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The Tallinn Botanical Garden and Tallinn Zoo are offering free admission to Ukrainian war refugees, who will need to show either a Tallinn smartcard with an identity document, a document proving Ukrainian citizenship or a temporary residence card.

Tallinn Deputy Mayors Betina Beškina and Vladimir Svet met with Kari Käsper, Associate Legal Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office for Nordic and Baltic Countries, to discuss the situation of Ukrainian refugees in Estonia.

Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart completed his visit to Lviv, Ukraine at the invitation of Mayor Andrei Sadovy, to meet with city government and to learn about the situation of refugees. In the coming days, a humanitarian aid shipment from Tallinn will also be sent to Lviv.

Tallinn is ready to offer children and youth who have fled the war in Ukraine the opportunity to continue their education in primary, general and vocational education.

Tallinn City Government decided today to allocate €150,000 from the reserve fund to support Tallinn's partner cities of Kyiv and Odessa in Ukraine. The city government also proposed to the city council to transfer two city-owned ambulances to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, free of charge, for humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Tallinn is commemorating the innocent victims of the 9 March 1944 bombing and the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, the anniversary of the March bombing, with a memorial service at the Siselinna cemetery and a concert in the Old Town's Church of the Holy Spirit and candle-lighting on Harju Street.

The Tallinn City Council, in an extraordinary session last week, unequivocally condemned the Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine and expressed its support for the Ukrainian people. In addition, cooperation with Russian municipalities will be terminated. The appeal was supported by all the political groups represented in the city council.

For Ukrainian citizens or holders of a Ukrainian residence permit

Tallinn opened a refugee reception centre for Ukrainian refugees at Niine 2. The objective of the centre is to offer a one stop shop for different services, assistance and information necessary for a refugee in Estonia.

Tallinn City Government has decided to allocate €25,000 to the Tallinn Social Welfare and Healthcare Department for a targeted subsidy to the Estonian Red Cross to support the Ukrainian Red Cross in providing humanitarian aid to the people of Eastern Ukraine.