Thank you again for last week's amazing support; we cannot be any happier or more thankful, especially since the requests keep rolling in.

And, just like last week, if you want to make Robin's August tacmed delivery even more painful for her, you are welcome to contribute directly here.

Robin interrupting Scott briefly: we've spent about $20K of your donation dollars on tacmed for me to fly over next month, and there's another order for $11 or $12K coming down the pike. Thank you all for literally making me suffer under the weight of your generosity. I'll share photos once I have everything together.

I now return you to Scott for

Updates

We start this week with a thank you from our friends in the 10th Mountain "Edelweiss" for their new monitors.

The 25th thanks you for their new laptop and Starlink.

The 5th also received a monitor along with their new powerstation.

And lastly, the newly-formed 29th loves the powerstation you bought for them.

$2 Tender Tuesday (I'm keeping this up until we get back to the Prime Timeline)

I love motankas. This beautiful blue doll represents healing and matches the colors of the 25th bracelet and a hand-crocheted keychain from UFL_Arcaist's lovely mother. Of course, we aren't allowed to put up a $2 ticket without a unit patch (looking at you, Chris), and this is another chance for you to get one from the Special Forces group Typhoon.

$5 63rd pack

This week's $5 pack stars a signed flag and battalion patch from the 63rd Brigade. Joining their "thank you" is a miniature motanka and a commemorative Ukrainian coin.

Robin barging in again: The coin commemorates chervona kalyna, or red viburnum in English. This shrub, with its vibrant red berries, is immortalized in the Ukrainian patriotic march Oi u luzi chervona kalyna. BoomBox frontman Andriy Khlyvnyuk performed a powerful solo version on the deserted square in front of Kyiv's St. Sophia in the first week of the full-scale war. It went viral, so much so that we all but guarantee that you've heard it.

Okay, back to Scott.

In closing:

I am intentionally keeping this week's closing thoughts simple. The last couple weeks have been intense and I want you to feel some peace and happiness from my Easter visit to Ukraine:

We thank you again, and again, and again, for your unwavering support of the defenders of Ukraine.

-Scott

Don't forget:

Givebutter may limit ticket purchases to 10 at a time, but as many of you know, you can always buy additional ticket packs without limit.

UFL has amazing art here if you haven't seen it yet!

And please note that although the event description mentions a livestream, there will be none. And while we do deeply appreciate those of you who choose to donate as well as buying raffle tickets, we want to make it clear that donations are not required to enter the raffle.

21 July UFL raffle

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