How to help Ukraine

Rev. Sarah Skochko - Unitarian Universalist Minister

As some of you may have guessed from my name, I am a Ukrainian-American. I have heard a lot of Unitarian Universalists asking how we can help Ukraine.

The number one thing that would help is direct military support from other countries, including ours. In the absence of that, here's a short list of things individual citizens can do.

1. Attend protests and vigils; build visible support by flying the Ukrainian flag.

2. Donate to the Ukrainian military (see info below).

3. Call your elected officials and demand immediate and severe sanctions against Russia, including an embargo on Russian gas and oil, and cutting them off from SWIFT.

4. Donate to UKRAINIAN humanitarian organizations based IN UKRAINE rather than international orgs (see info below).

5. Be educated; don't believe Putin; be aware that you are likely seeing English-language Russian propaganda on Facebook.

6. If you offer a prayer on Sunday, please pray for the people of Ukraine - for their safety, strength, courage, and victory.

DONATE

The account number to donate directly to the Ukrainian National Bank to fund the military: UA843000010000000047330992708

Official page of the UA National Bank with more info: [bank.gov.ua]...

Come Back Alive is one of the largest and best-established charities in Ukraine and it directly supports the military: [savelife.in.ua]

Here’s a list of organizations you can donate to: [uacrisis.org]
And another list: [ukrainewar.carrd.co]

BE EDUCATED

Follow the Kyiv Independent: [kyivindependent.com]

Watch Ukrainian President Zelensky’s speech to the citizens of Russia: [washingtonpost.com]

An article explaining why Russia has invaded:
[bbc.com]

Wikipedia for the basics: [en.wikipedia.org]...

What is SWIFT? [cnn.com]

Here is a link to this same video on YouTube, to share with people who are not on Facebook: