This was our 17th Trip of the support effort and marked a number of important milestones for our organization as well as significant developments in the war. We supported air defense, drone aviation training, tactical medicine, and frontline resupply. We were there during the third anniversary of the invasion, with our members attending solidarity rallies in cities around the world. We were also present when foreign aid and intelligence sharing was temporarily paused, putting the Kursk salient in limbo.

We delivered two pickup trucks from the United Kingdom with the help of Wheels of Victory and UK4UA to provide for enhanced air defense patrols, frontline evacuations & resupply.

We attended drone operator training and helped equip the drone school with newer digital equipment that will facilitate smoother training with reduced downtime. They are also developing new equipment and best practices to increase survivability of their reconnaissance teams. Understanding how drones can be implemented effectively is crucial to supporting our partners in the long term and help us better make informed purchasing decisions with donor funds.

We visited the Pokrovsk direction to deliver Ecoflow high-capacity power supplies, gasoline-powered inverter generators, tourniquets and other essential supplies to 38th Marines. And we delivered tablets and special uniforms for 53rd Brigade’s medical evacuation crews and also coordinated transfer of portable ultrasound units.

We proudly moved into our new office in downtown Kyiv and are excited to make it a space to welcome foreign volunteers, receive supplies, share our humanitarian work across multimedia formats and host special events and meet with dignitaries.

Lastly, we gathered all our American volunteers to donate blood while in country because the frontline constantly needs it! And lastly, we linked up with our friends/partners from Shield of Freedom who are also doing admirable work.

If you would like to support our next mission in April, you can donate here. Your generosity helps bring victory closer! If you wish to volunteer, please visit our page.

This was our 15th trip of the support effort and featured projects working with 112th Brigade, Storm Brigade, 126th Brigade of Territorial Defense and making new friends in the non-profit and volunteer spaces in Ukraine!

We donated valuable equipment for Kyiv air defense to stand up additional teams with high-powered lasers and spotlights, for early identification and interception of Shahed drones. We also visited our TDF unit conducting de-mining in Kherson region with military working dogs. They’ve taking the initiative to start a nascent program training canines in de-mining, search/rescue, and recon & sabotage. We’re helping them to sponsor the program and scale training faster to more dogs. If you would like to help this initiative and train more life-saving canine defenders, please reach out through our website.

Lastly, we met one of the most respected US volunteers serving in Ukraine as a combat medic in one of the hottest sections of the front. We donated some medical supplies to her unit and are looking at additional ways to support force protection. We were able to gather some firsthand information on how the enemy is operating and learned how difficult the conditions are for these units. They are being actively targeted by FPV (first-person view) drones and need additional electronic warfare countermeasures. Storytelling has been baked into the DNA of Ukraine Torch since the start and it is vitally important to share the on-the-ground truth of this difficult fight across as many platforms possible otherwise this urgency can be lost in the noise.

The momentum is on Ukraine’s side and with the help of friends around the world we can make a difference in this historic fight!

If you would like to support our next mission in October, you can donate here.

If you would like to volunteer, please visit our page. Thanks for your support!

This was our 12th trip bringing supplies and equipment to keep Ukraine in the fight. We met with a number of territorial defense units, delivered provisions out to the East, and visited with medics at stabilization points to gather requirements and drive future innovation + investments. We also met with a number of units at the tip of the spear to gather some of their urgent equipment needs. We can help them acquire this non-lethal gear and link it up with those traveling over to Ukraine soon!

The equipment breakdown for this trip included medical supplies, mine removal/clearance, power generation, cold weather clothing, ISR, field fortifications/field hygiene, and force protection.

Another unique opportunity which arose was a meeting with an investor group from a partnered nation who were looking to meet with innovators working in Ukraine. We shared with them some of the work of Ukraine Torch and made arrangements to partner on upcoming trips to develop new life-saving medical approaches/techniques. As an organization with years of experience working in Ukraine, we were able to provide some shortcuts to get quickly into the requirements gathering phase as well as share existing relationships with units that can adopt and test real-world solutions!

If you would like to support our next mission in late-April, you can donate here. 

If you would like to volunteer, please visit our page. Thanks for your support!

This marks our 10th trip for Ukraine Torch and brought together many dedicated individuals across disciplines who wanted to support and defend Western democracy. We had 10 remarkable people volunteer and travel together throughout the month of August, each team with a specific task and purpose to accomplish, working alongside Ukrainian counterparts.

In addition to providing supplies and logistical support across a number of Ukrainian units, we continued to train territorial defense units and bring best practices from units stationed on the front lines. (Most units have trainers continuously in combat) We have also assembled a technology tiger team which is helping advance the design, fabrication, programming and testing of next-generation intelligence assets.

To fulfill our organization’s complete mission however, which specifically includes the reconstruction and rebuilding of Ukraine, we had our first team member deploy to rebuild destroyed villages on the outskirts of Kyiv (in Chernihiv Oblast). He’s a Navy vet and is generously donating his time for the entirety of the next three months with our partner organization.

If you would like to support our next mission (leaving late Sept/early Oct) you can donate here. We also now have shirts & patches available for purchase. If you would like to volunteer, please visit our page. Thanks for your support!