October 1st, 2026
72,588 people evacuated from danger to date
80 people evacuated from danger this week
25 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
The situation in Ukraine’s largest cities continues to deteriorate. Hundreds of drones, gliding bombs and ballistic missiles have hit Odesa, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kryvyi Rih - and many other places where our teams work and help people survive this war. The attacks came at night and during the day. They killed people in residential buildings, damaged gas stations and business centers, beautiful buildings in city centers and warehouses on the outskirts. There is no reason to expect the situation to improve. Some of our volunteers are looking for temporary homes in nearby villages, where it would be easier to survive blackouts, while preparing to help people who are unable to get out of the cities. We continue to monitor the situation, and are ready to pivot to the most urgent needs identified by our volunteers.
Situation in large cities
Kramatorsk and Slovyansk evacuations
Conditions across Donetsk Oblast continue to deteriorate rapidly, prompting Kramatorsk to suspend its Department of Social Protection services on October 1 as evacuation rates there outpace neighboring Slovyansk, where roughly 24,000 residents still remain. Alongside heavy artillery, MLRS, and glide-bomb barrages—which damaged a hospital and apartment blocks in Slovyansk as well as a church in Kramatorsk—Russian forces have adopted an alarming new tactic of intentionally flying FPV drones directly through the windows of multi-story buildings if interior lights or signs of life are spotted. Because the extreme risk now makes entering several neighborhoods virtually impossible without armored transport, operating in these areas remains exceptionally perilous. The mural on the wall of the apartment building behind the destroyed church reads, “Peace in the family - Peace in Ukraine”.
Team Summaries
Alina H.’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
8 trips evacuating 43 people.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
15.7 tons of aid were delivered to 40 locations, 9 of them in high risk zones.
6900 people received aid +4400 people received bread.
Refueled 18 generators in Kherson red zones.
Restored 6 spaces in Kherson mostly pest control.
Angelia Charitable Fund
Report for 3 weeks.
Brought muesli, energy bars, warm clothing, wheelchairs, and fire extinguishers from Zeppernick and Zwickau (Germany).
Received used computers in excellent condition from the Netherlands.
Sent rehabilitation equipment to a rehabilitation orphanage in Kyiv.
Sent warm clothing and seasonal footwear to Nikopol’ and surrounding communities.
Shipped electric rehabilitation massage tables for hospitals and rehabilitation centers to various institutions.
Donated a car, food, and fire extinguishers, to an NGO in Lviv, which specializes in evacuations from frontline areas.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Oleksandr S. (Ukrainka): report for 2 weeks. Distributed 250 kg of baby food for low-income families in the Chernihiv Region. Delivered 150 kg of medical equipment to a hospital in Obukhiv. Delivered 950 kg of medicine for dressings, medical equipment, and food products to an NGO in Kyiv, for further shipment to hot spots in the East. Delivered rugs to an aid center in Boyarka. Received 1.5 tons of rice mixture in the warehouse in Ukrainka for further distribution. Held a support program for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Boyarka. The goal of the program is to restore the mental and physical health of those affected by the war. After the program, 550 kg of food kits were distributed. Distributed 3.5 tons of groceries in the Sumy District.
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered 3.5 tons of humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Kramatorsk. Distributed 500 loaves of “Victory” bread in Sloviansk. Evacuated 4 people, including 1 child, 3 pets, and belongings from Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. The team was also able to reunite a family with a cat that had escaped during the family’s initial evacuation 2 weeks before.
Sandra S. (Odesa): the kitchen crew managed to prepare and serve 800 freshly prepared meals, despite the difficult conditions in Odesa. However, the factory which makes disposable plastic dishware, which the volunteers use to serve the meals, was recently hit in a shelling. The team hopes that this will not disrupt their ability to serve food and is prioritizing purchasing extra dishware in the coming week.
Alla A. (Kremenets’): distributed assistance certificates to 140 people with disabilities.
Yuri P. (Boryslav): delivered a total of 3.5 tons of specialty food for babies and people recovering from digestive disorders to Tal’ne, Cherkasy, Pereiaslav, Obukhiv, and Ternopil.
Hryhoriy M. (Tal’ne): held an event for 70 children and their parents in Ta’lne, 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. Held a meeting for 45 children in Kalynopil.
Oksana K. (Lutsk): distributed 220 kg of adult diapers and urological pads to 44 people. Provided a baby box to the wife of a soldier who is expecting a baby. Distributed groceries to recently arrived IDPs. Supported a large IDP family with groceries.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDPs, children and adults with disabilities, orphans, elderly people, and amputees in Lutsk and the surrounding villages. 1,372 children and adults received help, including art therapy, music therapy, and hydrotherapy, sports activities, 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)
99 people in the shelter.
Natasha’s Team – Volontersʹkyy tsentr Vyshnya (Cherry Volunteer Center)
Tania from Kryvyi Rih travelled to Lubymivka, delivering 210 packages with hygienic products there.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
The team distributed 213 aid packages to seniors in Saltivka Kharkiv.
Special deliveries to 33 disabled elderly and 19 families with infants.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
The team distributed 480 aid packages in Kobzartsi and Novomykolaivka.
224 Kherson IDP families received aid in Mykolaiv.
24 tons of firewood were delivered to 80 households in Dobrokam’yanka.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
146 people arrived at the Voloske transit shelter last week.
80 families received humanitarian aid in Dnipro.
936 packages distributed in multiple Dnipro area villages. We have caught up on reporting on this only this week.
Alina S.’s Team – Dity novoho pokolinnya (Children of the New Generation)
Team completed 5 high-risk trips evacuating 33 people, 31 of them from frontline Dnipropertrovsk region and 2 from Kramatorsk.
The team also transported 7 people in safer zones to help them logistically get to the final destination point of their evacuation.
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 272 packages of aid in Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Poltava.
Served 1,440 meals in the soup kitchen in Kharkiv.
Distributed 150 packages of aid in Stary Saltiv.
Bohdan’s Team – Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
Food and hygiene kits were distributed to 42 families in Zhytomyr.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Distributed donated bread to 313 families in Odesa.
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