February 25th 2023

Today marks one year since Yuriy joined the army in the fight against Russia. He reflects on a book he recently read by British Historian, Peter Hopkirk, who discusses the Russian tyranny is a legacy from Mongol Empire and he relates that to his recent experience in Bakhmut.

Yuriy has also recorded some sound of shelling around him so you can get an idea of what his job is like.

You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family 

Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com 

Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: ​​https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy 

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Here are some other organizations where you can donate:

World Central Kitchen

WCK is currently stationed in several locations near the Ukranian border. WCK provides fresh, nourishing meals for communities in need of relief from war and climate disasters.

https://donate.wck.org/give/236738/#!/donation/checkout 

Voices of Children

Voices of Children helps children affected by the war in eastern Ukraine. They provide psychological and psychosocial support to children. It helps them overcome the consequences of armed conflict and develop.

https://voices.org.ua/en/donat/

Save the Children

Save the Children is Distributing essential humanitarian aid to children and their families

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/europe/ukraine

Revived Soldiers of Ukraine

Revived Soldiers Ukraine (RSU) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to the people of Ukraine so that they may fulfill fundamental rights and freedoms such as right to life, right to appropriate and affordable medical care, freedom of belief and freedom for an adequate standard of living.

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=EECANTTJNHN7Y