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A Hard Week in Ukraine. And the Good You Made Possible.

Russia bombed an aid point, cut Kyiv's water and kept turning out the lights. Oleksandr kept delivering anyway. Next week, we keep going together.

Lev Parnas Nov 6

My dear Voice from Ukraine family,

Before this week ends, I want to thank you. I’m thanking you for the people of Ukraine, for Oleksandr, and for every child and family he reaches. What you give means more than the supplies themselves. When a family sitting in a cold, dark apartment finds out that people on the other side of the world still stand with them, it gives them hope. And in a war, hope is what keeps people going.

This was one of the hardest weeks we have seen in a long time. I want to walk you through it, because the news cycle moves on, but the war doesn’t stop for the people living it.

It started on Monday in Komyshuvakha, a small village near Zaporizhzhia. The local school stopped holding classes a long time ago because the village is so close to the front line. Instead, every Monday, the people who stayed would come there to receive humanitarian aid. That is where Russia dropped its bombs, at least nine of them, including a three-ton bomb on the shelter.

At least 53 people are now confirmed dead. Rescuers are in their fifth day of digging through the rubble, and that number may still rise. Police officers and rescue workers who came to help are among the dead. President Zelensky said Russia could not have failed to notice that people gathered there for aid every single week.

This one hits close to home for all of us. Those people were standing in line for help. It’s the same kind of help Oleksandr carries in his van, and the same kind of help you make possible.

And the attacks kept coming. That night Russia launched another massive barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s energy system, and Kyiv went through the worst water outage the capital has seen in this war. The next night the drones went after central and western Ukraine, and the power went out across the country. On Thursday, seven people were hurt in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including a child. Last night Russia sent 227 more drones, and emergency power cuts hit seven regions.

This is Putin’s plan for the winter. Hit the power, the heat and the water, and try to break the people before spring comes.

But the people of Ukraine are not breaking. This week Ukraine struck back at the refineries and ammunition depots that feed Putin’s war. And this week, 13 Ukrainian children were brought home from Russian occupation, back into the arms of their families. That’s the Ukraine I know. Still fighting, and still bringing its children home.

As I always tell you, watch what they do, not what they say. While rescuers in Komyshuvakha were still searching for survivors, Donald Trump welcomed Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, to the White House and didn’t meet with the Ukrainians.

Now I want to tell you about the good, because there was so much of it, and it belongs to you.

Oleksandr went back to a group of children with special needs, children with cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, living in a place that is very hard to reach. Last year he brought them generators. This time he brought medicine and supplies. One young girl had written to us asking for earbuds, because music helps her escape the war. Oleksandr put them in her hands. To us it might seem like a small thing. To that little girl, it meant the world.

He also visited a child who is bedridden and can’t leave the house because there’s no electricity. When the power goes out, that child’s whole world goes dark with it. Oleksandr went to that home so the child and the family would know they have not been forgotten.

And he visited a facility for children with special needs who have to stay down in the basement almost all the time, because the bombing and the air raid alarms never stop. Think about being a child who can barely see daylight because it isn’t safe to go upstairs. Those are the children Oleksandr is fighting for.

And these are only some of the things we were able to document. Oleksandr’s work goes on every day, all day, nonstop. Next week he’ll keep making these visits and keep delivering. He has had every chance to leave Ukraine for somewhere safer, and he chose to stay. He doesn’t stop, and we can’t stop either. That’s why I’m asking you to keep helping.

Next week, we keep going.

Voice from Ukraine is live every weekday at 2 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday, with Oleksandr on the ground and Yuri Rashkin. We bring you all the breaking news from Ukraine, what the media is reporting and what it’s missing, straight from the people living through it. With the talks in Abu Dhabi and winter closing in, this is a week you want to be with us.

And this is where I need you.

The best way to keep this going is to become a paid subscriber to Voice from Ukraine. We have no corporations. We have no billionaires. We have you. Every paid subscription keeps this platform alive, helps the algorithm carry our message to more people, and lets Oleksandr and our team keep the people of Ukraine in front of the world. To everyone who is already a paid subscriber, thank you. If you can do more, please become a Founding Member.

For those able to give directly, please help Oleksandr fill the vans for next week:

Help the people of Ukraine: Help Deliver Dignity: Dry Shower Packs

Help the animals of Ukraine: https://www.givesendgo.com/save-ukrainian-stranded-pets

Venmo: https://venmo.com/LEV-PARNAS

PayPal: https://paypal.me/LEVPARNAS

Zelle: thereallevparnas@gmail.com

If you’ve already given, God bless you and thank you. If you haven’t yet, every dollar counts. And if times are hard, I understand. Share this letter, restack it, and forward it to three people. Your voice helps too.

Winter is coming, and we can’t wait until families are freezing to decide they need help.

This week Russia tried to put out the lights in Ukraine. Every one of you who gave, shared or simply kept reading helped keep a light on. Ukraine is still standing, and so are we.

God bless each and every one of you. God bless America. Slava Ukraini.

With love and gratitude,
Voice from Ukraine