Achievements – НА ВАРТІ UA

From July 2022 to August 2023 the On Guard UA fund has supplied Ukraine Defense Forces with equipment worth more than 4 200 000 UAH total.

You can find more info about the fund's activities, as well as more reports and content on our pages on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram.

Battery kits and UGV modification for the 3rd Assault Brigade

Remember our fundraising for battery kits and UGV modification for the 3rd Assault Brigade? Here they are! 🐦‍⬛️

✅ Purchased 4 DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise Battery Kits
✅ Made retractable masts for the UGVs

Thank you for your support!

Ground drone "Visluk" for the 3rd Assault Brigade

We have purchased a ground drone "Visluk" for the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.

This ground drone has a load capacity of up to 200 kg, and a range of use of up to 5 km off-road. The defining characteristic of the "Visluk" is its high cross-country ability, which allows this ground drone to perform unique tasks.

Purchases for the 3rd Assault Brigade

The first purchases made for the unit of our colleague with your support. Among them:

- set of tires (x4) BFGoodrich Mud Terrain T/A KM3 205/80 R16 111/108Q
- 120 batteries EVE 50E 21700 INR21700 5000mAh
- Foxeer Micro Cat 3 1200TVL FPV camera
- video transmitters for the drone (x3)
- video receiver for the drone (x2)
- antenna for drones (x3)
- directed antenna (x2)
- transmitter module
- control receiver for the drone
- as well as many spare parts and consumables, such as BMS systems, wires, heat shrink, battery holders, etc.

The first batch of FPV drones from a big fundraising

First results of the big fundraising for FPV drones:
✅ ten 10" TEKWAR 10 FPV drones and twenty 6s2p batteries – purchased and delivered to the SOF unit
✅ ten 7" "Hmara" FPV drones and ten 6s2p batteries – purchased and delivered to the 2nd motorized infantry battalion of the 93rd Brigade
✅ ten 10" TEKWAR 10 FPV drones and ten 6s2p batteries – purchased and delivered to the "Black Raven" Unmanned systems battalion of the 93rd Brigade.

We thank everyone who supported the fundraising – the Polish foundation Fundacja Evropa Invicta, whose Metal for Ukraine initiative brought a significant amount to our fundraising; all festivals, events, bands and donors who included our fundraising, shared it, donated merch and funds for its support.

Thermal imager for the NGU unit

The ThermTec Cyclops 350 thermal imager was handed over to the NGU unit that performs combat tasks on the frontline.

Charging station for the NGU unit

At the expense of the foundation team, the unit of NGU was provided with another charging station.

58 Sich tourniquets

Tourniquets are an important and constantly necessary means of tactical medicine. They should be in the first-aid kits of soldiers, in the backpacks of combat medics, and at stabilization points.

58 Sich tourniquets were purchased with funds raised from the Sunrise/NOVI charity concert. Thank you very much for your support! The tourniquets are already working.

We purchase tactical medicine in cooperation with our friends from UA Comix.

DJI Mavic 3T for the 93rd brigade

The second thermal imaging DJI Mavic 3T from the autumn drones fundraising is delivered to the 93rd Brigade.

50 Sich tourniquets for first aid kits of UA Comix

We purchased 50 Sich tourniquets for our partners Ukrainian Assembly Comix, who are working on providing the Ukrainian Defense Forces with tactical first-aid kits.

Two Vortex Spitfire sights to the Kharkiv region

We don't stop helping units between fundraisings. In particular, two extremely important Vortex Spitfire sights were recently delivered to the Kharkiv region.

FPV drones for the 93rd brigade

Five HMARA 7" FPV drones, which you helped to quickly pay for, were purchased for the 93rd brigade.

Charging stations for the NGU unit

Not all requests require fundraising: we fulfill some of the needs of units with the forces and funds of the On Guard UA team. In particular, these two charging stations were recently purchased for one of the divisions of NGU.

EcoFlow DELTA Max 1600 for the 93rd brigade

An important portable power source - the EcoFlow DELTA Max 1600 charging station - was delivered to the soldiers of the 93rd brigade.

DJI Mavic 3T for the 93rd brigade

The first thermal imaging DJI Mavic 3T from the autumn drones fundraising is delivered to the 93rd Brigade. We expect to receive another one in the coming weeks.

Drone DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo for the 93rd brigade

Drones fundraising for 93rd brigade update: another DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo was purchased and delivered thanks for the funds raised from the Drudkh & Hate Forest autumn merch.

Purchases for the 3rd Assault Brigade from charitable sales at the festivals

During the summer-autumn of this year, thanks to the Polish fund Fundacja Evropa Invicta and the initiative Metal for Ukraine, the charitable merch sale of Ukrainian and international bands was organized at several European festivals.

Thanks to the collected funds, important purchases was maid:
- buggy for a total cost of 200,000 UAH was built for the 3rd Assault Brigade
- DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drone was purchased for the 3rd Assault Brigade
- 150 Sich tourniquets were purchased (detailed report below)
- the rest of the collected funds were added to the current fundraisings of Fundacja Evropa Invicta and On Guard UA funds

We would like to thank, first of all, Fundacja Evropa Invicta and personally Leopold Lysogorski for his constant dedicated help to Ukraine.

Also, a big gratitude to the Fundacja Widowisk Masowych for helping with the fundraising at the Mystic Festival, to all the bands that offered their merch for sale, and to the Mystic Festival, Kilkim Żaibu Festival, Słowiańska Noc Folk Metalowa, Summer Discomfort, Menuo Juodaragis Festival and Summer Dying Loud Festival for support and permission to sell merchandise.

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Night vision device for the Steel Border

Thanks to the quick fundraising and the help of partners, the GSCI PVS-14C night vision device was quickly purchased for the 15th mobile border unit "Steel Border".

Magazines for Kharkiv unit of SBU

Another cooperation delivery from the funds raised of Drudkh/Hate Forest charity merch: 27 Magpul magazines were purchased for the Kharkiv SBU unit.

DJI Mavic 3 for the 93rd brigade

The first DJI Mavic 3 from the new big drones fundraising has been purchased and delivered to the aerial reconnaissance of the 2nd motorized infantry battalion of the 93rd brigade.

Power station for NGU

We bought a power station for NGU fighters. Thanks to Sunrise, Haspyd bands and Gothica magazine for donations.

Help for frontline cars

We usually don't buy cars, but sometimes help the frontline cars to run better. Over 35 thousand UAH worth of spare parts, tires with discs and tools were purchased for the vehicles of the 5th Assault Brigade during six months.

DJI Mavic 3T for HUR

+1 drone to the front line. This thermal imaging DJI Mavic 3T was purchased with your help for the fighters of HUR.

Antennas with cables for drones of the 5th Assault Brigade

Alientech antennas with cables from our recent fundraising are already working with 5th Assault Brigade at the frontline hot spots.

Report for the year of work (from July 2022 to August 2023)

The On Guard UA charitable fund has been working for about a year. During this time, with your help we has supplied Ukraine Defense Forces (units of AFU, TDF, NGU, SBU, HUR, SSO, and MVS) with equipment worth more than 4 200 000 UAH total.

This amounts to 25 drones, more than 200 tourniquets, night-vision devices, sighting devices, radios, magazines and other necessary means and equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

See the detailed report in the infographic.

Drone parts for the 5th Assault Brigade

Thanks to fundraising at the Sunrise concert, tactical medicine was purchased, as was reported in previous posts. We handed over the tourniquets and occlusive seals to UA Comix and NGO Bili Horvaty, thanks to which, tactical medicine has already been sent to the recipients on the frontline as part of the completed first-aid kits. Also, with your help, we bought soft stretcher for 23rd separate rifle battalion.

Drone parts for the 5th Assault Brigade

With your help, we bought and delivered to the warriors of the 5th Assault Brigade a set of batteries for Mavic, as well as parts for antennas connection.

Small purchases, which, in turn, are components of supporting the work of aerial reconnaissance.

The results of the charity concert: 80 tourniquets and 57 chest seals

Thanks to the donations collected by the band Sunrise at a charity concert at All Saints Church in Earls Barton, tactical medicine was purchased and handed over to UA Comix for further distribution to the frontline and the completion of first aid kits: 80 Sich tourniquets and 57 HyFin Chest Seal Twin packs. Thanks to the band and the Northamptonshire community for their support.

Two DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo for the 5th Assault Brigade

New drone purchases: provided the aerial reconnaissance of the 5th Assault Brigade with two DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drones. One of them is bought for funds from the Drudkh and Hate Forest merch.

Magazines for 93rd brigade and Gerts regiment

With your help we bought some Magpul and AC-Unity magazines for the 93rd brigade and the Gerts regiment. Everything is already working in reliable hands.

Two DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo for the 93rd Brigade

Another substantial drone purchase: we delivered two DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drones for the 93rd Brigade.

Two DJI Air 2S for the 5th Assault Brigade

We have provided a unit of the 5th Assault Brigade with two DJI Air 2S drones (one of them in Fly More Combo version).

Four DJI Mavic 3T for the 93rd Brigade

Thanks to your help, we have strengthened the air reconnaissance of the 93rd Brigade: purchased four DJI Mavic 3T drones for two different units of it. The drones are already in operation.

Elbit night-vision device for the 93rd Brigade

Thanks to fundraising that we completed in May, we purchased and delivered the Elbit SLH PVS-14 night-vision device for the 93rd Brigade.

Fundraising event at Mystic Festival in Poland

With the support of the Polish funds' Fundacja Evropa Invicta and Fundacja Widowisk Masowych teams we have held a fundrising event at Poland's biggest metal festival Mystic Festival.

DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo and batteries for the 123rd Brigade

We delivered a DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drone and a battery kit for it to the 123rd Brigade on the Kherson direction. Thanks to everyone who helped up to complete the fundraising.

DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo for the HUR unit

Together with the Drudkh band we helped to provide a HUR unit with a DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drone.

Drone parts for the 5th Assault Brigade

We have provided the 5th Assault Brigade with drone parts for DJI Mavic 3: propellers and two antennas with cables.

DJI Mavic 3T for the 93rd Brigade and DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo for the 5th Assault Brigade

New drones delivered: we provided the 93rd Brigade in Bakhmut with a DJI Mavic 3T thermal drone and the 5th Assault Brigade with DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo.

Batteries for DJI Matrice 30 and DJI Mavic 3 drones

We bought and then gave to one of the combat units six TB30 batteries for the large DJI Matrice 30 drones, and a battery kit for DJI Mavic 3 drone.

25 kits of SICH tourniquets, HyFin dressings, and belt pouches

As a result of a new fundraising, we have purchased: 25 SICH tourniquets, 25 HyFin Twin Pack occlusive dressings, and 25 Navigara belt pouches for first aid kits. They were delivered to our partners UA Comix and will become part of first-aid kits that will go to the frontline.

Various accessories for a Border Guard Service unit

We completed several accessories purchases for a Border Guard Service unit: 10 Navigara belt pouches for first aid kits, six Magpul magazines, and five Kelep soft stretchers.

IRAY XHOLO HL25 thermal sighting device

Thanks to a completed fundraising, we bought an IRAY XHOLO HL25 thermal sighting device for a writer Ivan Lukavyi who is now in the military.

Two Sig Sauer sighting devices and a Sig Sauer magnifier

We bought two Sig Sauer Tango MSR 1-6x24mm optical sighting devices, one Sig Sauer Romeo 7 sighting device, and one Sig Sauer Juliet 4 magnifier with the support of the Drudkh band. They were delivered for the Skhid Special Unit with the help of the Skhidniaky volunteer group and Fly By Night Volunteers.

A pack of magazines and other various military accessories

Purchased a pack of Magpul magazines for an SBU unit from Kharkiv, belt pouches for tactical first aid kits for a Border Guard Service unit, night-vision device mount and military accessories for a fighter of the 93rd Brigade, and several single requests for active headphones and tactical glasses. We thank the Severoth, Chur, and Sunrise bands for helping in the fundraising.

DJI Mavic 3 with Fly More Kit for the defense of Bakmut

The first result of a new cooperation with the Drudkh band: DJI Mavic 3 drone with Fly More Kit for the Bakmut direction.

100 CAT Gen 7 tourniquets

We bought 100 CAT Gen 7 tourniquets and gave them to our friends Ukrainian Assembly Comix for tactical first aid kits that will go on to save lives on the frontline. We have completed this fundraising with a support of all of you, and also the French extreme vlog Hit the Road.

Tablet for the Special Operations Forces

Another item bought in cooperation with the Drudkh band: tablet for the Special Operations Forces aerial recoinaissance.

Car parts for a military car in Bakhmut

Additional purchases together with the Drudkh band: new tires and disks for a military car that performs combat oprations near Bakhmut.

Six Motorola DP4800e radios for an SBU unit from Kharkiv

The second part of the parcel for an SBU unit from Kharkiv, a joint effort with the Drudkh band. Six Motorola DP4800e radios are finally in operation.

Four Vortex Crossfire 12x50 HD binoculars for an SBU unit from Kharkiv

The first purchases from the autumn fundraising, which we did together with the Drudkh band. Four Vortex Crossfire 12x50 HD binoculars are already working.

DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo for the 241st TDF Brigade and two DJI Mavic 3T for the 93rd Brigade

Two more drones were delivered with your help. DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drone, for which we fundraised in the autumn, reached its destination of the 241st TDF Brigade; while two thermal imaging DJI Mavic 3T drones arrived at the 93rd Brigade.

Fund annual report for 2022

During the period from August to December 2022 we purchased the following:

a large drone DJI Matrice 300 RTK with H20N and H20 cameras, battery kit (8 items), charging station and an additional remote control (joint project with the Canadian fund Second Front Ukraine Foundation)
2 DJI Mavic 3 T enterprise drones with thermal imagers
3 DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drones
3 DJI Mavic Air 2 drones
6 Motorola DP4800e radios
1 Motorola DM4600e radio
4 Vortex Crossfire 12x50 HD binoculars
1 repair kit for Mitsubishi L200 maintenance

In total, more than one and a half million UAH was paid from the fund's accounts.

These are only the numbers that we recorded officially: all these months we also helped partner charitable organizations with purchases, and a summary of the fund team's activities prior to official registration can be found here.

One DM4600e radio and a repair of a Mitsubishi L200 car for the 93rd Brigade

Thanks to the fundraising for DJI Mavic 3T drones, we together not only bought two drones, but also bought a DM4600e radio and repaired a Mitsubishi L200 car for the 2nd motorized infantry battalion of the 93rd Brigade! Thank you to everyone who joined and exceeded the collection by 331% in a short period of time

Three DJI Mavic Air 2 drones for the 93rd Brigade

We have bought three DJI Mavic Air 2 drones for the 93rd Brigade for training and education of new pilots. These birds are smaller - compared to the ones we usually buy with you - but with their help, flights on larger drones will become more efficient.

DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone

In collaboration with a Canadian charitable fund Second Front Ukraine Foundation we have purchased a large DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone with two cameras (H20 and H20N), battery kit (8 units), charging station, and additional smart controller for the 93rd Brigade.

Muninn the Drone for the 93rd Brigade

The second DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drone, which we have purchased for the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade with your help. Now the guys and girls have both Odin's ravens to see and hear everything 🔥

Huginn the Drone for the 93rd Brigade

Hugin is the first drone officially purchased by the On Guard UA fund for the 93rd Brigade.

It is DJI Mavic 3 Fly More Combo – the most common reconnaissance drone in Ukraine's Defense Forces. This buddy will help the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade.

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