#Maythe4thBeWithYou!
On #StarWarsDay, our ambassador @MarkHamill recorded a special video address, reminding everyone about the importance of supporting🇺🇦in these dire times.
Thank you to Mark and all our donors for their Force, which is always with us💙💛 u24.gov.ua
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russian terror won’t stop by itself.
But there is a way you can help protect Ukraine, and save our people — by calling your representatives to supply more #PatriotsForUkraine.
@United24media made a step-by-step guide on how to do this. Use and share it, please
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Our donor @Barnett_556 from Malvern🇺🇸got his first tattoo — in honor of Ukraine and his childhood hero @MarkHamill — the Rebel Alliance's Starbird in blue and yellow🇺🇦
But it all started much earlier, when Mark became a U24 ambassador.
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2/4 Under the initial announcement post, we received an unusual request from @MontayBayBay: if Mark becomes a NAFO fella, Barnett will get his first tattoo at age 52 to mark the occasion.
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At the time, Mark was already supporting Ukraine, and a few hours later he received his first #NAFO avatar (but not the last😉).
Hot Ukrainian borsch is a perfect dish for a cold winter day.
@KatherynWinnick
cooks borsch according to her mother's recipe. Our ambassador is proud of her Ukrainian roots and preserves her family's traditions🇺🇦
We want to share this recipe with you👇
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We’re launching a fundraiser to build bomb shelters in 3 schools so that 2,283 children in Ukraine could continue their education.
Join in and get a chance to win one of 10 carol stars:
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905 pupils from the age of 6, who travel from 5 neighboring villages, study at the Tatarbunary Lyceum in Odesa Oblast. It has a small shelter; during an air alert, some children are forced to walk 7 minutes to a nearby bomb shelter and sit in a cold, damp room for several hours.
The shelter in the Bolhrad school in Odesa Oblast is too small to fit everyone, so older pupils have to walk 10 minutes to the bomb shelter in the House of Culture. With missile threats and drone attacks, every minute in the open is a life-threatening situation.
23-year-old Mykola lives in Arkhanhelske, Kherson Oblast. In March, he helped sappers demine his native region. Together with his friends, they partook in detecting explosive devices, which russians left behind when they fled.
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"That day, my friend and I were making a detour around the Ivanivka village on tractors. I hit an anti-tank mine and it exploded"
Mykola received shrapnel wounds and a broken leg. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors gave him first aid, and then was transported for surgery
Doctors operated on him for 3 hours, using a C-arm X-ray machine which had been purchased with donations from U24 donors. Thanks to it, the surgeons managed to literally put Mykola's leg back together, piece by piece.
The effectiveness of UAV strike units is hard to underestimate. Over the last month alone, the strike units provided to the Army of Drones have destroyed 112 tanks, 185 armored combat vehicles and another 192 pieces of enemy equipment.
The commander of the strike UAV unit of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians, nicknamed "Student," thanks everyone who contributes to supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The pickup trucks allow us to be mobile, so that the strike units can react to active enemy combat operations in a timely and effective manner. This is the key to save the life of a soldier, who can be evacuated and provided with medical assistance in time."