[AT] OT Ukraine and else

[Mattias Kessén]

I've just seen pictures of the equipment and vehicles delivered in Ukraine,
yes. Now let's hope Lena and the rest makes it home safe.

Den sön 24 juli 2022 19:03Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com> skrev:

> Hi!
>
> Since list is slow and it's been to long since I updated I'll do that know
> while Ylva is driving.
> Life changes fast, back and forth. We've been on a short trip do the West
> coast for various reasons (left a dog for breeding, visiting old friends in
> Gothenburg and a book realese party). The book realese party was last night
> and as it developed I was almost on my way to Kiev today... Well the
> authors wife who is from Russia but a Swedish citizen since many years were
> to deliver ambulances, other vehicles and equipment to Kiev. When we went
> to bed I was more or less scheduled to go with her to Ukraine today since
> they were one driver short but in the morning someone else had volunteered
> so maybe next time.
> Anyway one of the units recieving this equipment has a Swede, a former
> officer in Sweden that quit his military job to volunteer for driving
> ambulance and educate medics at the front. I've used some of your means and
> mine to help this guy with encrypted satellite communication equipment and
> night vision for driving at night. They can't use neither light or red
> cross on vehicles and else since the Russians are targeting that. I've used
> most of your funds for food medicine and rent for refugees. You've sent
> almost 1800 USD that our community and the refugees are so thankful and
> amazed of.
> Now not much is left about 30 USD but you have really made a difference
> for so many people! Thank you from me and so many others.
> The refugees has settled in well now som live at the migration authorities
> flats here and many has found work and places to live for them self
> sometimes with help from our network. There are only four people left, one
> of them is Igor that hasn't got any real places to live. The problem with
> these four are that all are handicapped, old or suffering from medical
> issues. They are being taken care of by the healthcare but there are
> problems with where to live. If they are to be taken care of by migration
> they first have to go to Malmö for registration. That's som 250 miles south
> of here thereafter they will be sent to a camp in Boden more than a 1000
> miles north from there, there they will live until they are relocated to
> where the Migration decides. This is not human so we have been looking for
> a place for the four of them in Gamleby (Yes, that's my nearest village).
> Akko who leads our network has now found an apartment with separate
> bedrooms for the four of them. I will hear more about this when Ylva and I
> go there for sauna this evening. We have got some money from people an
> businesses around here that we can use for helping them with rent since
> Migration will only give the about 2 USD per day.
> Other than that not many people are leaving Ukraine now and some have gone
> back.
>
> Leaving Ukraine, our part of the country are getting a drought almost like
> 2018. It's hard to find pastures from the sheep. The first cutting of hay
> were good but far from enough, we will need a lot of rain soon if there
> will be a second cutting at all and third we can forget about. But hey we
> are healthy and enjoying ourselves, going to parties and concerts (Rolling
> stones next Sunday).
>
> Take care
>
> Mattias
>
>
>
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