I’m in Ukraine right now, and what can I say, my dears — the intensity of the attacks really keeps you on your toes. Huge hugs to all my friends who have been living with this for the fifth year. Being here makes you feel much more sharply why we do all this, who we do it for, and why we don’t get to exhale.
So, in August we raised funds for transport, communications, and power — the basic things without which the army objectively works worse. And we are not okay with that option. Two Toyota Hiluxes, lots of vehicle repairs, 10 charging stations, backup power for a drone workshop, and a bit of other useful stuff — €36,943 in total, our August contribution to victory. Details below:
✅ 225th Separate Assault Regiment
— Toyota Hilux — $6,341 + 3,600 UAH
— Another Toyota Hilux — $7,610 + 3,600 UAH — already in Lviv and heading straight to repairs from there
— Vehicle repairs — 300,336 UAH
— 10 EcoFlow Delta 3 Max charging stations — €9,050
— Backup power for the drone workshop — 67,850 UAH
— 4 remote antennas and a control system for antenna boosters — 300,490 UAH
— 28 video receivers — 95,500 UAH
— 7 directional log-periodic antennas — 50,400 UAH
Expense report can be found on Google Drive here.
❤️❤️❤️ Thank you, my dears, for continuing to support the army: donating, sharing, asking what’s needed, and finding ways to help again and again. I value it endlessly. Every report like this is a bit of accounting, a bit of therapy, and also proof that we are not just holding on — we are doing very concrete, very useful things. Vehicles are moving, charging stations are powering, the workshop is repairing birds — and all of it works because of you.
Thank you to:
— Everyone who supports with any amount
— Blågula Bilen for finding vehicles in Sweden, partially funding them, and organizing logistics to Ukraine. And separately — to the tireless volunteer drivers who get behind the wheel every Friday so they can hand over the vehicles in Lviv on Sunday
— A friend behind the scenes who keeps supporting critical requests
— Volia Fund and UDS for administering and organizing purchases
— NGO Resurs for helping with purchases in Ukraine
— The #ukrspetsimport initiative for helping us buy equipment in Europe without VAT
— Suppliers who ship equipment on trust before payment — sometimes getting it even one day earlier is critically important
— My beloved yoga group Elena Siderska for unwavering support of both the fundraisers and my sanity
✅ Our current fundraiser is for an old friend from Kharkiv, who started out in the Territorial Defense back in 2022 and now serves in the 3rd Assault. We found a Mitsubishi L200 for his unit, with half the cost covered by our friends from Blågula Bilen, and our share is $3,700. Of that, $2,300 is still left to raise.
So once again I’m asking for your help for these guys — and they definitely know what to do with a vehicle once it reaches them. Thank you for any amount.
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