solidarity

Crystal Hearts

There’s a lot I want to share about our aid deliveries, but while I’m still gathering my thoughts, I just want to say thank you to @vitalik.eth, the /degen community, and @endaoment donors ⛑️ 

Because of your support for @crystalhearts, we are able to work on the ground in both Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, delivering much-needed supplies 🇺🇦

The conditions in the pre-frontline areas were as bad as I expected, maybe even worse. The reality of unjammable fiber-optic FPV drones sets in once you’re there, and it becomes painfully clear why so many aid workers and medics are wounded or killed every week, and why getting into certain towns these days is so hard without being hit. At this point, the only way we can get supplies in is with the army’s help.

This war has changed so much, even in just the past few months… and now I have even more clarity on what’s actually necessary and what can really help both medics and defenders 🫂

The real heroes of Farcaster! And the drone shit should really be a wake up call to all of us. You don't think it will ever come to you? It's up to all of us to make the world we want to live in, somehow. 
Wishing you luck always Irina. Thank you for your work.

I'm here to build global community. Artist, collector, father and husband, leftist, LGBTQ. Twitter @ OurCoOpFuture. pfp by Nilus Dantes. Creator of /solidarity

Thank you for your support. And this fiber-optic drone stuff is scary as hell for one big reason: while Ukraine uses them on the battlefield, russia uses them to commit war crimes - hunting civilians, blowing up aid workers and journalists, dropping explosives on ambulances. And because they can’t be jammed, it’s game on for them. And since none of the international humanitarian laws actually work (as proven by both russia and Israel), it’s open season for war crimes.

We used to be able to deliver aid relatively safely by having drone detectors and jammers in the cars, but that doesn’t work with these. So we are a target anywhere we go, and there’s nothing we can do about it - aside from driving as fast as we can and hoping for the best, or getting help from the army to transport supplies in their armored vehicles.

Ukraine today is a synonym for bravery🫡 love these people