Kalyna and Thistle

03/02/2026

🇺🇦 FOOT AND HAND WARMERS FOR UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS 🇺🇦

My iPhone says it feels like -6 degrees in Musselburgh so I’m considering staying in.

Sumy defenders have no choice but fight in Ukraine to protect their country and people. It’s -19 there, feels like -32 🤦🏻‍♀️

This morning we transferred money to get a lot of foot and hand warmers for the soldiers but it’s not enough! If you can help, please donate here:

https://www.kalynathistle.com/donate-to-support-ukraine/

31/12/2025

🇺🇦❤️🎄Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2025. May 2026 bring piece to Ukraine 🎄❤️🇺🇦

Наталія Мельник Oleksii Melnyk

18/12/2025

02/12/2025

🇺🇦❤️It often takes some time to hear back from our partner charities and volunteers as they have to deliver the aid we receive or buy using your donations all the way to the frontlines or to the vulnerable people of Sumy region.

We are delighted to have received a couple of photos from the border defenders who have received some of the aid we sent in late October - early November. Thank you to everyone who supported us. ❤️🇺🇦

If you can donate any amount to help us deliver more aid to Ukraine, please do it here: https://www.kalynathistle.com/donate-to-support-ukraine/

05/11/2025

🇺🇦🚗We are so pleased to report that the car that was donated by Ian McCrimmon from Perthshire has arrived to Sumy, with all our humanitarian aid! Boxes and boxes of crucial medical supplies and food for soldiers as well as power generators will be distributed to Sumy defenders in the next day or two. Thank you to everyone who donate and help us make these things happen. 💛💙

From here, our partners in Sumy Благодійний фонд "Міра Help" and Марченко Ігор will make sure the aid goes to those who need it most.

If you want to help us deliver more help to Ukrainian defenders and vulnerable families please donate ANY AMOUNT here or set up a simple £10/month subscription: https://www.kalynathistle.com/donate-to-support-ukraine/ 🇺🇦❤️

22/10/2025

🇺🇦 Thank you to Ian McCrimmon for donating his car to our charity! This morning, we filled the car with medical supplies and other crucial aid, and Ian is now on his way to Poland, from where our partner charity will take the car to Sumy! 🙏

Support like this means so much to the Sumy border defenders! And there is always more to do so please help us if you can! 🙏🇺🇦

21/10/2025

💝This beautiful lady is Христина Панасюк (Khrystyna Panasjuk), a poet, musician and singer, and a soldier in .

We were delighted to buy Khrystyna and her unit a new boiler so she and the guys can have a warm shower which is a luxury during the war times.

This boiler helps soldiers feel warm in all senses - feel they are not forgotten, that someone far away does care about them whilst they defend their country and their people.

When we ask you for donations, you may think 'What difference will my £5 or £10 make? I can't possibly help winning the war with that!'.

Your small donation could have gone toward this purchase and could have made a massive difference to someone! And if you did donate - thank you! This is one of the things your money help us buy.

Please don't think twice - there are million of things, big and small, that we could buy with your donations. Donate any amount here: https://www.kalynathistle.com/donate-to-support-ukraine/ and help us do more! 🇺🇦💛💙

20/10/2025

We were up early today, getting more items ready to go to Sumy, later this week🇺🇦 Thank you to everyone who has helped so far. If you want to support our work, please get in touch. ❤️🙏🇺🇦