July 30th, 2026
71,788 people evacuated from danger to date
111 people evacuated from danger this week
33 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Stories
Inna’s Shevchenkove Branch Suspends Operations
The Shevchenkove team of Inna’s organization had been surviving in difficult conditions after Russian bombardments destroyed the kindergarten building from which the volunteers were distributing aid. Here is an excerpt from Inna’s recent report :
Last week, the situation in Shevchenkove was very tense. Our coordinator Anatoliy called in. He reported that four KABs (guided aerial bombs) had hit across the street. The situation became very critical. Anatoliy asked for an urgent evacuation and we started looking for transport. 12 hours later, our volunteer Andriy Makarus arrived from Dnipro and picked up three people, along with three dogs and belongings. Andriy also took all the remaining humanitarian aid and drove the volunteers out of Shevchenkove to Ivano-Frankivsk, where our friends were already waiting.
As of today, we know and see that Shevchenkove is being hit almost every day, methodically, by three, six, or even eight KABs. This is a very destructive weapon, so thank God we managed to start evacuating our team in time. As of now, part of the team has left, and the remaining volunteers are in the process of leaving.. Our activity in Shevchenkove has been suspended for now. We are waiting for the situation to stabilize. We will continue to evaluate the situation as it develops.
Harrowing Conditions in Kherson
Alena described her team’s latest trip to Kherson as the most harrowing and difficult in her years of volunteer work. The city has turned into a terrifying environment under relentless artillery fire, aerial glide bombs, and prowling optical-fiber drones, which effortlessly bypass traditional electronic detection and jamming systems. Streets are largely impassable and essential shops are vanishing overnight, leaving residents frightened, isolated in their homes, and completely reliant on volunteer assistance.
To reach those in need, Alena's convoy of two supply vans and a team of visiting German doctors was guided through high-risk areas by trusted local Kherson partners in a lead escort car. Some of the civilians from targeted “red zones,” had come a long distance to receive the aid, making their way on foot and frequently hiding under trees from drones.
Despite continuous air raid sirens and extreme navigational hazards, team Diva successfully delivered 167 hygiene kits, 100 food packages, and child nutrition for 130 individuals. In a touching moment of warmth amidst the hardship, the volunteers also brought fresh popcorn for children gathered in a shelter for a movie night, offering them a fleeting taste of a normal childhood. Additionally, the visiting German medical team provided hands-on training, empowering both children and adults with life-saving skills, such as applying tourniquets and dressing critical wounds.
Dobra Sprava Rescues 41 People
Over the past week, Dobra sprava completed nine evacuation trips, rescuing 41 people — primarily elderly residents of Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Oleksandrivka, and Novodonetske. The situation on the ground continues to escalate, with daily bombings frequently exceeding 10 strikes per day and optical FPV drones actively targeting southern Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
Active hunting drones regularly hit civilian vehicles and the few functioning gas stations, leaving the remaining evacuation routes with a razor-thin safety margin. Despite these severe hazards, the team continues their vital work in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, where an estimated 53,000 and 40,000 residents still remain.
The volunteers help terrified civilians navigate complex evacuation logistics. Among those rescued this week were two elderly sisters, Nadiya and Olena, who were evacuated from Kramatorsk's heavily shelled Lazurnyi quarter to a transit center in Lozova, before being safely relocated to housing in Ternopil.
Team Summaries
Alina H.’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
Completed 9 trips, evacuating 41 people from Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Oleksandrivka, and Novodonetske.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
19.7 tons of aid distributed.
Aid reached 7,850 people, plus 4,200 people received bread.
32 locations visited, 9 in high-risk zones.
Kherson team cleaned and disinfected 9 large basements and bomb shelters.
Refueled 8 generators in Kherson red zones and delivered 6 cans of gas to power generators in red-zone highrises.
Angelia Charitable Fund
Brought electric massage couches and tables, rehabilitation exercise machines, wheelchairs for the elderly, walkers, crutches, children's supplies and clothes, a baby stroller, clothing, and shoes from Munich to Ukraine.
Delivered the aid to the Novi Obikhody and Markivka settlements.
Sent clothes and shoes to Zaporizhzhia and Nikopol’.
Made a second trip to Germany (Lüneburg) bringing back muesli, energy bars, milk, 12-15 bags of children's toys, and 20 fire extinguishers for cars.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv.
Andriy P. (Mykolaiv): acquired 4 vehicles in Germany and brought them back to Ukraine loaded with humanitarian aid. The vehicles included a Nissan Pathfinder SUV, a Volkswagen Transporter mini bus, a 2-axle trailer for evacuating cars, and a Fiat Ducato van. The aid included 33 car tires, 40 boxes of shoes, clothes and food, furniture for deoccupied villages in the Kherson Region, children's toys and 16 boxes of items and equipment for children’s schools and kindergartens, 5 boxes of diapers and medicine, and 15 packages to be sent to Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia.
Sandra S. (Odesa): the kitchen distributed 500 freshly-prepared meals, despite a very difficult week with an unprecedented number of air raid alarms. At each alarm, the volunteers must carry all their supplies and food down to the train station bomb shelter to continue serving the locals. At the all clear signal, everything must again be carried upstairs.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Shabelkivka, Kramatorsk District. Distributed 500 loaves of “Victory” bread in Kramatorsk. Evacuated 2 women and their belongings from the center of Kramatorsk, and a mother, her daughter, their dog, and belongings from the Cherevkivka suburb of Sloviansk. Both areas are quite dangerous now and evacuations with belongings are hard to come by. The evacuees were transported to the Poltava and Kharkiv region, respectively and provided help with documents and the resettling process.
Hryhoriy M. (Tal’ne): held an event for 90 children and their parents, offering psychological support, classes, singing, games, and meals to children from large families, orphans, and children of fallen soldiers. Transportation was provided for children from the surrounding villages. 20 children attended a week-long UPGRADE CAMP in Zhytomyr for children whose parents gave their lives for Ukraine, orphans, children from large families, and families in difficult life circumstances.
Oksana K. (Lutsk): distributed 120 kg of adult diapers and urological pads to 29 seriously ill people. Provided baby boxes to expectant mothers.
Oleksandr D. (Lutsk): held a week-long camp for 75 internally displaced children and children from the village of Velykyi Mydsk. The camp included games, psychological support, life skills and crafts workshops.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to internally displaced people, children and adults with disabilities, children from large families, veterans, military personnel, orphans, elderly people, and amputees in the Lutsk territorial community. 1,129 children and adults received help, including art therapy, music therapy, zootherapy, sports activities, a cooking class, a visit to the museum, 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)
79 people in the shelter.
Natasha’s Team – Volontersʹkyy tsentr Vyshnya (Cherry Volunteer Center)
260 packages distributed in the village of Osokorivka.
The situation in the village is appalling. As Russia is systematically targeting homes in the village, the distribution must be done at night to minimize risks from drones.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Distributed 271 aid packages to seniors.
Special deliveries to 18 disabled elderly and 26 families with infants.
Additional aid deliveries to liquidators (those who helped with radiation cleanup after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster).
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Delivered humanitarian aid to Shevchenkove, Novohryhorivka and internally displaced people (IDPs) from Kherson, living in Mykolaiv.
331 families received aid.
Continue to conduct psychological support sessions in Mykolaiv.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
220 people arrived at Volos’ke transit shelter.
Alina S.’s Team – Dity novoho pokolinnya (Children of the New Generation)
Completed 11 trips, evacuating 66 people from Mezhova, Mykolaivka, and Raivka
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobro Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in Piatykhatky.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 267 packages of aid in Kaniv, Kremenchuk, and Poltava.
Mailed 50 packages to small towns from Dnipro.
Served 1,340 meals in the Kharkiv soup kitchen.
Distributed 300 packages of aid to displaced newcomers in Kharkiv.
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, children attended an art class.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Traveled to Kherson, delivering 167 hygiene and cleaning kits to residents in Antonivka and to civilians who walked over from the highly targeted Perekopska Street red zone.
100 food assistance packages to families in the Zhytloselyshche neighborhood on Komarova Street, an area heavily targeted by active hunting drones.
Provided child nutrition supplies for 130 families and brought fresh popcorn for children gathered in a bomb shelter for a movie night, offering them a rare moment of comfort and normalcy.
Organized interactive tactical first-aid training alongside visiting German doctors, teaching both children and adults critical life-saving skills like tourniquet application and wound packing.
Distributed bread to 331 families in Odesa.
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