PROVO – While Russia refuses to give in to Ukraine, a Utah businessman and his base have embarked on a humanitarian project that takes an organization to the war zone.
In recent weeks, Kris Krohn and his nonprofit krohn Breakthrough have unveiled “Operation Breakthrough” in hopes of putting medical materials in the hands of those who need them most.
On Wednesday morning at provo airport, he said the organization used about a million dollars in tourniquets, trauma kits, defibrillators and other materials through planes that had been donated to the cause. The plan, Krohn said, was to fly to Poland and then personally deliver the materials across the border with careful consultation from a security contractor.
“We feel called to help other people there,” Krohn said in an interview with KSL-TV.
He said his base pledged and then matched $250,000 for the mission, which attracted small donations from across the country.
“I think there are many governments in the world that are afraid to worry because no one needs a global war. But we need to know how we can help. We need to know how we can support, and there has just been a wave of donations from other people around the world and it has been Array beautiful. “
Several other people flew into the mission, which was expected to last about a week and succeed in some of the region’s hardest-hit spaces.
“We wanted to do more than just watch what was happening on TV,” said Lidia Karasinska, a Polish woman who already visited Ukraine this year to evacuate other people.
Nick Marietta helped by donating the use of an airplane to the effort.
“I think it’s a wonderful way to give back and for all the other people to get their materials there,” he said.
Krohn said he was motivated by his own family’s history.
“My father is a refugee from World War II,” Krohn explained, saying they lived in a domain that is now part of Poland. executed, his father executed and there is such a heavy story for us there. “
Krohn said the story goes back to hanging out with his father when he talked about a new Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“My father, when he started watching the war in Ukraine on TV, just made him depressed. It hit him very hard and brought back a lot of memories of years of training and so, you know, honestly, it was the right thing to do. Krohn said of the humanitarian mission.
Krohn’s relatives told KSL that the previous Thursday he and his organization were in Poland near the border with Ukraine, where they observed several NATO soldiers, in addition to U. S. soldiers.
“Our goal is to opt for the safest routes possible, but at the same time, we seek to help other people where they are with the wishes they have,” Krohn said.
Krohn said Wednesday that his base is already making plans to conduct more missions to Ukraine and continues to increase the budget for the cause.
“We just seek to keep them alive and help them stay in combat and remain their country,” Krohn said.
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