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Lviv, Ukraine
Joined July 2022
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Soldiers of the 52nd International Assault Regiment "Forge" received 8 UAVs worth over $16,000! We delivered these drones and 3 extra batteries as part of our "Power Up the Legends" project. They're fifteen-inch UAVs built by Front Line Kit with integrated Starlink satellite communications, the kind that keep flying where russian EW cuts the link. Huge thanks to @ATipplingPhilo and the ATP community, who carried this one a third past the goal!
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Our initial goal on the "Power Up the Legends" project was $12,000. Thanks to you, we raised $16,343! The project is complete. We recently delivered 8 fifteen-inch UAVs built by Front Line Kit, with integrated Starlink satellite communications, plus 3 drone batteries, for a total of $16,436. These are the drones that keep flying where russian EW cuts the link. Satellite connection, instead of radio, means the crew keeps control at range in places where standard FPVs lose signal entirely.
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And here's who received it all. James is an American drone engineer from California and New Mexico, serving in the Ukrainian National Guard since 2019. He taught drone camps across Ukraine, joined a drone unit in 2024, and built a fiber optic FPV lab funded entirely by international donations. He now leads innovation for his battalion's drone labs.
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That battalion has a new name since we launched this fundraiser. We communicated the project as support for Azov International. During the work, the unit was reorganized, and it is now the 52nd International Assault Regiment "Forge", part of the 1st Corps "Azov". Same people, new designation.
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You don't have to close a whole wish on your own anymore. You can now donate any amount toward a specific letter, which means several people can close one wish together. A laptop, sight, an EW system - the kind of request that used to feel out of reach for one person. Pick a letter, give what you can, and someone else picks up the rest 👇 dzygaspaw.com/secret-santa-2…
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Fun fact from our October numbers! People from 54 countries donated to Dzyga's Paw, the US sent the most, and Switzerland quietly made just 38 donations that averaged $610 each, which is the most Swiss thing we've ever seen 🇨🇭 Now we have a plan for all those flags 👇
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The Da Vinci Wolves just passed the halfway mark, $126,567 of $250,000, and still need more UAVs for their missions. When the fundraiser ends, we'll show you every flag on our donor map, (because yes, we're that obsessed with transparency 😂) So where are you donating from? Drop your flag below and let's see which country shows up this month 👇 dzygaspaw.com/wolves-on-the-…
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$5,361 raised with @toonie_tuesday, which is about five Blyskavka drones funded out of eight. We didn’t hit the target, but that doesn’t diminish any of it. Five drones exist now that didn’t before, built from two-dollar donations by people who showed up for a battalion on the other side of the world!
⚡🐺 WOLVES ON THE HUNT 🐺⚡ $5,312 raised and 5 of 8 Blyskavka / Lightning drones FUNDED! Tooniacs, this is all thanks to YOU. Every Toonie, every share and every comment helped make those five possible. You showed up, just like you always do, and we’re grateful beyond words. The Da Vinci Wolves still need 3 more Blyskavka / Lightning drones, so if you missed us or would still like to help, Toonies are always welcome. Together with @dzygaspaw , we’re standing behind the Wolves who proudly carry the name and legacy of Dmytro “Da Vinci” Kotsiubailo, Hero of Ukraine. $2 / €2 / £2 - every little bit still moves us closer. Jar: send.monobank.ua/jar/2QSnZEG… Donate: dzygaspaw.com/toonie-tuesday… “Toonie for Wolves” in the comment. 🐺⚡ Five funded. Three to go. A Hero’s Name. Continue His Legacy. 💙💛
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Thank you, Tooniacs. This kind of support is worth more to us than the number suggests 🤍 There’s still a little time left if anyone wants to help close the gap!
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This is what $80,209 looks like when you pack it into one room 📦👀 Anna from our team takes you through everything we’re bringing to the 25th Airborne Brigade as part of our 25th Strike project! 😎
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The West is tired of this war, and we get it, because we're tired of explaining it too. But if we stop talking to each other, russian propaganda becomes the only voice left in the room, so how do we keep the conversation going? 👇
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That was the question of our final panel in Lviv with @IAPonomarenko, @francisjfarrell, @vdehtyarov and Solomiya Khoma of the USCC, moderated by @CurtainSilicon. As Francis put it, "what Ukraine consistently has that russia doesn't have is a relationship with the truth."
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Stephan is a former U.S. Marine from Georgia and a father of three. He served in Iraq. This year he became a Secret Santa for a Ukrainian soldier who turned out to be about his age, with children about the same ages as his own.
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"It's easy to see a war in terms of maps, headlines, and statistics, but behind all of that are individual people with families, interests, hopes, and lives outside of the conflict."
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There are still letters waiting for their Santa 👇 dzygaspaw.com/secret-santa-2…
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