Ukrainian forces need a lot of supplies besides weapons and ammunition. That’s where I come in.
Anna Husarska, in Odesa, Ukraine, sits in the back of a Nissan SUV that she purchased in the U.K. and drove to the frontlines near Bakhmut along with other supplies for frontline Ukrainian troops. At the rear is Odesa’s famous Opera House, which has been operating throughout the war. | Photos by Anna Husarska for POLITICOAnna Husarska is a Franco-Polish journalist, political analyst and former staff writer at The New Yorker.
I called a historian friend in Odesa and asked what was most needed. He answered with one word: tourniquets. I googled “tourniquets,” found a provider in Warsaw, bought two suitcases worth and flew to Chisinau, Moldova. A border crossing, four hours in a shared taxi and voilà: I was in Odesa with the tourniquets. Soon, someone needed a driver to cross the border to deliver a car to Ukrainian forces. Then I was asked to carry in a few drones.
My journeys often cover thousands of miles. This particular car delivery required driving 2,026 miles from Bristol, U.K., to Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region; Olga joined me for the Ukrainian part of the journey. We were stopped by Ukrainian police a few times but the car’s registration showing that the end user was a military unit meant the police let us go with a paternal “be careful” rather than a fine for speeding.
I hate these staged “here I am handing over a box of tourniquets” pictures, but my U.K.-based friends tell me that donors like to see the concrete result of their contribution, so we always make a “thank you video,”Night vision equipment is also in high demand on the frontlines. The top photo was taken with a white phosphor monocular from an Arizona-based company which I tested in my bathroom with the lights off. I bought it for $2,750 in Poland.
Twice already I have been assigned by Olga the rather unchallenging task of sorting by size a hundred colorful boxer briefs sewn by Ukrainian refugees in Austria before we take them to the frontlines. A few days later my work is rewarded when the commander sent us this “thank you” photo.
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