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

6. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department together with the police carried out a tour of 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 35th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, re-inspected roofs and basements;

8. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

9. Employees of the Department of Economic Work organized and performed the replacement of lighting lamps in all basements of the University;

10. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

24/03/2022

Over the past day (March 23-24, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its position along the entire line of defense.

President Zelensky addressed the Parliament of Japan and the French National Assembly with gratitude for the consolidation of these countries with Ukraine and with proposals for further joint efforts in the struggle for the values ​​of freedom, democracy, and justice.

The evacuation of civilians from dangerous areas continued. Of the nine humanitarian corridors, 7 were activated. A total of 4,554 people were evacuated. From Mariupol – 2912, from the city of Gulyaypole in Donetsk region – 51, from dangerous areas of Kyiv region 918 were evacuated, from Luhansk region – 769.

Tense clashes continued in the suburbs of Kyiv in the direction of Gostomel, Irpin, Vorzel, Bucha.
Sviatoshynskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kyiv were shelled by artillery, as a result of which houses were damaged and civilians were injured. The parking lot of the shopping center in the Podilskyi district was fired upon. One person died and two were hospitalized. A group of saboteurs was detained during the curfew.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Appropriate conditions were provided for people to stay in KPI shelters, supply of medicines, food, and other household problems;

2. At the end of the curfew, the work of the nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university was resumed;

3. In the dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Preventive repairs of the heat supply system in the 22nd dormitory were carried out. Students were in shelters during the air raid, and the crossing was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents. The dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

4. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

5. Another employee of the University joined the territorial defense of the KPI. In total, 12 employees of the University voluntarily help the territorial defense to ensure law and order on the campus;

6. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

7. During a morning patrol, at about 11 a.m., a member of a sabotage and reconnaissance group was detained at the University to gather information on the location of checkpoints in the Solomyansky district of the capital;

8. The KPI Security Department Task Force, together with the police, patrolled 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30 educational buildings and the center of culture and arts, performed re-inspection of roofs and basements;

9. At the end of almost two days of curfew, on the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

10. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

22-23/03/2022

Over the past day (March 22-23, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its position along the entire line of defense.

Ukraine’s international support remained. The European Union unanimously voted in favor of Ukraine’s accession to the common language space. The Ukrainian language will receive qualitatively new protection and in the future will become the EU language along with English, French, and others.

The authoritative international publication Politico named President Zelensky the most influential man in Europe. “Importantly, regular videos on social media and videos in the parliaments of many countries have helped change the nature of the debate in European capitals, leading to changes in the policies of their governments that were unthinkable a few months ago,” the paper said.

More than 7,000 civilians from Mariupol were rescued. More than 1.1 thousand people were evacuated from the city of Berdyansk. Almost 6,000 residents reached Zaporizhia by their own vehicles. Humanitarian aid in the form of food and medicine was brought to Berdyansk.

Fierce battles took place in the vicinity of Kyiv, during which the Armed Forces began to gain an operational and tactical advantage. As a result of enemy shelling, a truck and two buildings were set on fire in the Obolon district of the capital. Human casualties are being clarified.

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Proper conditions for people to stay in KPI shelters were provided, medicines and food were supplied, and other household problems were solved;

2. During the curfew, the work of the nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university was suspended. Daily rations from the humanitarian aid provided to the University were organized and distributed to the above-mentioned persons;

3. In the dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students were in shelters during the air raid, the crossing regime was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

4. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

5. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the university. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

6. The operative group of the KPI Security Department together with the police carried out a tour of the 1st, 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st buildings, and the State Polytechnic Museum, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

7. During the curfew, round the clock, remotely supervised the operation of energy and heat supply, alarm, communication, and utilities;

8. Employees of the Department of Economic Work together with police officers organized the transportation to the workplace of specialists of the Department of Economics and Finance and the Personnel Department to accrue scholarships for students and salaries of University staff;

9. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

22/03/2022

Over the past day (March 21-22, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its position along the entire line of defense.

On Monday, March 21, 7 out of 8 agreed humanitarian corridors worked. A total of 8,057 people were evacuated. 3007 civilians were released from Mariupol. In the Kyiv region, more than 4,370 people were evacuated from the village of Velyka Dymerka. 380 people were evacuated from Bucha and Vorzel, and humanitarian aid in the form of food, medicine, and clothing was delivered.

The Zhytomyr region was shelled from (https://zaxid.net/rosiyani_obstrilyali_zhitomirsku_oblast_iz_gradiv_ye_zagibli_n1539073) “Gradiv”. A military range in the Rivne region was hit by a missile strike (https://zaxid.net/rosiyani_zavdali_raketnogo_udaru_po_viyskovomu_poligonu_na_rivnenshhini_n1539042). A large number of missiles (https://zaxid.net/z_boku_sumshhini_vglib_ukrayini_zaletila_velika_kilkist_rosiyskih_litakiv_n1539034) were launched into the interior of Ukraine from the Sumy region. Ammonia leaked at the Sumykhimprom plant due to shelling (https://zaxid.net/na_sumskomu_zavodi_firtasha_stavsya_vitik_amiaku_n1539038) The total number of human victims is being clarified.

Kyiv was shelled. The wreckage of the missiles hit (https://zaxid.net/chetvero_lyudey_zaginuli_vid_raketnogo_obstrilu_podilskogo_rayonu_kiyeva_n1539037) in the Retroville shopping center. Eight people died. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, the curfew will be intensified in Kyiv and the region from 20:00 on March 21 to 07:00 on March 23. It is forbidden to move around the city without special passes;

The Rectorate and the Operational Headquarters of the University focused their efforts on solving the following problems:

1. At the meeting of the Rector’s Office on February 21, 2022, the issue of resuming the educational process from April 1 this year remotely was considered. A survey of teachers and applicants for higher education is conducted on the readiness of the former to teach and the desire and ability of students to return to study, as well as on the conditions of its conduct. As of the morning of March 22, more than 90% of teachers and more than 60% of students expressed a desire and opportunity to continue the educational process. 11868 students (50%) from the whole contingent took part in the survey. The poll continues.

2. Appropriate conditions were provided for people to stay in the shelters of the KPI in terms of supply of medicines, food, other household problems were solved;

3. Two persons who are in shelters on the territory of the university were provided with free medical consultation in a military hospital with which there is an agreement on cooperation;

4. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

5. In dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students were in shelters during the air raid, the crossing regime was monitored, dormitories were provided with everything necessary;

6. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

7. The territorial defense of the University was joined by 11 employees of the KPI, who are on increased duty together with the duty of the Department of Security at stationary posts .;

8. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the KPI. There were posts of the National Police, Territorial Defense of the University Security Department, three car patrols;

9). The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 29th educational buildings and the Center of Culture and Arts, re-inspected the roofs and basements premises;

19. Re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines.

10. Spring crowning of trees has begun. The pruned branches are given to KPI Territorial Defense volunteer students for warming up at night while on duty at the checkpoint;

12. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people on the territory of the university.

13. For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

20-21/03/2022

Over the past day (March 20-21, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its position along the entire line of defense.

Street fighting continued in Mariupol, which is being completely destroyed and around which a deep humanitarian catastrophe is developing. Positional clashes took place in the vicinity of the cities of Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, in the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region, in the cities of Volnovakha, and Severodonetsk.

4 out of 7 humanitarian corridors were used to evacuate civilians. In total for the day 7295 people left dangerous zones: – 3985 from Mariupol; – 2000 from the village of Bobryk and 1310 from the village of Tarasivka, Kyiv region. Humanitarian cargoes were sent from Kharkiv to Vovchansk, Rohan, Nova Rohan.

Positional battles continued in the vicinity of Kyiv. In the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, the shell hit a yard near a ten-story apartment building. 6 people were injured. There were several explosions in the Podilskyi district of the capital. Some houses and one of the shopping malls were damaged. Four people died and one was injured.

The university maintained controllability and stability. The operational headquarters focused its efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

3. A survey of teachers and students was conducted on the features and new forms of continuing the educational process at the university.

4. In dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students were in shelters during the air raid, the crossing regime was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

6. The territorial defense of the University was joined by 2 more employees of the University, who are on duty together with the duty of the Department of Security at stationary posts;

7. Law and order were properly ensured on the territory of the university. There were posts of the National Police, the Territorial Defense of the KPI Security Department, three car patrols;

8. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed the 1st, 4th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 27th, 28th, 30th, and 35th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

9. On the territory of the university and the campus energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were re-checked.

10. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively to provide all the necessary people who are on the territory of the university.

11. For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

18-19/03/2022

Over the past day (March 18-19, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its positions along the entire line of defense in a fierce struggle.

On both sides, the troops regrouped, replenished with ammunition and food. Intense clashes took place in the town of Izium in the Kharkiv region. Street fights continued in Mariupol, in particular for the Azovstal enterprise. Now the city is cut off from the Sea of ​​Azov. The bombing of Zaporizhia, Mykolayiv, Mariupol, Bakhmut, and Avdiivka continued.

Under UN Denmark, about 6.5 million Ukrainians became internally displaced and 3.2 million people went abroad during the war.

There were seven humanitarian corridors. In the past 24 hours, 9,000 people have been evacuated from besieged Mariupol.

In the vicinity of Kyiv, the Armed Forces strengthened and pushed back the third line of defense by 70 km. from the city on the right bank of the Dnieper. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, 222 people have died in the capital since the beginning of hostilities, including 60 civilians, including four children.

The university maintained controllability and stability. The operational headquarters focused its efforts on solving the following problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. The nutrition center for shelter residents and student volunteers from among those who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

3. In the dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students were in shelters during the air raid, the crossing regime was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

4. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

5. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, law, and order was ensured on the territory of the University. There were three car patrols that monitored law and order on the territory of the University during the curfew;

6. The University received a special pass for the motor transport enterprise of the Department of Economic Work, which gives the right to move around the city around the clock in compliance with the rules of travel at checkpoints;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 26, 27, 28th educational buildings and the State Polytechnic Museum, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

8. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines.

9. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations, the purchase of fuels and lubricants for vehicles on duty, medicines, food, were transferred to the coordinators from each shelter in the required amounts and purpose. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided.

10. For those wishing to support the Fund, here are its details: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/74L9hT75Nn 

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

17-18/03/2022

Over the past day (March 17-18, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its positions along the entire line of defense in a fierce struggle.

Missile and bomb attacks were inflicted on critical infrastructure facilities, residential buildings, and airfields almost throughout Ukraine.

During the three weeks of the war, more than 950 missiles were fired at Ukraine. 3,500 infrastructure facilities were destroyed, including 230 transport infrastructure facilities. 165 life support facilities, such as power substations, gas pipelines, and utility networks, were completely or partially destroyed.

Sviatoshynskyi and Podilskyi districts of Kyiv were hit by rocket and bomb strikes. The number of victims is being clarified. In the Vyshhorod district, there were intense battles, a two-year-old child died.

As a result of the shelling of the city of Merefa in the Kharkiv region, 21 people were killed and 25 were injured. The largest market in Eastern Europe, Barabashovo,  was set on fire in Kharkiv itself. The cities of Luhansk, Lviv, and Voznesensk in the Mykolayiv region were bombed.

As a result of the shelling of Rubizhne in the Luhansk region, four civilians were killed and 10 wounded in one day.

The evacuation of civilians from dangerous areas continued. More than 2,000 people were evacuated from Mariupol, and more than 1,700 people were evacuated from the outskirts of Kyiv (Shevchenkovo, Borodyanka). A total of 3,810 civilians were evacuated over the past 24 hours.

Fierce battles took place on the outskirts of Kyiv in the directions of the cities of Makariv, Borodyanka, Vyshhorod, Brovary, Bucha, Gostomel, Irpin. In the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, a 10,000-square-meter warehouse caught fire, two cars burned, and at least two people died.

On the territory of the university, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The security of life and stability of the university was maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. The centralized food center, shelter residents, and student volunteers who ensure life and safety at the university continued to operate;

3. In the dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events.
Students were in shelters during the air raid, the crossing regime was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

4. KPI`s students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints on the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures;

5. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, law, and order was ensured on the territory of the University. There were three car patrols that monitored law and order on the territory of the University during the curfew;

6. During the morning patrol, between 9 and 10 o’clock in the morning in different parts of the University, law enforcement officers detained two members of the sabotage and reconnaissance group, who were collecting information about the location of checkpoints in the Solomyansky district of the capital;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 27th, 30th Corps, inspected the roofs, and basements;

8. Employees of the Department of Economic Work together with representatives of faculties and institutes eliminated the consequences of the morning rocket attack on the city of Kyiv on March 16, 2022, as a result of which an explosive wave damaged the windows of the main building facade, power windows 7 and 9 floors of the 5th educational building and 2- two windows of the 4th educational building;

9. After almost two days of curfew, on the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

10. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively.
At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations, the purchase of fuel for the transport on duty, medicines, food was continued, which were transferred to the coordinators from each shelter in the required amounts and for their intended purpose. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

16-17/03/2022

Over the past day (March 16-17, 2022), the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to repel armed aggression. In some areas, units of the Armed Forces regrouped and counterattacked.

The heroic defense of the outpost of Ukraine – Mariupol lasts for 21 days! A heavy bomb was dropped on the city’s drama theater.
Thousands of refugees who lost their homes hid in the drama theater. Now they are under the rubble. The number of victims has not yet been determined.

The UN International Court of Justice in The Hague has ordered Russia to immediately end its invasion of Ukraine.

The Council of Europe expelled the Russian Federation.

Ukraine’s integration into the European energy network ENTSO-E has taken place, which is an important step towards the country’s energy independence.

The President of Ukraine signed a decree on a nationwide minute of silence. Every morning at 9 o’clock the memory of Ukrainians who gave their lives defending the Motherland will be honored throughout Ukraine.

Fierce battles took place on the outskirts of Kyiv from the North-West.
The Ukrainian army launched an offensive near Kyiv. In the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, a high-rise building was destroyed and set on fire as a result of the fall of a downed rocket. Rescuers from the State Emergency Service evacuated 30 residents, three of whom were injured. 1 person died.

At the university last night was a bit restless. As a result of the morning rocket attack on Kyiv, the blast damaged the windows of the facade of the main building in the area of ​​the power wing and partially the double-glazed windows of the 7th and 9th floors of the 5th educational building. Nevertheless, the security, vitality and stability of the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. Due to the curfew, the work of the centralized nutrition center for persons who ensure the life and safety of the University was temporarily suspended;

4. In dormitories the past day passed without extraordinary events.
Students were in shelters during the air raid, the crossing regime was monitored by campus staff and volunteer residents, and dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities;

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district.

6. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, law, and order was ensured on the territory of the University. There were three car patrols that monitored law and order on the territory of the University during the curfew;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department together with the police carried out a tour of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 35th educational buildings, the Central Committee and the Scientific and Technical Library, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

8. Employees of the department
during the curfew monitored around the clock the efficiency of the engineering networks of the University and the notification and communication system.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

15-16/03/2022

Over the past day (March 15-16, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its positions along the entire line of defense in a fierce struggle.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine extended the martial law in the country until April 25.

According to the UN, as of March 15, 2022, the number of refugees from Ukraine reached three million.

The systematic destruction of airports in the main cities of Ukraine continues. At night, two missile strikes attacked the airport in Dnipro, causing large-scale destruction. The runway is completely out of order. The terminal is damaged.

On March 15, 7 out of 9 humanitarian corridors for evacuation of people operated in Ukraine. A total of 28,893 civilians were released from the occupied territories, mostly from Donetsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblasts. Finally, more than 20,000 people were evacuated from Mariupol and left the danger zone in their own vehicles.

Fierce battles took place on the outskirts of Kyiv from the North-West. A curfew for more than 24 hours has been announced in Kyiv – from 8 pm on March 15 to 7 am on March 17.

On the territory of the university, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The security of life and stability of the university was maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. The centralized food center continued to operate, the residents of shelters and student volunteers organized a centralized food center for all those who ensure life and safety at the university;

3. 60 liters of gasoline and 150 liters of diesel fuel were purchased in addition to the formed reserve at the expense of the Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund;

4. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. For the second time, students from China provided humanitarian aid (food, gifts to children) to the residents of family dormitories. The campus was fully provided with utilities;

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district.

6. Employees of the military department actively joined the territorial defense of the University, who began to be on guard together with the guards of the security department;

7. Employees of the Department of Economic Work harvested and delivered firewood to checkpoints located on the territory of the KPI to warm up the representatives of the territorial defense at night.

8. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, law, and order was ensured on the territory of the University. There were three car patrols that monitored law and order on the territory of the University during the curfew;

9. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 35th educational buildings, performed re-inspection of roofs and basements;

10. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

13-14/03/2022

Over the past day (March 13-14, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its positions along the entire line of defense in a fierce struggle.

The President of Ukraine visited a military hospital and a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kyiv. He awarded the Heroes, talked to the defenders, supported their spirit.

Rocket and bomb strikes were inflicted on critical infrastructure, residential neighborhoods, and airfields almost throughout Ukraine. Thus, as a result of an airstrike on the Yavoriv test site in the Lviv region, 35 people died and 134 were injured. 30 missiles were fired at the test site.

The humanitarian catastrophe in Mariupol deepened. The civilian population of the city is under siege on the fourteenth day without light, heat, water, and food. During this time, the death toll in the city exceeded 1,700.

90 children have been killed and more than 100 injured since the start of the war (Office of the Attorney General).

On March 13, there were 10 humanitarian evacuation corridors in Ukraine. With the participation of the International Red Cross, the withdrawal of civilians from the dangerous suburbs of Kyiv, the cities of Kharkiv, Sumy, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions, and other dangerous regions of the country continued. More than 6,000 civilians were evacuated in a day, and more than 130,000 in a week.
Again, attempts to evacuate people from Mariupol were thwarted and ended tragically for seven civilians.

Fierce battles took place on the outskirts of Kyiv in the directions of the cities of Makarov, Borodyanka, Vyshgorod, Brovary, Bucha, Gostomel, Irpin. In Kyiv, bombings were carried out on a high-rise building at the Antonov plant. According to preliminary data, two people died, 7 have injuries of varying severity. About 70 people were evacuated from the site of the explosion in a residential building.

On the territory of the university, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The security of life and stability of the university was maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquartersща KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. The food center, shelter residents, and student volunteers continued to operate, a centralized food center was organized for all those who ensure life and safety at the university;

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. Students from China provided humanitarian aid (food, gifts to children) to family dormitories. The campus was fully provided with utilities;

4. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. During the last day, in addition to the formed reserve, 100 liters of gasoline were purchased at the expense of the fund.

5. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

6. Together with the National Police, the National Guard, and the representatives of the territorial defense of Kyiv, the KPI Security Department ensured law and order on the territory of the University. There was a car patrol, which during the curfew monitored law and order on the territory of the University;

7. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, 35th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

8. The accident of the heating network near the power wing of the 1st building was eliminated. At the same time, the cold water supply pipeline in the 26th educational building was damaged. Employees of the Department of Economic Work located the site of the damage to the highway and organized a backup supply of cold water.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

10-11/03/2022

Over the past day (March 10-11, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its positions along the entire line of defense in a tense struggle. On the outskirts of Kyiv, the main clashes took place from the Polissya and Seversky directions – Makarov, Borodyanka, Vyshhorod, Brovary, Bucha, Gostomel, Irpin. In the Slobozhansky direction, the line of defense ran through the settlements of Izyum, Petrovske, Hrushuvakha, as well as the cities of Sumy and Okhtyrka. Fierce battles also took place in the Donetsk and Tavriya directions. The sharpest clashes continued on the outskirts of Mariupol. Exacerbation in the Nikolaev direction didn’t decrease. Cape Tarkhankut and Lake Donuzlav became the theater of operations in the Black Sea and Azov zones. The cities of Dnipro and Lutsk were bombed.

The past days have brought new victims among the civilian population and children, mainly in Mariupol. In all, 71 children were killed and more than 100 wounded in the two weeks of the war.

With the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the evacuation of civilians from Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy continued through humanitarian corridors. About 20,000 people have been evacuated from the cities of Bucha, Gostomel, and Vorzel over the past 24 hours. It was not possible to organize the evacuation of people from Mariupol.

In Kyiv, the situation was tense but under control.

On the territory of the university, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The security and vital functions of the university were maintained at the proper level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in the shelters of the KPI, supply of medicines, food, other household problems;

2. In the KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. Ukrainian and foreign students were in shelters, and the crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer dormitory volunteers. The campus was fully provided with utilities;

3. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations, the purchase of fuel and lubricants for vehicles on duty, medicines, food, were transferred by the coordinator from each shelter in the required amount and purpose. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

4. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. There was a car patrol, which during the curfew monitored law and order on the territory of the University;

5. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 27th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

6. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district;

7. On the territory of the university and the campus the energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were re-checked. Unfortunately, a local accident of the heating main took place on March 9 near the power wing of the 1st building. The 1st and 35th buildings, the Polytechnic Museum, 4.5 residential buildings, and the university hotel were without heat. Kyivteploenerho is working to eliminate the accident. The accident is expected to be resolved on March 11.

8. The economic services have completed the commissioning of the pumping station complex, which is located between the State Polytechnic Museum and the Center of Culture and Arts in order to ensure an autonomous, uninterrupted water supply to the university.

09-10/03/2022

Over the past day (March 9-10, 2022), Ukraine continued to maintain its positions along the entire line of defense in a tense struggle. The sharpest clashes took place on the outskirts of Mariupol, Mykolayiv, and Izyum. In Mariupol, a hospital and a maternity ward were destroyed by a bomb. There are victims among civilians and children. In particular, 17 women were injured.

In recent days, about 40,000 civilians have been evacuated through humanitarian corridors, out of 100,000 needed. People from the cities of Bucha and Gostomel could not be evacuated.

The protection of the outskirts of Kyiv near the cities of Makarov, Borodyanka, Vyshhorod, Brovary, Bucha, Gostomel, and Irpin continued.

In Kyiv, the situation was tense but under control.

On the territory of the university, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The security and vital functions of the university were maintained at the proper level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters, supplying medicines, solving other household problems. Catering was organized by the student nutrition center and volunteers from among students and staff of the university.

2. In connection with the ongoing legal regime of martial law in Ukraine and in accordance with the order of  50/2022 of 09.03.2022 – vacation in KPI. Igor Sikorsky continues until 01.04.2022;

3. In KPI dormitories, the past day passed without extraordinary events. Ukrainian and foreign students were in shelters, and the crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer dormitory volunteers. The campus was fully provided with utilities.

4. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations, the purchase of medicines and food continued, which was transferred by the coordinator from each shelter in the required amounts and for the purpose. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

5. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures to ensure law and order on the territory of the University was organized. There was one car patrol, which during the curfew monitored law and order on the territory of the University;

6. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed the 5th, 9th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 25th, 26th, and 35th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

7. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense carried guards at checkpoints around the perimeter of the university, participated in the construction of protective structures, provided other assistance to territorial defense in Solomyansky district.

8. On the territory of the university and the campus energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, engineering networks, operation of reserve lines were re-checked;

9. The economic services have completed the commissioning of the pumping station complex, which is located between the State Polytechnic Museum and the Center of Culture and Arts in order to ensure an autonomous, uninterrupted water supply to the university.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

08-09/03/2022

Over the past day (March 8-9, 2022) Ukraine in a tense struggle continued to defend itself on the outskirts of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Mariupol, within the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Black Sea in Odesa region.

The siege continued to protect the cities of Mariupol, Izium, and Chuguev, where, as in other occupied territories, the humanitarian catastrophe deepened and humanitarian corridors could not be established.

A small part of the civilian population was evacuated from Sumy to Ukrainian-controlled territory.

The cities of Malyn, Sumy (significant casualties), Mykolayiv, and Zhytomyr were bombed. Civilians and children were affected. Infrastructure has suffered great damage.

Fierce fighting took place on the north-western outskirts of Kyiv, especially in the towns of Makarov, Borodyanka, Bucha, Gostomel, and Irpin.

In Kyiv, the situation was tense but under control.

Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters, supplying medicines, solving other household problems. Catering was organized by the student nutrition center and volunteers from among students and staff of the university.

2. In the dormitories of the KPI, the past day passed without extraordinary events. Ukrainian and foreign students were in shelters, and the crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer dormitory volunteers. The campus was fully provided with utilities.

3. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations, the purchase of medicines and food continued, which was transferred by the coordinator from each shelter in the required amounts and for the purpose. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

4. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. Due to the intensification of car patrols in the city, the KPI has allocated two car patrols, which during the curfew monitored law and order at the University;

5. The operative group of the KPI Security Department bypassed the 1st, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

6. KPI students – volunteers of territorial defense were on guard at the checkpoints around the perimeter of the university;

7. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

8. Economic services are completing the commissioning of the pumping station complex, which is located between the State Polytechnic Museum and the Center of Culture and Arts in order to ensure autonomous, uninterrupted water supply to the university.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

07-08/03/2022

Over the past 24 hours (March 7-8, 2022), Ukraine has been fighting hard on the outskirts of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Mariupol, and within the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.

The cities of Mariupol, Izium, and Chuguev were under siege, in which, as in other occupied territories, the humanitarian catastrophe was deepening and humanitarian corridors could not be formed.

The cities of Korosten in the Zhytomyr Region, Mykolayiv, and Sumy were bombed. Civilians and children were affected.

The President of Ukraine awarded 96 Ukrainian Heroes with military awards.

Fierce fighting took place on the northwestern outskirts of Kyiv, especially in the cities of Bucha, Gostomel, and Irpin. In Kyiv, the situation was tense but under control.

Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters, supplying medicines, solving other household problems. Catering was organized by the student nutrition center and volunteers from among students and staff of the university.

2. In the dormitories of the KPI, the past day passed without extraordinary events. The students were in shelters, and the crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer dormitory volunteers. The campus was provided with all utilities;

3. Foreign students who decided to stay at the KPI during the war were under the constant attention and support of the Center for International Education;

3. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations, the purchase of medicines and food continued, which was transferred by the coordinator from each shelter in the required amounts and for the purpose. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

4. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. During the curfew, the patrol car monitored the current situation;

5. The operative group of the KPI Security Department inspected the 4th, 8th, 11th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 27th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

6. Territorial defense of the city together with representatives of economic services of the University with the active participation of students carried out the strengthening of protective structures located on the campus;

7. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

8. Economic services are completing the commissioning of the pumping station complex, which is located between the State Polytechnic Museum and the Center of Culture and Arts in order to ensure autonomous, uninterrupted water supply to the university.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

06-07/03/2022

Over the past 24 hours (March 6-7, 2022), Ukraine has been fighting hard on the outskirts of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Mariupol, and within the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. The cities of Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, and the Odesa region were bombed by the Black Sea.

By the Decree of the President of Ukraine, the titles of Cities of Heroes were awarded to Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mariupol, Kherson, Gostomel, and Volnovakha.

Fierce fighting took place on the northwestern outskirts of Kyiv, especially in the cities of Bucha, Gostomel, and Irpin. In Kyiv, the situation was tense but under control.

Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in KPI`s shelters, supplying medicines, solving other household problems. Catering was organized by the student nutrition center and volunteers from among students and staff of the university.

2. In the dormitories of the KPI, the past day passed without extraordinary events.
The students were in shelters, and the crossing regime was monitored by staff and volunteer dormitory volunteers. The campus was provided with all utilities;

3. Foreign students who decided to stay at the KPI during the war were under the constant attention and support of the Center for International Education;

3. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund worked actively. At the expense of the fund, with the active participation of volunteer organizations continued to purchase drugs and food. Taking into account the needs of each shelter, the number of children and patients in them, support packages have been formed and delivered to the destination. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

4. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. During the curfew, the patrol car monitored the current situation;

5. The operative group of the KPI Security Department inspected the 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 9th, 5th, and 35th educational buildings, re-inspected the roofs and basements;

6. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, alarm systems, communications, utilities, backup lines;

7. The economic services have put into operation a pumping station complex, which is located between the State Polytechnic Museum and the Center of Culture and Arts in order to ensure an autonomous, uninterrupted water supply to the university.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

05/03/2022

During the last day (March 4-5, 2022) Ukraine in a tense struggle continued to defend its borders. Sharp clashes took place on the outskirts of Mariupol, Sumy region, Mykolayiv region, Kharkiv, Kyiv, South-Ukrainian directions.

The situation in Kyiv and its environs was tense but under control.

Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of KPI continuously analyzed the current situation related to the security and life of the university and focused on solving the following urgent problems:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters, supplying medicines, solving other household problems. Catering was organized by the student nutrition center and volunteers from among students and staff of the university;

2. The first batch of medicines and food was purchased at the expense of the Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund. Taking into account the needs of each shelter, support packages have been formed and delivered to the destination. Social and psychological support for people in shelters was provided;

3. Civil protection in KPI dormitories was maintained at an appropriate level. Entrance/exit to the dormitories were monitored by residents and campus staff.
Heating, water supply, and gas supply of dormitories were provided in full;

3. In one of the rooms of the dormitory №14 there was a breakthrough in the heating system. Due to the operative actions of the students, the water leak from the system was blocked, and the workers of the campus eliminated the accident and restored the heating;

4. As a result of the cooperation of the KPI Security Department with the National Police, the National Guard, and the representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order and security on the territory of the KPI. At night, car patrols were resumed at the university;

5. The task force bypassed the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 29th educational buildings, re-inspected roofs, and common areas;

6. On the territory of the university and the campus re-checked energy and heat supply, communication systems, alarms, utilities. Checked the operation of backup lines;


7. Utilities connected to the networks and set up backup generators, which were donated to the University by volunteers.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its deep gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

04/03/2022


Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine has been fighting hard along the entire line of contact. The fire and shelling of the first power unit and personnel at the Zaporizhzhya NPP caused great concern to the international community. At the request of the President of Ukraine, the UN Security Council plans to hold a meeting in the near future due to the situation around the Zaporizhzhya NPP.

The situation around Kyiv and in the city itself was tense but under control.

Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The Operational Headquarters of Igor Sikorsky KPI held its regular meeting, which analyzed the current situation with the security and life of the university and decided to address the following urgent issues:

1. Ensuring proper living conditions for people in KPI shelters, supplying medicines, solving other household problems. Catering is organized by the student nutrition center and volunteers from among students and staff of the university.

2. Over the past week, many concerned people have expressed a desire to help KPI staff, their children, and students in need of support at this difficult time. Therefore, the operational headquarters decided to establish the “Igor Sikorsky KPI Support Fund”.
A card account has been opened to which anyone can transfer funds: 5375414122503674.
Many thanks to all who help those who need it!

3. The last day on campus was relatively quiet.
The students continued to be in shelters, and the crossing regime was monitored by campus staff and dormitory volunteers.

4. Due to the accident in the networks of Kyivteploenerho, there was a temporary lack of hot water supply and heating in the dormitories №№1,3,4,6,7,10,11,13,13,15,22. After the emergency was resolved, the supply of all utilities was resumed.

5. There was an accident with the heating network in the 8th educational building. Repair and restoration works are currently underway.

6. Energy and heat supply systems, fire safety, alarm systems, engineering networks, and communication systems were re-inspected on the territory of the university and the campus.

7. The National Guard, with the participation of representatives of territorial defense and KPI students, additionally erected protective barricades, reinforced concrete blocks, and anti-tank hedgehogs on the campus;

8. All educational buildings and dormitories were under the 24-hour protection of the Security Department. In close cooperation with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the territorial defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. 

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

 

03/03/2022

Over the past day, Ukraine has been fighting hard along the entire line of contact to defend its strategic position, in which our country has gained a moral and operational advantage.

The cities of Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Mykolayiv, and Sumy were bombed.

The situation in Kyiv remained tense but under control.

Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level.

The operational staff, students and staff of the KPI primarily addressed the following issues:

1. Providing acceptable conditions and providing the necessary assistance to people who are in shelters (medical care, solving urgent household problems). The Center for Student Nutrition and volunteers from among students and staff of the university organized meals for people who were in shelters.

2. At a high level was organized the work of operational headquarters of the units: MMI (Director Grishko VA), FMM (Dean Kravchenko MO), FBT (Dean Todosiychuk TS), FIOT (Dean Telenik SF ), FEA (Dean Yandulsky OS), IMZ (Director Sidorenko YM);

3. The livelihoods and civil protection of the campus residents were ensured at the appropriate level. The students were mostly in shelters. The crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer dormitory residents. The dormitories were provided with the necessary utilities.

4. Representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine worked out preventive security measures on campus, talked to employees and residents of dormitories that organize the activities of dormitories. A good level of organization of dormitories and self-organization of residents was noted.

5. In close cooperation with the National Police, the National Guard of Ukraine, representatives of the territorial defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. Together with representatives of law enforcement agencies, a preventive visit of all dormitories of the campus and the 25th, 26th and 29th educational buildings was carried out.

6. A group was created in the telegram channel “Territorial Defense of the KPI”, which includes staff, university students and residents of nearby buildings. The purpose of the group is to promptly obtain photos, videos or textual information about the movement of suspects and commit any illegal acts on the territory of the University for further transfer to the relevant law enforcement agencies for operational purposes.

7. Energy, heating, utilities, fire safety, warning and communication systems were under constant control. After the emergency, the power supply was restored in the 5th educational building.

The Operational Headquarters of the KPI expresses its gratitude to the students and staff of the University, who in these difficult times make every effort to ensure the viability of the team, to help their colleagues.

Take care of yourself, your loved ones and friends

02/03/2022

The past day has been tense for Ukraine. The most difficult areas of defense were: Kharkiv, Sumy, Mariupol, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Kyiv.

Unfortunately, the university family suffered the first human losses. Defending Kyiv in the ranks of the Armed Forces killed a student of FEA, group EK-zp 91 Dmitro Arsenovich. Defending the city of Bucha killed a graduate of MMI Department of Machine Design, the hero of the ATO Kovalsky Vladimir 
🇺🇦 We mourn the death of the heroes and express our sincere condolences to their family and friends. Eternal glory to the Heroes!

The situation in Kyiv was under control. At 2 o’clock in the morning, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of 4 people was detained by police near the Polytechnic Institute metro station.

Safety and livelihood at the university were provided at the appropriate level.

The KPI Operational Headquarters, technical services, staff, and students addressed the following issues:

1. Comprehensive assistance was provided to people in shelters (medical care, food, household solutions). The Operational Headquarters expresses its sincere gratitude to FMM Dean Marina Kravchenko and FBT Dean Tetyana Todosiychuk for their financial support and provision of food to people in shelters. Thanks are expressed to the director of MMI Igor Grishko for organizing the work of the shelter of the 1st building;

2. The services and residents of the campus provided proper conditions for its operation. The dormitories were provided with water, heating, and communications. Students continued to be in shelters, the crossing regime was controlled by staff and volunteer dormitory residents;

3. Unfortunately, there was a power outage in dormitories №№1, 12, 13, and 19, as well as a break in the water supply in dormitories №№1,4. All accidents were promptly eliminated by campus technicians;

4. In cooperation with the National Police, the National Guard, and representatives of the territorial defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order and security at the University. All educational buildings and dormitories were under the 24-hour protection of the Security Department;

5. An operational group was set up, which inspected all educational buildings and dormitories on the campus, re-inspected roofs, and common areas;

6. KPI technical services in the buildings and dormitories re-checked the energy and heat supply, fire safety systems, alarm systems, and telephone communication. All these systems operate normally.

We are very grateful to the students and staff of the university, who in these difficult times are making every effort to ensure the viability of the KPI, to help their colleagues.

01/03/2022

Over the past day, Ukraine has defended its main strategic positions. The situation in Kyiv was tense but under control. Safety and livelihood at the university were maintained at the appropriate level. Particular attention was paid to the following issues:

 

1. Providing acceptable conditions and providing the necessary assistance to people who are in shelters (medical care, nutrition, solving urgent household problems).

 

2. Ensuring the viability of the campus. As in previous days, civil protection in KPI dormitories was provided at the appropriate level. Dormitory checkpoints were supervised by university staff and students. Heating, water, gas and communication systems worked. Students provided assistance in the construction of protective structures on campus and in the unloading of products in the store “Fora” near the 20th dormitory.

 

3. Based on the results of cooperation with the National Police, the National Guard and representatives of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv, a set of measures was organized to ensure law and order on the territory of the University. All educational buildings and dormitories were under 24-hour protection. An inspection was carried out during the curfew 4 vehicles that entered the territory of the University;

 

4.  On the territory of the university and the campus, the energy and heat supply systems were re-checked, the operation of reserve lines, fire safety and warning systems was checked. These systems worked normally. Telephone interruptions have started. KPI Telecom employees are working to eliminate these problems.

 

We are very grateful to the students and staff of the university, who in these difficult times are making every effort to ensure the viability of the KPI, to help their colleagues.