September 10th, 2026
72,103 people evacuated from danger to date
61 people evacuated from danger this week
29 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Everyone in the U.S. who cares about Ukraine — we really need your help over the next week and a half. The Senate has already passed the Graham-Blumenthal sanctions bill. Now the House is not moving forward with it, and is scheduled to recess on September 18.
The bill would impose strong sanctions on Russia. It would also give the Administration tools to impose tariffs on the largest purchasers of Russian energy and those countries that help Russia evade sanctions.
Getting this bill through the House will not be easy. Getting this done will require higher levels of involvement from constituents.
Please call your representative in the House. If you don’t want to call during business hours, call after hours or over the weekend and leave a voicemail. Just give them your name and ZIP code and say: “I’m a constituent, and I’m asking you to ensure the Graham-Blumenthal sanctions bill passes the House before recess.”
It takes 60 seconds to do, and Congressional offices are always telling me it makes a difference. We have a limited window. Please make the call today, tomorrow, and every day until September 18. https://americancoalitionforukraine.org/action/
Securing essential food supplies for front-line communities has become a severe challenge as strikes on logistics warehouses, relentless air raid alerts, and mounting public anxiety trigger widespread panic buying across Ukraine. Basic pantry staples with long shelf lives, such as salt, sugar, grains, and canned food have virtually disappeared from shelves in cities from Dnipro to Odesa, prompting some supermarkets to impose strict rationing limits. Even major bulk cash-and-carry retail chains have faced persistent stockouts, leaving large aid orders unfulfilled and forcing our teams to cancel delayed wholesale shipments and pivot toward independent wholesale depots at higher costs. This sudden scarcity hits vulnerable groups hardest, especially elderly pensioners and displaced families who cannot afford to stockpile or endure hours searching emptied stores, making the direct delivery of bulk food parcels to high-risk areas like Nikopol more challenging, but more critical than ever.
Situation in Kherson
When we asked Alena from our team Virgo in Odesa whether residents in Kherson are preparing to leave following official evacuation calls, her firsthand account revealed why an estimated 70,000 civilians remain in the besieged city. As Alena explained after coordinating with families on the ground, calling for an evacuation is simple, but funding it is nearly impossible for ordinary citizens. Surging bombardments in Kyiv have triggered waves of displacement westward, driving rental costs in western Ukraine completely out of reach. Meanwhile, evacuating closer to Odesa is not only expensive but increasingly perilous as guided aerial bombs (KABs) strike the region, and nearby rural villages are already saturated, with up to three families crammed under a single roof. For the average Kherson pensioner receiving just 5,000 UAH ($120) a month alongside a modest 2,000 UAH displacement stipend, surviving on roughly $155 to $170 while paying market-rate rent elsewhere is simply unfeasible—leaving desperate residents paralyzed by financial reality and waiting out the strikes in their homes. For now, Alena is planning to continue bringing aid to Kherson. The residents are requesting hygiene products and flashlights.
Team Summaries
Alina H.’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
Completed 9 trips over the week, evacuating 41 people (predominantly elderly residents from Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, some of them with pets) .
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
15.3 tons of aid delivered to 6750 people.
4200 people received bread.
36 locations received aid, 6 of them in high-risk zones.
Kherson team evacuated one person to Mykolaiv.
Kherson team provided school supplies for 27 children, refueled 14 generators in Kherson red zones.
Kherson team disinfected 3 basements.
Angelia Charitable Fund
Brought aid from Germany.
Sent electric massage tables for physical rehabilitation to Ochakiv, Mykolaiv, and Korsun.
Sent clothes, shoes, bed linens, and mattresses to Sumy and Pishchanka.
Sent warm children’s clothing and backpacks to an orphanage in Khodoriv and children’s rehabilitation equipment to a shelter in Kyiv.
Donated nutritious food to the Your Camp children’s rehabilitation camp.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): despite problems with fueling, delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Kramatorsk. In a separate trip, distributed over 500 loaves of “Victory” bread, also in Kramatorsk. The situation is so dangerous that during many deliveries people must take the aid quickly, then hide under trees to avoid the drones. Evacuated 12 people and their belongings, as well as 4 pets from Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
Yuri P. (Boryslav): delivered 3 tons of shelf-stable food products to Lviv for further distribution to people in need.
Hryhoriy M. (Tal’ne): held an event for 100 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.
Alla A. (Kremenets’): provided groceries, hygiene kits, massages, psychological support, and a chance to socialize to 80 people with disabilities. Provided daycare for children with disabilities.
Yuri S. (Vinnytsia): distributed berries and other fruits to people with disabilities in Vinnytsia. Delivered about 50 kg of clothing to a large family in the village of Bruslyniv. Provided food aid and financial support to a single mother with disabilities in Poltava. Supported a ministry that feeds the poor in the streets of Vinnytsia.
Oksana K. (Lutsk): distributed 85 kg of adult diapers and urological pads to 17 families with sick and bedridden family members. Also distributed baby diapers. Handed out gifts to expecting mothers.
Oleksandr D. (Lutsk): brought 1.4 tons of adult diapers and urological pads from Poland and delivered these to Oksana K.’s team for further distribution.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to internally displaced people, children and adults with disabilities, children from military families, orphans, elderly people, and amputees in Lutsk and the surrounding villages. 1,236 children and adults received help, including art therapy and music therapy, camp and sports activities, a visit to the theater, 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.
Darya’s Team
Ksenia delivered aid to a Kharkiv hospice we have supported since the start of the war. The hospice houses 46 people.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
84 people in the shelter.
Natasha’s Team – Volontersʹkyy tsentr Vyshnya (Cherry Volunteer Center)
Tetiana from Kryvyi Rih delivered 215 packages with hygienic products to Myrolyubivka and Trudolyubivka in Kherson region.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
The team distributed 310 aid packages to seniors in Saltivka Kharkiv who were recently evacuated from the Kupyansk area.
Special deliveries to 42 disabled elderly and 16 families with infants.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Our team’s warehouse was damaged in airstrikes on Mykolaiv, and the team lost last week cleaning and replacing blown out windows.
234 Kherson IDP families received aid.
Food packages distributed to 50 families with children with disabilities.
The team conducted an art therapy session for children at their center. The session was interrupted by Russia’s ruthless bombardment of Mykolaiv.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
118 people arrived at Voloske transit shelter.
Alina S.’s Team – Dity novoho pokolinnya (Children of the New Generation)
The team took 5 trips evacuating 29 people, including 6 children.
The team continues to drive people from transit shelters to their next destination point or to the railroad stations. Last week the team transported 70 people.
Team transported 30 people from transit shelter in Lozova to Cherkasy for more permanent placement.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobrо Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
Food and hygiene kits were distributed to 150 internally displaced families in Zhovti Vody.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 270 packages of aid in Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Poltava.
Served 1,370 meals in the soup kitchen in Kharkiv.
Delivered 400 packages of aid to small towns outside of Kharkiv.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Distributed donated bread to 318 families in Odesa.
How to Help
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