Blue/Yellow To Testify at US Helsinki Commission Hearing

Assistance requests for the following and more from government entities and the population, have increased exponentially:

Tactical Medicine equipment and supplies 

Optics equipment 

Communications equipment 

Night Vision equipment 

Ballistic Vests

 Vehicles 

Drones 

Helmets 

Uniforms and related supplies 

Bedding

Field equipment

Other various requested items 

Medical assistance

Refugee assistance

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  Blue/Yellow for Ukraine in Lithuania and Friends of Blue/Yellow for Ukraine USA (501(c)3) have transported over $30 million in defense and medical equipment over the Lithuanian border, through Poland and into Ukraine, donated privately from around the world, since 2014. 

We are included among the top 10 worldwide NGOs supporting Ukraine per Forbes.

The organizations are led and inspired by Jonas Öhman, a former Swedish special-operations soldier, democracy activist and humanitarian. Öhman’s volunteer work first started when he assisted Lithuania beginning in 1990 as the USSR threatened to shut down the independence movement. He came to help and stayed. Fluent in Lithuanian, Russian, among many other languages, he delved into Lithuania’s painful history of brutal occupations while working as a journalist. He directed and produced three films about the various stages of the Lithuanian resistance and those who sought to kill it.  

In 2014 Jonas witnessed the grassroots student-led Maidan protests against Ukrainian government corruption leading to a change in government. He and other like-minded volunteers founded Blue/Yellow for Ukraine in Lithuania and began providing concrete help to the Ukrainian regions that were invaded by Russia, finding himself and his team on the front lines. Our USA 501(c)3 followed with its founding in 2019.

Öhman is highly respected by Lithuanian, Polish, Latvian, Estonian, and Ukrainian leaders. They join our team for fundraising events, documentary films, interviews. He was awarded Lithuanian citizenship: 

Our Blue/Yellow team includes those who were on Maidan and kept on working for Ukraine. Our unparalleled network experience in logistics allows us to coordinate the procurement and delivery of the exact aid needed to the location where its needed in record time, coordinating with governments and more than 100 battalions especially on the front lines, hospitals, and refugee organizations. Two very recent documentaries re: Blue/Yellow, are the films “Route to Kiev” and “Together to Victory” which show the results of the Russian war on Ukraine up-close: the bombings, killings, death, massive destruction, WW2 masses of refugees, all its horrors, and the work local volunteer organizations are doing. A CBS documentary about Blue/Yellow will be released shortly providing additional information on the critical nature of the on the ground military and humanitarian situation in Ukraine , encouraging strong US policy support and continued strong private support for Blue/Yellow for Ukraine.

News Links: 

https://euneighbourseast.eu/news/latest-news/european-parliament-european-citizens-prize-2022-ten-awards-for-support-to-refugees-from-ukraine/

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3624752-war-in-ukraine-three-nights-with-the-volunteer-force-supplying-the-frontlines/?fbclid=IwAR2lWZvv0vTOVHAS_ou19fEs-Td3hrv4qbfTq4mbPPYfYqxJgrcdrgKswfA

https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/06/01/in_ukraine_less_is_often_more_835075.html

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3504959-supplying-freedom-in-ukraine/

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3515039-american-global-donations-fill-key-gap-in-ukraines-military-needs/

https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/ukraine-russia-war-blue-yellow/2022/05/30/id/1072176/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/06/01/will_russias_invasion_of_ukraine_spark_the_next_world_war_147680.html

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3495866-we-must-help-ukraine-avert-a-global-food-crisis-before-its-too-late/?fbclid=IwAR0u9CDaWxIfUlvD7SpN5cL_l53dofW7aUpD_xhemlahjxqC0es9VdhjHiM

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/06/01/how-a-breach-at-andrews-led-to-the-seizure-of-a-reporters-phone-00036421

 Litauen und die Ukraine: "Es ist auch unser Krieg" | ZEIT ONLINE 

https://m.delfi.lt/en/article.php?id=90145687

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/18/ukraine-military-aid-shipments/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/civilian-convoy-delivers-supplies-to-ukrainian-soldiers-along-lithuanian-and-polish-borders-135763013937

https://www.lrp.lt/en/media-center/news/the-president-granted-lithuanian-citizenship-by-exception-to-jonas-ohman/31424

https://forbes.ua/inside/svitova-pidtrimka-ukraini-zrosla-do-18-mlrd-i-tse-lishe-finansovoi-ta-gumanitarnoi-dopomogi-15042022-5458, https://forbes.ua/company/bogi-fandreyzingu-khto-zaluchiv-naybilshe-groshey-dlya-ukraintsiv-ta-armii-pid-chas-viyni-renking-vid-forbes-07042022-5327

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/civilian-convoy-delivers-supplies-to-ukrainian-soldiers-along-lithuanian-and-polish-borders/vi-AAVgB5q

https://lithuaniatribune.com/lithuania-is-an-example-and-inspiration-for-ukraine-says-activist/

Interview with Finnish journalist Rud Pedersen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJIrhAi8cw&ab_channel=RudPedersenPublicAffairsFinland

https://www.newsy.com/stories/volunteers-deliver-gear-to-ukrainian-troops/

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1616126/a-look-at-ukraine-s-partisan-war-where-lithuanian-weaponry-has-the-edge

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1151792/ukrainian-snipers-outgunned-by-russia-report

https://euromaidanpress.com/2021/12/29/lithuanian-help-ukraine-volunteer-helping-ukrainian-army/

MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H35Dggcjgg

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-russia-ukraine-battle-in-kherson-that-had-us-filming-our-dying-words

Films:

Kyjivo Trasa (Route to Kyiv – directed by Pancerovas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hoRIhY0ZMc 

Kartu iki Pergales (Together to Victory-directed by Dominykas Kubilius):   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqlTzOl6hGI

Concert/documentary from 1/13/2021 (the anniversary of the January 13th 1991 Russian aggression against the unarmed Lithuanian population): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCVGVvPhuA

Publications:

“Cyborg World” by Dovydas Pancerovas, about the Maidan and Ukrainian fighters, nicknamed cyborgs, who were fighting the Russians (a/k/a little green men) in the Donbass and elsewhere. Pancerovas discusses Ohman and Blue/Yellow. https://english.lithuanianculture.lt/lithuanian-culture-guide/2021/01/12/the-land-of-cyborgs-the-story-of-russias-war-against-ukraine/, 

“Donbass Jazz” by Ohman about the Maidan, the war in 2014 up to the 2/24 major invasion offensive.

Our first newsletter is a compilation of aid we provided during the 1st 1oo days of the 2022 war. We have been providing similar aid to Ukraine for 8 years, and are continuing to provide assistance as requests from the government and population continue to increase:

over 250 transportation vehicles

over 9,000 units of protective equipment

over 297 units including sophisticated thermal camera drones and anti-drone equipment

over 9,300 units of uniform gear and ballistic vests

1,600 units of optics equipment including thermal, and night vision

24,902 units of tactical medical equipment and supplies

ca. 30,000 medical supplies, medications, and instruments

3,460 various types of units for communication

990 firearm accoutrements

220 units for the disarming of mines and bombs

4,000 units of CBRN protective equipment

1,780 units of miscellaneous tools and equipment

With the help of several other organizations:

2,000 refugees were evacuated

assistance was provided to Kharkiv's energy grid

A telemedicine program has been developed whereby physicians can provide health care to Ukrainians in need remotely

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LITHUANIAN WORLD CENTER 

LEMONT, IL 

DECEMBER 2ND AND 3RD

https://www.lcenter.org/events/holiday-craft-fair-4/

Please stop by and visit Blue / Yellow for Ukraine USA's table, LF8, to discuss our work, donate, get a t-shirt, a copy of Blue Yellow Ukraine Jonas Ohman's book "Donbaso Dziazas".
If you can't stop by, donate here:
US resident's and citizens: www.foblueyellowukraineusa.org

US HELSINKI COMMISSION CONGRESSIONAL HEARING

CROWDSOURCING VICTORY

DECEMBER 7TH, 2022

Blue / Yellow for Ukraine USA and Blue Yellow Ukraine 's Jonas Ohman and Rima Žiūraitienė will be testifying at the Helsinki Commission Hearing on December 7th in DC, with three other non-profit organziations: Razom for Ukraine @comebackalive and Благодійний Фонд Сергія Притули / Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation.

The hearing will be webcast on the Helsinki Commission's website.

DECEMBER 7TH 2022ov/international-impact/press-and-media/press-releases/helsinki-commission-announces-hearing?fbclid=IwAR3CynBMiWWPwATCypR_pL1wn3Q4ki40ybgybwMPCzV7bREk-BF1KCoA1Ho

Ukraine Action Summit, Washington DC

September 18-20

https://sites.google.com/view/americancoalitionforukraine/summit

Thank you Kerry Secrest!  Thank you to everyone who participated in the event. The bids on donated auction items, direct donations brought in over $15,000!  

 Brattleboro distillery hosts successful fundraiser for Ukraine | Business | reformer.com 

 "Kerry Secrest, Brattleboro resident and Honorary Consul to Vermont for the Republic of Lithuania, and her brother, Christian Stromberg, owner of Saxtons River Distillery, raised more than $15,000 for Ukraine at a fundraiser on Thursday at the distillery in Brattleboro."

 On August 29th our MD, Rima Ziuraitis and Blue/Yellow Lithuania’s MD, Jonas Oehman, presented to a delegation of United States Congressional staff members brought to Vilnius by the Atlantic Council, on the work of both Blue/Yellow USA and Blue/Yellow Lithuania, and the current situation in Ukraine with frontline soldiers sharing their perspectives as well. It was a productive and informative afternoon! Thank you to the Atlantic Council! 

Managing Director: 

Rima Žiūraitienė  

Board of Directors:   

President/Treasurer:  Aušra Tallat-Kelpša 

Kestutis (Kasey) Eidukonis

Andriy Glebiv 

Natalie Glebiv 

Yuriy Makar 

Advisory Board:

Jonas  Öhman  (Ohman, Ohmanas, Oehman)

Jonas Žiūraitis

Thomas Vaitys 

(Partial list)

Service Cross, Ukrainian Marine Corps, 2016

Medal of Merit, Commander in Chief, Ukrainian Armed Forces, 2016

Army Support Medal, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine, 2016

Medal “For Services to Lithuania”, President of Lithuania, 2017 (given for work in Ukraine)

Badge of Honor, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine, 2017

Medal “For the defense of Avdiivka”, 2018

Ukrainian Cossacks Cross III rang, 2018

Combat Volunteer support medal, President of Ukraine, 2018