This is the second of our 12 days of Christmas giving initiative, set up to encourage helping those in need. Every day we offer you worthy Ukrainian causes to donate to.
Today, we are listing organizations helping those affected by Russia's war against Ukraine. 👇🏻
Save Life
This NGO crowdfunds non-lethal military equipment, such as thermal vision scopes & supplies it to the Donbas front lines. It also provides training for Ukrainian soldiers, as well as researching troops’ needs and social reintegration of veterans.savelife.in.ua/donate/
Donbas SOS
This organization helps those who live in the Donbas war zone, those who relocated to other parts of Ukraine, and freed prisoners of war. It offers legal support, accommodation assistance, and psychological aid among other things. donbasssos.org
Crimea SOS
This organization has been helping internally displaced people from Crimea since Russia occupied the peninsula in 2014. It documents Russian authorities' repressions against Crimeans and advocates for the end of the occupation. krymsos.com
Hospitallers
This is a medical battalion that unites volunteer paramedics and doctors to save the lives of soldiers on the frontline. They crowdfund their vehicle repairs, fuel, and medical equipment. facebook.com/hospitallers/
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You may have noticed that the international media’s coverage of Ukraine has gone down. Partly that’s because the attention switched to the Middle East, much to Russia’s pleasure. And partly that’s because the front line in Ukraine became more dangerous to report from as Russia’s drone technology gets more deadly.
Despair is building up in the air everywhere. The news is getting exhausting to follow. At the same time, disinformation is thriving.
Whether you’re watching the horrors or living through them, they weigh you down. That built-up exhaustion just makes you want to get out: to look away, to shut down, to crawl into a shell — essentially, to quit. After all, you personally can’t do anything about any of it. Right?
And… this is how you know the bad guys are winning.
⚡️Kamala Harris formally accepts Democratic nomination for president, says she will 'stand strong with Ukraine.'
VP Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Aug. 22 at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago. During her acceptance speech, Harris proclaimed her support for Ukraine, saying she would "stand strong with Ukraine and our NATO allies."
"As Commander-in-chief, I will ensure that America will always have the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world," Harris proclaimed.
"Five days before Russia attacked Ukraine, I met with President Zelensky to warn him about Russia's plan to invade. I helped mobilize a global response, over 50 countries, to defend against Putin's aggression," Harris said.
The U.S. and U.K. have evidence Beijing and Moscow are collaborating on combat equipment for use in Ukraine, as lethal aid is flown from China to Russia, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said on May 22.
Speaking at the London Defense Conference, Shapps said he was declassifying new intelligence to reveal the "quite significant" development and called on the world to "wake up" to the threat it poses.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said when NATO members are faced with the choice between keeping hold of their air defense systems or sending them to Kyiv, they “must choose Ukraine.”
“The reality is that, of course, we have systems available that are big enough to enable us to deliver significantly more to Ukraine when it comes to air defense in general and... that’s exactly what we’re working on,” he added.
⚡️Update: Johnson’s Ukraine aid bill allocates over $60 billion for Ukraine.
The House of Representatives published the content of the aid bill for Ukraine, which allocates over $60 billion in assistance and mandates the delivery of long-range ATACMS missiles after the day of enactment.
"If the President determines that executing the transfer of long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems to the Government of Ukraine pursuant to sub-section (a) would be detrimental to the national security interests of the United States, the President may withhold such transfer," the document adds.
The text further stipulates that no later than 60 days after the bill comes into force, Washington must conclude an agreement with Kyiv on the repayment of "economic assistance provided to Ukraine by the United States... and for related expenses, that are made available under the headings 'Economic Support Fund' and 'Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia' in title 4 IV of this Act."
An advisor to Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican Party's presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential run, refuted claims in the media that the ex-president would push Ukraine to give up some of its territory if reelected, The New York Post reported on April 7.
The Washington Post wrote earlier the same day, citing undisclosed sources, that Trump had privately said he could end Russia's war by pressuring Ukraine to cede Crimea and Donbas to Moscow.