28 October 2026 – Sunflower Scotland donates Mitsubishi L200 pickup truck to Kraken, a Ukraine’s special forces regiment.
In August Vitaliy, a Ukrainian veteran and our friend – re-joined the army. Vitaliy is a heavylifting chapion and coach, who trained many young athletes.
Back in 2022, he took part in the difficult defence of Rubizhne, where he was wounded. Vitaliy returned to his home town of Shakhtarske and opened a gym for other veterans. Over the years, he trained a cohort of young champions.
Over the eyars, Sunflower helped Vitaliy’s gym and donated sport equipment. He was helping veterans and those who received war injuries, and we were honoured to support his work.
In 2025, the front line approached Shakhtarske and was only 20 miles to the south-east. Russia was gradually destroying the town. Shaed drones, FPV drones and glide bombs damaged buildings, power sub-stations and petrol stations.
Vitaliy told us that he could not sit in the gym while his town was being destroyed. He decided to re-enlist.
In August we met in Zaporizhzhia. He asked if we could help his unit with a vehicle, for help with evacuation and logistics. We knew him so well, and of course we wais yes.
In October, we purchased a Mitsubishi L200 pickup while we were in Ukraine. We brought it from Dnipro to Kharkiv. We met with Vitaliy on the central square (where this photo was taken), and donated the car.
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