Support Fred's Mission: Buy, Drive, and Deliver an Evacuation Vehicle to Ukraine 🇺🇦

If you are interested in making a large donation (>£1000), please fill in one of the forms on the page description.

£2,562.56

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Donations

£5,000

Goal

Help Fred buy, drive and deliver an evacuation vehicle to Ukraine 🇺🇦

In July 2025, Fred Hart will drive 1,318 miles over 3 days across Europe to deliver an evacuation 4x4 vehicle to Ukraine, where it will be donated for work on the Ukrainian frontlines.

Fred has put his hands up to support the Driving Ukraine team and make the delivery happen, and he now needs your support to buy, drive, and deliver this vehicle.

I seem to have volunteered to drive a vehicle to Ukraine. I love driving and thought: “why not combine that with my desire to help others?”

This is a war which is happening right on our doorstep. The distance from the UK to our destination, Lviv, is only around 1300 miles. When I drove to Portugal in 2023, that was a 1500 mile journey. Lviv is closer to the UK than where the majority of British people go on holiday.

That means the war impacts us all. Only the other day, in the Tesco car park in Cirencester, I spotted a car on Ukrainian numberplates. There’s a lot of UA registered cars about, even here in rural Gloucestershire. Germany, Poland, Czechia and the UK are the 4 countries which have taken the most Ukrainian refugees.

This is a conflict happening dangerously close to home. Supply chains have been disrupted, energy supplies impacted, and many countries in Europe have changed both domestic and foreign policy. There’s the security and stability implications of war too.

Apart from anything else, Ukraine’s borders were violated by the Russians – without provocation. In Europe, in this day and age, this cannot be tolerated.

If you can help me raise £5000 so I can complete this mission, that would be great. I know it isn’t much time!

After departure I’ll let you know of progress and hopefully be able to report a successful mission / successful delivery to Lviv in only a few weeks.

Driving Ukraine vehicles, 4x4 pickup trucks and ambulances, are purchased in the UK and modified by dedicated volunteers, before being 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 even as some sort of peace is discussed. The longer this invasion persists, the more challenging it becomes for Ukraine. The war is now in its fourth year. The future of Ukraine’s survival hangs in the balance with new international leaders in 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 medical facilities have been destroyed.

We request your support in raising £5,000 and beyond to 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 winter which Ukraine is emerging from. 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.

Donation Information

Please note: For Donations above £250 (with Gift Aid via Nadiya):

Donations over £250 from the UK are Gift Aid-eligible through our charity partner Nadiya, meaning an additional 25% is added to the total donation. 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/EXvha64C1rUwjCkZ6 We will process the Gift Aid automatically with your provided details and send you a confirmation email.

For large donations above £1000 (no Gift Aid, direct to Driving Ukraine)

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/5moA9WrhcT4aSWff8. We will add your donation to the Donorbox total as an “offline donation”, to ensure your contribution is fully accounted for.

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Thank you for your courage and support of the mission!

www.DrivingUkraine.com

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