Aid convoy to Kyiv June 2024

Lusia, Ryan, Florian, Shen, Scott and myself in the two months beforehand spent dozens of hours scouring the classifieds for vehicles that will hold up but not break the bank.

Vechicle lineup:

• 2005 Nissan Pathfinder,
  callsign “Badger”, €4,900

• 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero,
  callsign “Turtle”, €5,990

• 2005 Nissan X-Trail,
  callsign “Cardinal”, €3,500

All vehicles were well-decorated to show the guys, who will be essentially living in them that our support remains unwavering. I can’t tell you how much this means to our Ukrainian counterparts.

We packed these up with badly-needed, donated medical and power gear and hit the road. We had a very smooth trip, with just the usual close calls on Polish and Ukrainian roads. Thanks to some help from on high, we cleared the border very quickly and total travel time was less than 24 hours.

Florian put together this little video to show the trip and the equipment and vehicles handover at the Kyiv hospital that has become our de facto base in Kyiv. Check it out, replete with Ukrainian road trip soundtrack!