South Florida firefighters to lend mental health support to teams working in war-torn Ukraine
"You want to be there for them," said Miami-Dade firefighter Lucianna Genova.
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"You want to be there for them," said Miami-Dade firefighter Lucianna Genova.
"You want to be there for them," said Miami-Dade firefighter Lucianna Genova.
A neighbor witnessed the vandalism and confronted the person who ran off.
GEM Founder Michael Capponi has temporarily moved to Kyiv to help with the recovery efforts.
Veteran Broward math teacher Jim Gard is heading to Poland to teach children.
CBS4's Trish Christakis has the details.
"I think mostly that art is a way to help heal the world and to give help and to create a sense of humanity and community."
At the Liviv Clinical Emergency Hospital, Dr. Enrique Ginzburg visited patients and shared with Ukrainian physicians his knowledge of treating combat injuries.
Zev Neuwirth, a local doctor from Miami, has been among the brave volunteers helping Ukrainians.
As we watch the events in Ukraine unfold, many of us want to know what we can do to help. Here is a list of organizations helping the people of Ukraine during this crisis.
On Sunday members of the Unity on the Bay Church came together to make a $10,000 donation to help in the response effort.
Passover begins at sundown, but families have already begun getting together, and this year, it takes on new meaning as local Jews are preparing and helping those in need, including Ukrainian refugees.
"People are dying, so we dropped everything and we're bringing in 11 units," said Joe Hurston of Air Mobile Ministries' efforts to provide people in the hardest hit areas of Ukraine with water purifiers.
Yeva and Tymur Kuplvakhska were all smiles as they finally got to relax and let loose.
In and around Ukraine's capital, rescue workers clear the rubble, searching for signs of life, and hidden in destroyed homes, four-legged family members were left behind.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Fighter/paramedic Matty Johnson saves lives for a living. Now, he's taking his skills to the war zone in Ukraine and bringing supplies with a group of US firefighters known as Project Joint Guardian.
World famous classical pianist Marina Radiushina, from Ukraine, performs benefit concert for her homeland.
A family of five turned into a family of 10 after opening their doors to a mother, father and their three kids forced to flee Ukraine.
Around 200 people and young children lit candles and said prayers Saturday night to honor the victims.
One overlooked fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the fate of thousands of animals, especially those in the country's many zoos.
Zoo Miami has announced that they are donating $10,000 to help zoos in Ukraine through the European Association of Zoos and Aquarias.
Over 2 million Ukrainians have left their homes looking for safety and medical care since Russian troops began their invasion of the European nation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been shoring support from his counterparts in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, according to recent reports.
Shortwave is old technology, but folks at WRMI will tell you there are plenty of shortwave radios in Russia and Eastern Europe.and most important "shortwave is known as crisis radio and in times of crisis people will look to their shortwave radio and start tuning around," White says. And what will they find? Unfettered news of the invasion, no censorship and they can hear the news in Russian, Ukrainian and even in English being beamed their way from that cow pasture in Okeechobee, Florida.
Over 3 million Ukrainian refugees have left their country with no idea when they will return. It's a humanitarian crisis that has motivated some of Floridians to go overseas to help.
