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WE NEED YOUR HELP

FEATURED CAMPAIGNS*

* if the campaign target was not met or there is extra money

We divide the campaigns into military and humanitarian aid.The funds raised for these two global goals are not combined.

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Car

Mercedes Vito

138th Air Defence Brigade made a request to help them raise money for the car, which would suit the purpose of carrying soldiers to and from the positions. We found a suitable model Mercedes Vito already in Ukraine. 

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Target - $3500

Our work

The work of the non-profit organisation "Eastern Fortress", which began in 2014 with helping small group of soldiers within battalion Azov, evolved into bigger support of approximately 150 defenders from different units of Ukrainian Armed Forces on multiple fronts:
● vehicles● life-saving gear● tactical medicine● army equipment● humanitarian aid
Our main activities are military and humanitarian aid to units of Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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    16+

    Volunteers in different countries, including combat zones in Ukraine.

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    €73.630,00+₴1.045.500,00+

    Funds raised for our campaigns since 2014. 

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    37+

    Closed campaigns. Check them on the page Achievements

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BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Our Team of volunteers

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ARTEM GUBENKO 

Artem founded our non-profit organisation in 2014 to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
Over the past years, Artem has focused our work on providing the military with the most necessary things. Today Artem is defending our Motherland with his comrades.

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YURII BIKSIN

Yurii was at the roots of the organization creation in 2014. He volunteered on different positions through years. Logistics, fundraising, supplies were covered by our Yurii. Today he is the reliable support for those who is at the frontline.

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YULIA Nezdiimynoha

Yulia can be also referred as a co-founder. Together with the team she set up all the processes on tracks. She is the head of our Legal Department. There, Yulia and her colleagues closely monitor all the legal issues of the organisation.  

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JOOST VERBAAN

Our first international team member. Joost is Dutch and helps our fund with organisational and legal issues in the Netherlands. He is a strong supporter of Ukraine and our Armed Forces.

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ALINA KULIESH

Alina has joined our organisation in May, 2022 as a volunteer. She supports the IT and Fundraising departments. Alina lives in the Netherlands and helps us to reach international partners across the globe.

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YEVHEN SKRIPNIK

Yevhen is heart and soul of our Logistics Department. He manages the delivery of humanitarian and military aid to soldiers. Also, Evgeny is in charge of transport supplies. Last but not least, he is a very talented driver himself.

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Olexandr Liashevskyi

Olexandr has no fear and doubts when supplies are necessary at the frontline — he drives there with everything we can supply. Our brave defenders deeply appreciate his input in their support. Sasha (as we call him) combines volunteering with his regular job as dog-trainer.


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YEVHEN KALENDA

Yevhen took over the humanitarian aid department. He also raises donations for this purpose. He volunteers in the hospital in Dnipro and knows exactly the needs of the wounded defenders of Ukraine. He also takes care of the displaced people due to war in Ukraine. In the regular life he is a businessman in the metallurgy field.

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Uliana furiv

Uliana lives and works in the Netherlands. Her volunteering activity within our team consists in attracting funds from Dutch people and Ukrainian diaspora. With the help of funds raised by Uliana, we have closed many requests from defenders of Ukraine.


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PAVLO KAPSHUK

Pavlo is an expert of fundraising due to a very charismatic personality. He also knows how to spend the money efficiently. Pasha can always find top quality products for a good price. His network of colleagues and friends helps our brave defenders through our fund. 


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DORI PL

DoriPL or Olya, is our creative content creator. She is a professional web designer and uses her talent for the benefit of our organisation and Ukrainian Armed Forces. She is also engaged in creating illustrations to support Ukraine, our fighting spirit and conveying information to the world about the war. 


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Liza golub

Liza is a modern lady with a great sense of style. It makes her irreplaceable member of SMM team. In her daily life she studies law at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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Iryna shevchenko

Iryna is an experienced specialist in the field of social media. She skillfully draws attention to our fund. Her advice is always useful. Despite the great overload in volunteering and professional activities, we can always count on her.


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Kateryna Yeromenko

Kateryna is a strong addition to our team. She is hardworking and devoted to our mission. Katya can capture your attention from the first word and clearly brings the message of our fund to the world through social media.


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Yulia Shparaga

Yulia is the author of most of our texts on social media. Her posts capture the attention of our subscribers and encourage them to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Yulia herself supports defenders of our Motherland — Ukraine.


moments through time

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Fixed the BTR

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Collecting humanitarian aid for soldiers

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Bringing tactical medicine and life-protecting gear to the front line has its own risks

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Yura & Co are talented engineers. Our birdie for Dnipro-1

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Disassembled birdie, before going on a mission 

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Can you spot snipers?

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Puppy Zhuk saved from Donetsk region stole the heart of our CEO

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Our team is infinitely proud of our founder Artem and his comrades

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When soldiers, who you support, send pictures like this you worry for them more than usual

Our partners are from all over the world

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