30 March 2026 – Sunflower Scotland donated 106 sets of clothes for Ukrainian wounded soldiers, at a field hospital (also known as “stabilisation hospital”) of the 92nd brigade. Located in the fields east of Zaporizhzhia, the hospital is in close proximity to the south-east front. Its surgeons treat all injured persons from the area: civilians and soldiers alike. A month ago frontline medics asked Sunflower for clothes for patients. We responded as quickly as possible.
Russia terrorises the nearby villages by sending Shahed drones and gliding bombs. Pavlo – the chief medic – says that his doctors have to treat everybody: children, women, older people, not just soldiers. Despite the close proximity to the front, many are refusing to leave and hoping for the miracle. The local government evacuated the civilian hospital six month ago. The medical team of the 92nd brigade are the only ones left who can help.
Clothes for the wounded
Clothes are absolutely essential. When the injured and wounded patients are brought in, their clothes are covered in blood. They are cut off and, for sanitary reasons, burned. People literally have nothing to wear.
That’s why the need for clothes is so great. Pavlo says they need about 300 sets each month, for patients with bleeding wounds. He asked Oleg (Sunflower’s chairman) for at least 100 sets.
Scottish response
Back in Scotland, Sunflower asked AUGB Edinburgh Ukrainian Community Centre and churches of Linlithgow and Avon Valley (West Lothian) and Falkirk Trinity Church for help. We asked them to help us to make 100 identical sets, packaged into transparent plastic bags. Each bag should contain:
- T-shirts x 2
- Jogging Bottoms
- Jumper
- Underpants x 2
- Socks x 2
- Toothbrush, toothpaste
- Disposable razors x 2
People responded and donated as much as they could. Some donated clothes, others contributed money and helped us to buy the things which were needed. Together, AUGB and the churches gathered enough for 106 sets.
Sunflower Scotland’s team worked for about a week, sorting clothes by size and preparing individual bags. We wanted each bag to have clothes of the right size: M, L, XL, XXL or XXXL.
After that, we put small bags into large carrier bags, and loaded them into a big 4×4 Jeep.
Driving to the stabilisation hospital
Sunflower’s team drove to Dnipro, and from there to Zaporizhzhia and further to the front. We reached the stabilisation hospital and brought all the sets of clothes inside. The medics were very glad to receive support from Scotland, and they thanked everyone who helped.
When we were there, the doctors were operating on two persons with difficult wounds. We hope they will survive…
Doctors perform hundreds of surgeries each week. Our 106 sets will only last for about 7-10 days.
Thank you everyone who helped!
We would like to sincerely thank AUGB Ukrainian Community Centre and all its volunteers and donors. You have done such a fantastic job!
We are really grateful to Torphichen Parish Church, the Churches and Guilds at Linlithgow and Falkirk Trinity Church. Thank you so much!
Thank you to all the selfless and kind volunteers who have helped and worked together to bring this aid: Olena Romanenko, Nadia Rozdobudko, Yuri Dibrova, Ksenia Kuzmenko, Aaron MacCarley, Oleg Dmitriev, Steven Blythe, Elena Berezovskaya, Tim Foster, Alistair Davidson.
Medics need more clothes, our donation will last less than two weeks. We need to go back asap. Please consider supporting our work…thank you!
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