CENTURY.

FOR "HERE & NOW", I'M NATHAN DENZEN.

>> Frederica: "HERE & NOW" THOUGH UKRAINE IS NO LONGER FRONT OF MIND THE WAR FROM RUSSIA'S INVASION NEARLY ONE YEAR AGO CONTINUES TO RAVAGE THE COUNTRY'S PEOPLE.

SOME WISCONSIN ITS REFUSE TO LET UP IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SEND AID OVERSEAS INCLUDING OUR NEXT GUEST WHO SENT MORE THAN $25 MILLION WORTH OF GOODS TO THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Frederica: DO YOU FIND THE WAR IS NO LONGER TOP OF MIND FOR AMERICANS.

>> THE DEATH IS NO LONGER A NEWS TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

WE'RE USED TO HEARING ABOUT DYING AND CHILDREN ARE DYING BORN AND UNBORN AND IT'S NOT IN THE NEWS ANYMORE.

HOWEVER, I SEE THERE'S BIG AW AWAKENING IN THE PEOPLE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS TOUCHING THE QUESTION WHICH WORLD DO WE WANT TO SEE WHERE DO WE GO WITH ALL THAT IS IN FRONT OF US?

WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE.

IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS SHOCK AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORT GIVEN TO UKRAINE JUST FROM LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS AND GENERALLY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE HELPED SO MUCH.

IT'S TRUE AT THIS POINT A LITTLE BIT WE ARE SHIFTING TO THE -- THERE'S A CONTRAST, RIGHT.

PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE DONE AND FINISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND YET IT GOES ON AND RIGHT NOW WE ALL FEEL IN UKRAINE WE FEEL DEEP LET'S SAY FOCUS.

WE'LL GO ON UNTIL THE WAR IS GOING TO BE OVER AND THERE'LL BE A VICTORY.

>> Frederica: WHAT YOUR HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN UKRAINE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS NOW.

>> CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE QUITE SEVERE.

IT'S WINTER AND OUR COUNTRY'S LIVING ON 30% ENERGY SUPPLY.

SOME PARTS OF KYIV ARE STRUGGLING, OUR CAPITAL, RIGHT NOW ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEAT AND ELECTRICITY.

EVERY CITY HAS A PARTICULAR SCHEDULE WHEN THEY CAN HAVE ELECTRICITY WHICH MEANS YOU'RE ONLY LIMITED TO A CERTAIN TIME TO PREPARE YOUR FOOD AND IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE ELDER PEOPLE OR CHILDREN THERE'S SMALL YOUNG BABIES, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.

VERY DIFFICULT, VERY HARD RIGHT NOW.

>> Frederica: YOUR ORGANIZATION SENDS MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DONATED GOODS EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHES AND FOOD TO BLANKETS BUT IT SEEMS IMPORTANTLY MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND THESE ARE IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS AS WE POINTED OUT YOUR SENDING.

HOW ARE THESE MEDICAL SUPPLIES BEING USED?

>> SO ONCE WE SHIP EVERYTHING TO UKRAINE AND WE WORK OUT OF THE WAREHOUSE IN THE TWIN CITIES.

I HAVE A BIG GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS A LONG TIME AGO OR THOSE THAT CAME THROUGH THE PROGRAM FOR YOU AND THEY HAVE A VERY GREAT DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY.

ONCE EVERYTHING IS STACK IN BIG PALLETS, WE SEND THOSE TO NEW JERSEY TO A GREAT COMPANY WE WORK WITH AND IT'S SHIPPED TO WARSAW AND TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY I'M FROM I'M A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES BUT I WAS IMMIGRATED 21 YEARS AGO AND CHALICE OF MERCY EXISTED FOR 15 YEARS OF MY AMERICAN LIFE.

ONCE IT REACHES THE DESTINATION WE HAVE TEAMS FROM HOSPITAL AND MOBILE CLINICS THAT SAVE LIVES ON THE SPOT RIGHT THERE AND WOUNDED PEOPLE AND SOLDIERS ARE SO VAST TIMES JUST A SMALL CLINIC RECEIVES ABOUT 100 WOUNDED SOLDIERS A DAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SEVERE SURGERY, SERIOUS MATTERS.

WE COLLECT EVERYTHING REQUESTED AND WE GO TO THE FRONT LINES AND BRING THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES OR THEY GET IT FROM THE WAREHOUSE WE DISTRIBUTE FROM.

>> >> Frederica: WHY DO YOU WORK SO HARD TO DO THIS?

>> IT'S MY COUNTRY AND MY HEART IS SUFFERING WITH THE PEOPLE.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE WHAT UKRAINE IS GOING THROUGH.

IT'S A HAPPY COUNTRY AND HAPPY PEOPLE.

PEOPLE THAT ARE HARD WORKING WHICH JUST DESIRE TO HAVE OUR OWN -- TO CONTINUE OUR FUTURE WITHOUT HAVING THIS COMMUNISTIC SOCIALISTIC IDEOLOGIES AND IT'S SO MUCH IN MY HEART BECAUSE I GREW UP IN THE TIME WHEN THE SOVIET UNION FELL AND IT WAS STILL IN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE.

IT'S A GOOD THING.

AND NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT ANY MORE BECAUSE UKRAINE AND LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, UKRAINE ALWAYS HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF WAR AND VERY SOON WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY AND PARTIAL INVASION HAPPENED NINE YEARS BUT BEFORE THAT WAS 100 YEARS WHICH STARTED FROM THE MAN MADE FAMINE AND THE REVOLUTION AND THE 10 MILLION PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF STARVATION.

WE WOULDN'T SUBMIT TO THE RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM AND SO MUCH WITHIN ME AND TOUCHES ME TO HAVE MY COUNTRY TO BREAKTHROUGH FROM THAT SILK THREAD WHICH WE HAVE BEEN TIED TO THE RED DRAGON'S TAIL.

>> Frederica: WE LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK,