When the Russian invasion began, these Ukrainians in New York City found a way to help their families back home ... Shipping everything from military supplies to baby formula.
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00:00A lot of people would rather be with our family right now in Ukraine and just hold their hand
00:05and just hug them and, you know, just be with them.
00:20These are all done.
00:21They are waiting to be shipped out.
00:23Yesterday, we had this whole entire section being, like, filled with boxes.
00:34You are in one of our biggest warehouses.
00:38All of our life are just being put on hold and our thoughts and our, you know, souls
00:42and our hearts in Ukraine.
00:44That's why, probably, we kind of started it, just for us to feel that we do something.
00:54So, like, hospital needs insulin, so people bring us insulin and, you know, during the
01:06war, it's very important.
01:08Then, of course, we have other donations like food, baby formulas, clothing, and also providing
01:18financial assistance and monetary assistance right now for the people of Ukraine.
01:32It's like radios, drones.
01:35We have, like, caskets and, of course, like, the clothing, like the army clothing and,
01:40like, everything that has to do with, like, army equipment, like army shoes.
01:45Now, in terms of, like, the medicine, everything needed from the front lines, so starting with,
01:49like, antiseptics and ending with medications for, like, the frontline soldiers.
01:56They are outmanned, outgunned, and the equipment, they are missing some of the equipment as
02:02well.
02:03So, if we can know that whatever we're collecting here, we're sending out, and ensuring they're
02:09receiving it, can save at least one life, that's what, that's the hope that we live with.
02:16Every day, I'm getting requests and getting photos with the guys who sent us from there,
02:24from the war.
02:25They say that you are the best and they can, you save our lives.
02:33She's a doctor and a pharmacist, so that's what we're doing here.
02:54So we're working very closely with organizations like MIST and Novoposhta that are, like, providing
03:02an opportunity for us to send this out via planes.
03:05It's every other day that the plane leaves from here, from United States, from New Jersey,
03:11and it goes to Poland.
03:12And then from Poland, there is a corridor that the stuff that they are receiving is
03:18getting imported into the western part of Ukraine.
03:21We started working closely with, like, the Ukrainian National Train Services to ensure
03:27that while it's en route, it's not going to be intercepted by Russian forces.
03:43I'm Georgian, but I feel like everyone is Ukrainian today.
03:48All these donations are mostly for the new moms, because I have a son, a four-year-old,
03:52so I'm a mom also, so I feel like new moms also need support.
03:57So this is just a little something for the new moms and the kids in Ukraine.
04:01Whether they're Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, we're open to anyone.
04:06I couldn't help but notice your nails.
04:09Is this for Ukraine?
04:10Yes, I actually did it, like, last week, I believe.
04:15Yeah, it's just, you know, some small, small gesture.
04:21Yeah, it's just, you know, in recent weeks, Ukrainian flag and Ukrainian color are all
04:29around, you know, New York and, like, all around the different cities in the entire
04:34world, and it's just so beautiful to see how our flag, our beautiful colors, yellow and
04:42blue, how they are all around the world.
04:51This is all started out with only four individuals, and from there, we have decided to unite all
04:59of our efforts together, starting out with, like, local level here in Brooklyn, New York,
05:05and throughout a week or so, it has grown into this organization that we are right now
05:11with over 500 loyal members and volunteers.
05:20It's interesting how the life can shift in just one second, you know, and one day you're
05:30going, you're living one life and just, like, in, you know, in another second, completely
05:37different one.
05:38Looking at people in Ukraine, we get so inspired by how each of them are willing to sacrifice
05:45their life to protect their country, their land, and their freedom.
05:49We cannot give up, and we cannot, like, even look back and think about our past lives.