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🇨🇦 Молодший сержант- in the 93rd Brigade - ССБ - Alcatraz Battalion https://t.co/YBH5vYvtqF

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This is just one of the reasons I joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On one of my many animal evacuations in Sivers’k #Ukraine I was targeted by russians, and they missed by only 50 meters. My saving grace was I parked between some trees and a building, with a small 1m embankment, otherwise who knows if I would be here to write this. #russiaisaterroriststate targeting civilians and animals all to terrorize the general population into submission. Donating directly to units in the Armed Forces is the best thing you can do to protect Ukrainians. That’s why we collect our own donations. We can purchase the battlefield equipment we need, the moment we need it. No delays, no breaches of OPSEC when new people come to deliver aid. Just people helping us defend the people. #Support93 #SupportUkraine

This is just one of the reasons I joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On one of my many animal evacuations in Sivers’k #Ukraine I was targeted by russians, and they missed by only 50 meters. My saving grace was I parked between some trees and a building, with a small 1m embankment, otherwise who knows if I would be here to write this. #russiaisaterroriststate targeting civilians and animals all to terrorize the general population into submission. Donating directly to units in the Armed Forces is the best thing you can do to protect Ukrainians. That’s why we collect our own donations. We can purchase the battlefield equipment we need, the moment we need it. No delays, no breaches of OPSEC when new people come to deliver aid. Just people helping us defend the people. #Support93 #SupportUkraine

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Before I was a soldier, I traveled frontline areas, mostly in Donetsk Oblast, to bring food and water to civilians living under russian terror - for 2 years. Eventually I was evacuating people and animals more than I was bringing in aid. Julie (Pictured) was my friend Sergei’s dog. Sergei helped me find the animals and people in Sivers’k who needed help the most, in the areas of the city that was usually off limits. Julie was always with him as he was driving around helping the people of Sivers’k, his home town, now under constant shelling and FPV threat by the russians. On April 14th,2024 Sergei and three others were murdered by russians. Their only crime, being Ukrainian on Ukrainian soil. I found out through a telegram channel notification, “4 civilians killed in Sivers’k”. There were no names but I instantly knew he was gone. russians will call this land their own and say they are liberating these people but he was buried with a Ukrainian flag because he was a Ukrainian man in Ukraine. The biggest enemy to the Kremlin. Two weeks later I went to visit his grave and I found Елка, russian for Christmas Tree, sitting 100m meters from his grave, waiting near the entrance of his usual place of work. I brought her home and found his family but his wife and child are living in an IDP centre, their lives uprooted by war, and they can’t take her in. Now Julie is mine. A constant reminder of why I am here, why I am fighting and why no matter what propagandists will tell you about Donetsk Oblast, it’s all just Kremlin bullshit. The most common theme with these Vatniks is that they will say anything to blame anyone else but the people who are guilty of the crimes. They will scream about Nazis and corruption, like russia doesn’t have an extreme problem with both of these things, to excuse genocide. A soldier has a choice when he holds a gun and enters a town. And we see time and time again what russians are capable of doing to other human beings. We will never forget and we will never forgive. #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine

Before I was a soldier, I traveled frontline areas, mostly in Donetsk Oblast, to bring food and water to civilians living under russian terror - for 2 years. Eventually I was evacuating people and animals more than I was bringing in aid. Julie (Pictured) was my friend Sergei’s dog. Sergei helped me find the animals and people in Sivers’k who needed help the most, in the areas of the city that was usually off limits. Julie was always with him as he was driving around helping the people of Sivers’k, his home town, now under constant shelling and FPV threat by the russians. On April 14th,2024 Sergei and three others were murdered by russians. Their only crime, being Ukrainian on Ukrainian soil. I found out through a telegram channel notification, “4 civilians killed in Sivers’k”. There were no names but I instantly knew he was gone. russians will call this land their own and say they are liberating these people but he was buried with a Ukrainian flag because he was a Ukrainian man in Ukraine. The biggest enemy to the Kremlin. Two weeks later I went to visit his grave and I found Елка, russian for Christmas Tree, sitting 100m meters from his grave, waiting near the entrance of his usual place of work. I brought her home and found his family but his wife and child are living in an IDP centre, their lives uprooted by war, and they can’t take her in. Now Julie is mine. A constant reminder of why I am here, why I am fighting and why no matter what propagandists will tell you about Donetsk Oblast, it’s all just Kremlin bullshit. The most common theme with these Vatniks is that they will say anything to blame anyone else but the people who are guilty of the crimes. They will scream about Nazis and corruption, like russia doesn’t have an extreme problem with both of these things, to excuse genocide. A soldier has a choice when he holds a gun and enters a town. And we see time and time again what russians are capable of doing to other human beings. We will never forget and we will never forgive. #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine

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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

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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

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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.

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