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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

The volunteers who risk their lives to deliver Australian aid to Ukraine’s frontlines

Cars drive along an unlit street during a blackout in Lviv
Cars drive along an unlit street during a blackout in Lviv after Russian missile strikes. Many cities in Ukraine are experiencing frequent power outages. Photograph: Pavlo Palamarchuk/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Just kilometres away from the frontline in the war in Ukraine, volunteers drive secretly through the night – their lights turned off to avoid detection, their vans packed with essential equipment branded with the names of Australian companies.

Since the outbreak of the war, millions of dollars worth of equipment – from medical-grade thermals to X-ray machines –has been packed on Qantas planes, or slipped between Bushmaster armoured vehicles on military flights.

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