November 27th, 2025
69,612 people evacuated from danger to date
58 people evacuated from danger this week
30 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Last week, our teams made more than 30 trips into frontline areas, delivering aid, evacuating the elderly, and supporting people who live mostly without electricity or running water. In the precious few hours when their phone batteries allow, the residents of these hardhit areas monitor the news for any signs about their future. The locals come to our volunteers with a question that haunts them: "Will people remember us, or will they give us up to the Russian occupation?”
The heroic work of Ukrainian UTC volunteers connects us directly to the most vulnerable people enduring Russia's daily assault on Ukrainian independence. We don't claim a global perspective or the right to comment on geopolitics. But we do hear an important truth that the world needs to know: the people of the Donbas, who are living under threat, who have survived all this time despite Russia's indiscriminate bombings, are now horrified at the thought of being abandoned to Russian control.
The heavily fortified Ukrainian positions have held off murderous attacks for almost four years. Giving them up would not only betray hundreds of thousands of people we have been supporting, but expose Ukraine and Europe to an even more devastating future. We pray that peace, when it comes, will be lasting and just, and that the United States can hold on to its moral compass, standing with those who fight for their freedom against tyranny. Our hope is rooted in our community, which since 2022 has not looked away and has continued to support the people of Ukraine.
Stories
Pet Evacuation from Demuryne
This week, Dobra sprava completed an unusual evacuation mission. A volunteer who cares for pets left behind in the town of Demuryne, located six miles from the frontline, reached out to the team, letting them know that some of the dogs and cats had become a security risk. The animals were giving away army positions by seeking out people and food. If they were not captured and relocated, they would unfortunately have to be euthenized.
The volunteers risked their lives to rescue eight dogs, six puppies, and four cats out of Demuryne. By posting photos on their social media pages, they were able to find foster or permanent homes for all the animals, some as far away as Kyiv. Two of the pets even took a train ride to their new home, with the conductor taking pity and agreeing to supervise them on their unaccompanied trip.
Inna’s Donbas Trip Summary
Inna’s Krok z nadiyeyu team had a “very eventful” trip to the Donbas last week.
We visited 3 places: Druzhkivka — where we distributed groceries and held a charitable lunch — Sloviansk, and Mykolaivka. The day before in Druzhkivka, a KAB-guided aerial bomb hit 200 meters from the distribution point. A couple of windows cracked and houses all around were damaged.
On Saturday evening in Kramatorsk, not far from us, there was a Shahed drone strike. It shook us pretty good. In the morning we drove through the debris.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
9 trips, evacuating 46 people, plus a special mission rescuing 14 dogs and 4 cats from a town 6 miles from the frontline.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
20.5 tons of aid delivered to 7,850 people.
6,600 people received bread.
Aid was delivered to 37 locations, including 11 high-risk areas.
60 tons of firewood delivered to Het’manivka (near Kup’yans’k) and Chuhuiv.
Kherson team covered windows in one building after explosions.
Conducted 4 insect/rat exterminations in Kherson bomb shelters.
Provided aid to 35 people surviving in Kherson red zones, and delivered fuel to power generators for 4 red-zone highrises.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Malotaranivka, in the Kramatorsk District. On a different day, delivered more than 500 loaves of “Victory” bread, also to Malotaranivka. Evacuated 1 woman from Druzhkivka.
Alla A. (Kremenets’): report for 3 weeks. 170 people living alone, 270 people with disabilities, 370 internally displaced people (IDPs), and 30 orphans and disabled children received grocery store certificates, food, and psychological support. In conjunction with other volunteer organizations and doctors, the team also provided free examinations for 56 people with deceased or missing family members.
WeCare Centers (Lviv): brought 8 tons of bread from Holland to the team’s warehouse in Boryslav for further distribution throughout Ukraine. Volunteers Orest and Myroslav delivered 1,100 kg of rice to Obukhiv, 550 kg of rice, plus 400 kg of pasta and sauces to Kaniv, and 1 ton of sandwich bread to Cherskasy.
Oksana K. (Lutsk): distributed adult diapers and urological pads to 40 visitors to the team’s aid distribution point in Lutsk. Sent potatoes to an orphanage in Oleksandria, Kirovohrad Region.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDP children and families, children and adults with disabilities, children from military families, orphans, elderly people, military service members, and amputees in Lutsk, Ostrozhets, and other villages of the Rivne Region. 836 children and adults received help, including art therapy, theater therapy, music therapy, help with bread and other food, help with glasses, dental, medical, and preventive procedures, visits to a theatrical children’s exhibition and to a museum, sports activities, and help with the manufacture of prostheses and rehabilitation.
Darya’s Team
210 families received aid in frontline villages near Kup’yans’k.
Since our last report, Darya managed to evacuate 11 more people.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
88 people in the shelter.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Delivered vegetables to Kherson and Mykolaiv region villages.
260 families received a total of 4 tons of vegetables.
60 families received additional food aid in Novohryhorivka.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
321 new arrivals in Volos’ke transit shelter.
4 trips to villages near Nikopol’, delivering aid to 234 families.
Delivered aid to 155 families during 9 trips to the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobro Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in P'yatykhatky.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 428 packages in Poltava, Kanev, and Kremenchuk.
Brought 3.5 tons of donated clothing and household items from Kyiv to Kremenchuk.
Served 1,550 meals in the soup kitchen in Kharkiv.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
42 families in Zhytomyr received food and hygiene kits.
At the club for children with disabilities, children played psychological relief games and attended art and culinary classes.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
40 wounded received medical aid.
Anastasia’s Team – LoveUA
Traveled to Mykhailivka to deliver 141 packages of food, 141 packages of hygiene, pet food, and adult diapers.
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