July 17th, 2026
71,324 people evacuated from danger to date
109 people evacuated from danger this week
38 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Stories
The Evacuation Surge Continues
The Children of the New Generation team alone evacuated 114 people last week. Here is an excerpt from their report:
The biggest number of evacuations this week were carried out from the Shakhtarsk community, which today remains one of the most dangerous in the region. The team also worked in the Vasyl'kivka, Mezhova, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Pokrovsk communities.
The evacuation of two large families from Shakhtarsk was particularly memorable. For one family, this was already their second evacuation; the second family was evacuating for a third time. They had already lost their homes before, started life over, found jobs, arranged for new housing. The children got used to new schools and made new friends. It seemed the worst was already behind them, but the war caught up with them again.
The parents admitted that leaving everything behind for a second or third time was extremely difficult. But their fear for their children turned out to be stronger. They set out on the road, not knowing what lay ahead, but with a firm resolve to preserve their children's lives and childhood.
Russia is Destroying Gas Stations in Ukraine
One of Inna’s volunteers writes about a new challenge facing the teams.
Last week we planned a trip to Shevchenkove, in the Kup’yans’k District, to deliver humanitarian aid. Along the way, we found that almost every gas station between the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions had been destroyed, damaged, or burned out, making travel considerably harder.
In Kharkiv itself, FPV drones on fiber optic cables have become increasingly common. These drones are knocking out gas stations even within the city. Half of the ring road around Kharkiv is now closed — it's covered with anti-drone netting, but driving on it is banned outright, since attacks on civilian vehicles keep increasing. So we carefully skirted around Kharkiv and headed toward Kup’yans’k, to Shevchenkove.
The road to Shevchenkove itself, starting from Korobochkyne and including the turn toward Kup’yans’k, is now covered in anti-drone netting too. This has made driving more difficult, since the road now has no turnout shoulder. Poles holding the netting line the sides of the road, making the road narrower. Because of this, everyone drives fast, trying to reach Shevchenkove as quickly as possible.
As it happened, on the very day we arrived, the only gas station still standing in Shevchenkove, right at the entrance to the village, was hit in an attack. When we got there it was still burning.
A Beacon of Care on the Front Lines:
Supporting Sloviansk’s Psychiatric Hospital
This week, the Dobra sprava team completed a critical and dangerous humanitarian mission to the only functioning psychiatric hospital remaining in the Ukrainian-held Donetsk Region, delivering over 500 units of essential supplies across 13 categories, including diapers, urological pads, antiseptics, medical gowns, masks, and specialized care products. Located near the active combat zone in Sloviansk, the hospital operates under the constant threat of bombings. Despite these immense challenges, the hospital's heroic medical staff refuse to abandon their posts, continuing to run both outpatient and closed inpatient wards.
Every month, the hospital workers provide life-saving care to over 120 highly vulnerable residents. These patients include individuals who are completely immobile, those unable to care for themselves, and both civilians and military personnel suffering from severe PTSD, brought on by the ongoing trauma of the war. Your donations help to support this incredible work.
Team Summaries
Alina H.’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
8 trips, evacuating 29 people from the Sloviansk and Kramatorsk directions, as well as from Oleksandrivka and Novodonetske.
Delivered over 500 units of essential medical and hygiene supplies to the only functioning psychiatric hospital in the Ukrainian-held Donetsk Region.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
19.7 tons of aid delivered to 7,950 people.
4,200 people received bread.
Aid distributed in 29 locations, 10 of them in high risk zones.
The Kherson team disinfected and cleaned 9 large bomb shelters and refueled 14 generators in Kherson red zones.
Kherson team evacuated 1 person from Novopavlivka.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): delivered 42 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv and repaired a pump in one of the wells.
Yuri P. (Boryslav): delivered a total of 2.5 tons of aid, mostly baby food, to Ostrih, Kyiv, Ukrainka, Kaniv, and Cherkasy.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered strollers, cribs, diapers, children's clothes and other necessary items to an orphanage in Kharkiv. Delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Sloviansk.Distributed “Victory” bread in the village of Kalynivka, Izium District. There are no shops in this village and almost no buses reach it, so getting food is a challenge for the locals, most of whom are retirees. Evacuated 21 people from Sloviansk in 1 trip with 3 vans and another 8 people in a second trip with 2 vans. Most evacuees went first to Kharkiv, where they are being provided with support for further relocation. Evacuated a woman, her daughter, 3 cats and 1 dog in highly dangerous conditions from Semenivka, near Sloviansk.This settlement is very near the line of contact, with constant shelling and significant destruction to the houses. Housing was found in advance in the Poltava Region where the family was safely delivered.
Hryhoriy M. (Tal’ne): held an event for 115 children and their parents, offering psychological support, classes, singing, games, snacks and dessert to children from large families, orphans, and children of fallen soldiers. Transportation was provided for children from the surrounding villages. In addition to attending the program, the children went on field trips to the city of Uman.
Oksana K. (Lutsk): gave a baby box to an expectant mother.
WeCare Centers (Lviv): summary report for June. Received 59 tons and distributed 57.6 tons of humanitarian aid to people and partner organizations throughout Ukraine. In all, 6,187 people received help. Food made up the largest share of the aid – 28.9 tons. The rest was clothing and footwear, hygiene products, medicines, furniture, household appliances and other necessary items. Support was provided to internally displaced persons (IDPs), families of military personnel, elderly, people with disabilities, and families experiencing difficult life circumstances.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDPs, children and adults with disabilities, children from military families and large families, veterans, military personnel, orphans, elderly people, and amputees in the Lutsk and surrounding areas. 1095 children and adults received help, including a visit to the theater, art therapy, music therapy, zootherapy, sports activities, help with bread and other food, help with glasses, dental, medical, and preventive procedures, psychological support, and help with the manufacture of wheelchairs for children and prostheses and rehabilitation for adults.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
87 people in the shelter (54 of them long-term residents).
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Distributed 289 aid packages in the village of Tyshky and in Saltivka, Kharkiv.
Special deliveries to 18 disabled elderly and 34 families with infants.
Evacuated 2 seniors from the village of Shevchekove.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
295 families received aid in Mykolaiv and Kherson region villages. Aid was delivered to Zorya and Zasillya, and distributed in Mykolaiv to 155 families. Recipients were IDPs or those caring for children with disabilities.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
402 people arrived at the Volos’ke transit shelter last week, 121 of them children. This is a record-breaking refugee flow, reflecting the dire situation in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.
Alina S.’s Team – Dity novoho pokolinnya (Children of the New Generation)
Completed 14 trips, evacuating 114 people.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobro Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
Food and hygiene kits were distributed to 150 internally displaced families in Zhovti Vody.
Marina's organization celebrated its 7th anniversary this week.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 361 packages in Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Poltava, and Dnipro.
Served 1,550 meals in the soup kitchen in Kharkiv.
Distributed 600 packages of aid to newly arriving internal refugees in Kharkiv.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
Food and hygiene kits were distributed to 42 families in Zhytomyr.
At the Club for Children with Disabilities, the children participated in culinary and art classes.
This week, Bohdan's organization celebrated its 23rd anniversary.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Distributed bread to 332 families in Odesa.
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