Since 2022, residents of the Donetsk region have been participating in the important initiative “Your blood for victory”, whose main goal is to replenish blood supplies for the soldiers of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and anyone else in need of a blood transfusion.
In the midst of a full-scale war, blood donation takes on special significance. Having the necessary supplies of blood and blood components enables medical professionals to provide timely assistance to wounded military personnel and civilians, saving what is most precious – human lives.
To mark Defenders of Ukraine Day, representatives of the Donetsk region’s sports community joined the blood drive in various regions across the country.
Volodymyr Mytsyk, head of the Department of physical culture and sports of the Donetsk regional state administration, demonstrated the importance of blood donation by personally visiting a blood center in Dnipro and donating blood.
Other participants in the campaign included representatives from the Donetsk regional specialized professional sports college named S. Bubka, the regional School of higher sportsmanship, the Donetsk regional center for physical culture and sports for people with disabilities “Invasport,” the Donetsk regional specialized children’s and youth sports school of the olympic reserve for boxing, the Regional children’s and youth school of kickboxing, the Regional comprehensive children’s and youth school of the Donetsk territorial organization of the All-Ukrainian physical culture and sports society “Kolos,” and the G.G. Uzun Specialized children’s and youth school of the olympic reserve for greco-roman wrestling.
The initiative is open-ended, so the Department of physical culture and sports of the Donetsk regional state administration is calling on sports specialists, coaches, athletes, and all concerned citizens to continue participating in the blood donation drive. Every donation can make a difference for someone in need of a blood transfusion.
A list of blood centers is available on the “DonorUA” platform: https://www.donor.ua/centers.
Before donating, we also recommend reviewing the information on preparation and the rules for donating blood: https://www.donor.ua/pages/category/1.
Every donation is a real chance to save someone’s life!