April Huggett

@Bevclark50028 Thank you Bev. I told myself I would work until we got a donation and I would set my alarm for 3 hours. You didn’t just give us a donation, you gave me sleep 🫂

@AprilHuggett Donated! Plus sending a big hug. I could be your mum.

I’m writing this while I’m still in it. Still stressed. Still exhausted. Still after crying. And I’m still working through the night. I need people to understand what this really looks like. The posts you see do not come from some calm, quiet, comfortable life. They are written in the middle of pressure, fatigue, sickness, grief, and responsibility. I take a photo, I write my story, and I post it. Then I keep working. Because I have to. Because my guys need me. Because I cannot give up. Because if I stop, the consequences are real. Every single day, I make the choice to stay here. And yes, sometimes that choice hurts. I am human. I know I could go home. I know there is a beautiful life waiting for me somewhere else. I know what I am missing. I know what rest could look like. I know what peace could feel like. But I stay. I stay because my boys cannot simply go home. I stay because they do not have the freedoms I have as a foreigner under contract. I stay because love is not a feeling here. Love is duty. Love is sacrifice. Love is showing up again and again, even when you are breaking. Right now, I am doing the work of five or six people in this brigade. Not because I have endless strength. Not because I never fall apart. Not because I am some kind of machine. I do it because I care that much. I do it because I am passionate, because I believe in #Ukraine I am a soldier. Not a volunteer. This is not something I step in and out of when it is convenient or I have the energy. This is my duty. 24/7. I save my vacation because when I finally leave for a little while, I do not want a getaway. I do not want a trip. I do not want sightseeing. I do not want Kyiv. I do not want the Carpathians. I want to go home to #Canada. And until the day I can do that, I work. Every post. Every video. Every message. Every fundraiser. I am on duty. Every four to six weeks, I scrape together a few hours to take care of myself and try to remember what normal feels like. But the truth is that I am tired. And some of what I do might look small from the outside. It might look ordinary. It might even look stupid. It is not. Because if I do not do these things, people will die. And yes, they may die anyway. This is war. There are no guarantees here. There are no perfect endings. There is only the fight to give them a better chance, one more chance, any chance at all. YOU give them that fighting chance. And that is why I am asking you, from the deepest and most exhausted part of me, to help. paypal.com/donate?campaig… I cannot do this alone. I am one person doing the work of five or six people. But with you, I am not alone. With you, thousands of hands help carry this weight. With you, this burden becomes survivable. With you, these men have more than hope, they have support, action, and a chance to make it through. Please do not scroll past this. Please do not assume someone else will step in. Please do not underestimate how much this matters. #Support93

“I will live for this woman.” Small things like hearing your loved one’s voice can remind you of something greater: love, life, and the will to fight for them. After hearing his wife’s voice, this defender’s mood shifted entirely. That smile will tell you everything❤️

@ginovalcke @Poddys_bu1 @HackerKitty1 @ScammerSnipers @r_evolutie @CrimeaRiverBaby @Eisbareisbar @StephenageC @JonesyShwemes @10ekevd @CareyOnCatLady @angelshalagina @Scammer_Fox Thank you ❤️

@Poddys_bu1 @HackerKitty1 @ScammerSnipers @r_evolutie @CrimeaRiverBaby @Eisbareisbar @StephenageC @JonesyShwemes @10ekevd @CareyOnCatLady 🙏Tony. I saw a derogatory remark on a tweet of @AprilHuggett.I checked that account and found it suspicious.Between his followers saw one i’ve blocked.Also recognised a picture of @angelshalagina with another name.I asked @Scammer_Fox if he wanted to check that account.He did

Mirrors done and the most of his followers ☑️!!! Except one,a Fella. Don’t report the Fella,DO NOT!!! @HackerKitty1 @ScammerSnipers @r_evolutie @CrimeaRiverBaby @Eisbareisbar @StephenageC @JonesyShwemes @Poddys_bu1 @10ekevd @CareyOnCatLady

Oh god... these two guys from Ukraine's 30th Mechanized together defended their combat position in the Kramatorsk sector for a YEAR. One of them held on since March 2025, the other one stayed there since November 2025. And then @425Skala recently managed to fight their way to their position and eventually safely evacuate them. Unbelievable.

@floridasoldat @not_kavun Maybe they were also high? 😅😆

@AprilHuggett @not_kavun How did the Legion folks not know this dude was geeked 😂

Who the fuck approved this post? You have a man on camera who looks absolutely wired out of his skull, jaw swinging, pupils blown, clearly not fit for any kind of serious public-facing interview, let alone service. And your genius idea was to film him, edit it, approve it, and post it as promotional content for Ukraine? What the hell is wrong with this page? As a Senior Combat Medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, I can tell you exactly what protocol should be when someone presents like this: assess him, test him, pull him aside, and deal with it properly. You do not shove a camera in his face and parade him online like he is some kind of PR asset. This is beyond incompetence. This is reputational self-harm. Ukraine is fighting for its survival, and instead of protecting its image, you are handing anti-Ukrainian propagandists free material and doing their work for them. First the stolen valor garbage, now this. At this point it is fair to ask whether anyone running this page has even the slightest understanding of operational standards, discipline, or public responsibility. Are you trying to support Ukraine, or are you actively helping russians make it look like a joke? Who approved this? Who signed off on it? And where the hell is the disciplinary action?

@floridasoldat @not_kavun 😆 for real.

@AprilHuggett @not_kavun Homeboy tweakin

My name is April Huggett. I am a senior soldier and senior combat medic in the 93rd Brigade, Alcatraz Battalion, and I am from Canada. I tell this part of my story often, but I usually skim over how I got here. Believe it or not, I used to hate social media. I would post a selfie a few times a year, and it was usually me holding a fish. But I did keep TikTok. I liked to scroll at night and listen to ASMR while falling asleep. On February 24, 2022, I was lying in bed watching videos like I always did when my feed started to shift. Instead of things that made me laugh, I was watching explosions hit Ukraine, people packing in panic, people running. Over the next weeks, the videos increased, and the more I watched, the more TikTok showed me. That is how the algorithm works. To be honest, before that day, Ukraine had only crossed my mind when I was looking at antiques. I stayed away from the news. I was one of those “it’s too depressing” kind of people. But Ukraine lifted the veil, and for the first time in my adult life, I was fully focused on something that had nothing to do with my own tiny, protected bubble. I remember those first days. People around me were, in general, willing to listen, but over time they stopped being so enthusiastic about my topic of choice. I remember vividly the little boy in the striped jacket walking from Bucha with nothing but a bag and a note from his mother. She wanted to save him but stayed behind so she could care for her own mother. That little boy looked so much like my son. I could not imagine sending him away on his own, knowing that if I did not, he would likely be killed. On March 31, 2022, Bucha was liberated, and that is when we saw the aftermath of what it meant for russians to “liberate” Ukrainians. Irina Filkina. I will never forget her face, her name, or her lifeless hand on the cold pavement. Her daughters had crossed the border into Poland, but Irina stayed behind to help people. She spent a week at the local Epicenter doing exactly that. When she finally decided it was time to evacuate, the last car out had no room for her, so she cycled home. But Irina never made it. russians shot her in the street. Imagine a 53-year-old aspiring cosmetologist being a threat to the “world’s greatest army.” Her body, along with up to 20 others, was found still lying in the street when the city was liberated. My mind immediately went back to everything I had ever seen about what the germans did to the jews. This felt horrifyingly familiar. A modern genocide staring us right in the face, and yet it seemed like everyone around me was already over it. Irina followed me for weeks. I would have nightmares about the pictures from Bucha. I would suddenly think of the murdered, of her hand, of the little boys, and I would start to cry. For others it probably seemed random, but I was grieving. Grieving not only for Ukraine, but because the full-scale invasion of Ukraine lifted the veil from my eyes. I started to see my society for what it was: self-absorbed, driven by capitalism, everyone chasing the newest and greatest thing, everyone slaving away at a 9-to-5 job that would replace them within a month if they were shot in the street, and almost no one really looking outside their own bubble to ask what could be done to change the state of the world. I started going out with friends less. They were not interested in what I had to say, and quite honestly, this started a depression that has never fully lifted. Over time, that pain turned into anger, resolve, and a determination to help Ukraine in every way I can and to fight the violence and destruction brought by russian aggression. I think this is enough for today. I forgot just how much I truly love to write my thoughts. Maybe I will turn this into a mini-series, talking about all the things that brought me here. Maybe I will pick up my Buy Me a Coffee again and start writing there too. #RussiaIsATerroristState

@MalcontentmentT 😆😆😆

@AprilHuggett Ground control to Major Tom...

These stories happen over and over again when foreigners come here and they pretend like they were these huge Heroes. They did all these big things when really they didn't and nobody understands that you could just be courageous for coming here with little to no military experience. The coolest person I know was a postman in his country and is a sniper now…and he’s a badass sniper. I sold antiques.

@AprilHuggett The story ain't adding up. The US invaded Iraq a few short years after that and they were handing out waivers like candy. If you had less than 4 violent felonies and didn't rely on a wheel chair full time you were getting a bonus when you signed up.

@AndrewNazaruk A person with that severe of a head injury should not be an active duty service member. This person though, is high on drugs.

@AprilHuggett It's debatable as I saw and spoke with war veterans, they may act or speak sometimes as under influence, but actually they are clean and this is a result of concussion.

@Scumfukk87 😆 ok I’m dying 😂

@AprilHuggett He'll be on one of those youtube "veteran operator" podcasts in no time, with stories about how he destroyed two Russian tanks in Kherson with hand grenades tossed down the hatch.

Водійка баґі на позивний «Васьок» не знала, на яку посаду йде – каже, просто хотіла в «Хартію». А тепер вона довозить на позиції нашу технічну розвідку – коли рерівцям потрібно встановити, полагодити чи забрати прилад, зняти показники чи відстежити росіян якомога оперативніше.

In these days in 2022, the world watched as russians leveled Mariupol. Thousands died. The world never heard their prayers. Very few escaped alive. 8-year-old Yehor hid in a basement. His diary, later published by a family friend, became one of the most powerful testimonies of Mariupol’s horrors: “War started on February 24, 2022.” “My grandma Galya died. My two dogs died. My favorite city Mariupol died.” “I have a wound on my back… my sister has a head wound… my mom’s arm is torn.” “Grandpa Volodya died on March 13, 2022.” “My favorite city Mariupol is dying.” He didn’t survive. Mariupol’s children paid the highest price — and the world still remembers too little. 📸 Photos of the diary and Yehor.

"Narva People’s Republic"? Russia launches an information campaign against Estonia. Narva, Estonia, is separated from the Russian city of Ivangorod by just a bridge across the river. Since late February, social media and messaging platforms have reportedly seen the emergence of accounts and channels promoting the idea of separating Narva and the Ida-Viru region. The content is presented in various formats - from memes and jokes to maps and symbols of a so-called "Narva People’s Republic." Under slogans such as "We are waiting for Russia," "Russians, we are not alone!", and "Russian land stretches from Narva to Püssi" (another town in northeastern Estonia), individuals in balaclavas are calling for armed struggle. This is being done to create the appearance of mass support. In reality, most of these accounts are anonymous, with audiences of only around 50-70 followers. Nevertheless, such information drops create the impression that separatist ideas have real backing. Similar tactics were used by Russia ahead of its armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014. At that time, ideas about creating "people’s republics" were actively circulated on social media. The outcome of that is well known. The main goal of such actions is not immediate territorial separation, but the undermining of internal stability. This can increase distrust within society, provoke tensions, and create fertile ground for further manipulation. In addition, this serves as a signal to external audiences. The portrayal of a "troubled region" can be used as a tool of pressure and as justification for potential future actions. There are also indications that the timing of this campaign is not accidental, as global attention is currently focused on Iran. For now, the activity remains online. But when your neighbor is Russia, vigilance is always necessary.

@horia85 Let me ask a pastor in Izyum Raion and if it can also go to the military I’ll see if the brigade needs any 😆

I have access to 80 tons of potatoes. If you know how to get them in Ukraine and who might we deliver them too, I can arrange everything. Transport needs to be paid for, unfortunately, since I don’t have large trucks.

@UAFRC We just going to ignore the fact this person is clearly under the influence of stimulants?

🇺🇸🇺🇦 An American volunteer shares why he came to fight for Ukraine. After 9/11 he tried to join the military but was rejected because of a misdiagnosed eye condition. Years later, when russia launched its invasion, he saw it as his chance to finally stand up and make a difference. Watch his story 👇

Not every life your donations touch wears a uniform. Some have four paws and need saving too. Recently, one of our soldiers rescued a dog who was unable to walk on one of his legs. Today, he underwent surgery to remove a metal rod that had been placed there a long time ago. We may never know his full story, but we believe he was likely hit by a car, and that his family fled before they were able to get him the care he needed. Thanks to all of you, it will not be long before the newest member of the @93Alcatraz battalion is back on his paws and on the road to full health. Thank you for supporting our battalion and the communities around us, including the four legged ones. #Support93 #SupportUkraine #dogrescue

@ChucklesVanPut @rima_medUA 😆 literally Roman came with the box and was like ok let’s open it and cut one side and I stopped him. This one isn’t for us Roman. 😆

@AprilHuggett @rima_medUA April likes the BBQ shapes too! I'm surprised they got to you!

Ladies 💖🥰🥰 @ChucklesVanPut @AprilHuggett you SPOIL ME 🫶🫂 Snacks from Aus AND medical supplies?! Love. Thank you!