In the midst of Russia’s continued intensified assault on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure, Zelensky reshuffled his cabinet. Ukrainian civil society responded.

Evacuations are still on the rise. Conditions are made harder by Russians destroying Ukrainian gas stations. Also, Dobra Sprava completed a critical and dangerous humanitarian mission to the only functioning psychiatric hospital remaining in Ukrainian-held Donetsk Region.

In retaliation for Ukraine’s successful campaign against Russia’s oil infrastructure, the Russians have been responding with systematic destruction of Ukrainian gas stations and frontline roads.

Ukraine's has had success in its attacks on the Russian logistics and oil industries, but the the sheer rise in the overall number and range of drones on both sides has steadily increased the risk all across the front line, including for our volunteers and the people to whom they deliver aid.

Another danger-filled evacuation, while evading a drone attack. And also, the gift of sight.

Last week, Russia continued its senseless bombardment of Ukrainian cities, targeting cultural heritage monuments. This increased brutality has also manifested itself in frontline areas. Yet the resilience and experience of our volunteers has helped them navigate the danger and continue their work.

We watch Ukraine's successgul defensive operations and its strikes against Russian infrastructure with pride and hope. Yet this hope carries a price. As the Russian leadership grows more desperate, it turns its pain and frustration on the civilian population of Ukraine. These are precisely the people we work to help.

The Russian campaign of terror continued and escalated, with another record-setting drone and rocket attack on Kyiv and Dnipro. This is a cruel and desperate response to the increasingly effective actions of the Ukrainian military, which in the last two weeks has mostly paralyzed Russian logistics in the occupied territories and inflicted serious damage to Russia’s oil refineries and storage facilities.

In its largest attack to date on Kyiv and Dnipro over the weekend, Russia hit residential buildings, museums, and schools. Yet, if the intent was to break Ukrainian resolve, the result was the opposite.

Russia launched a particularly vicious attack on Kyiv and Dnipro. Inna’s team was there ho help the survivors. Plus, updates on the agricultural project and evacuations.

Last week, Russia marked Victory Day with its customary pageantry — parades celebrating the World War II defeat over the Nazis, which nowadays it invokes to justify a genocidal war against the Ukrainian people. When the celebrations ended, Russia resumed its bombardments, hitting Mykolaivka - a town our teams have been steadily evacuating over the past several weeks. 

This week we bring you two evacuation stories.

We report on the resolutions of the the Ukraine Action Summit, tell a story of a woman trying to survive in the Sumy Region, and pass on gratitude for seeds from one of this year’s recipients.

Massive attacks on Dnipro; the situation in Nova Osokorivka, and the importance of porridge.

This week: Russia breaks Easter truce, a narrow escape from Mykolaivka, and thank you’s from recepients of the agricultural project.

Our volunteers in Nikopol’ and Kherson are working under harrowing conditions due to increased Russian drone attacks. Rumor has it that Russia’s drone units have received reinforcements. One artillery shell blew out windows in the school building where the Kherson volunteers store aid and repair generators.

We would like to celebrate a dramatic surge in successful evacuations last week: our teams recorded 90 evacuations, more than half of them from deoccupied areas near Kup’yans’k.

For the fourth consecutive year, Ukraine TrustChain has coordinated the distribution of heating fuel to families across the war-affected regions of Ukraine. This year's effort reached 7,880 households across 66 locations in seven regions — Kharkiv, Ukrainian-held Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv — delivering approximately 1,580 tons of fuel briquettes and 4,100 cubic meters of firewood.

Fuel prices have driven up the price of bread delivered by Inna Kampen’s team. Also, UTC supporter Todd Kolod completes a tour with several UTC Ukrainian volunteer teams.

This month we mark four years since Ukraine TrustChain was established. It is an important moment for our organization, but also a difficult one. When we began this work, we hoped our role would be temporary. Sadly, four years later, the war in Ukraine continues.