Our mission

The ''Union of Defenders of Ukraine'' was founded in 2014 by a small group of concerned Ukrainian citizens. Our first challenge was to evacuate civilians fleeing the military aggression of the Russian Federation in the east of the country.

We are ordinary people who have families, jobs, friends and live in Ukraine right now. We are volunteers who spend our time and money to help Ukraine fight for its freedom.

Since the outbreak of large-scale war on February 24, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has grown enormously. Entire cities have been destroyed and the number of refugees has exceeded 10 million. Destruction and death have come to the country on a scale the world has not seen since World War II. The invasion is ongoing, so we are constantly improving the effectiveness of our assistance. We build an ecosystem, optimize logistics, and attract new volunteers. The Union actively cooperates with partners from the United States, Belgium, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and other countries. We are trusted by people from all over the world, people who believe in justice and goodness.

We are proud of our beautiful and strong people. Ukraine will win. We are ready to fight for it. That is why each of us is here.
Areas of work
  • We are helping to revive the affected regions of Ukraine.
  • We organize the delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid.
  • We buy, deliver and repair vehicles for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
  • We purchase special equipment for the hospitals.
  • We purchase computer equipment for the latest programs of the Ministry of Education.
  • We are helping to arrange treatment and rehabilitation of military personnel abroad.
  • We help evacuate people from the war zones.

Management

Founder, CEO

Povkh Vitaliy Mykolayovych

Military

Shcherbatyuk Oleh Mykolayovych

Military

Tkachenko Serhiy Mykhaylovych

Co-founder, military

Danylyuk Oleksandr Volodymyrovych

Representative in Belgium

Kinah Oleksandr Viktorovych

Doctor of Engineering

Segal Valeriy Volodymyrovych

Teacher of Peresvit school

Starovoyt Andrii Petrovych

Bishop of the churches union "God's Church of Ukraine"

Voznyuk Vitaliy Volodymyrovych

Military diplomat

Kanana Petr Vitaliyovych

Volunteers

Alina Tarnopolska

Bohdan Lomakin

Bohdan Shyshkovskiy

Derevyanko Yuriy

Dmytro Hryshchenko

Dmytro Menshykov

Gennadiy Saltyshchak

Hrushovenko Oleh

Igor Dyakov

Igor Makarychev

Ivan Halenko

Ivaniv Oleh

Adviser

Ivanov Volodymyr Yuriyovych

Klekot Volodymyr

Kvachevskyy Maksym

Larkin Dan Avgustovych

Lipskyy Dmytro

Meleshko Vitaliy

Oleh Konchakovskiy

Oleh Solonets

Oleksandr Dynda

Pashkov Vitaliy Viktorovych

Pavlo Byshovets

Pavlo Makarenko

Popov Volodymyr Volodymyrovych

Rohach Volodymyr

Roman Babunych

Adviser

Roman Moravetskiy

Roman Svystun

Rygovanov Ruslan

Senkovskyy Orest

Serhii Rozhok

Stepan Syvyk

Vitaliy Bunetskiy

Vitaliy Lypach

Vitaliy Strykel

Volodymyr Klyuka

Volodymyr Oliynyk

Volodymyr Senchyshyn

Vyacheslav Bohuslavskiy

Yevhen Kachalka

Yevhen Lyubchenko

Yuriy Ivanov

Yuriy Rashkevych