>Inside a gym-turned-medical supply room at the Ukrainian American Community Center in Minneapolis, stacked high with bags of tourniquets and wound treatment kits, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States urged Americans not to forget about Ukraine’s struggle.
>Ambassador Oksana Markarova’s visit to Minnesota on Thursday was the first of a 10-state tour, primarily of the Midwest, to increase community dialogue about the war and bolster support for Ukraine. Called Whistlestops for Ukraine, the tour is hosted by the think tank German Marshall Fund of the United States the philanthropic Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
>”We can win this one. It is very difficult … we are fighting this fight every day, there are a barrage of missiles and drones on peaceful cities every day,” Markarova said to a supportive crowd of about 50, including a handful of injured Ukrainian soldiers. “But we will stay the course. We need you, our friends, to stay the course with us.”…
>…Other stops on Markarova’s tour of Minnesota included an agribusiness discussion at The Minneapolis Foundation, a visit to the Minnesota State Capitol with Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, a trip to the Minnesota Farmers Union with Gov. Tim Walz and a visit to the Protez Foundation in Oakdale.
>The ambassador encouraged Minnesotans and Congress to support the supplementary budget ahead of what could be a life-threateningly cold winter if Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy grid once again, Marakova said.
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A bit of the article:
>Inside a gym-turned-medical supply room at the Ukrainian American Community Center in Minneapolis, stacked high with bags of tourniquets and wound treatment kits, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States urged Americans not to forget about Ukraine’s struggle.
>Ambassador Oksana Markarova’s visit to Minnesota on Thursday was the first of a 10-state tour, primarily of the Midwest, to increase community dialogue about the war and bolster support for Ukraine. Called Whistlestops for Ukraine, the tour is hosted by the think tank German Marshall Fund of the United States the philanthropic Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
>”We can win this one. It is very difficult … we are fighting this fight every day, there are a barrage of missiles and drones on peaceful cities every day,” Markarova said to a supportive crowd of about 50, including a handful of injured Ukrainian soldiers. “But we will stay the course. We need you, our friends, to stay the course with us.”…
>…Other stops on Markarova’s tour of Minnesota included an agribusiness discussion at The Minneapolis Foundation, a visit to the Minnesota State Capitol with Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, a trip to the Minnesota Farmers Union with Gov. Tim Walz and a visit to the Protez Foundation in Oakdale.
>The ambassador encouraged Minnesotans and Congress to support the supplementary budget ahead of what could be a life-threateningly cold winter if Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy grid once again, Marakova said.
The Ukrainian soldier with Ambassador Markarova in the photo is [Oleh Dubovyi](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/30/7409285/). Hromadske highlighted him in this August 2023 [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynNWOtD7lxw).
I believe the young hero in the red beret standing behind Oleh is [Serhiy Raylyan](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-soldier-injured-legs-tank-mine/32522831.html) (Radio Free Europe story and interview.)
Its sad, that people need to be remind that thier allies suffers.
Every morning, since the full invasion have started, i start my morning with looking into statistics and maps.
Hell, i even watched live tranlations during the night from Maidan square during the event in 2014.
Razom do peremogi.