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Helping animals is a key area of our humanitarian work. We support animal volunteers in frontline areas, who often take care of dozens of cats and dogs, as well as shelters near the frontline. We also send pet food to our soldiers, because their bases often serve as a home for abandoned animals. So when…

Our friends from Soli Truck Bonn in Bonn have already delivered trucks with humanitarian aid to Ukraine twice. Their contribution amounts to thousands of kilograms of essential supplies that help Ukrainians in frontline areas and communities affected by the war. The first 4 tons of cargo were brought at the beginning of 2023. Back then,…

We would like to introduce you to a new anti-authoritarian fighter who recently joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and became one of the fighters supported by Solidarity Collectives. "Hi, I'm Mister! Until recently, I used to make tattoos, teach art to children, watch TV shows with my wife and cats, do activism,…

Recently, we returned from another humanitarian mission to Eastern Ukraine. This time, our goal was to visit residents of villages devastated by war, better understand their needs, and offer them our help. Two years have passed since these areas were liberated, but villages like Kamyanka and Dolyna remain uncleared of mines. People are forced to…

Hi, my name is Yulia, and my call-sign is Vidsutnia, which means 'absent' in Ukrainian. This year, I joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, serving as a crew member for assault UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). In my role as a FPV operator, I set up and launch drones on the Pokrovsk front. My civilian life…

Last month, we took five more antiauthoritarian fighters under our care, and we’d like to introduce them to you. Khaos (Chaos) is an anarchist and activist, formerly a member of Lviv’s Avtonomnyi Opir (Autonomous Resistance, AO) movement. He hails from the currently occupied city of Enerhodar and now serves in the 108th TRO Brigade in…

Kafa Hola! Congratulations to everyone on International Women's Day. I and my comrades had participated in Women’s March and other protest/solidarity events for years before the full-scale invasion. This was our way of struggle and political expression. Today, I and many other activists and anarchists are fighting and volunteering. This is a great honor and…

While the world's attention focused first on Ukraine and then on Israel-Palestine,Turkey took advantage of the situation and launched attacks on the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), aka Rojava last year and continues to do so. In 2023, Last October, Turkey systematically struck NES’s energy facilities with airstrikes, causing extensive infrastructure and…

We want to tell you about our comrade, Marsy, who was killed in action on 11 November, near Avdiivka.  (The family has asked for no media coverage, so we will not disclose his real name) Marsy came to Ukraine in March 2022, shortly after the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and he joined the anti-authoritarian…

It’s one of the biggest fundraisers we’ve ever done. And we weren’t at all sure that we’d be able to raise such a sum. But step by step, donation by donation, with the help of friendly initiatives, large media platforms and, of course, thanks to you, people who care, we fulfilled the request.

The first month of autumn was marked by heavy battles, which means that we also had a lot of work.

We also went on another important trip in August. Together with our partners from Catalunya, we traveled to help trade unions in four different regions.

Our report for July and August.

Report from Solidarity Collectives’ third humanitarian mission to Lyman.

In June, an initiative Menschlichkeit Spender, sent 4.5 pallets of children’s things to the Solidarity Collectives. We’ve redirected this delivery to the Kharkiv volunteer network Help in Palms.

Two weeks ago, we went on a humanitarian mission to a new location, the town of Nikopol. Nikopol stands on the shore of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir right across from the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Our report for May and June.

We regularly receive medical supplies from our European friends, which we then deliver to medical facilities, paramedics, or stabilization points.

The Collectives recently delivered aid to the villages in the Kherson Region that have been affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Hundreds of thousands of workers have become soldiers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine today, so probably the most important task for trade unions is now to support these fighters and their families.

With great sorrow we inform you about the death of our comrade, left-wing journalist and popularizer of science Yevheniy Osiyevskyi died on 22 May near Bakhmut.

In our hands there is a world to win and a fight which requires great sacrifice, for us in Ukraine there is only victory or death. Love and struggle 🖤

Rebuilding Ukraine is not something that will happen in the distant future, after the victory we’ve been dreaming of. Unfortunately, people whose houses have been damaged or destroyed cannot wait.

Dear friends, we would like to thank all of you for the support you give us.

In these past 2 months, we successfully completed a fundraiser for DJI Mavic 3 drone and participated in a fundraiser purchase of two cars and to repair a vehicle MANPADS. For the soldiers, we purchased a lot of tactical equipment and electronic devices. A Starlink, two Motorola 4400 and six Motorola T82 radios, a solar…

Three weeks ago, Solidarity Collectives returned from a humanitarian mission in the south of Ukraine.

Last week we successfully completed the mission to deliver food, medicine and equipment for animals at the request of a medic from one of the headquarters in the Zaporizhia Region.

We want here to present you the memory of another one of our comrade, that was killed in action the 19.04.2023 - Beir Bua (Grab victory)

In February this year, while Dmitry Petrov aka “Ilya Leshiy” was in Kyiv, he recorded a video with the call to the international community. We consider it important to publish it and ask you to spread Leshiy's appeal.

This text is difficult for us to write. On April 19, there was a battle on the outskirts of Bakhmut where three of our comrades were killed. All of them were international volunteers. We will definitely tell about each of them. But at the moment the publicly known fact is the death of one of…

Belarusian activist will not be deported!The Administrative Court of Appeal denied the Migration Service’s decision about deporting Ivan Krasovsky, a Belarusian activist, political prisoner and our comrade, which we are incredibly happy about! “It was really something! I’m grateful to everyone who supported me in this story that took way too long. You are the…

Music has always been an integral part of resistance. And today performers and musicians also play an important role in supporting the struggle against Russian imperialism. Since the beginning of this year, there have been several concerts in support of the Solidarity Collectives. On February 25, Prague hosted the festival Riot Over River Winter —…

The humanitarian team of the Solidarity Collectives has just returned from Kherson Region and is preparing a report for you now. But another one of our trips has not been covered yet. In February, together with our Catalonian comrade from Lluita Internacionalista (UIT-CI), we visited Dobropillia (Donetsk Region) and Zaporizhia. Dobropillia is a mining monotown.…

The city of Lyman (Donetsk region) was severely damaged by shelling and the 6-month-long Russian occupation. After it was liberated by the Ukrainian army in October 2022, we started providing aid to its residents, about 13,000 people who survived not only months of intense shelling that virtually destroyed the city, but also a winter without…

Air reconnaissance about horizontal practices in the army, elective commanders, grassroots cooperation, rejection of hierarchy, etc. We continue our series of interviews with fighters supported by the Solidarity Collectives @solidaritycollectives . During our trip to the East, we met with a Kharkiv group of air reconnaissance military specialists who were active in the country’s civil…

In two months Solidarity Collectives delivered two vehicles for air reconnaissance units, a VW T5 and a Ford Maverick, and helped fix two other cars. We have also participated in fundraisers for 3 other vehicles, both successfully completed as a result. In these months, we continued to send important technical equipment to our fighters, particularly…

Yesterday it became known that a court in “LPR” sentenced Maksym Butkevych to 13 years in prison. Maksym is a prominent activist, human rights advocate, anti-fascist, co-founder of the No Borders project and our good friend. From the first days of the war, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and we supported his unit.…

8 March. A day that symbolizes freedom, a day that motivates us to fight, a day when the voices of feminists can be heard by millions of their sisters who share their path of achieving equality. But the path of Ukrainian women changed radically on 24 February 2022. The beginning of the war in Ukraine…

The city had been under Russian occupation for 4 months and was seriously damaged as a result of fighting. Almost 90% of the buildings have been damaged or destroyed by shelling. But people continue to live in the city. Many of them stay in basements under charred high-rises where their apartments used to be not…

We would like to introduce you to the Dogma podcast created by our Belarusian comrades. It’s a great pleasure that the first episode of this podcast is dedicated to Solidarity Collectives, our work and the complex issues that this war has raised for anarchists.

This is how most Ukrainians begin their story about February 24, 2022. Precisely one year ago our lives changed radically. Since then, activists who fought for a free and just society joined the resistance against the invader. Many joined the army. Risking their lives, they are defending our country from terror and dictatorship brought by…

Do you remember the Generatoraise? We can’t help but share our success here. Thanks to your support, we have provided generators to all the 8 military units that asked us for it. But the generators keep coming! So we will keep sending them where they are needed: Thank you for helping us bring warmth and…

Meet a new warrior we are going to support from now on. “I, Kafa, Klema, am a non-binary person, I am 21. Total liberation begins with your own actions. It’s like with anarchists: you see a task = it is yours, you know it. When a friend of mine who knows what war is and…

We’re continuing the series of interviews with the fighters whom the “Solidarity Collectives” support. During a trip to the East, we met the “Resistance Committee” soldier. Most of the RC members are anarchists who’ve joined the Ukrainian armed forces to fight against the Russian invasion. This interview is about why anarchists went to fight as…

In these months, we've delivered a vehicle near Kherson, helped repair 2 other vehicles, and participated in fundraisers for 4 more. 3 out of 4 fundraisers are now completed. Another priority was to provide the fighters with the equipment and winter gear. We've passed 4 generators, 15 power banks, a thermal-vision device, a Leica range-finder,…

Her life was an embodiment of her principles. She never tolerated injustice and was ready to fight for everyone who was in trouble. She wasn't interested in personal comfort and safety which she readily sacrificed when there was work to do. She was equally ready to confront a guy beating his girlfriend, the police, or…

Another of our activists spoke at the discussion organized by “Komuna” autonomous space in Pristina. Also, French journalists from Lundimatin visited Kyiv and made a good documentary, be sure to check it out! Turkish Gazetenisan website released a series of articles about our humanitarian trip to Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia, they're available in Turkish here.…

🇬🇧 We want to tell you about another trip made possible thanks to the international solidarity campaign organized by UIT-CI. Our small Turkish-Catalan-Ukrainian group traveled the Kryvbas for a week meeting mining and railway union members. We passed to Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhya workers military equipment, warm clothes and humanitarian aid, crucial due to the…

🤝 This is a good occasion to remind you that now we support about ten comrades serving in SOF ranks. These include the group of 'birdies' who perform air reconnaissance in the Donetsk direction, a sniper in the Kharkiv direction, boys who've been training intensively and now are transferring to the East, and others about…