Kiwi K.A.R.E delivers critical supplies to Mykolaiv
9 November 2022
Mykolaiv is a port city near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine with a pre-war population of about 470,000.
Today it’s population is less than half that due to constant shelling and missile strikes over the last eight months.
It is located on the Southern Bug River and has the most downriver bridge crossing of that river, with access to the Black Sea - and that makes it strategically important.
The city has traditionally served as a transportation hub for Ukraine (sea port, commercial port, river port, highway and railway junction, and a major airport).
The battle of Mykolaiv started on the night of 26 February 2022, as part of the southern Ukraine counter-offensive. It ended in Russian forces being repulsed from the city in March, and by April all but a few of its surrounding villages were under Ukrainian control.
The port city still gets hit regularly from afar with a high school and apartment building being targeted while Kiwi KARE was there, killing one student and injuring many more other people. This is what the traumatised residents of Mykolaiv have been subjected to for over eight months.
Kiwi KARE had our two vans there loaded with much needed medial aid for the Mykolaiv Hospital and another medical facility.
We will return soon.