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2024 June 3

On the road, or How Lithuanians took the humanitarian aid convoy to Ukraine

“Valdases, we need a pickup”, says Raimondas Urvikis, who is fighting in Ukraine. “It will,” I reply. “It doesn't matter what condition the body is in, the main thing is to have a good frame and a good engine,“ Raimondas adds. ”Maybe the Nissan Navara is better, because it has spare parts” (it turns out that they have one on the base). I start collecting the money and asking for the time of the mission, because my friends are busy, and [...]

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2024 April 9

"When we build, we are not only programming in the individual, we are programming society" - Lithuanian volunteer

Valdas Bartkevicius is a businessman, activist and volunteer from Lithuania. Today he visited Ukraine for the fifth time on his own, bringing a black car for the ZSU and delivering humanitarian aid. The total number of donated vehicles is now about four dozen. On his way to Kyiv, the Lithuanian stopped in Lviv. On this occasion, a journalist of the Western Information Front spoke to [...]

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2024 March 23

A violent explosion broke out near the house of a Lithuanian volunteer who supports Ukraine

On the evening of Friday, 22 March, a riot broke out near the home of Valdas Bartkevicius, a businessman, activist and volunteer from Lithuania. The civic activist returned home from Kaunas, where a meeting of the local Kaunas Mayor, who has a business in Russia, was taking place. On the way, he stopped in Vijevis to charge his car battery. At 21:23, his girlfriend telephoned him and asked if he would come, because he was near [...].

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2024 March 23

An explosion was reported in Lentvaris on Friday evening

On the way home, we stop in Vieva to recharge the car battery. At 9 pm. At 11.23pm, my wife calls and asks if I'm staying long, because there is a loud explosion near the house and the alarm system of a neighbouring company is blaring. I calmly tell her to call the police and not to try to go outside," says Bartkevičius. When the man arrived, he found a large number of special services vehicles outside the house. Full article:

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2024 March 21

Kasčiūnas receives criticism from public figures, but Ukraine support organisations express their support

Following a request by some public figures to the President not to appoint MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas as Minister of National Defence, more than 20 organisations with a wide range of support for Ukraine expressed their support for the politician. In a Facebook post shared on Thursday, public figure Valdas Bartkevičius announced that Kasčiūnas is supported by such organisations as "LDK Palikuonys", "Peremoga", "Locked and Loaded", "Lietuvos žvalgas", "Ukrainin namai", "Lietuvos legionas" and others, and the head of the organisation "Blue/Yellow" Jonas [...]