Over the past ten years, Ukraine has become a place that she loves and where there’s love for her. It has an unshakeable death grip on Robin’s heart, which makes Ukraine’s fight her fight, too. She first became involved in Ukrainian matters during the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity, when she served as an English-language editor …
Ukraine Front Line welcomes its new president, Robin Rohrback! Read More »
Simply put: volunteers need vehicles. Our partner Mykola is no exception. The Armed Forces of Ukraine and volunteers like Mykola both rely heavily on civilian vehicles for logistics, deliveries, medical evacuations, and reconnaissance and assault operations. In a perfect world, these would be carried out in armored vehicles. This is not a perfect world. The …
To Americans who have never experienced war on their own soil and are accustomed to having a well-supplied military, what we do is strange. With the US, NATO, the EU, and friendly countries around the world backing Ukraine, why do groups like Ukraine Front Line work to supply Ukrainian soldiers? To Ukrainians, the diaspora, and …
Ukraine Front Line, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) providing lifesaving supplies to Ukrainian troops, haspartnered with Texas native Presley Duyck to produce an emotional performance of Ukraine’s NationalAnthem to demonstrate Western solidarity with Ukraine and its continued fight for freedom. By: Steven Watford and Robin Rohrback After a rocky start, they found Presley Duyck at the …
American Singer Presley Duyck Performs Ukrainian National Anthem Read More »
The names of the months in Ukrainian are honest and wonderfully evocative of the natural year. April is Kviten, after kvity (flowers). Lypen’, July, celebrates the fragrance of the linden tree, lypa. The name for October, Zhovten’, is rooted in zhovtiy (yellow), for the pervasive warm gold of autumn leaves. The names for the winter …
Mykola, our partner in Kyiv, raised funds through his own channels to purchase and deliver battery-powered demolition hammers to a brigade positioned on particularly stubborn ground in a location we cannot disclose. Aware that the troops have seen hard fighting and too little R&R, he started thinking about what kind of pick-me-up to deliver along …
Dispatch from Mykola: Burgers and Demolition Hammer Read More »
Think you can’t make a direct impact on the war in Ukraine?Think again. Grassroots campaigns may seem ineffective compared to large organizations like the American Red Cross, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Volunteer-based groups like Ukraine Front Line (UFL) are an outgrowth of Ukrainian civil society’s proud tradition of stepping up in …
When Russia launched its senseless invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Mykola swiftly pivoted to providing material support to Ukraine’s army and allies. He established relationships with Ukrainian officials and, despite the risks inherent in being a public figure openly opposing a barbaric invading force, rallied the activists and volunteers in his Reddit, Discord, …
The following message comes to you directly from Viktor Pylypenko, a Ukrainian soldier fighting in the Luhansk region: Friends, thank you for worrying about me! I’m fine, I’m alive and well. We are in the Luhansk region. Yes, it’s hard here, many losses. The Russian army traditionally destroys everything with artillery – they erase entire …
