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Defender from Sloviansk Vladyslav Yeshchenko, a former sapper of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who lost his eyes and partial hearing in the war, became the co-founder and director of the "Let's See Victory" Charitable Foundation.

The Village Ukraine editorial team asked Vladyslav Yeshchenko and Olesya Perepechenko why servicemen with vision loss often refuse to use a white cane, why they don't always need Braille, what applications blind people use to interact with the world, how their rehabilitation is going in general, and what can be done in Kyiv to make the environment for people with visual impairments barrier-free.

The pilot project "Terytoriya Bezbaryernosti" is launching in the capital. It is aimed at improving the area near the homes of veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war who lost their sight. As part of the project discussion, field meetings were held in three districts of Kyiv with the participation of the Commissioner of the Kyiv City Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Lesya Petrivska, Kyiv City Council deputy Olesa Zubrytska (UDAR faction), a consultant on barrier-free environment issues, veterans who have lost their sight, representatives of district state administrations, managers of district companies, landscaping, and the KP SHEU. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Council.