A lot of people have been asking where I am and if I am ok. I am preparing.
In two weeks, I will begin my first vacation in nearly two years.
I won't be spending it on a beach. I won't be traveling abroad. I won't be resting.
Instead, I will walk home.
From Maidan and the Alley of Heroes in Kyiv to Kramatorsk.
Hundreds of kilometers.
Roughly 50 kilometers every day.
In the summer heat, where temperatures regularly reach 28ยฐC and above. I have my own health challenges, and there will be days when every step hurts. But compared to what my soldiers endure every day, that discomfort is insignificant.
I am doing this because it is easy for the frontline to feel distant when you are not living beside it. For my soldiers, there is no distance. The war is present in every day, every decision, and every kilometer of ground they defend.
But my soldiers are still there.
They are still defending
#Ukraine.
They are still living in frontline villages and cities.
They are still carrying the weight of a war that most people only see through a screen.
Donbas is Ukraine.
And Donbas is not some distant place on a map.
It is home.
My soldiers are former prisoners. Even if they are granted a vacation, it does not look like yours or mine. They will still remain close. They do not get to simply walk away from it.
So I am asking for your help.
This walk is about awareness, but awareness alone does not keep soldiers alive.
Equipment does.
Vehicles do.
Communications do.
Drones do.
Recently, our only ground drone struck a mine and was destroyed.
That wasn't just a piece of equipment. It was a lifeline. It delivered water. It carried supplies. It reduced risk to the soldiers who depended on it.
Now it is gone.
And what we have in the field is what we have.
That is not a position any unit should be forced into.
My goal is to raise a minimum of $50,000 during this journey so that my battalion can continue operating, continue adapting, and continue bringing our people home.
Every kilometer I walk is for the soldiers who cannot leave.
Every kilometer is for the fallen whose flags stand in the Alley of Heroes.
Every kilometer is for Donbas.
Every kilometer is for Ukraine.
If you can donate, please do.
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Help me carry this message from Kyiv to Kramatorsk.
The war is not over.
And neither are we.
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