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Kyiv residents are once again experiencing air quality problems in the Ukrainian capital: visibility has significantly deteriorated, a strong smell of smoke has appeared in certain areas, and breathing has become difficult. The reason for this phenomenon is another Russian shelling, which has caused numerous fires in various areas of the capital and in some places has led to pollution levels exceeding the norm by dozens of times. We remind you of what you need to know about air quality and what useful tools are available for monitoring it.

Ukrainian freelancers and agencies are being blocked on the Upwork platform. This is not just a loss of accounts, but also a source of income, which for many IT professionals is the only one. More than 100 cases are already known, including accounts with an income of $300,000. According to Kyrylo Kozak, an entrepreneur and former Upwork community manager in Ukraine, who is working on unblocking Ukrainian accounts and is cooperating with the Ministry of Digital Affairs on this issue, the platform has responded to his request and will begin unblocking. He also analyzed the blocking to identify key issues and the cities where IT users were most often banned. He also provided some tips on how to avoid this if you work during airstrikes and live within the range of electronic warfare.

Yesterday, July 2, the National Center for Operational and Technical Management of Electronic Communication Networks of Ukraine (NCU) under the State Service for Special Communications issued an order at the request of the SBU to restrict access to the website of the «Book House» store in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region. To find out the reason for the ban, we called the store.