The Ukraine Food Train 🚂 was in full force for Thanksgiving in Kharkiv today—despite Russian bombs overnight. My friend Micha who oversees the Kharkiv Railway and Governor Syniehubov joined to help carve hundreds of turkeys. Love this tradition we started 2 years ago! 🦃

Ukraine Food Train 🚂 team watching Russian drone attacks in Kharkiv last night as they prepared 🦃 for a special Thanksgiving meal today. All this talk about Russia wanting peace is nonsense. They could end this war whenever they wanted by simply stopping.

Delivering fresh vegetable kits to families in the camps in Gaza. Trying to get in as much nutritious food as we can, as most cannot afford to purchase in the markets.

In the frontline Ukrainian city of Orikhiv, there are more cats & dogs than people remaining. I was there last year, but it’s too dangerous to visit now, so we send pet food in with rescuers. They shared these photos today—lots of hungry cats!

The Hachiko team visited Oleksandrivka, which was bombed by Russia yesterday for no reason. Residents are making repairs & grandma Olena takes care of 30 cats here. This white cat was concussed from the blasts and barely able to eat, so we are going to get her some help.

We will keep feeding the dogs of Kramatorsk, because this is Ukraine, no matter what a Russian plan says. 🇺🇦

It’s getting cold in Ukraine 🥶 so we are building Hachiko shelters for homeless pets in frontline areas. Purina is sponsoring the first 30, along with 200 carriers we can give families for evacuations. If you want to help build more shelters, donate at hachikofoundation.org 🙏

This is the Catholic Church in Gaza City ⛪️ You can still see the burn scars from the bomb that hit in July. Father Gabriel’s parish takes care of thousands of Gazan families around here, so we have been delivering fresh vegetables, milk, and tarps to fix tents.

The homeless cats are very excited this morning as Denis arrived to refill the Hachiko feeding station in Chornobaivka 😻 This is next to the destroyed Kherson airport, and we have to move fast to avoid Russian drones.

At last some good humanitarian news with "BringKidsBackUA" giving details of more children and (now) young adults rescued from occupied areas of Ukraine. The exact number is unknown but as they report on X, it's a "large number" and read their awful circumstances below.

3 years ago today, Kherson was liberated & my friend Alex sent me this photo. He was commanding an assault brigade pushing invading forces back—the bravest there are. Russians murdered him last year in Odesa, but we will never forget his dedication in the fight for freedom. 💛💙

Watch the Ukrainian cats come running after the Hachiko team refilled the feeding station in Pyatykhatky, a town not far from where Russia blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam. 🐈 🐈‍⬛ This area was previously occupied and remains dangerous for residents.

The 🇺🇦 Food Train 🚂 had a visitor today! Grateful to the Ukrainian Railways team for their non-stop courageous work. The train is still cooking thousands of meals every day, often under fire in the Kharkiv region. The Iron People are unbreakable.

Today the Hachiko team is in Cherkask, eastern 🇺🇦—these tiny kittens were found at Tetiana’s gate sick & exhausted. We provided ear & eye drops, flea & tick treatment, deworming tablets, and nutritious paste for kittens. Now the little ones are in safe hands and a warm home. 🙏😻

The Ukrainian Food Train 🚂 has now cooked & served over 2.5 million meals! The team was recently up in the Sumy region where Russian missiles damaged power & heating. Thanks to the State Emergency Services for helping hand out hot meals to residents! 🙏⛑️

Pirate here lost his leg during Russian occupation, so he’s still skeptical of people. But he always comes to greet the Hachiko team when we deliver food to his village. Ukrainian dogs & cats have seen the worst, yet remain so kind.

Today in Gaza City, we delivered 1,000 fresh produce kits to the Holy Family Catholic Church, where Father Gabriel Romanelli and his parish support thousands of displaced families. Tomorrow we’ll be back with tarps & shelter material.

Big eyes, one eye, and the sphinx: meet today’s feline visitors to the Hachiko Vet Van 🚑 in eastern Ukraine! The team has now treated over 500 frontline pets with your support 🙏 We’ve had some setbacks with increased bombing, but we’re working hard to finish the year at 700!

Caturday in the village of Dolyna in the Donetsk region of Ukraine: Only 1 resident is left, Yuriy Trofimovich. He cares for more than 20 cats plus two dogs—and today he added some kittens! The Hachiko team left food+medicine for Yuriy so he can keep helping them. 😺

These dogs were all waiting by the feeding tube in Kherson region 🇺🇦 this morning, eagerly waiting for the Hachiko team to arrive. This is how they greeted Denis as he opened the Hachiko van door. 🐶

Live from Gaza as the sun sets: We’re loading up 60 tons of fresh fruit & vegetables to deliver directly to families with our All Hands & Hearts partners. 🥕🍊🧅🥔

This Ukrainian family had 5 Corgis but only 3 survived after Russians bombed their house in Yampil. They escaped, walking 35km to Sloviansk, where our Hachiko team provided food for the pups. We will keep helping and also bring them dog houses.

The leaves are turning 🍂 and it’s getting cold in eastern Ukraine, so the Hachiko team is out making sure the feeders are filled & the cats displaced by war and living in the skeletons of buildings have food today. 😺

Ukrainian dog and cat sharing a meal from the Hachiko team today. Displaced by war, but still so well behaved!

If you don’t get the Hachiko newsletter, here are some recent updates from the front lines in Ukraine (you can also subscribe here). There’s some good news to share as well! 👉 mailchi.mp/hachikofound...

Ukrainian dogs lining up to get food from the Hachiko team in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine. This area is under regular attack from Russia, and yet the homeless dogs remain so well behaved. 🐕🐕🐕

Saturday breakfast in Izium, eastern Ukraine. These cats live in the destroyed home, and come running when the Hachiko team brings food. They are big fans of the donated Purina food.

Last night, Russian drones hit the home of our Hachiko co-founders Katya & Sergey. The main house survived, but the dog houses & garage all burned. Miraculously, their dogs are alive 🙏 and being treated at the vet for shock. Please keep them in your thoughts today. 💛💙

19,546 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia—disappeared, brainwashed & even put into military training to fight against Ukraine. It’s pure evil. But we can take action to bring them home. Support orgs like Save Ukraine and get involved here 👉 releasethekids.com

Happy Caturday from Masha, who lives in the town of Kamianka in eastern Ukraine. Very few families have returned here due to the destruction and mines, so when the Hachiko van arrives, the cats & dogs come running to greet the team. 🐱🇺🇦

Yesterday, Russia fired a cruise missile directly into an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine’s 3rd largest city. The Hachiko team jumped into action to bring food & water to pets who were displaced after the attack. Grateful for their quick work 🙏

Refilling the Hachiko feeding stations in Izium in eastern Ukraine! Although this city is slowly coming back to life after occupation, it’s still close to the front line and remains heavily destroyed. So many dogs & cats live outside with their homes & families gone. Help here: hachikofoundation.org

Orikhiv, Ukraine. Just a few miles from the front line, there are more displaced pets than people here now 😢 Our Hachiko team comes to (quickly) drop off food for remaining residents to distribute. Buildings are often still burning from recent artillery attacks.

Blue = the free sky. Yellow = the free land. Together = Ukraine. Happy Ukrainian Flag Day, big and small! 🇺🇦

Now that’s a big Ukrainian dog! The Hachiko team treated Kurt 🐕 in the city of Sloviansk, which is under increasing attack as Russia tries to take more of the Donetsk region. It’s not clear how long we will be able to keep operating here.

A special Caturday: Happy 10th birthday to Jinx Furdinand 🥳 Top photo from when he first came home from the rescue shelter 😻

Update on this since many asked: cats who lived in this apartment complex are starting to return after the missile attack. Tatiana (in blue) lives here and is taking care of them in the courtyard. Alena brought food and medicine for her, and we will keep visiting.

Instead of posting a cute Ukrainian cat for #InternationalCatDay, I want to share the reality of what the Hachiko team faces. After a huge missile strike in Kramatorsk, Alena went to help & met 90 year-old Raya, who miraculously wasn’t hurt, but could only find 2 of her 8 cats.

Today, Russia bombed the train station in Lozova, where I spent time in eastern Ukraine. This is what remains of the warming center/wifi spot we helped setup a couple years ago. Children were injured. There is no justification for this—just yet another evil attack on civilians.

Sunday lunch at one of the dog homes we installed for now-homeless pets in eastern Ukraine! These were handmade locally in Kramatorsk for the Hachiko team, and they are set up in areas where there’s no indoor shelter.

Despite regular Russian bombings, Natalia has stayed in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine caring for 43 cats and 3 dogs. She has rescued them off the street throughout the war, and Alena from Hachiko brings food to help—with your support. 🙏

Look who was waiting for us at one of the Hachiko feeding stations in a frontline Ukraine town.

Now that’s a happy Ukrainian dog! This is Artem, who turned his home in Sviatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, into a shelter for abandoned animals. He takes care of over a dozen dogs—they are all excited when the Hachiko team arrives with food deliveries. 🐶

Saturday breakfast delivered by the Hachiko team in the frontline areas of Kherson and Donetsk in Ukraine. It’s getting more dangerous due to huge numbers of Russian drones attacking civilians, but we will keep doing what we can to help these little ones.

The Hachiko Vet Van 🚐 was in Izium, eastern Ukraine today. Here are some of the pets they treated in the liberated city less than 30 miles from Russian invaders. The spiky one is a cat, not a porcupine.

Breakfast at one of our feeding stations in eastern Ukraine! The Hachiko team refills over 110 of these stations across the front line every week to make sure homeless pets have something to eat.

#KerrCountyTX Just donated to All Hands and Hearts— an all-volunteer nonprofit currently in Kerr County, TX helping families affected by the #flood move into emergency housing and receive critical support. If you can’t donate, please like, comment, or share to help spread the word. #Texas

This is Casper 👻, who today became our 350th patient treated by the Hachiko Vet Van 🚐! He’s recovering well with his family. Under difficult conditions, the team continues to treat dogs & cats on Ukraine’s front lines, all thanks to your donations. 🙏

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