While Ukrainian forces have launched deep strikes into Russian territory that have surprised both the world and the Russian public, the Russian military continues to target civilian infrastructure in Ukraine while capturing territory along the front lines. Last month, Russian forces claimed to have taken the strategic city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region and are advancing in other areas as well.
In an effort to break civilian morale and undermine military support, Russian forces have been relentlessly bombing civilian energy and water facilities. The most severe situation is currently in the city of Kherson, where access to safe drinking water has become nearly impossible. Repeated strikes on river dams that supply drinking water, combined with attacks on the electrical grid that power water pumps, have disrupted both water distribution and, critically, the refrigeration needed to preserve medications.
Facing this emergency, the city's rabbi and Chabad emissary, Rabbi Yossi Wolf, reached out to the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine (FJCU) requesting urgent humanitarian assistance for the hundreds of Jews still in the city.
After obtaining military clearance for the truck to enter the bombarded city near the front lines, five FJCU aid workers set out in a vehicle loaded with drinking water barrels, water packs for each family, and extensive humanitarian aid including medications, baby food, diapers, wet wipes, clothing for all ages, toilet paper packages, and hygiene and toiletry products for every household.
