Aggressive First Person View Drone Technology Targets Both Military and Civilians

Aggressive First Person View Drone Technology Targets Both Military and Civilians

Aggressive First Person View Drone Technology Targets Both Military and Civilians

FPV (First-Person View) drone technology has become a significant factor in modern warfare, emerging prominently in the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine. The Russian army is increasingly using FPV drones to target both military and civilian sites.

In this recent piece by New Eastern Europe magazine, the Kurakhove police rescue team—long supported by Assist Ukraine—shares its experience working under the constant threat of FPV drone attacks. The article also explores protective measures against FPVs, including radio-jamming devices and drone detectors.

Relentless Fighting Continues – Critical Supplies Needed

Relentless Fighting Continues – Critical Supplies Needed

Relentless Fighting Continues...

Over the last several weeks, between one-third and half of all the fighting in Ukraine has been taking place in the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline. We are working tirelessly to support the Ukrainian defense with our contributions.  Please consider making a donation today to help with this critical effort. Photo: Medical supplies for one of the units operating in the Pokrovsk area.

Assist Ukraine Continues to Actively Deliver Critical Life Saving Medical Supplies to Units in Need

Assist Ukraine Continues to Actively Deliver Critical Life Saving Medical Supplies to Units in Need

On July 20th Assist Ukraine delivered medical supplies to one of the National Guard recon units operating in the Kharkiv region. In addition to standard supplies like squad kits and burn dressings, this delivery included intraosseous access driver and needles, x-stat hemostatic applicators, air wrap bandages, portable Ambu bags and hypothermia prevention kits. Your support makes this work possible.

Assist Ukraine Director, Olga Shpak, Plays Critical Role in Dramatic Beluga Whale Rescue, The New York Times Reports

Assist Ukraine Director, Olga Shpak, Plays Critical Role in Dramatic Beluga Whale Rescue, The New York Times Reports

How Two Beluga Whales Made It to Safety From Ukraine

A pair of whales were extricated from the besieged city of Kharkiv and taken to an aquarium in Spain with help from experts around the world.

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It was a whale of an evacuation. Actually, two.

In what experts said was among the most complex marine mammal rescue ever undertaken, the pair of beluga whales were extricated from an aquarium in the battered city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine and transported to Europe’s largest aquarium in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday morning.

As Russian aerial bombardments of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, have intensified, the evacuation of Plombir, a 15-year-old male, and Miranda, a 14-year-old female, came just in time, marine mammal experts said.

“If they had continued in Kharkiv, their chances of survival would have been very slim,” said Daniel Garcia-Párraga, director of zoological operations at Oceanogràfic de Valencia, who helped lead the rescue.

Belugas, whose natural habitat is the Arctic, need cold water to survive. The devastation of the power grid in Kharkiv meant that the aquarium there had to rely on generator power, making it challenging to keep the waters cooled.  Read full story here.

Crititally Needed First Aid Items Delivered

Crititally Needed First Aid Items Delivered

First aid materials for our friends of Sumy Volunteer Municipal Guard unit have been delivered. Yurii, a member of the unit, is an owner of a small company which produces the pouches for the IFAKs and squad kits Assist Ukraine is funding. On top of managing the company, Yurii is a member of a Volunteer Municipal Guard unit in Sumy, a city north of Kharkiv, some 30 kilometers from the border with Russia. With the Russian attack in the north of Kharkiv region, the units in Sumy are on high alert. And Volunteer Municipal Guard units are now doing shifts assisting the army in patrolling the area.