Life on the frontline: Volunteers risk their lives to help soldiers and civilians in Ukraine
Telegraph, 20 Aug 2022
An air defence army base hides amongst the overgrowth on top of a hill in the Donetsk region. Volunteer aid worker Jack Ross and his team are taken there to deliver supplies to the front line troops. The soldiers, both grateful for the food and the company, are keen to show off their impressive stock of weapons.
The Ukraine army has granted the team military escorts, all-access checkpoint passes and safe stays at army bases in return for their essential work. This gives them a unique insight into the life of soldiers and civilians living inches from front-line conflict.
Randy, a senior Ukrainian serviceman, explains how he defends the front line every day, demonstrating how he takes aim at Russian helicopters with his ground-to-air missile launcher.
He says he's optimistic Ukraine will win the war because his people are fighting for their country as opposed to the Russians who are merely following orders.
The charity also brings food to civilians living so close to the fighting, that families including small children have to live with the constant noise and threat of shelling.
From Donetsk they head to Kharkiv, an area that has been shelled heavily by Russian forces, reportedly in retaliation for shelling in Crimea.
Hundreds of Kharkiv residents queue for aid and get into heated scraps over toiletries as the desperation for everyday necessities becomes all too apparent.
Vans Without Borders Crowdfunder link: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vans-without-borders---saving-ukrainian-lives
Team members of the British-led charity brave countless dangers as they pioneer routes along bombed-out roads.
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The Ukraine army has granted the team military escorts, all-access checkpoint passes and safe stays at army bases in return for their essential work. This gives them a unique insight into the life of soldiers and civilians living inches from front-line conflict.
Randy, a senior Ukrainian serviceman, explains how he defends the front line every day, demonstrating how he takes aim at Russian helicopters with his ground-to-air missile launcher.
He says he's optimistic Ukraine will win the war because his people are fighting for their country as opposed to the Russians who are merely following orders.
The charity also brings food to civilians living so close to the fighting, that families including small children have to live with the constant noise and threat of shelling.
From Donetsk they head to Kharkiv, an area that has been shelled heavily by Russian forces, reportedly in retaliation for shelling in Crimea.
Hundreds of Kharkiv residents queue for aid and get into heated scraps over toiletries as the desperation for everyday necessities becomes all too apparent.
Vans Without Borders Crowdfunder link: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vans-without-borders---saving-ukrainian-lives
Team members of the British-led charity brave countless dangers as they pioneer routes along bombed-out roads.
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