In 2022 I launched the Direct-Aid initiative, which allowed donors to send money instantly to Ukraine's displaced people and defenders — no lag, no overheads, no middlemen. The crisis is less acute now, but the needs are no less real. Missiles and drones strike Odessa daily, smashing doors, windows and homes. The cost of food and utilities has tripled or worse; many staples now cost more than they do in Europe, while pensions and salaries stand still. Many can no longer afford to heat their homes.
My focus is on the people who sustain Odessa’s independent cultural life -- artists, writers, musicians, and teachers who do not join in the cynical politicking of culture war. Unlike the "cultural activists" now thriving on foreign grants, the autonomous cultural figures are struggling to stay alive. 
I am working to help this community: the elderly, wounded or ailing cultural figures; those who lost windows and homes; displaced colleagues from Kherson, now under daily bombardment; and families whose loved ones are on the front, or have perished.
Donations can buy anything from windows to food to non-lethal kit for the front: medicine, dressings, warm clothes, power banks, kettles.
I can either connect you directly to people in need, or help arrange a quick bank transfer. You can tell me exactly whom and what you would like to support. For more, please contact me directly.
For more on my 2022 Direct-Aid drive, see Bostonia magazine and Timothy Snyder’s Thinking About… Substack.