Northwest Wisconsin man returns to Ukraine with donated humanitarian aid

DULUTH, MN. (KBJR) – An Iron County, Wisconsin, man has returned to Ukraine to ship humanitarian help.

KBJR 6 first launched you to Shane Wyzlic in March when he traveled from Saxon, Wisconsin, to assist refugees in Lviv, Ukraine.

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A few month after returning to the USA, Wyzlic headed again once more.

He flew out of Duluth Worldwide Airport Thursday.

This time in Ukraine, he’ll ship 300 kilos of medical provides.

He additionally has units of physique armor going to the frontlines in Donbas.

Wyzlic stated it doesn’t appear like the battle will finish anytime quickly, so he’ll proceed making these journeys so long as there’s a want.

“If and when it does finish, there’s clearly nonetheless an awesome want for assist that’s going to need to be accomplished,” Wyzlic stated.

These 300 kilos of medical provides headed to Ukraine have been donated by St. Luke’s Hospital.

Wyzlic reached out to the hospital to see in the event that they wished to donate.

Because it seems, they’d further provides from their pandemic preparations, which they have been capable of ship to Ukraine.

“St. Luke’s is honored to have the ability to assist Shane’s efforts,” Andrea Scofield, St. Luke’s director of supplies administration, stated. “We’re a really sturdy companion with our group whether or not it’s native or world, and we’re simply more than happy and honored that he reached out to us and that we have been capable of assist him.”

United Airways donated the cargo house to move the provides.

Wyzlic flew to Warsaw earlier than heading to Ukraine.

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