Aid organisations in Ukraine are overwhelmed by need as the counter-offensive continues to liberate towns and reveal more damage and desperation.
New Zealand charity Kiwi KARE (Kiwi Aid and Refugee Evacuation) plans to head to the most dangerous part of Ukraine as soon as possible to deliver much-needed medical aid to the frontline in Bakhmut.
New Zealand has boots on the ground in Ukraine - but they don't travel by tanks, they travel in a little black van showing Ukraine how much Kiwis care.
With our bird on one sleeve and their gold trident on the other, the aroha of Aotearoa is being spread across this country.
Tenby Powell went from watching the desperation of this war from his couch to witnessing it from the frontline.
"About a week ago a Ukrainian soldier who spoke perfect English, looked at the passport and looked at the van. He was bewildered but thrilled, and actually got me out of the car to give me a hug."
His van is brimming with boxes of basic lifesavers: medicine, food, clothing and much-needed distractions for the children.
"The point that I always hate is when we run out. You've got a queue of 40 or 50 people behind those you've just given the last bag of something to and you look out there, you see it happening, whenever you're with a queue, you're all glancing going, 'we're gonna run out, we're going to run out'."
And it happens every time. Ukraine's liberated areas are fighting free, but the struggle doesn't leave with the soldiers.
What is left is a near-unliveable world with no power, no water, no gas and nowhere to go for help.
In the east and south especially there is not enough aid to go around and the list of those in need is long. And their need is just as long-lasting.
The United Nations estimates that nearly 18 million people need humanitarian support within Ukraine, with around a third of the population having been forced to flee their homes.
Kiwi KARE needs $250,000 to fund a year's programme.
"If the war ended tomorrow we would still need to be here for a year, as would everybody else."
But it's not ending tomorrow.
