With your help we provided $500 for the urgent surgery needed for Serhiy Kalanzhanov whose hand and fingers were severely injured during confrontations on Institutska Street on February 18th. Serhiy was on Maidan since the first days of the protests. One of his friends Ustym Holodnyuk died during the confrontations. Serhiy had already gone through several surgeries, however he developed gangrene in one of his fingers due to remaining there fragments. The surgery was an attempt to clean the infected area in order to save his finger. Serhiy needed UAH 10,000 + for the surgery and medications. He was able to collect the necessary amount and had a surgery on June 27th at the Institute of Neurosurgery named after Romodanov. Ustym Holodnyuk’s father also donated money for Serhiy’s surgery. More details, an update on the surgery and photos to follow.
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Michigan Senate Takes a Stand on Abducted Ukrainian Children
LANSING, MI—The Michigan State Senate yesterday unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution (SR 141) condemning the abduction and forced deportation of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation. Nova Ukraine, Yoopers for Ukraine, and other community groups played a significant role in passing the resolution. Nova Ukraine applauds Michigan State Senators Chang (D) and McBroom (R) for introducing the resolution, and we look forward to its upcoming introduction in the Michigan House. While a similar resolution has passed at the federal level, Michigan is now the sixth state to act. This initiative signals a growing movement across the United States to recognize and respond to Russia’s war crimes against children. Dr. Igor Markov, Board Director of Nova Ukraine, said:
