Колективи Солідарності • Solidarity Collectives

🇬🇧 Once: I sit in a basement in Ivanivske near Bakhmut. A good, sturdy basement it held up no matter how much they tried to tear it apart. Comrade says, “Oh, FAB incoming, I’ll go film it.” The first one lands far away, the second — closer, and the third and fourth — right next to us. One broke through the concrete ceiling, went under the foundation, and didn’t explode. Maybe it wasn’t even a FAB, but if it had fallen just 10 meters to the right or exploded, we would have all been screwed.

I am with a mortar there. I’m aiming it, I hear a whistle and an explosion about thirty meters away. I hit the ground in time and run to cover. They tell me I am lucky the shell ricocheted. Ten minutes later — silence. I go back out, finish aiming, cover the mortar, and then there’s a second strike. I run back to cover again. “Well, I am sure they’re targeting me,” I think. And a shift change is coming up, so we must walk a few kilometers. But without worries, we make it out just fine. Back at the base, changing clothes, I notice a piece of shrapnel in my leg, but it only got under the skin.

Now: I’ve been transferred to EW. Our unit carries a lot of responsibility, but we’re low on resources because we’re a new unit and there aren’t many of us. We don’t even have a vehicle for deployments — we have to ask other units for a lift.

During that rotation, I earned hundreds of thousands of hryvnias, and I look at my accounts wondering: where did it all go? And even now, most of the money is spent on cables, antennas, electronic components, and tools. We need all of it in a great number to adapt to changes on the battlefield — serious equipment isn’t allocated to us. At this rate, it’ll take a lot of time to afford a vehicle ourselves.

Two weeks ago, we launched an important fundraiser for a Mitsubishi L200. We’ve raised 89,000 UAH out of the needed 460,000. It’s a good start, but there’s still a lot of work ahead. The newly formed unit where our comrade Bez serves doesn’t always have access to all the necessary equipment. Most of the time they improvise, making something functional out of very little, as serious equipment isn’t provided. This car would be a step toward greater efficiency and mobility. With your help, we can speed up this process and equip them with the transport they need for effective operations!

🎯Our target: 10 000 euro

🔗Link to the Monobank:
https://send.monobank.ua/jar/349oybUfYt

💳Card number:
5375 4112 2188 5523

PayPal: [email protected]

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🇬🇧 Once: I sit in a basement in Ivanivske near Bakhmut. A good, sturdy basement it held up no matter how much they tried to tear it apart. Comrade says, “Oh, FAB incoming, I’ll go film it.” The first one lands far away, the second — closer, and the third and fourth — right next to us. One broke through the concrete ceiling, went under the foundation, and didn’t explode. Maybe it wasn’t even a FAB, but if it had fallen just 10 meters to the right or exploded, we would have all been screwed.

I am with a mortar there. I’m aiming it, I hear a whistle and an explosion about thirty meters away. I hit the ground in time and run to cover. They tell me I am lucky the shell ricocheted. Ten minutes later — silence. I go back out, finish aiming, cover the mortar, and then there’s a second strike. I run back to cover again. “Well, I am sure they’re targeting me,” I think. And a shift change is coming up, so we must walk a few kilometers. But without worries, we make it out just fine. Back at the base, changing clothes, I notice a piece of shrapnel in my leg, but it only got under the skin.

Now: I’ve been transferred to EW. Our unit carries a lot of responsibility, but we’re low on resources because we’re a new unit and there aren’t many of us. We don’t even have a vehicle for deployments — we have to ask other units for a lift.

During that rotation, I earned hundreds of thousands of hryvnias, and I look at my accounts wondering: where did it all go? And even now, most of the money is spent on cables, antennas, electronic components, and tools. We need all of it in a great number to adapt to changes on the battlefield — serious equipment isn’t allocated to us. At this rate, it’ll take a lot of time to afford a vehicle ourselves.

Two weeks ago, we launched an important fundraiser for a Mitsubishi L200. We’ve raised 89,000 UAH out of the needed 460,000. It’s a good start, but there’s still a lot of work ahead. The newly formed unit where our comrade Bez serves doesn’t always have access to all the necessary equipment. Most of the time they improvise, making something functional out of very little, as serious equipment isn’t provided. This car would be a step toward greater efficiency and mobility. With your help, we can speed up this process and equip them with the transport they need for effective operations!

🎯Our target: 10 000 euro

🔗Link to the Monobank:
https://send.monobank.ua/jar/349oybUfYt

💳Card number:
5375 4112 2188 5523

PayPal: [email protected]

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