
April Huggett
@AprilHuggett • 21,267 subscribers
🇨🇦 Молодший сержант- in the 93rd Brigade - ССБ - Alcatraz Battalion https://t.co/YBH5vYvtqF
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I am a #Canadian woman serving as a medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I have seen what this war does up close. I have seen soldiers joke through exhaustion because if they stop laughing, they might break. I have seen villages emptied, animals left behind, homes turned into ruins, and good people carrying more pain than any human should ever have to carry. And still, every day, our people keep going. But courage does not stop drones. Hope does not replace medical supplies, batteries, radios, vehicles, generators, or the equipment that keeps our soldiers alive. That is why I am asking for help. The Alcatraz Battalion needs support urgently. We are fighting with everything we have, but we are constantly short of what we need. Every delay costs us. Every missing piece of equipment puts someone’s son, daughter, husband, wife, brother, sister, or friend in more danger. I know people are tired. I know the world is overwhelmed. I know there are a million causes asking for your attention. But please don’t look away from Ukraine. Behind every fundraiser is a real person trying to survive another day. Behind every donation is a chance that someone comes home alive. Even the smallest amount matters here. It turns into fuel for evacuations. It turns into medical supplies. It turns into batteries, protection, repairs, and time. Sometimes it turns into the difference between life and death. Donate if you can. Share if you can’t. Send this to someone who might help. We are not asking for comfort. We are asking for the tools to keep fighting, keep rescuing, keep holding the line, and keep our people alive. Ukraine is still here. We are still here. And we still need you. #Support93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett62,100 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

A lot of people have been asking where I am and if I am ok. I am preparing. In two weeks, I will begin my first vacation in nearly two years. I won't be spending it on a beach. I won't be traveling abroad. I won't be resting. Instead, I will walk home. From Maidan and the Alley of Heroes in Kyiv to Kramatorsk. Hundreds of kilometers. Roughly 50 kilometers every day. In the summer heat, where temperatures regularly reach 28°C and above. I have my own health challenges, and there will be days when every step hurts. But compared to what my soldiers endure every day, that discomfort is insignificant. I am doing this because it is easy for the frontline to feel distant when you are not living beside it. For my soldiers, there is no distance. The war is present in every day, every decision, and every kilometer of ground they defend. But my soldiers are still there. They are still defending #Ukraine. They are still living in frontline villages and cities. They are still carrying the weight of a war that most people only see through a screen. Donbas is Ukraine. And Donbas is not some distant place on a map. It is home. My soldiers are former prisoners. Even if they are granted a vacation, it does not look like yours or mine. They will still remain close. They do not get to simply walk away from it. So I am asking for your help. This walk is about awareness, but awareness alone does not keep soldiers alive. Equipment does. Vehicles do. Communications do. Drones do. Recently, our only ground drone struck a mine and was destroyed. That wasn't just a piece of equipment. It was a lifeline. It delivered water. It carried supplies. It reduced risk to the soldiers who depended on it. Now it is gone. And what we have in the field is what we have. That is not a position any unit should be forced into. My goal is to raise a minimum of $50,000 during this journey so that my battalion can continue operating, continue adapting, and continue bringing our people home. Every kilometer I walk is for the soldiers who cannot leave. Every kilometer is for the fallen whose flags stand in the Alley of Heroes. Every kilometer is for Donbas. Every kilometer is for Ukraine. If you can donate, please do. If you cannot donate, share this campaign. Help me carry this message from Kyiv to Kramatorsk. The war is not over. And neither are we. #Support93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett16,394 Aufrufe • vor 10 Tagen

I am in a place where I cannot record but please do not forget: I am a Junior Sergeant in the Alcatraz Battalion battalion, a #Canadian, and a Senior Combat Medic in the Armed Forces of #Ukraine. We are at a critical point. Right now, we still have a window to move equipment into our positions before the fields dry and the enemy can push harder and faster. We urgently need everything from power stations to ground drones and the tools that keep our soldiers alive and effective on the front. This moment matters. What we do now will shape what happens next. Do not be indifferent. Share this. Talk about it. Support it. Donate if you can: Every contribution directly helps us hold the line. #Suppor93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett50,592 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

I am making posts I never wanted to make because I am honestly tired and for many people you won’t want to see this. But if I am going to get my mental health back I need to finally talk about the hell I have been living through because of Anne Catherine Magnette - Tatou Ania. This is part 1 of I don’t know how many but today I want to try and take back my peace and focus on #Ukraine
April Huggett168,998 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

I’m exhausted mentally and physically but tonight I found out we urgently need thermal drones. Without them, we are almost paralyzed at night. I have a chance to get at least one on Monday. Maybe two, if I can somehow make it happen. But I can’t do it alone. This is me asking directly, desperately, and honestly: please help. Every donation, every share, every message to someone who might be able to help matters right now. We are infantry, our safety depends on it. Our ability to move, see, and survive depends on it. Please help us get a drone before Monday. #Support93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett29,853 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

I am a #Canadian, a soldier in the Armed forces of #Ukraine and today I’m begging politicians in #Europe to get off their asses and do something about what is happening. Time for talks has long passed; We all promised “Never Again”. Put action to our words and honour our ancestors who gave their lives for our freedoms. Even if it means giving our lives for our future generations. Ukrainians shouldn’t have to die for us and they shouldn’t have to do this alone. #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
April Huggett182,742 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

I am a Canadian in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A medic in the Alcatraz Battalion battalion. Sometimes people give us advice about what we should do but they are coming from a place of privilege. Privilege not a single one of us gets to enjoy until Russia goes home. #RussiaIsATerroristState #SupportUkraine
April Huggett103,679 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

russians have been cut off from #Starlink. Right now we have an advantage, but windows like this don’t stay open long. We need every single one of you watching to help us make the most of it and hit them with everything we’ve got. Help us destroy the invaders. We urgently need FPV controllers and monitors. This is the moment.💪 Let’s go‼️ #StandwithUkraine
April Huggett58,079 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

The most random rant of my life. The commander came tonight. In less than 7 days, I will be in position. This will be my last rant until I am back. So fuck Putin, fuck russia & everyone needs to work on the future for the next generation. Help my boys if you can And if you wouldn’t remember it in 5 years, it’s not worth whatever stress you are allowing yourself to have about it right now. #Support93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett67,462 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Very proud to have known Rebekah Maciorowski since the early days of 2023. We first met in Pokrovsk, I gave her tourniquets, but over time she became a sort of mentor and most importantly, my friend. The hard work she does for her soldiers taught me that we should go above and beyond our duties. That by doing all the little things we bring up morale and keep our men alive. Just like me, Becca doesn’t post all her work in the background, but you can be sure she never rests. If you don’t follow her, you definitely should and support her when you can 🙏 Thanks for all you do Becca, much love. #SupportUkraine
April Huggett81,539 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

We urgently need shotguns to counter fiber optic drones on the front line. These are increasingly used against our positions, and in #Kramatorsk making them especially dangerous. A shotgun provides a critical last line of defense at close range when no other option works. Cost per unit is $560 USD. Each one directly helps protect our soldiers and civilians. Please share 🙏 Help us protect the skies in Donetsk Oblast. #Support93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett28,160 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

russia has destroyed energy infrastructure around the country but every where you look generators are running and people continue to live. russians try to break the people of Ukraine but they will never succeed. Unlike the evil we face, our motivations are pure: Save our people, country and never give in to russian fascism. Every Ukrainian murdered by russia will be remembered and one day there will be justice for all. #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine
April Huggett71,066 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

For the first time in four years, this post is about me. My name is April Huggett. I’m #Canadian. I’m #autistic. I’m a mother, a director, a process operator, a #medic, and a human being. For four years I have given my life to #Ukraine. Every day has been about service: to soldiers, to civilians, to this country that is not my own. I fundraise, I manage logistics, I build systems, I meet volunteers, I run platforms, I live at the front. I do the work. But somewhere along the way, people stopped seeing me as a person. Because I share parts of my life, people think I am creating drama. I’m not. I am simply a human being speaking about my experiences while continuing to carry an enormous weight. And one of those experiences for the past year and a half has been being stalked, harassed, and targeted by тату Аня зубко 🫡 Xena . This is not something abstract. This is real life. This includes false complaints to my brigade, interference with volunteers and organizations, attempts to stop support from reaching my soldiers, mass posts about me having HIV and ongoing public attacks against me and the men I serve beside. It has escalated to threats against me, Rachel Jamison , and NAFO_trinzu🇪🇪❤️🇺🇦🔱🦉. It has escalated to the posting of private images of me, taken out of context, used to humiliate and degrade me publicly….to try to reduce everything I’ve done to lies and slander. And I am expected to stay silent. I am expected to “be strong” and “not create drama” because Ukraine is at war. Do you understand what that actually looks like? It looks like being a soldier, a medic, a fundraiser, a coordinator, a representative, all while also sitting in meetings with commanders because of false accusations. It looks like trying to hold everything together in Kramatorsk while someone actively works against you from behind the lines. If you don’t know where Kramatorsk is, look it up. Then understand that this is where I am trying to function, every day, under this pressure. So I am asking questions now. To individuals. To organizations. To anyone who continues to support or associate with this behavior: Why would you support someone who calls for others to be taken to the trenches and shot? Why would you support someone who spreads lies about soldiers and volunteers? Why would you support someone who uses humiliation and exploitation of a woman’s image to discredit her work? Why would you support someone who actively interferes with aid to soldiers during a war? I came here and for three years I drove the frontlines alone, helping anyone I could. In 2024, I signed a three-year contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine to continue that commitment. I chose this. I stand by it. But I am still human. And I deserve protection too. I do not deserve to be stalked, bullied, threatened, and harassed for over a year by anyone. Not by enemies. Not by foreigners. Not by people who claim to support Ukraine. So I will ask one final question: When will people stop telling me to endure this, and start standing up against it? Because I have stood up for others for four years. It is not unreasonable to ask for the same in return. And the worst part is, she hasn’t posted in days on X so all of you will forget by the time she posts next, even though her posts are still there, saying we should be killed. And before we went to the internet we went to 37 окрема бригада морської піхоти, I got a lawyer, we went to military police…but as long as she is useful she is tolerated. Every single supporter is complicit, whether you want to admit it or not. That is it, that is the post. I am not a punching bag for psychos in Ukraine because I volunteered to help the Ukrainian people. And if you agree I need your help to stop this forever. Make a complaint to her brigade and the fundraisers supporting her. End our torture.
April Huggett29,172 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

My name is April Huggett. I am a #Canadian in the Armed Forces of #Ukraine. Today I am asking for your help to provide a night vision device for my medical unit. We have raised $426/🎯$3340 People like you are the reason many of us are able to go home. Thank you for all that you do for us here. YOU #StandWithUkraine
April Huggett115,676 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Putin threatened my family. He threatened your family too. He threatened all of us. So I came to Ukraine prepared to die fighting for them. For a world where our children do not have to live under the shadow of a dictator’s nuclear threats. For their future. Putin looked at the world, put nuclear war on the table, and believed fear would make us obedient. He believed we would watch Ukrainians be invaded, executed, tortured, raped, kidnapped, and buried in mass graves and still choose comfort over courage. He believed wrong. I came here because I refuse to leave this fight to someone else’s sons and daughters while pretending it has nothing to do with mine. I came here because the future is being decided in Ukraine. By the people who understand that when a madman threatens your family, survival is not a debate. It is a fight. And I came to fight. #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine
April Huggett12,634 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

It’s after midnight in Donetsk Oblast and we have an emergency. 🚨 We rarely stop everything to ask for help like this but we desperately need a Mavic 3T. That’s $5610, to give us eyes in the sky. To help this fundraiser, for the first time, we offer a signed Alcatraz flag for anyone who donates $250+. (usually $500+ donations). Please don’t be indifferent share our plea today. 🙏 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett40,272 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

I’m from Canada, but the men and women I serve with here are my family. Yesterday, I watched a video of one of my closest friends dying. There was nothing we could do to save him. That is the reality we are living in. But there is something we can still do for the ones who are alive. Every shotgun in our hands is a chance to stop a drone. Every shotgun is a chance for someone to make it home. A shotgun is not just a weapon here, it is survival. I can’t run fundraising campaigns the way others might. We are limited to a Ukrainian charity, and even speaking about this carries risks for us. So today I’m asking for something simple, but powerful. Please share this. Share it so more people understand what we are facing. Share it so we have a chance to get what we need. Share it because right now, that is how you can help keep us alive. I am asking you, from the front, as someone who has already lost too much, please help us survive this. #Support93 #SupportUkraine
April Huggett15,211 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten