Ukraine Defense Support

We would love to see you at our annual spring Freedom for Ukraine Banquet and Auction, benefitting frontline defenders in Ukraine. This year's gathering will be in downtown Seattle and will feature delicious, authentic Ukrainian food, live music, a thrilling auction & more! Tickets are on sale now and early birds can save $20 between now and April 18. Because Ukraine Defense Support is a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit, 95% of the funds we raise go straight to Ukraine in the form of essentials for defenders at the frontlines. Details: Where: 415 on Westlake, 415 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle, WA When: Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 4 – 8:30 pm Cost: Early Bird tickets available until April 18 – $80 | Regular price tickets – $100 Get your tickets here! ukrainedefensesupport.org/events/freedom…

@UDS4Ukraine Oh, people don't think about the fact a trailer is needed for unmanned vehicles. Thank you!

UDS recently funded a trailer for an unmanned systems regiment. We're grateful to our donors who help us get equipment like this to Ukraine's defenders. Please pitch in and help us send more! ukrainedefensesupport.org/causes/

A must-read piece from Ukraine by my friend and @Renew_Democracy colleague @MaxBoot. Ukraine is leading the free world in battling Russian aggression, and in tech innovation at the front. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

With the entire world looking at the Middle East, Ukraine is fighting for survival in the shadows. Right now is exactly when your donations matter the most. Send support to the frontlines while everyone else is looking away. Do not let them fight alone

The faces of Ukrainian Warriors after defending their positions for months. 📷: 93rd Mechanized Brigade / 47th Mechanized Brigade / 57th Motorized Brigade / Serhii Tyshchenko / oleksandra_dobrovolska / NGU Military Unit 3045 / Oleksandr Tishaiev / libkos

It is crazy how few people know this: Russia now occupies less Ukrainian land than it did one month into the full-scale invasion four years ago

"Bucha" is the one-word answer to why Ukrainians cannot surrender land to Russian occupation. Land is people, and it means torture and death. Ukrainian victory is the only way the war ends.

Ukraine Defense Support has delivered more than 20 tons of medical supplies and equipment to Ukraine since its founding in mid-2022. Nearly all of it was sent thanks to the remarkable dedication and indomitable spirit of Pam Dalan, one of UDS’s co-founders and a school nurse. Pam credits her Christian faith and the many volunteers who have stepped forward to help with the collection, cataloging, and shipment of each pallet of critically needed supplies. Nearly every shipment begins with Pam’s leadership and reaches its destination because of her careful stewardship along its journey to Ukraine. “How amazing that God would use me, a 74½ year-old, to be able to get these supplies to Ukraine." Read more: ukrainedefensesupport.org/uncategorized/… #aidforukraine

Glenna, an American frontline medic in Ukraine, wrote a short open-letter to Ukraine last November on her Instagram. “Ukraine, I gave you my blood, I gave you my sweat, I will give you my all… even my life, and in return I ask for nothing in return. Most people ask where such devotion comes from. And I have but one answer. The Ukrainian people.” We have been honored to support Glenna, call sign Baby Doc, who has been saving lives in Ukraine since 2022. Last November, russia bombed the stab point where she worked. Baby Doc and her entire team survived with concussions, and their anesthesiologist suffered two broken legs. Our hearts were broken, but we knew Baby Doc’s strength, and the strength of her team, would empower them to continue to save lives once they healed. And once most of the team had, they opened a new stab point last month. It too was bombed by russia, this time critically wounding the team’s doctor. Our hearts are broken again. Baby Doc has no intention to leave and is working with her team to open a new stab point, while also visiting the team’s doctor in the hospital and helping with her care. And all of us at UDS are committed to help supply her with the medical equipment and supplies they need. Please pitch in! ukrainedefensesupport.org/causes/help-ba… #standingwithukraine

Трохи покращили ситуацію з вантажівками в @225_oshp — передали два траки Scania, які дууууже прискіпливо відбирали зі шведськими партнерами. Величезна вдячність @blagulabilen та @uds4ukraine за допомогу з пошуками, логістикою, оформленням! І друзям за кадром за фінансування. Дуже ціную вашу довіру. Переможемо.

As families gather to celebrate Passover, we’re thinking of Jewish communities across Ukraine marking this holiday during difficult times. Passover reminds us that even in the face of hardship, the pursuit of freedom & dignity continues. Wishing strength & safety to all observing. #Passover

Why we help.

Americans, Brits, and Russians need to remember the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine voluntarily surrendered the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world. In exchange, Washington, London, and Moscow pledged to respect Ukraine’s borders

Tonight here in Bucha, we are holding a night of remembrance. 561 civilians were killed here over 33 days of fighting and Russian occupation. Across the entire territorial community surrounding the city, more than 1,000 people died during that time. Hundreds were shot by Russian soldiers, and the bodies of many lay in the streets and against walls for weeks, until Russia's defeat and the return of Ukrainian forces to the city, along with the global media. And the name of this comfortable, prosperous suburb of Kyiv among the woods became a shocking symbol of atrocity and inhumanity, images that went around the world. This is the church in the center of Bucha, next to which a mass grave of 67 bodies was found. During the occupation, people buried their dead as best they could -- like this, in a pit beside a church. Every day I can see that church from my home in the distance, and every time, I remember how we were present at the terrible exhumation of that enormous grave. That's something I would want to forget forever. A memorial complex now stands on that spot.

We honor the memory of all who were killed by russia in Bucha. May those responsible for the war crimes committed in this peaceful town face full and eternal consequences. #Bucha

This is not war. This is targeting people. Over 50 Shahed drones sent into Odesa and what do they hit? A maternity hospital. Apartment buildings. Power infrastructure. No formations. No positions. No military objective. Just civilians trying to live their lives. That is the reality of these Shahed drones. They are not being used with precision. They are being used to saturate and hit whatever is in the area. And when you aim that into a city, you already know what the result will be. Families in their homes. Mothers in a hospital. Power for entire neighborhoods. That is what gets hit. Call it what it is. This is terrorism. People need to stop pretending this is anything else. Слава Україні. Героям слава. 🇺🇦

“There are corpses on the road, and they are booby-trapped.” “All that was left of her was her head.” “The bodies of people on the streets have been crushed by military vehicles.” These were the actual testimonies of those who survived the occupation of Irpin, witnessing horrors and heinous crimes committed by russian troops. It has been 4 years since the liberation of Irpin. Life endured. Remember those who paid the ultimate price🕯️