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23.01 - 06.02 Today’s morning in Kharkiv started with a rocket stroke. In the center of the city. Not too close to where I was. 2 km. First minutes after you’ve heard the explosion you don’t know where exactly it was. There is no information in the media. So you are just texting and calling every close person who is in the city now. Are you ok?
We’ve had a quiet autumn. And December. But now it has started again. Everybody is talking about the new offensive of the russian troops. Everybody is waiting. Deja vu. We’ve already been there a year ago.
But we’ve changed. I will not say we are not scared. The thing is that now we know what to do.
We are constantly helping militaries in different parts of the frontline with equipment, devices, cars and car repair, hand warmers, and so on. We help civilians in the city and region with food and medicine. Today I was in the village Berezivka, Kupjansk region, not far from the front line bringing food, warm clothes, and medication to about 200 people who are living there. If the offensive will start we may not get there.
Thank you for reading this. Thank you for supporting us and asking how are we. I’m tired. Exhausted. We all are. We are losing the best people on the battlefield. Daily.
But we stand. And we will.
They said that the darkest hour is always before dawn. I just do hope that it is the darkest hour now.
We stand.


11.01 - 23.01.2023 It was a while since I made an update. Sorry for the silence. I was in Germany with my friends and then it was a long and difficult way home. When I came back I got sick and perhaps just overtired, so could do nothing for a couple of days. But now I’m better.
The trip was a mix of joy, sadness, and pain. Of desperation and hope. I’ve met a lot of people who support us and gathered a full car of useful stuff for civilians and the military in Ukraine. Our shop fulfilled first international delivery from hands to hands). To our dear friend Susana in Berlin. It was really nice to meet you in person. And thank you again for all your support.
At the same time I was constantly getting bad and scary news from Ukraine. The Soledar was lost and a lot of Ukrainian warriors died there. Then came the nightmare news about Dnipro and Brovary. I can’t describe to you the feeling, when you stay in the middle of a beautiful peaceful European city and read the news from your homeland where your friends and family are. It’s much easier to be here and to do something. So I’m back. While I was away our team in Kharkiv proceeded help to the militaries and now we are ready to get back to help civilians. We are here and we stand.

Week 28.11-4.12, 5.12-11.12
I missed one week just because didn't notice it passed. Each day is like the previous one and at the same time, each day is like a whole life. We live, work, do our everyday volunteering job, kids go to online school, cats sleep on the window, air alarm shouts 4-5 times a day... Thanks to our anti-air forces there are fewer rockets that hit the target.
In the city work cafes, dance classes, shops, and cinemas. 40 km away from Kharkiv is the border with russia. 123 km away to another side - front line.
We got used to almost everything. Air alarms, shellings, electricity cut-offs, cold. The main city Christmas tree of Kharkiv will be installed under the ground at the metro station.
There is no way they can defeat us. But it is still so long to our Victory. And this winter won't be easy.
Thank you all for your support and just for reading this. We are helping civilian and military people in Kharkiv because of your donations and orders in our shop. Last week we delivered several life-important drugs to people in Kharkiv and a lot of stuff for the army. We will proceed our work as long as it will be needed. We stand.

Week 21.11-27.11 While the whole world has Black Friday we had black Wednesday. Another massive attack of the energy system and another total blackout of all of Ukraine. From 24 to 48 hours without electricity, heating, and even water in some places. Over 20 hours without a normal mobile connection and internet. Totally dark cities. Non-working traffic-lights. A year ago I would think it was an Apocalypse. But you know what? It wasn’t. It was just a new level of this damn survival game. And we passed it. Shops and post offices were powered by generators. People were helping each other to get home when the metro and electro-transport stopped. We lit candles and Xmas lights. We played games and visited friends. I took the kids to the stables to our horse...
We live now in a sort of new reality. When anything can happen at any moment. This week we proceeded to work and help people in Kharkiv. We delivered food and medicine to over 50 old people. We’ve bought winter uniforms for militaries and delivered another car for them. We were making candles for dots and masking nets. And we will proceed, no matter what. We need you to don’t forget about us. We need your help and moral support. We do appreciate every word and every dollar you donate. Thank you all. We stand.

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Here you can find weekly updates about the situation in Ukraine, written by me from Kharkiv

Week 25.10 - 30.10
Another week. I came back to Kharkiv with kids. And it was a nice fall time. School holidays, cafes, fun. Kids helped me with medecine sorting, we delivered together some equipment to the militaries: dynamos, helmets, heaters, uniform.
We’ve packed Christmas ornaments for you orders and watched movies at home. We even managed to selebrate Halloween with several friends.
And then Monday came. Over 50 rockets in the ukrainian sky. Another series of hits to the power stations. Cut offs all over the country. Stopped metro in Kharkiv. No water in some districts. Poor Internet connection. No public transport. Canceled online school...
But you know what? In all this we are not scared. We are just really angry. During this Monday I’ve recieved packages at the post-office, brought uniform and backpacks to the militaries, bought food for 20 peaople and pet food, gathered Christmas ornaments for your orders, brought drugs, sorted them, formed product sets, loaded a car to deliver help, took my daughter to the ballet lesson, had coffee, drove back to the village and had a Halloween party with candeles.
They can’t scare us. But the winter coming will be difficult. We do need your support. To proceed helping people. To survive ourselves.
We stand.

03.10-12.10 This report is for a longer period because I left for a trip to Poland to take a car from there full of very urgently needed stuff. In the last week, we’ve made a trip to several villiges in the Kharkiv region to bring food and medicine for over 120 people and kids on de-occupied territories. Noone came there and they had literally no drugs or basic products. We also bought a lot of important stuff for militaries - 2 cars - pickup and minivan, night vision device, uniform. And then came the 10.10. When the whole of Ukraine was under shelling again. Like on the first day of the war. When we wrote to each other “are you ok” meaning “are you alive”. But you know what? There was a difference compared to the 24 of February. We were scared but not terrified. We were angry more than scared. And we still are. The next day I drove across the whole country from West to East. And in every city or village, I saw normal life. People were working, eating, and laughing. The next day after 41 rockets. Because they really can’t break us. They really can’t. We will stand, but your support is really important. Thank you for your help and donations. Each cent is aimed at victory.

Week 26.09 - 2.10
Another week. If someone would told me a year ago that this fall I will be seriously collecting emergency
back pack for the case of nuclear attack I even don't know what would have I answered. The feelling of parallel reality is stronger than ever. But it's so strange, there is no fear. This days we laught a lot and make plans. The libiration of our lands continues. And with great joy come more terryfing stories a
from villages that were occupied. The help is needed there. There is no medicine, lack of food, no electricity. Goverment works fast but a lot of small locations are still in need.
So next week we will drive in one of them with food, drugs and baby care supplies.
This week we delivered help to over 30 people in Kharkiv.
A lot of work were done fkr the army. We've bought a car, pickup, a night vision device, delivered a lot of equipment and warm clothes.
A lot of thanks to all who continues to help. Every cent is important now. We feel your support and we stand.

Week 12.09-18.09 For several days I couldn't start this report. It was one of the most emotional and hard weeks from the beginning of the war. Tears of happiness and tears of unspeakable pain. This week our Kharkiv region was almost totally liberated. My friends could get in touch with their relatives in villages and cities that were occupied. Our flags were returned to so many places. It was so unbelievable and amazing. And then there was Izum. And hundreds of people murdered. The shop of the hand with the bracelet in the colors of the Ukrainian flag was in the news. That man was military. And cynologist. A friend of my friends. After defeat in the Kharkiv region, russia hit the power plant in Kharkiv. Blackout for more than 24 hours. In our village when we don't have electricity we also are out of water and heating. People in Kharkiv were making tea on the candles. And laughed. Because it wasn't scary already.
But all these events were pale to me because I've lost contact with my friend on the front line. I was waiting several days and then started to search. On Saturday I found out that he died. He was a brave and kind person. He volunteered for the army in March. He had 3 sons. I was in the cemetery, looking at his photo, and couldn't believe it...
This week we delivered food and medicine to over 150 people not only in Kharkiv but also in deocuppied village Volohov Yar. We bought and send to our guys 8 helmets, thermal underwear, gloves, raincoats, and a set of very important antennas. The only thing I wanna do right now is to hide under the blanket and cry. But I can't. Because we need to buy winter uniforms and more helmets and a car because one was burnt under Kupiansk.
We need to stand. And we will.
Right now we really need your help maybe more than ever.
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Each your donation is our small step to victory. Thank you for staying with us.


Week 08.08 - 14.08 This whole week I've spent in Kharkiv. My kids are in summer camp and I was able to work all day long. It was an extremely productive week. We delivered food and medicine to over 100 addresses. It means that over 300 people got help. We've bought a lot of useful stuff for militaries: first aid kits, helmets, mask-nets, tactic headphones, tents. Several big packages were delivered to the frontline. All this was possible with your help. I worked this week hard and our team too. And all people, who live in Kharkiv. There are many of them now. Living daily life, working for victory, drinking coffee, having dates, laughing. And then comes the night. And every night there is an air alarm. Do you know what people here in Kharkiv do when they hear an air alarm and 2 a.m.? You think they (us) are rushing to the shelter? No. We lay in our beds and count. In about 40-50 seconds from the start of the air alarm falls the first rocket. One. Two. Three. Four. That's all? Oh, no, here is the fifth one. That must be all. After that, you text all your close people who are in Kharkiv too. Are you ok? Yes. And you? Yep. Good night. And after that, we just go back to sleep. Next air alarm is expected and 4 a.m.
Don't forget about us, please. We stand.

Week 25.07-31.07 Last week of July. Summer is rapibly going to it’s end. The war is not. This week Kharkiv was under shellings. Almost every night. Another person died on thr bus stop. Another several buildings were ruined. Routine. Unspeakably terrible routine. But all this faded in face of tragedy in Olenivka, where ukrainian warriors were killed. Each time when I think it can’t get worse it gets.
But when you feel desparate thr only thing left is to work harder.
This week we managed to deliver food and medecine to another 80+ people. Every day we getting more and more calls. People are out of all recourses here in Kharkiv. Old peole, sick, disabled, mothers with kids...
This week we also made a huge contribution to the army. We’ve finished a picap bought earlier and gave it the the boys defending the city. We also bought 20 first aid kits for guys going to the first range, one huge mask net for emergancy car, several helmets.
All this is possible because of your help. Thank you so much, each of you.
It’s hard to describe how do I feel now. It’s a mix of sorrow, hate, love and hope. But there is no fear. I do believe in our victory. We just need to stay strong. And we will. We stand.

Week 18.07-24.07
This week ends the full 5 months of the war. 5 months. It’s hard to believe. But the common peaceful life left somewhere very far. We live, work, eat, sleep, love, and laugh in this new reality. Day by day. But the moment you think you got used to this life rockets kill a 12years old boy just at the bus stop. It happened in Kharkiv this week. The boy’s sister is in hospital. 10 a.m., bus stop near the market. And you realize that there are no more tears. But there is enough hate.
This week we managed to find money and deliver food and medicine to another 50 people, 36 cats, and 7 dogs. We also bought some more important equipment for the militaries - helmets, binocle, tactic belts, and hydratores. We do thank a lot to everybody who donated, reposted or just read this post. It really matters for us to feel your support.
The half of summer is over and the winter is getting closer. We don’t believe anymore it will end soon. So except for solving everyday help requests we need to think about the cold period and be prepared. There is a lot of work ahead. Thank you for staying with us. We stand. Till the victory.

P.S. Between all this stuff we do work at our shop. 3 months late but we started to prepare ornaments for Christmas season 2022. We have a lot of beauty for you to show. And now we would like to sell away all the collection 2021 so please check it. We still pack everything safe and the delivery terms are normal now. Also we have access to the whole collection of our ornaments, so if you need something special - please let us know and we will find it for you.

Week 11.07-17.07
It could have been another ordinary week in the sense of ordinary we have here now. But it wasn't. Because 14.07 there were rockets in Vinnytsia. 23 civilian people died including 3 kids. Vinnytsia - is a small peaceful city in the very center of Ukraine. The city where a lot of people from Kharkiv and other regions evacuated. It's hard to admit. It's hard to cope with. But there is no safe place in the whole Ukraine now.
After news like this, you feel dead inside. But we don't have time to cry.
So we worked further. This week we used the very rest of our money to feed another 60 people, to deliver lifesaving medicine and food for pets. We bought another pickup and now it's being under reconstruction. I do hope that next week it will go to the front line and will help our boys and girls to defend our city. We've bought a pack of different equipment for another division who are fighting on Donbas.
We are totally out of money at this moment but we will not stop. We just don't have any right to give up. We stand.
Thank you for reading this and for your support.


Week 4.07-10.07
Another week of war. Kharkiv is still under daily shellings. Literally every day comes several rockets.
This week was destroyed a Pedagogical University, 2 schools, several residential buildings. Rockets fall mostly in the night.
But two days ago there was an Iskander rocket at 10 a.m. No air alert, nothing. Just a huge explosion from nowhere. Right in the center. 4 people injured. I was at home in couple kilometers. The house had shacked from the bottom to the roof...

At the beginning of this week we were out of money. With 70+ open help requests. I was desperate, but after post in FB we've managed to raise enough money to bring food and medicine to over 40 addresses. This was the first time we've asked Ukrainians for donation and all our friends helped us. But the situation is still the same. People in Kharkiv don't have jobs, money, some don't have place to live, life-importantl medicine. And we have less ans less money to help them. To feed one family about 20 usd is needed.

Thank you for all your help and support. We wouldn't be able to get to this point of time without it.
We stand and we will.


Week 27.06-3.07
This week I was travelling home. 1600 km through the whole country from West to East. My car broke in Carpathians, and we need to stop for two days. Our way was through mountains and valleys, across Dnipro river. To Kharkiv. I realized again how beautiful Ukraine is. And what a nightmare is happening right now. We were driving through Kremenchuk, just in two days after rocket got in the mall full of people there. We needed to detour villages, where bridges were destroyed. After almost 5 months it is still hard to belive. It's war. Real war.
This week we've bought and delivered 10 sets of personal equipment, some urgent medicine for civilians. We've raised money for another pickup. But new week is coming and our accounts are empty. And we getting even more requests then in March. People are out of all recourses. Right now we have 48 open help requests.
To feed one family for two weeks only 20 usd is needed. 40-50 usd if medicine is needed.
You really can help.
And thank you all who stays with us.

We stand.


Week 20.06-26.06
Long, both happy and sad week. This week I've took my first vacation from the beginning of the war. I took my children, friends and we made a 1600 km long way to Budapest to see Nastya and our other friends who have run away from Kharkiv with kids. It was amazing meeting. And the most sad farewell.
1,5 days. And we are on our way home.
Meanwhile Kharkiv is being under shellings every night and day. Dozens of rockets. Dozens of people killed and injured. This week we've delivered several most urgent medecine requests. But we couldn't deliver food. Not because I was away and our drivers repairing their cars. But also because we are out of money. We are getting 10-20 requests every day, but we don't know when we will be able to help.
In thos vacation We were still working. Nothing stopped. Our militaries near Kharkiv have got from us 21 pair of summer tactic shoes and thermal imager and 8 helmets.
We proceed rise money for another picap extremly needed near Kharkiv.
Nothing is over. The situation actualy getting worse and worse each day. But we can't give up.
I'm on my way home. We stand.

Thank you all for your help and support. Check our help Ukraine section. Or make a transfer to our paypal grannysboxetsy [!at] gmail.com. Each cent will be used to help people in Kharkiv and our army.


Week 13-19.06
We are counting by weeks now. They fly away like minutes and last like years. This week we've closed over 80 address requests. As usual - food, medicine, food for pets. The scariest thing is that there are more and more such requests. People are out of money, and resources, don't have job... And the help and donate level is the lowest since February. Everybody is tired and it's understandable. War became a routine. It left the front pages. It became just an unpleasant thing somewhere in the far.
But we are still here. This week every night at about 23:00 rockets were hitting Kharkiv. Every fckng night. Over 20 rockets for the week. Ruined buildings, ruined lives. But people are still returning to the city. Because it's our home.
Next week we are being predicted another attack on the city. We do trust in our army, but they are also tired, lack of equipment and armor.
We are collecting money for another pickup for boys on the range and also for helmets and walkie-talkies.
We will really appreciate your help. Check our Help Ukraine section. Every dollar will be turned to address help to the citizens of Kharkiv and to the militaries who protect it. We are in the first range. Further is only darkness and death.
Thank you for staying with us, and for all your donations and words of support.
We stand.


Week 06.06-12.06
Summer came into Ukraine and it looks very unnatural in this endless February.
I’ve spent almost whole week in Kharkiv. We have bought, sorted and delivered food, medicine and pet food to 67 adresses. On some of them for us were waiting 20 and more people. We loaded and uploaded tonns of food. If not my amazing team I would be dead already, but even with all the help I am was so tired by the weekend I literally couldn’t move.
And requests are keep coming. People don’t have job, money, support. Tousends of lonely old people, left in the city.
City that stands under constant shellings for almost 4 months.
This week there were rockets. Every night. At about 23:00. Every night. 3 or 4 rockets in different parts of the city. Explousions and fires. Every night. My brother-in-law house was demaged. Luckily, no one was hurt. Just roof, and furniture. No big deal.
This week we also managed to buy a pickup for our boys on the front range. They needed it desperatly to be more effective in defence.
Another group is asking for the same too, so we still need your support.
We do know it all lasts too long.
But we don’t have choise. We need to survive. We stand.
Thank you for all your support.
Please, don’t forget about Ukraine.

Day 100. One hundred days of war. 95% of wars lasts less then 100 days. This one is different.
We thought it was a short run. But it turned out to be a marathon. We've put all our efforts in these 100 days.
We are exsousted. Out of resources. But we need to proceed this way. No matter what.
In these 100 days with your help we've raised and spent over 100K USD. We were buying food, drugs, equipment and protection.
Yesterday we've bought a pikup for the army.
We've closed over 1000 requests for help. But we have another 1000 ahead.
And we will do our best to help our soldiers to fight and to help our citizens to survive.
As long as it will last.
Our war is not on the front pages anymore. But here, in Ukraine, it is the one and only news every morning.
Today there were new hard shellings of Kharkiv. We don't know yet how many people were killed or injured.
Tomorrow I will go to the city to deliver another food sets and medicine. Daily routine.
This is our live now.
Stay with us. Your support is priceless.
We stand.

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Day 96
Last day of spring that was stolen from us. Beautiful Kharkiv, full of flowers, sweet air, returned people, destroyed buildings and sounds of explosions. Our empty office full of ornaments, that are waiting for photos and of products, medicine and pet food, that are waiting to be delivered.
My bleeding heart, that is anxious for... what? Victory? Peace? Home? Seeing friends who are all over the world and at the front-rank?
My kids, unusually silent and sad.
My messengers, that are exploding with tonns of requests: bullet proof vests, pickups, drugs, helmets, "I have no money to feed my 12 cats"...
Today I finally realizes, feel with all my muscles - life will never be the same again. There is no way to the 23rd of February. Everything will change. Everything is changed. And the face of new life is depending on all of us. I don't want this responsibility. I want to have a rest, to meet friends, to have a cup of coffee, to turn on music and to make photos of our Christmas collection.
But there is no real choice. Tomorrow we need to buy a car for the militaries, and to pick up medicine for Kharkiv, and to find another night vision device...

Thank you for all your help and support. We wouldn't make it till here without you. Nothing is over. It will be scary and hell summer. But we stand.
Day 92. Emotional swings. After the day I was totally down, today I woke up, washed, jumped in the car, turned on the music and left for Kharkiv.
We can't change the whole situation now. But we can change small things. And this is the only thing worth effort now.
Today we delivered an important blood clearing device to the Kharkiv military hospital. And then, traditional, buying, sorting, packing. 52 food sets and medicine for over 100 people. Two cars are fully loaded.
When you work hard you have no time to scroll news, no time to overthink, no time to pity yourself, no time to be scared or worry.
After hard shelling, the day before Kharkiv woke up and proceed to live.
I don't know when it will end. But till then we will do everything we can.
We stand. Thank you for your support. Look through our shop. All profits from the sales here, except fees and salary will be used to feed people in Kharkiv and to help the militaries.
Day 91. Today I was in Kharkiv. Together with our friend we were buying and loading food for 70 people.
After I was about to make a video in our central square. It's called the Square of Freedom.
I was sitting in my car, thinking about my small speech on video. And then shelling started.
It was yhe loudest explosion, I've heard in Kharkiv. My car shook. As I found out later it was near the metro about 2 kilometrs away. 9 people died. 5 months baby among them.
I called my dad and asked him to leave work and go out of the city right now, but he refused. I returned back to my kids in the countryside but tomorrow morning I will need to get to Kharkiv and drive my dad back.
Everybody write tommorow it can get worse.
Right now, writing these words I can hear explosions in the distance.
Pray for us, please.
Thank you for your support.
P.S. All food was delivered. We have about 40 addresses for delivery tomorrow and we will still try to make it.

Days 86-87-88
Today in 3 months from the beginning of the war. Three months of a different life. New world: scary, unpredictable, ugly. Full of pain, losses and darkness. On the other side - full of hope, support and endless love.
A short report about what we were doing these three months.
Thanks to you 85000 USD was spent on:
* 500 address requests, corresponding to approximately 1,500 people with approximately 200 animals - medicines, food, hygiene, pet food
* bulletproof vests - 30
* helmets - 10
* night vision devices - 7
* first aid kits - 140
* walkie-talkies - 50
* many other things for the Armed Forces (ammunition, belts, bags, mufflers, knee pads, gloves, T-shirts, backpacks, repellents, materials for camouflage nets, goggles) worth more than 15000 USD
* car for volunteer delivery - 2 pcs
* other (targeted assistance, logistics, things needed for yesterday, chocolates for the guys on the front line and so on and so on and so on.
We are overtired. We are out of recourses, not only financial but physical, and emotional. But we stand. Thank you for all your help. We will win. One day.
P.S. Yesterday we delivered food sets and critical medicine to over 30 addresses. Today we registered another 40 new requests. The endless story of people in Kharkiv, who are also out of all recourses...
Days 84-85.
Another trip to Kharkiv. Another full car of pet food and drugs and food for people. Another sorting, another buy, another load of two cars.
Another 28 delivery addresses. Routine.
A lot of days ago I was asking here: how many days you need to get used to the war. Now I know the answer. 84.
The situation with petrol has got relatively better. Now it's available, it just costs like a ticket for a plane. Still, it's better.
We can plan our Kharkiv trips and deliver everything. Another problem, one of our cars is dieing. The motor is almost dead and we will need to repair it soon.
Meanwhile people are returning to the city. There is still high rocket danger, but noone cares. People want to get home. The war is behind the corner, but kids are playing under the blooming trees...
Nothing is ended yet. There are a lot of losses and pain ahead.
But we stand. And we will.
Thank you for your help and support.

Day 80-81.
Days of good news and hope. For almost a week no shellings in Kharkiv. People are coming back home. Publick transport is starting to work. A few routes but still. Maybe soon things will come back to normal. But now we are still getting a lot of requests, for food mostly. From people are out of money and have no job. From old people who have nobody to care about them.
On Sunday I bought oil, cans, pasta for 40 product sets. But the main news of the day was the call from my friends mom. She heard nothing from her for weeks, she was on the occupied territory. And she called. She is fine. Thank god.
Today I went to Kharkiv. We’ve bought about 500 kg of food, pet food, medicine and care products. Packed 40 sets for over 100 people, 46 cats and 12 dogs. Exsousting work. But it us so much better then doing nothing.
And then I stayed in Kharkiv for the night. First time for three monthes. The happiest night. Being home.
Late evening came the news that our overhuman brave guys from Azovstal are being evacuated. It’s a long and dangerous process, but now we have hope they will stay alive.
Thank you all for your help and support. We wouldn’t make it till here without it.
Pray for Ukraine. We stand.

Day 78-79. All I can think about these days is Mariupol. I was doing a lot of routine things and thought about people who are fighting for their own lives and for the freedom for all of us. The impossibility to do a thing from my side is killing me. We can do nothing for guys there. But we can do something for others. In these two days we've bought 40 gas masks, 28 emergency kits, 3 mufflers for the militaries in the deepest hell of Donbas. We've also bought 5 backpacks, 5 helmets, 4 bulletproof vests for the defenders of Kharkiv.
All this is possible because of you. Pray for Ukraine and Azov. They stand and we will.
Day 77. Two 7. Lucky day. My dad and I were going to Kharkiv. But last moment his business trip arrangement was cancelled and he stayed home. I went to the city with my aunt and my dog.
Looong warm sunny day in Kharkiv. Lilac trees in blossom.
I barely noticed all that. Because of lack of petrol we can't deliver a thing from Poltava. So I needed to buy all drugs (24 requsets), food (21 request, 2 custom for people with strong diet after illness), pet food (5 requests) and some
hygiene items (7 requests). All by myself. It took me over 4 hours to buy, sort and pass for delivery all these. But I succeed and all requests were closed. Lucky day.
On the way home we delivered two product sets to the villages near the city. Lucky day.
In the evening I found out that the district, where my father was ment to be for his business was under hardest shelling. Right in the time he was about to be there. One person died.
People are still in Azovstal. Mostly alive. Lucky day...
Thank you for all your help. We stand.

Day 75-76. When will this count of days stop? When and how? I don't have an answer.
Over 20 new requests for food and medicine every day. Yesterday I managed to buy some food for Kharkiv in the small city nearby. We also bought repellents for the soldiers, and more bullet-proof vests, and 40 gas masks for the troops on the East. They are afraid of chemical attack. Not afraid. But they want to be prepared.
Logistic is very hard these days because there is still lack of petrol. You can stand in the line to the gas station for 5 hours and there is no guarantee you'll get a petrol.
Tomorrow I will try to go to Kharkiv and to get all ordered drugs there, because we can't deliver them from Poltava as earlier.
Kharkiv region is being liberated, and this is an excellent news. But today there was a helicopter or a plane in the village next to ours, 5-6 km away. The bomb got into the tractor. The worker is injured. And later there was a rocket in the city 15 km away...Fire and no more info yet.
Thank you for all your help. We do our best, but it looks like it's not enough...
But we will proceed. All we want now is to go home. And not to hear shellings.
Pray for Ukraine. Pray for the defenders of Mariupol. They are still alive. God knows for how long. But we stand.

Day 73-74. We wre so afraid of these days. But they passed. And we are alive. These days were days of memory and celebration earlier. This year they turned to be day of fear. And hope. For the new victory.
Yesterday we were all at our homes and shelters. But today we were working hard. Sets of food for over 90 people were bought and will be delivered to Kharkiv tomorrow. Medicine and pet food too. I've packed your orders. And plant some flowers in the garden. Civilians were evacuated from Azovsteel in Mariupol. Only army left there. People who are defending their homeland till the end. We don't know how to help them. We can only think of them. We can pray and hope.
Stay with us. Your support, even just words of support, is beyond important. Thank you for all your help. We stand. And we will.
Day 72-73. The worst thing right now is this frustrating waiting of the 9th of May. Something terrible may happen. We don't plan anything. All plans are starting after this day with a mark "if everything will be ok".
Meanwhile we keep working. Yesterday we've bought 200 t-shirts for boys on the range to change when washing uniform. We've bought more helmets for our friends near Izum. And over 100 different drugs for people in Kharkiv.
Today all medicine and 10 food sets were delivered by already two cars helping us in the city. Next two or three days we will stay home or shelters and our drivers too.
We will try to keep safe.
Pray for Ukraine these days. Pray for the army of Azov, the heroes, who are steel in Mariupol with no chance for happy end. Pray for miracle.
Thank you for your help, messages, donations and support.
We stand.
Day 71. 27 food sets, for over 60 people, 20 kg of cat food, over 120 different drugs, 6 boxes of hygiene products, 2 delivery cars, over 25 addresses. Our personal records. My own personal record. I was buying all these products, and packing them. 26 similar standard sets. And one, with milk products and some cookies in shape of animals. For 2 year old boy...
We always call people before delivery to check everything again. To know if they are fine and still there. Today at one address we've heard: there was a shelling right now, our house is demaged, but we are still here, please come, but be careful. Our driver has a bulletproof vest. But will it protect him before the rocket?
Everything is delivered. Both drivers are ok.
Thank tou all for your help and support. We stand.
Day 70. Can't read about Mariupol and the people there. Just can't think about how they stand it. Azov - steel. Every second I feel tired I think about them. If they can, I can too. We are in b keeping working. Tomorrow Kharkiv is on plan. Over 150 people are waiting for our help.
Thank you for your support!
We stand.
Day 69. Still huge problems with petrol. Empty gas stations. Our driver managed to get 20 liters and delivered medicine and food to 15 addresses. By now we have fulfilled over 300 address requests, many of them for the whole multi-story building or the street in the village. I do hope we gave not only food and medicine, but also a piece of hope to these people. Whom are we helping? These are people from the most damaged blocks of the city, like Saltovka, where no centralized help gets. Old and disabled people all over the city, families with babies. The city government does all possible right now, but they can't get everywhere. We still get a lot of help requests from people who ask for "just food, anything". We will do our best to help them. But for tomorrow we can't find a car from Poltava to Kharkiv. I hope something will change.
Today 18 rockets were thrown at Ukraine. In Kharkiv was damaged our city park, our pearl. No sense. Just anger. One rocket fell at the railway station in a small Carpathian village, where my friends were hiding. They are fine, but scared. Every morning begins with "Are you fine?" in messengers. 69 days in a row. For how long more?
Thank you for your help. Pray for Ukraine and the whole world. We stand.
Day 68. Thank you all for your care about my dog and me. I feel better today. Perhaps, just needed some rest. Sakhar (Sugar, my dog's name) was in the clinic in Kharkiv today.
It's nothing but the age. Problems with spine. It can't be cured but he will feel better with pills. I do hope so.
Another pack of food requests from old people in Kharkiv. Another full trunk of medicine. Another trip to Kharkiv ..Thanks to our army, your help and world support it's getting better in the city. Only a few shellings for the last day and night. People are walking in the parks. Children are playing on the streets hearing the air alert.
I really plan to come to Kharkiv twice a week to work in the office. Right after petrol crisis will pass. We need to prepare our Christmas 2022 Collection. No war can stop us:)
Today we were preparing dandelion jam with kids. It's our traditional spring special. Thanks to our army and your help we can do it this year too.
Thank you for your help and donations. We do our best to transform it into real help to real people.
Pray for Ukraine and our victory. We stand.

Day 66-67. Weekend. The word from another world. This weekend was tough. On Saturday I was a kind of superwoman. At 7 AM I was already in another village near Kharkiv delivering very important medicine for the diabetic person and meeting the military people with a full box of stuff. On the way home, I transferred bullet-proof vests to our village mayor and he delivered them, together with other outfits and goodies and children drawing to the boys in the front rank. Then was buying of food in different places and packing of 25 product sets for people in Kharkiv. Way to Kharkiv. Uploading some food in the basement of our friend's volunteers, uploading the sets to our driver, delivery list. Meeting with my friend who is in the army on the main square of our city. Some useful stuff for him too. A huge package of dog food for puppies in our village. Selfie in the center. The city is unbelievably beautiful. It was a quiet sunny day. All trees in blossom. Tulips everywhere. I miss it all so much. Another delivery of food set in the suburb of Kharkiv. Way home. Hotdogs in the gas station with no gas and petrol. It's a crisis here. I have only one canister with 20 liters. And no possibility to fill the tank on the station.
And on Sunday I literally felt down. My daughter cried for two hours in a row. Because her life changed and she miss her friends, and her bed and her classes. Then my old dog felt on his back paws. I'll try to get him to the vet in Kharkiv today. And me... I just laid in bed and couldn't stand up. I don't know what it was. Just felt like power off...
Tomorrow it will be better.
Thank you for all your help and support. It will end one day. We just need to make it to this day. We stand.
Day 64-65. These two days were full of work and efforts. We've delivered a lot of medicine, food and pet supplies to the people in Kharkiv and got even more requests for the next days. Old people are out of money and still can't get to the rare working shops. Today I've bought over 200 kg of food and another pack of medicine. We will deliver it all tomorrow to the city.
An important village near Kharkiv was liberated today. Perhaps there will be possibility to bring help there in the next few days.
First time tomorrow I'm going to spend some time in our office in Kharkiv. To work there, to sort ornaments, to make some photos. A couple of hours. Wish me luck. Wish Kharkiv a quite day.
All your orders were dispatched today. Please let us know when tou get your order. It's so important to know that the packages arrived safe. We are really grateful to you for all orders and donations. It gives us hope. We stand.
Day 63. Last few days I hear a lot from my friends. Two months, everybody is trying to summarize this period. Someone is building a new life in a new country with all the difficulties. Someone is coming home to relatively safe regions. I'm still in the middle. In a temporary shelter near Kharkiv, waiting for the possibility to come back home. I don't want to make any other rescue plans. I want back. To my city. I don't know when it will be possible. All I can do now is try to help people there and our militaries, who protect our homeland.
Today we have uploaded product sets for 12 families and delivered them to Kharkiv. Another party of medicine was delivered from Poltava. Finally, we took all we've bought for the army: technique, uniform, devices. It will come to me tomorrow, I will sort everything and deliver it to our guys.
All this is possible because of your help. All your recent orders are packed and will be dispatched tomorrow.
Thank you for supporting us and our country. Pray for Ukraine.
We stand.
Day 62. Another day of russian invasion. Today we were planting potatoes here. We usually don't. We plant something just for fun. Flowers, some exotic beautiful tomatoes. This year we plant potatoes. For food. Hope it will grow, our farmer skills are minor.
Our work today was all for the army. We managed to get to the military shop in Poltava, where guys have brought a lot of stuff from Europe. Our Tanya learned all about tactic glasses, mufflers, gloves and other protection. The check from the shop was 1 ft long. 3000 usd. We also ordered 5 bulletproof vests for our boys, who are protecting the Kharkiv region near Zolochev. Another almost 2000 usd. All medicine is sorted and going to Kharkiv today.
Thank you for every dollar you spend here. We turn them into lifesaving staff. Without your help, it's not possible.
We are starting another big project to help people who have lost their homes and have no place to live. Follow the updates for the news, we will do our best to provide all the information carefully.
Thank you for supporting us for so long. We don't know how long it will last. But it's our home. So, we stand.
Day 61. The war destroys not only buildings, people, and lifestyles. Sometimes the war destroys relations between people and it's perhaps the hardest. You know how can you rebuild the house. But how to rebuild the thin thread connecting people?
Rocket shellings in the center of Ukraine, in cities where thousands and thousands of people from the East of Ukraine were hiding. No place all over the country where you can feel 100% safe. Is there such a place on the whole Earth?
Long and hard day. Short trip to a small village near Kharkiv to deliver medicine for an old dog. Voyage to Kharkiv with a full trunk of products: for our volunteer friends who are delivering food to the most suffering Kharkiv blocks. A box of milk products for our neighbors in the house where our office is. Two huge buys of medicine for the amount of over 2000 USD, one in Kremenchuk and one in Kharkiv. Some more pet food.
I do hope these small actions help. I wish I could do more for the army, for the people who are defending us right in this moment. Sacrificing their lives.
We stand. No matter how hard it is and how long will it takes. Thank you for all your help. Your support gives us strength.
P.S. It's a spring in Kharkiv. The day was sunny and all over the city are trees in blossom. And city gardeners plant flowers all over the center. And green grass. And the river. It is so beautiful. I cried for the first time in weeks. It is so beautiful even with all the wounds. We will be back there. I do believe.

Day 60. 2 months. 2 months of the war in my home. 2 months of fear and pain. 2 months of losses. 2 months of darkness.
Easter. It's one of the most important holidays here. I'm not religious at all, but Easter for me is not about religion only. It's about spring and revival. About rising of life. About hope.
For these 2 months with your help, we gave hope to over 500 people in Kharkiv and regions. We delivered food and medicine and pet food in a total amount of over 30000 USD. We helped the army with important equipment and outfit for over 25000 USD. We made mistakes, we made progress, and we built a team and logistics.
We were tired, sick, and hopeless. We were happy about our small victories and frustrated about being able to do so little.
We are still here. And we will proceed to do all of these.
I don't know how long it will last. Today I've read a lot about the possibility of using a nuclear weapons. It feels like something impossible. But two months ago the war, real war in my country felt like a nightmare that will never come true.
But today is Easter. We say: Christ is Risen and Ukraine will rise. I do want to believe in this. All I dream about is to wake up in peaceful land. My homeland.
Pray for Ukraine.
We stand.
Day 59. The calm day before Easter. I've spent it with my kids. We were decorating easter cakes and dyed eggs. Night vision devices are on their way to Lviv, thanks to our fast Sweden friends. Another pack of requests for medicine. Another full load of the car: vegetables, tea, sugar. Another trip to Kharkiv planned for Monday...
Another baby killed by russian rockets. 3 months old this time. With his mom and grandmom. In beautiful peaceful Odessa.
Pray for Ukraine and thank you all for help. We are proceeding to sell our products to help civilian and Ukrainian army. We stand.
Day 58. Another day of frustration. We don't know what we should do next. How long we will need to live in this temporary position. We are waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Day by day. For the good news. For the posibility to go back home. But the future is undefined. 57 days ago we thought it will take several days. Then several weeks. It looks like it will last much longer. And it's scary...
We delivered more medicine and food today in Kharkiv. We bought 100 kg of sugar for volunteer hub. I've packed more packages with your orders to deliver tomorrow. The walkie-talkies arrived to our friends in the army... We did a lot and so little. It feels like we are running, but not moving.
The apricots are in blossom here. Spring is all around. The big postal center 17 km away from us was attacked today. A driver burned alive and 5 people were injured.
Pray for us. Pray for Ukraine.
Thank you for your help. We wouldn't be able to survive without it. Think of us. We stand.
Day 57. Today I was cooking all day long. Like in normal life. On Sunday Ortodox easter is coming and I was making Eater cakes by our traditional recipe. It takes over 12 hours. My kids helped. Meanwhile we delivered medicine from Poltava to Kharkiv and I loaded the car with farm products. Our driver delivered over everything to over 12 addresses. In one house he was bringing medicine to the shell stroke several hours before his arrival. To the appartment on the nineth floor. People on the second floor are still there. We also were ready to load full car of food for the village near Kharkiv today. But the car didn't came. The road was destroyed by shelling. No way to the city right now.
Now I'm in my bed and can hear the sounds of shellings far away. I can only hope it's our army is destroying enemies.
Thank you for all your help. We stand.
Day 56. Today Instagram banned our publication because of photos from destroyed Mariupol. Perhaps, it's too scaty for common people. But this is our life now as it is. The mood is to lay down and cry. But I can't. We need to proceed.
Today we've bought another full trunk of medicine and pet food for Kharkiv. We've coordinated delivery of walkie-talkies to the army. And I've dispatched new pack of packages with your orders. And the news of the day is: the first packages sent inarch are already delivered. So grateful to our ukrainian postal services. Please note, that because of war, estimate delivery takes about 3-4weeks.
We work hard and we will as long as needed. As long as we will feel your help and support. Thank you all.
Please, check our shop. We've activated some more listings.
We do hope our shop will work and our Christmas collection will save more lives. Pray for Ukraine. We stand.
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