Dear Friends,

The following email from Olha was sent on October 11th. Due to the holidays, we were not able to publish it earlier. As can be seen from Olha's letter and, of course, the news reports, the Ukrainian people are in dire straits. As always, your continued support of Olha and her family is very much appreciated. Contributions to the Krupiyans can be made through our website or by check. When sending a check, please add Ukranian Family Fund on the memo portion. You can write to Olha via email at kuprolya@gmail.com.

"Dear Sharon,

We had a very hard morning today in Ukraine. Sorry for such sad news today. Two days ago we were extremely happy because of the Krimea Bridge, and today the terrorist state is doing its horrible job.

Over 80 rockets from Russia, over 41 shot down by the Ukrainian defence.

My husband Sashko called me in the morning, we call each other every day, and I heard the explosions by the telephone. He came to work and immediately went into the metro station in order to be in safe. My family is okay, but all my friends showed me the fotoes from their windows, the smoke and the fire all over the Kyiv city.

Its from my Facebook-friend: "The biggest shelling of Ukraine is happening right now.

Dozens missiles all over the country, targeting critical infrastructure and cities' centers in rush hour, when people are going to work.

My Facebook is full of messages "we are alive", mutual support and rage.

I don't know how to work and how to breath today.

Kyiv, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Ternopil, Kropyvnytskyi, Poltava region, Vinnytsia region, Kryvyi Rih, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Odesa, Rivne region"

Wishing you happy and peasefull days,

Olha"