October 2nd, 2025
69,199 people evacuated from danger to date
62 people evacuated from danger this week
34 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa – almost like clockwork, all the major cities came under massive attack last week, leaving dozens killed or injured. We’re deeply grateful that all our Ukrainian volunteers are safe for the moment. One of our team members in Dnipro lives close to the strike site, in a building that suffered many shattered windows but remained otherwise intact. Other volunteers described the attacks as “apocalyptic” but were quick to reassure us that they’re “fine” and alread busy with preparations for their next mission.
Stories
Attacks on a Village Restored by Ukraine TrustChain
Sadly, as the war has gone on, the so-called gray zones have grown wider These areas are a no man’s land controlled by drones, where any person, any vehicle can come under attack at any moment. Last week, harrowing evidence of this expansion came from Slatyne, a village North of Kharkiv, which we helped rebuild following its deoccupation in 2022.
The village suffered two FPV drone attacks on vehicles last week, signifying that from now on Slatyne is a gray zone where every person is a target at the mercy of Russian drone operators. One of the drones hit a car belonging to a family of three. The father, 44 years old, was killed on the spot. His 41-year-old wife suffered multiple shrapnel wounds. The couple’s 14-year-old daughter suffered an acute panic attack that also required immediate hospitalization. Our hearts ache for the people still living in this village. The village of Slatyne is less than 10 miles away from Kharkiv. With the advances in drone technology this gray zone could continue to expand.
Stretching the Impact of Your Donations
As you probably know, UTC is a small, volunteer-run organization. We feel immense gratitude to everyone who entrusts us with their donations. We see it as our responsibility to ensure that every dollar has the greatest possible impact in Ukraine. One way we do this is by partnering with other organizations. For example, in Kyiv, an NGO collects household goods, clothing, shoes, and toys. With your support, we cover the transportation costs to deliver these donations where they are needed most. Most recently, four tons of donated items were sent to Kremenchuk, where they reached 100 newly arrived displaced families. For people working to rebuild their lives just West of the frontline, every dish, toy, towel, and blanket carries real meaning and comfort.
Help in Occupied Territories
Four people received a trailer of firewood each in the occupied territories, including a mother with a bedridden, disabled son. 84 other families received help in three occupied towns.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
10 trips and 46 people evacuated this week, 8 of them children.
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 reached 33 locations, including 11 high-risk zones.
Kherson team disinfected 3 spaces.
Kherson's team completed 21 missions, ranging from feeding animals to fueling generators in Kherson’s red zones.
Brought bread to the traumatological ward in Kramatorsk hospital.
Seventh Day Adventist church was severely damaged in Nikopol’ bombing. The team spent the night salvaging and moving remaining things to a new location. (Day movement is dangerous due to enemy drones.)
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Sandra S. (Odesa): the kitchen handed out more than 600 portions of food, both directly and through partners. Many of the people who come are isolated pensioners, or mothers with children. In response to an increasing number of bedridden patients, the team also decided to purchase an extra pot and make extra soup each week. Partners will then be able to transport the extra pot of soup and hand out portions directly to people who can’t leave their apartments.
Andryi P. (Mykolaiv): brought 2,800 kg of aid, half of which was delivered to Odesa, and the other half to Mykolaiv. The aid included 4 washing machines, 3 refrigerators, furniture, a sofa, an electric grill, 20 sleeping bags, 25 tents, 7 bicycles, 60 boxes of clothes, 40 bags of shoes, 25 boxes of hygiene products, 30 boxes of food, 25 boxes of medicines, 25 boxes of animal feed, 250 kg of warm bedding, 15 bags of crutches, and wheelchairs. Also brought an additional 800 kg of aid to Mykolaiv, including 10 tires, 30 bags of warm clothing, 6 boxes of medicine, 10 boxes of hygiene products, 25 bags of shoes, 10 bags of bedding, 15 bags of animal feed, canned food, a bicycle, and 25 bags of targeted transfers to internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered a total of 4 tons (350 humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, “Victory” bread, and animal feed) to a neighborhood of Kramatorsk nicknamed the Air Conditioner, because of the many buildings with destroyed roofs there. Most of the residents are elderly and low income. Many are refugees from Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, and Avdiivka. Brought more than 500 loaves of “Victory” bread to the unoccupied village of Borodoyars'ke, Izium District. Evacuated a total of 9 people, along with their belongings and animals: 2 were elderly people from Novomykolaivka, Kup’yans’k District. This village is now a gray zone where not one house is intact. 5, including a woman and her 4 children were from Petrivka, also near Kup’yans’k. 2 other people were evacuated from Lyman, in the Kramatorsk District. The team had to acquire special permission from the administration to enter Lyman, which is now very dangerous and largely closed to access by volunteers.
WeCare Centers (Lviv): delivered a total of 3.5 tons of mattresses, chairs, desks, and other furniture to IDPs in Kyiv and Cherkasy.
Alla A. (Kremenets’): more than 300 children from vulnerable groups attended an event called Country of Changes, in which they participated in various competitions and games and were presented with treats and gifts at the end. As part of a state project, people with disabilities met with a psychologist. The team also distributed wheelchairs to disabled people, gave out 92 certificates for food packages and hygiene kits, and distributed porridge and yogurt.
Artem S. (Hostomel’): held a 6-day-long camp for 68 children of soldiers, fallen soldiers, children from deoccupied territories, IDP children, and orphans. Distributed 1.5 tons of food, clothing, shoes, and medical supplies to people in need. Distributed food packages, clothes, and shoes to 300 low-income families in the local community. Twice a week, the team also organizes hot lunches for all those in need.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDP children and families, children with disabilities, children from military families and large families, orphans, military veterans and service members, and amputees in Lutsk, Ostrozhets’, Uizdtsi, Horodnytsya, and Novovolynsk (all in the Rivne Region). 709 children and adults received help, including art therapy classes, help with bread and other food, a visit to the theater and to a museum, a development camp, a public art cafe, glasses, medical and preventive procedures – including a “medical mobile trailer,” which traveled to remote villages in the Rivne Region to conduct physiotherapeutic procedures for IDPs – and help with the manufacture of prostheses and rehabilitation.
Kseniia’s Team – Livyy bereh (Left Bank)
7 people evacuated from Borova, Kut’kivka, and Kasyanivka.
205 packages delivered to Kut’kivka, Kasyanivka, Prylutove, Shypuvate, and Vodyane.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
110 people in the shelter.
Tetiana’s Team – Dopomoha poruch (Help Is Near)
Distributed 160 aid packages and some hygiene supplies in the village of Zoryans’ke, Kharkiv Region.
Distributed 150 aid packages to recently internally displaced refugees in Smila.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Delivered aid packages to 266 seniors.
Special deliveries to 18 families with infants and 12 disabled elderly.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Delivered packages to Kherson and Mykolaiv region villages of Partyzans’ke, Kvitneve and Shevchenkove. 285 families helped.
Provided aid to IDPs from Kherson, including families with many children, as well as war widows. 456 families helped.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
The team has begun operating a mobile water purification station that can be transported to areas suffering from acute water shortages. The volunteers completed rigorous training and certification to launch this project.
Delivered 152 packages to Tomakivka, near Nikopol’.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobrо Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in Pyatykhatky.
10 families with disabled children received food and hygiene packages in different parts of Ukraine.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 479 packages in Poltava, Kanev, Kremenchuk, and Dnipro.
100 families in Kremenchuk received aid from NGO Kengurush in Kyiv in the form of 4 tons of donated toys, clothing, home goods, and other aid.
The soup kitchen in Kharkiv served 1,480 meals.
The Kharkiv team delivered 220 packages to the towns of Valky and Koviahy.
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 attended sessions with a psychologist, as well as art, vocal, theater, and culinary classes.
100 families with small children received diapers.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Distributed donated bread to 582 families.
Helped 44 wounded in the Odesa hospital.
Anastasia’s Team – LoveUA
Delivered 136 packages of food aid and 136 packages of hygiene products to Starovarvarivka.
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