War in Ukraine: the humanitarian commitment of a Frenchman

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FRANCE 3

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A. Mikoczy, B. Girodon, P. Miette – France 3

France Televisions

The war started almost 500 days ago in Ukraine, and the country needs help. Meeting with a business manager, originally from the Alpes-Maritimes, who left everything and now goes back and forth in his van between France and Ukraine.

On one of the roads leading to the front, to Novo Olenivka (Ukraine)Richard ducolombierentrepreneur, brings medical equipment and food. In the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, he makes wooden houses. On the morning of Monday, June 26, he has an appointment with Ukrainian soldiers. The GPS coordinates were sent to him at the last moment. He must not hang around, and beware to Russian drones.

The thanks of the soldiers

Charging takes ten minutes. We thank the French people and your volunteers who help us. In these circumstances, it is very important to have friends”comments Colonel Andreï, of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. richard ducolombier had then planned to go to an orphanage, but it had just been evacuated because of a bombardment. At the beginning of the war, he had come to look for his wife’s family. Since then, he has made eight round trips and delivered several tons of material, collected by friends and associations in France.


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