Much Needed First Aid Items Delivered

Much 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.

SAT Phones Save Lives: Report by Assist Ukraine Cofounder Art Davidson.

SAT phones provided by Assist Ukraine are saving hundreds of lives. In the attached video, Ukrainian Defenders explain how important secure communication devices are on the frontline. Assist Ukraine partnered with Zero Line to provide a significant number of these highly-secure phones to Ukrainian scouts going behind enemy lines. Not only did these phones save their lives, but the lives of hundreds of Defenders and civilians caught in the line of fire.

Ian Miller of Zero Line writes: “From our first conversation in 2022, Assist Ukraine understood more than most that better information sharing on the front lines had immense potential to save Ukrainian lives. Hence your generous donation for satellite phones for better reconnaissance. Phones that to this day are saving lives. Currently, no initiative is improving information sharing on the front lines more than the Program. It is informing a vast number of missions every week, disabling a truly exceptional amount of the Russian equipment that kills Ukrainians, and thus saving a truly exceptional number of lives, per dollar of aid invested. It could grow faster, positively transform the AFU, and meaningfully shorten the war. But like most units, it needs basic equipment. Unlike most units though, its growth helps all other units and improves military-wide awareness of the frontline environment.”

Davidson: “We appreciate our donors who helped Assist Ukraine get these SAT phones. They have saved a lot of lives. We are currently trying to raise an additional $40,000 for SAT phones and other secure frontline communication equipment.”

SAT Phones Save Countless Lives, Made Possible Thanks to Assist Ukraine. See Behind the Scenes Video Here

A Life Saved, May 5, 2024 — Report from Kateryna Pryshchepa, Assist Ukraine Logistics Director

A Life Saved, May 5, 2024 — Report from Kateryna Pryshchepa, Assist Ukraine Logistics Director

A Life Saved, May 5, 2024 report from Kateryna Pryshchepa, Assist Ukraine logistics director

I met with Oleksii, a combat medic serving at the First Tank Brigade, who recently saved an injured comrade using a HPMK hypothermia prevention kit provided by Assist Ukraine this past January. Oleksii reported that “The

soldier was injured by an explosive dropped by a Russian drone. The explosion tore into the soldiers’ leg, causing arterial bleeding. Evacuation time for the injured soldier was over 24 hours, which is a common occurrence at the part of the front where the First Tank Brigade is serving. Without the active heating, the soldier would not have survived. The injury he sustained led to leg amputation, but his life was saved thanks to the hypothermia prevention kit.”

Oleksii and his comrades believe that given the long evacuation time and the prevalence of explosive-caused injuries, hypothermia prevention materials will be needed throughout the summer.

POLITICO MAGAZINE: Ukraine Needs More Than Just Weapons to Win. That’s Where I Come In.

I drive donated equipment to Ukraine’s frontlines. Here’s a photo diary of my deliveries.

When Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, I was a long way away, scuba diving in Madagascar. Having decided to stop reporting on conflicts, I was writing a book on Cuba. But when the war broke out next door to my native Poland, I was overwhelmed by the scale of the monstrosity and couldn’t stay away.Click here to read more.