June 26th, 2025
68,244 people evacuated from danger to date
49 people evacuated from danger this week
35 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
In May and June of this year, Russia has launched nearly 4,000 kamikaze drones monthly against Ukrainian cities. These attacks have grown more effective as they have increasingly targeted civilian populations, using deliberate terror tactics. Each assault would have been deemed unprecedented just two years ago — now it barely registers in international headlines. Yet the ongoing carnage profoundly impacts our friends in Ukraine and their loved ones. Recently, for example, an apartment belonging to one of our early partners was destroyed in Dnipro.
Our teams in Dnipro, Kherson, and Kharkiv routinely help at attack sites, providing first aid, food, and clothing to residents of damaged buildings. Despite being sleep-deprived and embittered by these nightly assaults, our volunteers refuse to slow down: they continue their critical missions. We take pride in knowing that Ukraine TrustChain's support enables these heroes to channel their righteous anger into meaningful action. We thank you for your support.
Stories
Perilous Attempt to Provide Aid In Beryslav Area
The Virgo team traveled to the Beryslav area to deliver aid to towns near the front line. At great risk, the volunteers were able to enter and distribute supplies to the residents directly in Tarasa Shevchenka and Rakivka, but getting to the 28 people who remain in Shlyakhove is no longer possible, except in the deep of night. There is a local volunteer who will attempt to make that trip in the coming nights.
Getting to a Funeral in Kherson
Help provided by volunteers in frontline zones sometimes takes unusual forms. Here is an excerpt from the last week’s report by Oleksandr U:
There was another unusual request for assistance this week. A resident had died, and people needed to get to the cemetery for the funeral. One problem is that in Kherson, the enemy is methodically destroying all means of public transportation. Minibuses, taxis, buses, even trolleys get chased by drones and by now there aren’t many left.
A second problem is that people simply don't have money for transportation. In the “red zones” there's almost no work. Elderly people, especially, find it very difficult to survive on their pension.
Finally, to get to the cemetery, you have to go through the Zymivnyk neighborhood, where there are sometimes Russian drones. They're not there very often, but they do fly in occasionally. But we already know how to survey the sky and monitor for this. We were able to get people safely to and from the funeral.
Help in Occupied Territories
Aid was distributed at five locations in the occupied territories. 166 families were helped.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
11 trips, evacuating 49 people from Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Lyman, Rodyns’ke, Mezhova, Bilyts’ke, and Dobropillia areas.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
7,900 people received aid.
20.3 tons of aid distributed.
6,600 people received bread.
Aid reached 35 villages and towns, 8 of them in high-risk areas.
Provided aid to a shelter in Synel’nykove.
Kherson operations:
Disinfection and exterminations in 6 spaces, 5 of them basements in large, high-rise buildings.
Covered up blown out windows in a building.
2 equipment maintenance tasks completed.
5 individual missions accomplished, including transportation of people to and from a funeral.
After a blackout caused by Russian bombing, power in Kherson has been partially restored.
Team managed to reach Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka.
The Kharkiv team conducted 7 events for children and teenagers.
Distributed 100 pairs of glasses in villages near NIkopol’.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Vladyslav K (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv and 7 to Kherson.
Yuri S (Vinnytsia): delivered food aid to the Safe Space Vinnytsia night shelter for the homeless. On the night of the delivery, the shelter housed 13 people. Brought 5 kg of cherries to a family of 2 disabled people and another 15 kg to the Safe Space shelter.
Vitaliy Z (Kharkiv): delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits, “Victory” bread, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Kostyantynivka. Distributed 500 loaves of “Victory” bread in Volobuivka, Balakliya District. Provided over 100 housing workers in Balakliya with special uniforms, necessary for their work repairing houses and clearing the streets after shelling.
Oleksandr D (Lutsk): helped the team’s German partner Ben Clip with delivering 1 ton of energy bars and muesli, and a Renault Espace to Lutsk. The car is for Oksana K’s foundation. The energy bars are for an organization which takes care of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Kyiv Region. Sent 3 pallets of sweets to Bucha and Vasylkiv, and 4 wheels to Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope) in Dnipro. Transported a furniture set from Lutsk to the village of Dubova Korchma for a family of pensioners. Brought back 5 boxes of cherries, which were distributed to 4 families in need.
Oleksandr Z (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDP children and families, children with disabilities, children from large families and military families, orphans, military members and veterans, and amputees – held 3 art therapy sessions for a total of 90 children with disabilities and military personnel. One of these classes was held out in nature. Organized a development camp for 36 children. Visited a museum with 37 IDPs and military veterans. Distributed bread and other food to 70 orphaned students from the Sumy and Kherson regions and to 380 other people living in IDP assistance centers. Provided glasses for 22 adults and children. Conducted examinations and physiotherapy procedures for IDP children from Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. Conducted 80 medical and preventive procedures for the recovery of 17 IDP children with disabilities from the Kherson Region. Helped 32 children with prophylactic health procedures, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and gym classes. Through partners, assisted in the manufacture of prostheses and rehabilitation for 18 people.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
92 people in the shelter.
Tetiana’s Team – Dopomoha poruch (Help Is Near)
Distributed 143 aid packages to the newly internally displaced refugees in Smila.
Natasha’s Team – Volontersʹkyy tsentr Vyshnya (Cherry Volunteer Center)
Tetiana and Nataliya finalized preparation for their upcoming trips this week to Donbas and the Kherson Region.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
The team distributed aid to 330 senior households in Kharkiv.
Special home deliveries to 19 families with infants and disabled elderly.
This was a difficult week as hundreds of people were hurt in Kharkiv and 17 were killed by Russian strikes.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Volunteers were busy preparing aid packages for distribution at the team’s warehouse.
Delivered 290 packages to the villages of Zasillya, Afanasiivka, and Novopavlivs’ke.
Held an event for IDP family and children in Mykolaiv.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
24 tons of water delivered to Nikopol’.
Delivered 630 packages to villages near Nikopol’ and Synel’nykove (Orly, Topyla, Kolomiytsi, and Vyshneve). Packages were sponsored by Mercy Corps.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobrо Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in Pyatikhatki.
Dina’s Team — Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 333 packages in Kremenchuk, Poltava, and Kanev.
Served 1,540 meals in the soup kitchen in Kharkiv.
Distributed 250 packages in the Kharkiv area.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
42 families in Zhytomyr received food and hygiene kits.
This week, the children had culinary classes, visited the nature center, and the amusement park, and took a candle-making workshop.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Traveled to Beryslav area delivering 311 packages of hygiene products and donating shoes to 3 villages: Rakivka, Tarasa Shevchenka, and Shlyakhove.
Distributed bread to 340 families in Odesa.
Supporting 52 wounded in the hospital.
Anna’s Team – Nezalezhna natsiya (Independent Nation)
Local volunteers in Kherson continue to run water delivery services in the villages of Tavriiske and Nova Zorya. For the 5/28 -6/19 period ,465 tons of water was delivered to 98 households.
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