Meet Olga Shpak. She's Ukrainian, and with Alaskans’ help, she is getting much-needed supplies to her war-torn country.
An aid group with roots in Alaska has been working to get much-needed supplies to Ukraine, as that war-torn country continues to battle Russian invaders.
At the end of what is now an international chain of volunteers and donors is a Ukrainian woman delivering the supplies, everything from medical kits and underwear to electrical generators and drones. Her name is Olga Shpak, and she was in Alaska last week to talk to fellow members of the Assist Ukraine group about where the supplies are going and to tell Alaskans about what she’s seen as the war in Ukraine has progressed over more than a year.
Before the war, Shpak worked as a whale biologist, but she was born and raised in Kharkiv, a city hit hard by Russian forces. Shpak knew from the beginning she had to get home to help.: Well, Kharkiv is less than 40 kilometers from the Russian border. So on the first day of war, Russian tanks were on the belt road in Kharkiv. A couple of days later, Russian tanks would be in the city. Kharkiv was never taken, but there were battles in the city.
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