Ukrainian. Analyst. Data geek. Cyclist. Dog lover. Director @dzygaspaw: raised over $6M for Ukrainian Defence Forces from responsible people worldwide.
Lviv, Ukraine 🇺🇦
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My name is Iryna. Over the past year, I’ve led Dzyga’s Paw, a Ukrainian org supplying our Defense Forces with tech, crowdfunded worldwide. We recently surpassed $4 mil in donations.
In this thread, I will share why this work is so important to me and why transparency matters.
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Can you find yourself? 😏
And we made something for you: a Thank You Wall. Every single donation from this week is on it, including yours 😉
We love you so much 🤍 dzygaspaw.com/thank-u-wall
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Ipa 🇺🇦 retweeted
I joined a military charity this summer. A few weeks later, I was watching a sunset near the front line through anti-drone nets.
I'm Ann from Dzyga's Paw, and this is what my first trip east felt like 🧵
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I am Norwegian, and russia is my enemy.
That's a behavioral description, not a sentiment. As we speak russia maps our infrastructure for potential sabotage, conducts sabotage operations against our allies, deliberately tries to manipulate our political decisions and public opinion, and conducts activities that already disrupt civilian infrastructure inside Norway.
There are two possible solutions: either russia can stop it's hostile behavior, or russia can cease to exist.
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Today is Defenders Day in Ukraine.
Truth is, we wish there were no need for it. This day exists because russia invaded in 2014. We dream of a life with no war, no need to defend against such evil.
But here we are. For almost 13 years, our defenders have been holding the line.
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Casually filming some stuff with a fun selfie stick under drone nets, discussing how many more russians will be killed trying to get to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, FPVs flying over our heads.
Life in Ukraine
"How many more months can Sloviansk hold?"
That's what our director Iryna asked a soldier from the 30th Brigade when we brought him EcoFlows and Starlinks worth $3,045.
Sloviansk is a city near the front line in eastern Ukraine, Donbas. The answer is here:
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"How many more months can Sloviansk hold?"
That's what our director Iryna asked a soldier from the 30th Brigade when we brought him EcoFlows and Starlinks worth $3,045.
Sloviansk is a city near the front line in eastern Ukraine, Donbas. The answer is here:
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🔥 Together, we've raised $5,538 this week for our urgent Defenders Day campaign!
Parcel #1 is closed, and Parcel #2 for White Demons is already over 40% funded. Only ~$3,900 to go. Can we close it by the end of the day?
dzygaspaw.com/defenders-day-…
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For the Defenders Day, our goal is to cover the ongoing requests we received from the military across the front line.
Currently, we have 39 requests waiting, on top of the bigger projects listed on our website.
Check the video to learn more and support the campaign! ⬇️
We used to close soldiers' requests in days. Now they wait for months.
Our director, Iryna, explains what changed and why on this Defenders Day, we're focusing on the small requests that keep piling up.
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In just a few days, Ukraine marks Defenders Day.
And right now, we're looking at a long list of requests from units that are short on the equipment they need to do their work.
So this year, we're launching an urgent campaign to close as many of those requests as we can.
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In case you missed it 😎
We went to see Pikachu, UGV pilot of the Da Vinci Wolves, to find out what he takes with him to the positions. He invited us to his safehouse!
He also explains how Russia used GPS jamming from Kaliningrad to redirect Ukrainian drones into Finnish airspace, and why nobody shot them down.
It's a 34 minute interview and worth every one of them. Watch it this weekend! youtu.be/ac7ob-flf8Q
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Pikachu, the UGV pilot we introduced you to, spent his deployment abroad meeting Europeans — militaries, politicians, ordinary people. And he was surpised:
"I see more and more people in different positions and different ranks who are really interested in what we have to say. They realize they're not prepared, and they want to do something about it. It's a rising trend."
That trend is you. Every person reading this, every donation, every share — that's what he's describing.
We're now at $57,518 of $250,000 for his unit.
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A new article from our interview with Nikolaus Muchitsch from Under Fire News about the story of Dzyga’s Paw and my story. Check it out!
Iryna Zhluktenko was 13 when the Revolution of Dignity drew her into Ukraine’s struggle for independence and 16 when her boyfriend, Ukrainian officer Myroslav Mysla, was killed fighting Russian forces.
After the full-scale invasion, she and her future husband transformed a few personal purchases for friends at the front into Dzyga’s Paw, an international military charity that has raised more than $6 million for Ukraine’s defenders. She explains why honesty is the foundation’s most important defense, how a single dishonest request could destroy years of trust, and why a donation the price of lunch can still place vital technology directly into a soldier’s hands.
This interview accompanies an Under Fire News × Dzyga’s Paw fundraiser to provide provide the Da Vinci Wolves battalion with the drones and equipment it needs to keep fighting.
Full article here: underfirenews.substack.com/p…
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Ipa 🇺🇦 retweeted
Fellas. We are on the last $1000! You rock! Let’s keep pushing to close. But you have all forced me to do something. If we can close this by Friday - I will get a Ukrainian tattoo. I will post a picture of it. I will make good of my promise. If we finish by Thursday… I may start stretching for nekkid hopak.
Hi everyone! I have partnered with @dzygaspaw to raise money for the heroic Da Vinci Wolves! This is a truly special unit that I am honoured to help! My goal is $2,500! I I would be grateful for your support!
dzygaspaw.com/kobzar-for-wol…
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