🇬🇧 British volunteer supporting Ukraine since 2022. We Don't Make Drones. Awarded for contributions to the AFU by General Valerii Zaluzhnyi 🎖 Based in Lviv.
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Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
I know you will all find this quite sad but @frontlinekit just got another dog, and Tosiya loves her, her name is Sky and she was adopted by our incredible Romanian volunteers.
Tosiya and her couldn't get on better, and yes it is SO heartwarming to see ♥️♥️♥️
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
❗️SCAM ALERT 📢
A 🇺🇦 Ukrainian soldier will NEVER DM you asking for money.
• There’s no shortage of food on the front lines. Let’s think logically: the front line hasn’t moved in 2.5 years, and all logistics are well-established. Soldiers can easily visit nearby shops to buy fresh produce. Sometimes, food vans are just 2 km away from their positions!
• Soldiers receive salaries and get huge food packages from relatives every week. They don’t even need these packages, but in Ukraine, you can’t say no to family care packages 😅.
If anyone DMs you claiming soldiers need food, tell them to shove it. If you’re 100% convinced they’re legit, tell them to DM me. They won’t, because they know I’ll expose them as scammers. Real soldiers know I never turn down a genuine request.
This week, we’re making Chicken Jerky for the soldiers—not because they’re hungry or can’t buy it 20 minutes from the front. We’re doing it because we make the best, sexiest, tastiest jerky in all of Ukraine, and we want to bring our heroes a little joy.
But let’s be clear: it’s not a matter of life or death.
🙏 PLEASE STAY SCAM AWARE ❗️
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
We're fundraising for the trench rappers "FCK FAMOUS GROUP" who are in desperate need of a Pick-up truck, our target is 🎯 $5000, that includes delivery from the UK 🇬🇧 💪
Link below to donate 👇👇👇
secure.wayforpay.com/donate/…
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
My best friends house just burnt to the ground, if you want to help this decorated war hero then PLEASE either buy something from his business (larpshopkeeper.com) or donate below 👇
Donate via WayForPay for direct financial support: secure.wayforpay.com/donate/…
Our best friends home just burnt to the ground, if you want to help him out I'll leave some links below 👇
Oleksi is our main contact at Achilles, we've been working with him for 3 years now delivering drones to the front free of charge.
He is a decorated war hero who received the golden cross 🎖️ for his fighting in Bakhmut.
He's a man who has given everything to Ukraine, his entire life and now thanks to russia's attacks on our capital he's lost everything, not just his home but all his memories and possessions.
For those who want to help there are couple ways.
1. Purchase some gear from his online store: larpshopkeeper.com
2. Donate via WayForPay for direct financial support: secure.wayforpay.com/donate/…
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
What you’re looking at behind me is a truck stuffed to the fucking roof with drones we built with our own hands. Every single box holds an unjammable Starlink drone that is about to turn another russian logistics truck into a burning pile of scrap and body parts.
I’m proud as hell of this team. The fact that we now have our own trucks rolling straight to the front to deliver these killers is pure fucking dominance.
GLORY TO UKRAINE.
DEATH TO THE OCCUPIERS.
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
Our best friends home just burnt to the ground, if you want to help him out I'll leave some links below 👇
Oleksi is our main contact at Achilles, we've been working with him for 3 years now delivering drones to the front free of charge.
He is a decorated war hero who received the golden cross 🎖️ for his fighting in Bakhmut.
He's a man who has given everything to Ukraine, his entire life and now thanks to russia's attacks on our capital he's lost everything, not just his home but all his memories and possessions.
For those who want to help there are couple ways.
1. Purchase some gear from his online store: larpshopkeeper.com
2. Donate via WayForPay for direct financial support: secure.wayforpay.com/donate/…
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
Did you know @FrontLineKit has had an entire transparency section on its website for YEARS now?
We've always been so proud to get 99%+ of all donations directly to the front lines, we show each donation and expense for FULL transparency.
I don't receive a salary from my organisation and 4+ years later, can still proudly call myself a volunteer. (German Timchik too)
You can view it at the bottom of our donation page: frontlinekit.org/donate
And, PLEASE if you appreciate all the hard work we put into it, consider making a donation or subscribing to keep helping the military in the correct, transparent way 🫂
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
📢 Update❗️
Yuri has been rushed to hospital, the medics believe the stress of this morning’s attack may have affected his heart.
He helps us daily get drones to our frontline heroes. Today we want to repair the blown-out windows at his home. The installer requires a 15,000 UAH (£251) deposit now. Yuri and his mother cannot afford it.
Please help them get back on their feet: paypal.me/frontlinekit
100% goes directly to repairing their windows.
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
I've just realised it's been 1,500 DAYS since I started volunteering in Ukraine! 🥳🥳🥳
Thanks to all you beautiful people we have achieved so much:
• Millions of dollars in aid delivered to the front
• Thousands of occupiers vaporised
• More drones “not made” than I can count
I’ll forever be in your debt for helping us fight off the russian horde. And I’ll keep volunteering until we win - whether that’s another month or another five years. I’ll be here for Ukraine and for all of you, EVERY DAY.
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
We need your help...
We are trying to raise just £179 for another Starlink Mini from the UK 🙏
In Ukraine they now cost upwards of $400 a piece, it is insane & we don't want to waste donor funds so PLEASE if you can help us buy them cheaply, link below: paypal.com/pools/c/9r9lg8aQN…
Shhh, don't be scared little Ivan, it's just a wholesome, unjammable Starlink drone gently carrying an anti-tank mine to help some Ukrainian land... redecorate.
The filthy invaders are about to get a free sky-to-ground subscription they didn't order.
I promise it's not gonna be pretty. In fact, it's gonna be very messy. And yes, we're printing these little bastards like they're free at IKEA. More and more are incoming 😇
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
You are so fucking cringe @TRobinsonNewEra
You’re not a "warrior for Europe", you’re a professional grievance merchant who never leaves the safe space of Twitter and protest marches.
If you actually gave a shit about European security instead of just farming engagement off “vile racist hate” clips, you’d be in Ukraine right now helping the only people currently fighting a real invasion of the continent.
Until then, sit down.
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
Once again, the legendary @RealJakeBroe community has sent 11 heroes + partners to the stunning Carpathian Mountains for rehabilitation. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who keeps donating to our campaigns and helping our soldiers get the mental and physical reset they deserve.
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
We are now just £152 away from our 4th Starlink mini 🥹
Yes that is 4 logistics trucks DESTROYED.
So please donate today and the orders can be placed in the UK TODAY.
Link to donate: paypal.com/pools/c/9r9lg8aQN…
❗Now just £138 away from another Starlink, please remember each Starlink = a destroyed logistics truck.
If you make one decision today to help Ukraine then please let it be this!
Link to donate: paypal.com/pools/c/9r9lg8aQN…
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
A few awesome volunteers in the UK have offered to buy 2 Starlinks each (the limit) and to get them to us in Ukraine for free, unfortunately an NGO cannot send cash to random PayPals in the UK so I'm launching a fundraiser for 10 units at £189 each, this will be saving us thousands in donor funds going towards scalpers pockets here in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Please donate today and they'll order them today (I've known each volunteer over 3 years at this point so no risk) paypal.com/pools/c/9r9lg8aQN…
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
We would love to send even more Starlink drones to the front, unfortunately the price in Ukraine is now $400 a piece JUST for the Starlink Mini, so PLEASE if you can donate for a Starlink Mini from the UK for just $205 you'll save lives today: secure.wayforpay.com/donate/…
Shhh, don't be scared little Ivan, it's just a wholesome, unjammable Starlink drone gently carrying an anti-tank mine to help some Ukrainian land... redecorate.
The filthy invaders are about to get a free sky-to-ground subscription they didn't order.
I promise it's not gonna be pretty. In fact, it's gonna be very messy. And yes, we're printing these little bastards like they're free at IKEA. More and more are incoming 😇
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
I did say these things about Ukraine and Zelensky and I am not deleting my posts because I’ve realized, I was wrong.
I was living in a media echo chamber and I was propagandized by Russian media on social media to believe those things.
So I came to Ukraine to see the country for myself. I am going to try to find evidence for the propaganda I’ve been fed, and if I don’t find it, I will let everyone know so they too can come to see the light.
On day one, I’ve already seen photos of dead priests in Bucha murdered by Russia and I saw the mass grave where the bodies of murdered Christians were placed after Russia sent forces from Chechnya to massacre innocent people.
I spoke with officials who rescue POWs and they showed me photos of Ukrainian POWs who had swastikas engraved into their forehead by Russians.
Who are the Nazis? 🤔 I was lied to for years.
I realized Ukraine and @ZelenskyyUa aren’t the jihadi apologists… but Russia and Putin are!
I was wrong! I have a responsibility to correct the record.
Russia is very good at information warfare.
Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 retweeted
Exactly. The difference is perfectly captured by the metaphor, “I’m a drop in the ocean.”
In russia, it means: “I’m insignificant. I can’t change anything.”
In Ukraine, it means: “Together, we’re millions of drops – and that’s our strength. We are the ocean”