March 27th, 2025
67,506 people evacuated from danger to date
66 people evacuated from danger this week
37 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
We hope for peace, yet our US volunteers have built up a certain cynicism about the widespread hopes for an imminent ceasefire. We observe the situation through our nightly dialogues with Ukrainian volunteers who are taking shelter during air raids. We see that the agreement to stop attacks on the energy infrastructure has not reduced the number of explosions in Ukraine, but has only led to an increase in the number of attacks on civilian areas.
The city of Sumy was hit on Monday, killing and injuring 101 people. Meanwhile, in a less publicized story, the town of Krasnopillya where some of our volunteers are based, is being methodically demolished by Russian bombs. Recently, a series of attacks carried out in the first half of only one day destroyed 20 buildings in this town and damaged another 40.
Since the negotiations started, Russian attacks seem to have become more indiscriminate. They no longer attempt to hit high-value assets, but instead focus on terrorizing Ukraine, targeting civilian areas at random all across the country. Such cruel consistency and focus on killing innocent people does not seem to signal any desire for peace.
Stories
A Generator for the Deadliest District of Kherson
Our Kherson volunteers write:
The eastern district of Kherson has been disconnected from electricity for almost a year. Due to the high intensity of enemy shelling there, electricity will not be restored for a long time. Sending a team of technicians into this district would mean sending people to their death.
Serhiy contacted the Krok z nadiyeyu team for help in providing a generator. We, of course, agreed to help. However, when we learned exactly where the generator was needed, it became a bit of a dilemma. It's impossible to drive a car there — a vehicle would be a target, posing a great risk.
We met with Serhiy and talked for a long time. We tried to persuade him to leave this most dangerous area, but he has his reasons for staying. Serhiy has many animals, including those abandoned by people who used to live nearby. Serhiy has taken these homeless animals in and is caring for them. He is not the only one remaining behind. Some elderly people have also decided to stay. Perhaps they would like to leave, but at this stage, it is almost impossible. Only one road remains in and out of the territory, and it is only passable on foot or by bicycle.
We loaded the generator onto a bicycle, along with a canister of gasoline and oil for an oil change. Serhiy delivered these to the eastern district. This is a great help, which will serve not only Serhiy but all his neighbors.
It is heartbreaking to watch people who have lived in the city their entire life now having to live under such conditions and move between streets in short bursts. There is no justification for such severe conditions. Serhiy was very grateful for the assistance, saying that it would help many people survive. We all had a lump in our throat from everything this man said.
Alena’s Trip to Tomyna Balka
As time goes on, more and more locations in Kherson villages are becoming virtually inaccessible to volunteers due to unacceptable personal risks and the proliferation of drones. For example, recently, Alena received a request for aid from the village of Stanislav, which she has helped many times before. This time, however, after discussing the situation with the local military contact and village alderman, Alena realized that she could not commit to this delivery.
Instead, Alena went to the nearby village of Tomyna Balka, which had also issued a call for help. Tomyna Balka sits a few miles inland from Stanislav. In addition to closing this urgent request, the team wanted to get close to Stanislav and see for themselves whether it was possible to deliver aid to the village.
The logistics were challenging. The team had to spend the night in Mykolaiv, leaving immediately after the lifting of the curfew at 4:00 a.m. The volunteers got to the appointed distribution site before 5:00 a.m., but experienced locals had already gathered nearby and the distribution was completed at lightning speed. A few minutes later, portable drone radars started registering the approach of enemy drones and shelling started nearby. Alena’s team left immediately and made it back to Odesa safely.
“These poor people thanked us so profusely, hugged us and cried,” writes Alena. “We felt so much pity for them, as usual.”
Help in Occupied Territories
70 people received help in occupied areas.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
13 trips, evacuating 66 people from Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, Dobropillya, Rodyns’ke, Bilyts’ke, Shakhove, Mezhova, Kostyantynivka, Mykolaivka, and Lyman.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
21.4 tons of aid received and distributed to 8,050 people.
6,600 people received bread.
Aid delivered to 41 towns.
Aid delivered to Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Druzhkivka, and Dobropilya in Donbas, as well as 5 other high-risk areas on the southern and Kharkiv fronts.
Kherson operations: continued to run 21 generators for highrise buildings; exterminations in 3 spaces; continued to fulfill target aid requests from people needing generators, or medical help.
Conducted 8 events for teenagers and children in Kharkiv.
Angelia Charitable Fund
Traveled to Möckern and Lüneburg (Germany) and brought back 1,395 kg of aid to Chernivtsi, including muesli, second-hand clothes, wheelchairs, walkers, and toilets for the disabled.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Oleksandr S (Boyarka): report for 2 weeks. Boyarka: delivered 1,500 kg of grocery sets and clothing to vulnerable populations in Boyarka and surrounding villages. Delivered canisters, bottles, and water to team’s headquarters for further distribution, as well as timber for a charity project. Kherson: delivered 2,500 kg of food, clothes, shoes, diapers and hygiene items to displaced local residents whose homes were destroyed by the Russian Federation. Kyiv Region: delivered 600 kg of food aid to vulnerable populations and internally displaced people (IDPs). Chernihiv Region: delivered adult and children’s clothing, diapers, baby food, toys, food, and dishware to residents of the Pryluts'kyi District who lost their homes and possessions in fires. Distributed 1,200 kg of clothing to the socially vulnerable population in Snovsk. Delivered 300 kg of clothes and toys to a children’s center for further distribution among the needy. Krasnopillya (Sumy Region): conducted evacuations. The town is being razed to the ground by constant shelling, which is causing massive destruction. All members of the team’s affiliated church managed to evacuate.
Vladyslav K (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv and 7 tons to Kherson.
Sandra S (Odesa): the kitchen fed more than 700 people.
WeCare Centers (Lviv): delivered a total of 6,500 kg of clothes and firefighting equipment to Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, and the village of Rozdil'na in the Odesa Region.
Vitaliy Z (Kharkiv): brought 3.5 tons of humanitarian kits, medicines, clothing, and animal feed to the village of Chervonyi, near Kostyantynivka. This extremely dangerous area is located close to Chasiv Yar and is constantly under attack from anti-aircraft guns and drones. This and danger from mines forces locals to spend almost all their time indoors. Delivered 2 tons of aid in the Lyman direction.
Oleksandr D (Lutsk): provided food assistance to an IDP woman from Kostyantynivka. Began transporting a man from a low-income family in the last stages of illness to the regional hospital for defibrillation.
Oksana K (Lutsk): sent 6 aid packages of clothing to military families in the Odesa, Lviv, Kyiv and Ternopil regions.
Oleksandr Z (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to internally displaced (IDP) children and adults, children with disabilities, children from large families, orphans, and military veterans – held 3 art therapy sessions for a total of 54 children. Took 120 veterans, disabled children and students from different parts of Ukraine to a museum. Distributed bread and other food to 380 people living in IDP assistance centers, with special attention paid to 70 orphaned students from the Sumy and Kherson regions. Provided glasses for 38 adults and children. Conducted 86 medical procedures to improve the health of IDP children with disabilities from the Kherson Region. Helped 28 children with prophylactic health procedures, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and gym classes. Through partners, helped 12 people to get prostheses and rehabilitation therapy.
Kseniia’s Team – Livyy bereh (Left Bank)
Kseniia delivered aid to a hospice in Kharkiv, which is caring for 55 people.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
113 people in the shelter.
Tetiana’s Team – Dopomoha poruch (Help Is Near)
Distributed 150 aid packages in Zaporizhzhia.
Natasha’s Team – Volontersʹkyy tsentr Vyshnya (Cherry Volunteer Center)
Tetyana traveled from Kryvyi Rih to Knyazivs'ke and Novohrodivka, delivering 287 packages (including 70 packages for children).
Natasha’s trip to Lyman had to be postponed due to driver illness.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Delivered 223 aid packages to the elderly in North Saltivka.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Delivered aid to Kvitneve, Afanasiivka, and Voskresensk — 420 packages total.
Helped 50 children with disabilities in the Mykolaiv Region.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
24 tons of water delivered to Nikopol.
77 people vetted for cash grants from a third-party organization.
Team is evaluating needs in multiple locations, preparing for another major grant distribution.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobrо Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in Piatyhatky.
Dina’s Team — Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 700 packages in Kremenchuk, Poltava, Kanev, Krasnokutsk, and Dnipro.
Mailed 100 packages from Dnipro to other cities.
The soup kitchen in Kharkiv served 1,675 meals.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
42 families in Zhytomyr received food and hygiene kits.
This week at the club for children with disabilities, kids had theater arts classes, culinary classes and art classes.
Alena – Diva (Virgo)
Delivered 269 packages of hygiene products, 26 packages of sweets for children, and 200 packages of menstrual pads to Tomyna Balka.
Distributed bread to 400 people in Odesa.
14 wounded in Odesa received help.
Anastasia’s Team – LoveUA
Traveled to Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka, delivering 200 food and 200 hygiene packages, and Kurtivka, delivering 70 packages of food and 70 hygiene products.
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