July 4–11, 2026

Praised be Jesus Christ!

I am writing this report in the Odessa region, visiting a shelter for people who have lost their houses or flats in the Donetsk region, run by Ms. Svitlana Hrekova. We have been cooperating since 2024, when we supported shelters for people in Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka.

Due to the fact that the situation in the Donetsk region remains very difficult, the shelter was evacuated to the Odessa region. We continue to support it. This time we brought humanitarian aid. We thank our friends who also helped us: Ms. Agnieszka Tombinska, XENIA Association, Freta Charitables and many others, because it is thanks to their support that we can share this help. Thirty-seven people currently live here. Eight more people are expected, they are currently being evacuated from the Donetsk region. This help is absolutely necessary. In particular, among the residents there are children and people with limited mobility. Therefore, we sincerely thank everyone who supports us.

The situation in Kherson, where we were yesterday, remains difficult. Despite this, our kitchen, bakery and laundry continue to operate.

We have brought sixty fire extinguishers, which will be delivered to villages suffering from enemy shelling in the coming days. We have also completed a camp for children from Kherson.

We thank our friends from Charitables Foundation, parishioners who come to our church at the Dominican Monastery on Freta Street, 10, for supporting the children. Thanks to your efforts, as well as the work of our volunteers and ministers, we were able to make this time truly exceptional for them.

We thank our friends from the NGO “Dovira” from Oster in the Chernihiv region, who provided food for our kitchen in Kherson, including vegetables. We also thank them for the fire extinguishers they donated. Thank you to everyone who supports our humanitarian missions!

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP