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Sparrows of Ukraine, Żymirskiego 7/46, Warsaw (2026)

22/09/2026

🔆 YOU and US – together we are a force united as one.

In our fundraiser there is...

🥰 A person who regularly donates 3 USD every week.
🥰 A person who sends a money order every week or two, ranging from several hundred to several thousand dollars.
🥰 Another person occasionally donates a lump sum of 3000 USD.
🥰 Someone else sends 120 USD once a month.
🥰 Another person occasionally donates 300 dollars and adds a note: "please do not disclose my name."
💓 Most donations are in the range of 5, 7, or 10 USD.

These donations add up to a total sum.
That total comes to 18,350 USD.

What can you do with such an amount of money?
🔆 2,700 USD – Land Rover repairs for an artillery platoon squad.
🔆 7,700 USD – buy an off-road vehicle for an artillery platoon squad.
🔆 6,500 USD –buy of a pickup truck for an artillery platoon squad.
🔆 1,450 USD – equipment for a new soldier.

👮‍♂️ That young guy is Vitaliy Sergeyevich. He used to work as a restaurant chef. He knew that once he blew out the 25 candles on his birthday cake, his military draft notice would arrive. He didn't go into hiding or try to dodge the draft. When the time came, he stepped up to fulfill his civic duty. He was assigned to the 5. Assault Brigade.

We support this kind of attitude.

We almost never equip inexperienced soldiers – especially those rounded up by the TCK (draft board) after evading service. As inhumane as it may sound, they pose a much higher risk of immediate death and the loss of precious equipment.
That is why we primarily support those who have been through hell and back – those credited with neutralizing dozens or more enemy targets.

However, we do make exceptions for the young guys who simply wait until they turn 25 to go and defend their country. We’re buying Vitaliy a helmet, a DJI Mini drone, and combat boots.
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Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
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Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
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We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
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20/09/2026

There is this kid. His call sign is "Shaman".
I don’t know how old he is. 22? Maybe 23. I don’t know if I should even call him a kid.

Shaman goes toe-to-toe with death every day. Sometimes he wins, sometimes he loses.

Fellow soldiers named him that because, like a shaman, he brings people back to life, almost from beyond the grave. He wants to save everyone.

Shaman is both a medic and a police officer. He’s a member of the special operations battalion of the Poltava regional police. (Yes, combat police units do exist.) His unit is fighting in Kostiantynivka. It’s a nasty, bloody place for both sides.

The two of them drove to see us in Sloviansk. One was driving, the other was carrying a r***e for shooting down enemy drones.

Leaving their outpost was a huge risk. At the outpost there are walls, fortifications, and bunkers.
The road means open sky.

They drove out to pick up some trauma bandages from us. That’s the name of a specific type of pressure bandage—something halfway between a standard bandage and a tourniquet.

Shaman needs them to save lives. That is his mission and his job.

It would be great if he were still alive the next time I’m there.
Support Ukraine's defenders here: (link in the comments)

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***************************************
Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
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We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
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18/09/2026

Hygiene sits somewhere halfway-up on the ladder of humanitarian priorities – somewhere between combat gear and sweet cakes. On one hand, it isn't essential for waging war; on the other, it plays a role far more important than, say, a poppy seed roll. (A traditional bake in both Poland and Ukraine. The Poles call it 'makowiec', Ukrainians – 'makovyi rulyet')

A poppy seed roll offers two things. There is the pleasure of a special treat – a taste of luxury in wartime conditions. Then there is the knowledge that soldiers matter to us as human beings, that they are important to the people they are protecting. It is tangible proof that someone is thinking of them and wants to bring them a moment of joy.

Combat gear – like water, food, and medical supplies – falls into the "must-have" category. Either you have it and the fight goes on, or you don't, and you die, are taken prisoner, or are forced to retreat (if possible). Hygiene products fall somewhere in between, yet their absence carries real risks.
Eating with hands soiled by dirt, rust, human blood, or industrial grease carries a risk of dysentery, typhoid fever, severe diarrhea, and food poisoning.

A lack of shampoo and soap leads to scabies and lice, fungal infections and trench foot; it results in a situation where simple abrasions turn into festering wounds.

A uniform that hasn't been washed for a long time exposes the body to dead skin cells, traces of grease and food, rodent droppings, and soil bacteria. If a bullet or piece of shrapnel pierces the uniform, it drives all of that straight into the body. It results in infections, gas gangrene and sepsis.

Why do the guys working on the front line often run out of hygiene products?
The rate of consumption is extreme, and supply lines get destroyed, but it is alsocaused by the low priority they had been assigned in military logistics. Official allocation lists often include no products other than just soap. Therefore, the government subtly shifts some of its costs onto the soldiers who are forced to pay for hygiene products out of their own pocket.

Now, thanks to us, soldiers returning from a mission to their underground dugout will be able to take out a basin, pour in water from a jug, add some detergent, and wash their uniforms and underwear.

Those same soldiers will be able to step into a shower stall put together from forest timber, open the valve on the pipe leading from the water tank on the roof, and wash their hair with flower-scented shampoo.
And I think that is really great.

Will you chip in, so we can keep providing hygiene products for the soldiers? Link in the comments.

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Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
****************************************
We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
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16/09/2026

From Tomek: Today we saw a beautiful sunrise today while driving through partially destroyed industrial zone. Today’s mission is a supply delivery.

Our vehicle reached the last point that was considered to be relatively safe. Two of our soldiers were tasked with just one thing – watch the sky for incoming Russian FPV drones.

The first of two ground-based drones (NRKs) got unloaded from the back and immediately disappeared in the bushes on the opposite side of the road. It was carrying an impressive 120 kg payload, 20 artillery shells, so it made sense to keep it away from people in case it exploded.

Without delay, the Hummer drove off to fetch the second NRK, while we waited by a small tree.
Meanwhile, an army pickup passed by, carrying soldiers heading out for their mission.

We are about to set off. There is a 25 kilometer journey ahead of us, leading to a position just a few kilometers away from enemy troops. As for personal gear, I’m carrying only a small bottle of water with me. Given my fitness level, the uniform, boots, vest, and helmet will tire me out soon enough as it is.

One way or the other, the weather will most likely be superb.

Support Ukraine's defenders here: (in the comments)

***************************************
Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
****************************************
We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
************************

13/09/2026

Russia is launching drones along the Polish border. We keep doing our job.

The soldier in the video has a call sign 'Sonic'. He is a company commander in the 4. Company, 3. Battalion, 81. Airborne Brigade: a unit which takes on various missions, many of them lethal. Sometimes they include driving off-road vehicles or motorcycles through the "gray zone" – an area uncontrolled by either side, where hostile FPV drones fly overhead.

The Drone Sensor 3.0 unit we have delivered will allow them to detect enemy drones early – from a distance where they cannot yet be heard. It can also intercept the video feed from the drone's camera.

Perhaps thanks to this device we will be able to meet again. Perhaps, by ensuring more effective resupply of a defensive position, it will help hold the line, preventing the enemy from entering the village and coming into direct contact with civilians – women, children and elderly people.

One never knows how much good a specific act of support will bring, but Sonic is experienced. He knows this hell that is the gray zone very well, and has returned from it more than once. So, this is simply a case of good equipment finding its way into good hands.

Support Ukraine's defenders here: (link in the comments)

***************************************
Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
****************************************
We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
************************

11/09/2026

From Tomek: In the rush of our everyday life, we rarely experience the true meaning of sayings such as: "everything is relative."
I had stayed in this hotel once before, while traveling from Poland to the east of Ukraine. Back then my consciousness inhabited a body that had only recently enjoyed the luxuries typical of the Western world – and experienced a deep sense of discomfort at the following things:

An old, weird-smelling shower.
Water with a temperature that was nearly impossible to adjust.
A window that wouldn't open.
A bed that seemed to swallow you up, like a nightmare given form.

The other time I stayed here, on my way back, was just after sleeping in the forest for a couple of days. I was delighted by the soft bed, the warm duvet, the running water, the electricity, and the privacy of my own room. I reflected on how everything is relative, then I happily went outside to take a picture of a moose :)

Support Ukraine's defenders here: (in the comments)

09/09/2026

An Air BnB during wartime. A 30-square-meter apartment for 22 people, with a view of the underground, occasional flooding during rainstorms, and with complimentary mosquitoes.

Plus, an ongoing process of billeting additional residents.

In moments like this I reflect bitterly that there are limits to my solidarity. If there a less crowded dugout is not available, I’d rather sleep in the car. Even if it’s ill-advised due to the presence of... let’s call them, "hostile airborne objects."

I like people well enough, but preferably from a distance that ensures a minimal buffer of space between us.

Some of the guys in the video are heading out to their first combat missions tomorrow. I’m seeing some of them for the first time and last time, because almost certainly, some of them will not make it back. Of course, that doesn’t stop the laughter and joking – after all, I’m not the one walking into enemy fire, and what else are they supposed to do? Wallow in sadness? When night falls, there will be ample time for reflection and anxiety. Meanwhile I’ll be sleeping soundly – just like, presumably, most of you reading this.

Support Ukraine's defenders! (In the comments)
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***************************************
Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
****************************************
We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
************************

07/09/2026

Malina is an NRK operator. NRKs are remotely controlled wheeled vehicles – or a land drones, as they now call it. He is also a commander of the land drone group of the artillery unit in the 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, 81st Airborne Brigade. His call sign, Malina (literally meaning 'Raspberry'), is a short from his surname, Malinowski.

Every few days, the guys send me a video of their car burning after being hit by a kamikaze drone. Or a video showing the remains of their NRK, also burning after being hit by a kamikaze drone. Or sometimes the video shows an explosion on the road, while they sit in the forest next to it.

His life is definitely not boring.

NRK vehicles often work remotely. The vehicles are equipped with Starlink modems, and the operator controls them from a safe distance. Many groups have stopped using Starlinks due to excessive losses. A drone equipped with a Starlink modem doesn't have ears like a human, and is unable to hear an approaching drone. The drone can't turn its head and verify if it has a tail, and sometimes an enemy drone follows it to detect its home base... What follows the discovery is artillery fire raining down onto the discovered location.

Malina and his boys prefer to keep an eye on their NRKs. They can recognize the drone's model by the sound of its motor. Before it spots them, they move out of sight and hide until the enemy drone flies by. However, they often have to shoot at them. Therefore, they walk in a wide spread, so that when they start firing, they can aim at the approaching drone from different directions – a greater chance of getting it shot down.

Malina's life certainly isn't boring.

We have given him a Sensor 3.0. Thanks to this device, they'll be able to capture the camera feed from an enemy drone that isn't flying on fiber optics even before they hear the sound of its motors.

The Sensor will be carried by the person who doesn't have the NRK remote control. When you are on the road, one hand always holds the r***e ready to fire, and the other operates the remote controler to interact with the NRK. The guys always work in threes. Two operate two NRKs, and the third has one hand free.

Actually, not anymore 😊

A photo from one of the missions I had the pleasure of attending with Malina and his team.

The video shows the handover of the sensor.

BTW – who can tell me what's on the sticker of that Zhiguli? 🙂
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***************************************
Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
****************************************
We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
************************

05/09/2026

It's nice to take a photo or video when we are handing over the goods.
But sometimes the weather sucks.

"I prefer the raining to the shelling," says one of the guys, and I think it's rather obvious.

Or rather, it's obvious to someone living on the frontlines, not to me. I pay attention to the rain. It bothers me. They pay attention to the shooting.

We are like a bird and a fish, living in different worlds.
It's in these details that the differences between our worlds are revealed.
In the video, you can see the soldiers and the treats we brought them.

Support Ukraine's defenders here: (link in the comments)
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
***************************************
Let's make evil difficult, so that people will reach for good instead. ***************************************
We are fully aware of many corruption and embezzlement cases within the structures of military and civilian administration. We have learned to avoid these traps.
***************************************
Our aid is independent of any turmoil in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The transport and logistics constitute less than 1% of our costs. We cover 90% of our soldiers' needs with purchases made in Ukraine, from trusted manufacturers and suppliers.
****************************************
We will support our soldiers until Victory Day.
************************

02/09/2026

EASIER BUS REPAIR!
The Sparrows of Ukraine have purchased five more buses from the city of Kielce today. Five buses are already waiting for transport to Vinnytsia. We hope for the railway transport to be available as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Tomasz Szydlak from the Sikorki Foundation in Ukraine traveled from Kielce to Toruń and purchased a TEXA Navigator TXT Multihub diagnostic computer with a license. Cost: USD 2,000

This is a professional device used in automotive workshops for computer diagnostics of passenger cars, trucks, as well as agricultural and construction machinery.
Tomorrow will be a day of hard volunteer work at the bus yard.
This includes replacing the batteries in five more buses (the previous 10 have already had their replacements).

In addition, the buses will be decorated with symbols of unity and solidarity. They will proudly sport symbols of solidarity and empathy, the values, and ideas that some Polish politicians, who have subscribed to Kremlin propaganda, fear, hate, and try to combat.

Tomorrow will be a good day.
Every day, we hear tragic news about new acts of terror in Ukraine.
Every day, we hear horrifying news about the hatred and aggression spread by enemy propaganda in Poland.
We don't stop there, because we don't want to fall into helpless depression.
We act, and in action we find strength.
Together we stand!

In the first picture you can see Tomek with his new purchase. The other picture features a leaflet with the words: 'WE SHALL NOT BE DIVIDED' written in Polish and Ukrainian, side by side.

Support Ukraine's defense here: (in the comments)

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