08/24/2026
๐บ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ 35 ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
It is the fifth Independence Day observed under full scale invasion, and Ukrainians will mark it the way they have marked every one of them since 2022, with defiance rather than retreat.
Ukraine is where our CountryACCESS work is most concentrated. Our Kyiv based colleagues, our analysts, and our Overwatch team support humanitarian, development, and volunteer organizations that chose to stay and keep delivering. Those programs run because their people keep showing up, often after nights of sustained missile and drone attack, and then get on with the day.
We are not the story here. The organizations doing the work are, and the Ukrainians who have carried this for more than four years, and who still find the will to celebrate what is theirs, are.
To our clients, partners, and colleagues in Ukraine, we are grateful to work alongside you, and we will keep doing it for as long as it is needed.
ะ ะะฝะตะผ ะะตะทะฐะปะตะถะฝะพััั, ะฃะบัะฐัฬะฝะพ.