Help Frank and Steve buy, drive, and deliver an evacuation vehicle to Ukraine 🇺🇦
In Spring 2025, Frank Jennings and Steve Eccleshall will travel 1,318 miles over 3 days across Europe with the Driving Ukraine team to deliver an evacuation vehicle destined for work on the Ukrainian frontlines.
Frank and Steve have put their hands up to join the team and make the delivery happen, and they now need your support to buy, drive, and deliver this vehicle.
This will be Steve's 2nd trip to Ukraine in 2025, after he successfully secured a quarter of a million pounds worth of medical aid for the first journey. Despite a vehicle breakdown in Germany the first time round, Steve's unwavering support means he is off to Ukraine again to deliver another evacuation vehicle to Ukraine medics.
“My good friend Frank and I continue to be saddened by the illegal war in Ukraine and want to show Ukrainians they are not alone, taking out evacuation vehicles to help anyone who is injured and needs medical aid is so necessary”
Driving Ukraine vehicles, 4x4 pickup trucks and ambulances, are purchased in the UK and modified by dedicated volunteers, will be placed with essential teams in Ukraine including: ambulance crews, 4x4 evacuation teams, first-aid responders, international volunteer medics, humanitarian bomb disposal units, hospitals, among others.
The urgent need for international support in Ukraine is undeniable, particularly today. The longer this invasion persists, the more challenging it becomes for Ukraine. The war is now entering its third winter. The future of Ukraine’s survival hangs in the balance with new leaders coming to power. The Ukrainians need more vehicles, aid, and international support from volunteers than ever before.
The toll of this conflict is staggering, with tens of thousands of civilians killed, countless more injured, and hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure damage. 4,000,000 Ukrainians have lost their homes, 10,000 missiles have been launched at the country, and over 1,000 hospitals have been destroyed.
We request your support in raising £5,000 and beyond to purchase and transport a 4x4 vehicle.
Funds raised beyond this will buy a drone jamming device to prevent the vehicle being destroyed by FPV drones. More details below.
Vehicles are destroyed by the harsh war-torn conditions, further exacerbated by the cold winters. Vehicles are destroyed by the enemy: bullets, artillery, shrapnel are key causes, but drones are the largest threat.
An example “EW” Electronic Warfare drone jamming system is below. Specifically the ‘Amulet 7M’.
This technology is made by volunteers in Lviv and seeks to block a range of frequencies which drones rely on to fly.
Kamikaze drones aiming for our vehicles are stopped 180 metres away: depending on the settings they are forced to either lose connection and fall from the sky, emergency land, or return to ‘home’, all of which prevent destruction to the vehicle, and protect the lives of the driver, the passengers, and any wounded soldiers the vehicle is carrying.
Large Donation Information
Donations over £1,000 from the UK are Gift Aid-eligible for an additional 25% added to the total through our charity partner Nadiya. If you wish to donate with Gift Aid, please click this link below and fill out the form. Upon completion of the form you will be provided with the Nadiya bank account details to transfer your donation to us. https://forms.gle/vNzzbrzzNzz7eyKt9. We will process the Gift Aid automatically with your provided details and send you a confirmation email.
If you wish to donate over £1,000 without adding Gift Aid, please fill out this form to receive Driving Ukraine’s bank details to make a transfer directly to us. https://forms.gle/1fKLNLxYHiMJbnyS6. We will add your donation to the Donorbox total as an “offline donation”, to ensure your contribution is fully accounted for.
TLDR; we want you to help us purchase and donate:
4x4 pickup trucks: £5,000 + Drone jammer systems,
Both of these will help save life and limb in Ukraine.
Normal donations: this Donorbox page (click Donate at the top)
Donations above £1000 (with Gift Aid, via Nadiya): https://forms.gle/vNzzbrzzNzz7eyKt9
Donations above £1000 (no Gift Aid, direct to Driving Ukraine): https://forms.gle/1fKLNLxYHiMJbnyS6
Thank you for your courage and support of the mission!
www.DrivingUkraine.com
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