Citizen Charity Foundation provides comprehensive assistance to seriously injured military personnel and their family members, offering state-of-the-art prosthetics, medical treatment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and training.
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Oleksandr Kyrychenko, call sign KARATEL
Since 2018 I have been serving under contract as part of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and have the status of a combat veteran. My military path began in the Rapid Response Brigade No. 3018 of the National Guard of Ukraine in Hostomel. On February 24, 2022, we met the full-scale war in Kherson Oblast, in the area of the Oleshky Sands. Later the units moved, and we carried out missions on the territory of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts. It was while carrying out a combat mission in Mykolaiv Oblast, in the settlement of Zelenyi Hai, that my life changed. The enemy delivered an airstrike on the school where we were located. I sustained a severe contusion of the cervical spine. Due to repeated shellings there was no opportunity to properly provide me with medical assistance, nor was there proper fixation of the sustained injury. After that I began to constantly feel pain in my neck and back, and later other health problems also began to appear… Over time the pain began to grow increasingly stronger. My left arm, shoulder, neck, and back began to trouble me particularly. The examinations revealed serious problem — pulmonary sarcoidosis, as well as extrapulmonary sarcoidosis with spinal involvement. According to the medical conclusions, the disease is in an active stage and is progressing. In parallel, the problem with the cervical spine remained. I need to have two hernias in the cervical spine removed and have special implants and the Atlantis cervical spine stabilization system, Medtronic USA, installed. This surgery can no longer be delayed for me, as it threatens complete paralysis. But I cannot pay for the necessary treatment on my own. The cost of the necessary implants, surgery, and subsequent recovery is beyond my means. That is why today I am compelled to turn to caring people and ask for support in this fight.
COLLECTING: UAH 178,800
Soldier history
Hennadii Horobets, call sign MAIOR
I am a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On March 14, 2022, I was mobilized into the military. In September 2022 our unit participated in the liberation of Balakliia, and subsequently worked near Sviatohirsk in Donetsk Oblast. In 2025 my unit was constructing fortification structures on the line of contact near Chasiv Yar. On March 4, 2025, during a raid by an enemy FPV drone, I felt something crack in my leg… Over the years of service in the engineering forces, I developed arthrosis of the large joints. For a long time the pain was simply managed with painkillers. Only in September 2025 was I diagnosed with a torn meniscus of the right knee and operated on. And already in November I was transferred to the Donetsk direction, where I continue to serve to this day. In June of this year I underwent an MRI of the knee and, on the recommendation of traumatologists, was put on the waiting list for endoprosthetic replacement of the right knee joint. I had already begun undergoing the necessary examinations, but it was at that point that the doctors discovered yet another serious problem — with the hip joint. Their conclusion was unambiguous: the only thing that can help is its replacement.
Now I first need to undergo endoprosthetic replacement of the hip joint, recover after the surgery, and only then will the doctors be able to operate on the right knee. The surgery itself is free of charge for me, but a high-quality hip joint endoprosthesis needs to be purchased independently. I cannot pay for it on my own. That is why I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 112,000
Soldier history
Dmytro Shevchuk, call sign SHEVA
I am from the fortress city of Kharkiv. At the beginning of March 2022 I voluntarily joined the 127th TDF Brigade. In the first year of the war I fought first in the infantry and later as a gunner in a mortar battery. I participated in combat operations in Kharkiv and the oblast, and fought near Bakhmut. Later I managed to transfer to the Airborne Assault Forces — to the 78th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment "Herts." At the end of October 2023, during combat duty shifts at the firing position near Mala Tokmachka, I was wounded. It was night, and I was on duty with a radio in anticipation of combat work. I heard the outgoing fire of enemy artillery… A second — and it seemed to me that I had fallen asleep... Darkness alternated with dreams, memories, and unclear images... Fragments shattered the humerus and radius of my left arm, partially crushed the elbow, tore out a great deal of muscle, severed the thumb, and crushed the bones of the palm. On the left leg, most of the quadriceps was torn out, and there was a closed fracture of the ankle. On the right arm, part of the middle finger was severed. The skull bones were fractured, and I sustained a second-degree traumatic brain injury. Burns and fragments covered my entire body. I also sustained extensive damage to the nervous and lymphatic systems in the left limbs. The treatment was difficult and lasted almost a year. I underwent 19 surgeries on my leg and arms. I was taught to walk again, my basic adaptation and self-care skills were restored. This was a difficult and painful path of recovery. In recent years I have been constantly engaged in rehabilitation and adaptation — both independently and with the help of rehabilitation specialists. The minimum task is to adapt to civilian life, master a new profession, the maximum task — I want to prepare to return to my fellow soldiers. And for this I need to learn to run again, jump, balance, squat, and maximally restore the functionality of my left arm. Recently I found the "Markiv Rehab" rehabilitation center. And for me this became a new hope. I heard things that were very important to me: my left arm is capable of more. The leg is capable of compensating for the absence of part of the muscles, and I can work toward running again.
COLLECTING: UAH 52,300
Soldier history
Maksym, call sign PANAMA
In 2024 I voluntarily joined the Defense Forces of Ukraine. During this time I participated in combat operations in the Donetsk and Sumy directions. On March 14, in the Pokrovsk direction, during a rotation, my three fellow soldiers and I came under attack from an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle. I have a severe injury to my left leg: lacerated wounds, fractures of the femur, and numerous fragments in both lower limbs. I survived, and now my fight continues in rehabilitation. My main task today is to restore the functioning of the knee joint and the leg as a whole. I am currently undergoing recovery at the "Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center" of the NCSPI. The first course has already been completed. In one month I was able to completely give up crutches. But much work still lies ahead to restore mobility to the leg. That is why the rehabilitation needs to continue. Unfortunately, I cannot manage on my own, so I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTING: UAH 90,000
Soldier history
Denys Denysov
I am the mother of Senior Lieutenant Denys Denysov. In 2020 Denys graduated from the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National University of the Air Forces. That same year he signed a contract and began his service as a senior aviation technician as part of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, known as the "Ghost of Kyiv." From the first days of the full-scale invasion, my son carried out combat missions. On July 10, 2025, the enemy was conducting a massive combined missile attack on the airfield. While carrying out a combat mission, Denys together with a fellow soldier was in a shelter when an enemy "Shahed" struck it directly… My son sustained extremely severe combined injuries: flame burns of degree IIA–IIB covering 12% of the body surface, burns to both thighs and hands, to the upper and lower respiratory tract, acubarotrauma, damage to both eyes and to the cornea of the left eye. Due to carbon monoxide poisoning, cerebral edema developed. Denys was in a coma, connected to a mechanical ventilator. A tracheotomy was performed on him. Due to severe intoxication from combustion products, kidney problems began, followed by pneumonia and sinusitis. He received nutrition through intravenous drips, underwent surgeries, numerous surgical treatments, and autodermoplasty of the burn wounds. My son spent two months in intensive care… And my Denys survived…
Then came seven months of rehabilitation. Denys learned to sit, to correctly transfer from the bed to the wheelchair, to wash in the shower, to eat independently, to speak, to write. For a healthy person these are simple things that they never even think about. And for my son each of them became a great achievement, behind which lie incredible efforts. Today Denys is already speaking a little. The consequences of the wound remain very severe.But despite everything he has been through, my son has the desire to move forward. What Denys wants most of all is to become independent, to return to activity, to learn to work, to start a family, to be a support for his loved ones. For this he needs specialized long-term rehabilitation at the "AGAPE" rehabilitation center.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 78,500
Soldier history
Petro Slobodian, call sign FORSAZH
On April 12, 2022, I was mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I served in the 108th Kodatska Brigade. On December 27, 2025, returning from a combat mission, we came under a strike from an enemy "Lancet." There were three of us in the vehicle: the driver, myself, and one more serviceman. Our driver was killed. I survived.
As a result of the strike I sustained a severe traumatic brain injury with significant hemorrhage into the brain and numerous shrapnel wounds to the body… The doctors said that achieving significant recovery would be extraordinarily difficult, and that returning to the condition I was in before the wound would no longer be possible. My leg responds to me very poorly, there are problems with arm coordination. The consequences of the severe injury affected my emotional state and the functioning of my body, including the gastrointestinal tract. There was severe pain in the shoulder, thigh, and leg. I am not asking for my life to be returned to what it was before the wound. I want to do everything possible to regain as much independence as possible. Right now for this I need specialized rehabilitation at the "Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center" of the NCSPI. After such a severe wound, time and quality rehabilitation are of enormous importance.
COLLECTING: UAH 90,000
Soldier history
The program of free psychological and physical rehabilitation and sports by the Citizen Charitable Foundation.
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In a course of many years the Prosthetics Support Project in Ukraine has been helping Ukrainian prosthetists and rehabilitation specialists to develop and grow. This is an unbiased, non-profit project, the purpose of which is to develop the domestic industry of prosthetics and rehabilitation. The project brought new knowledge to Ukraine and Ukrainian specialists know how to work with components of different manufacturers and how to provide the patient with such a product that will allow him/her to return to the most natural way of life they used to have. Continuous consulting assistance is provided to both specialists and patients who need prosthetics; the Project specialists directly participate in trainings on the latest technologies; components for patients are selected taking into account the recommendations of foreign specialists with extensive experience.
Zakhydnyii Sports and Rehabilitation Center of the National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine today is one of best institutions for rehabilitation of Ukrainian war victims with the result of its work being the high level of social, psychological and physical rehabilitation. The center has developed special methods of rehabilitation including those for the psychological one. Working side by side with rehabilitologists, Ukrainian paralympian athletes are actively involved in rehabilitation processes as well. Rehabilitation through sports has a significant influence on patients' motivation and great positive effect on their return to full-fledged life.
The goal of the UNBROKEN center is to help Ukrainians remain UNBROKEN and get all the necessary help here, in their own country, near their families. The center provides physical, psychological and social rehabilitation. Each person receives not only a prosthesis, but also returns to a full life.
Roman Kashpur
UKRAINE
Military scout, record holder of Ukraine. The 16-ton An-26 aircraft moved from place to place on the prosthesis. Winner of the «Games of Heroes» project.
Andriy Zelinskyy
UKRAINE
Chief Chaplain of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Advisor to the Head of the UGCC on Communication Strategy. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation under the Ministry of the Veterans' Affairs. Lecturer of the Ethics-Politics-Economics program at the Ukrainian Catholic University and the Institute of Leadership and Management of UCU. Co-founder and lecturer at the Ukrainian Leadership Academy, an author of books, publicist, and public figure.
Vladyslav Khilchenko
UKRAINE
Sportsman, travel blogger, author of the YouTube channel “ODNOY PRAVOY” (One Right)
Serhii Zhadan
UKRAINE
Writer, translator, social activist, frontman of the bands "Zhadan and Dogs" and "Mannerheim Line".
Vitalii Kyrychenko
UKRAINE
A soldier of the 130th battalion of the TrD (Territorial Defense), leader of the group No 482.
Natalka Marynchak
UKRAINE
Poet, translator, social activist, volunteer.
