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Ukraine
Overview
Like many people, I couldn’t turn away from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the first days of the war I was glued to the news and waiting until 1am local time to see if Ukraine made it through the night. I looked for ways to help as I knew a major displacement of civilians was imminent. I started building lists of organizations that were directly involved in supporting refugees and the Ukrainian military.
In April I traveled to Poland and Ukraine with to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate refugees. I collected my notes from that trip and follow-on support work.
Medical Supplies
It’s useful to think of medical supplies in a few different categories, each with their own needs:
People serving on the front lines just need a few critical items that can be used to help save their lives and give them enough time to get to the next level of care.
Gear to get on Amazon
Note, there are many sources of tourniquets and most of them aren’t fit for military use. I wouldn’t recommend buying any unless you know what you are doing. I also wouldn’t recommend 3D printed tourniquets for military use, e.g. . These may be fine for emergency use by civilians but there is a good chance these will break or take too long to use.
General Relief Organizations
NGOs
Refugee Coordination Sites
Not recommended
Border Crossing
Ukraine State Border Service: . Doesn’t appear to be actively maintained but the locations of border crossings are accurate.
Polish border crossings:
Refugee Reception Locations
Przemsyl, Poland
There is large volunteer-run reception center for refugees a few hours from the Poland/Ukraine border.
Communications Gear
Collaboration Networks
Observations
I delivered some supplies to Poland & Ukraine in April with Operation White Stork and here are a few notes from that trip:
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