Support the fundraiser to purchase fifty ambulances for Ukraine!

About the project

When we launched the fundraiser in autumn 2025, our goal was simple: raise money for 50 evacuation ambulances and get them to Ukraine as fast as possible. We did it – and we have now delivered 200. And we're not stopping.

●     We buy off-road pickup trucks that serve as evacuation ambulances on the front line

●     Besides ambulances, the units also need vans, quad bikes, motorbikes and even excavators

●     The vehicles we buy are around eight years old on average – the Ukrainians themselves ask for older models without complex electronics that are easy to repair and have plenty of spare parts (Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi L200, Ford Ranger, VW Touareg...)

●     Before leaving for Ukraine, every vehicle is checked, with a focus on the engine, brakes, lights and tyres

●     Our vehicles are sourced by an experienced team of mechanics who know how to get a good price. We also buy cars in Austria, Sweden and Germany

●     Every vehicle goes to a specific unit with a signed donation agreement, and we hand each one over in person

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Campaign diary

^{25 September 2026}‍

On Monday 21 September, as air-raid sirens sounded, we handed over twelve evacuation ambulances outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. They were part of the Corporate Convoy, funded by Slovak companies: the Slovenská sporiteľňa Foundation, Zenith Slovakia, the law firm Kinstellar, the developer Corwin, and Eurococ and NAY. Three founders and the CEO of ESET also contributed personally. Four business leaders took the wheel themselves and drove the ambulances all the way to Ukraine.

Speakers at the briefing included Oleksandr Mishchenko, State Secretary of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Katarína Mathernová, Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine. We take their presence as recognition of the whole Oksana Forever initiative. The companies were represented by Peter Zálešák, CEO of NAY.

General Daniel Zmeko, former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, joined the convoy as a volunteer. He travelled across the Donbas and southern Ukraine, from Kharkiv to Zaporizhzhia, meeting soldiers from several brigades along the way.

We have now delivered 200 vehicles and evacuation ambulances to Ukraine – and we want to deliver many more. If your company doesn't want to stand on the sidelines either, get in touch.

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^{3 September 2026}

We have 2 million euros!

A year after launching the fundraiser, we have passed the 2 million euro mark! OKSANA is now the largest Czech-Slovak civic fundraiser for evacuation ambulances for Ukraine. And it's all thanks to you!

Behind every euro is one of more than 19,000 donors from Czechia and Slovakia. Behind every car are countless hours put in by technicians, mechanics and volunteers who drive the ambulances right up to the units at the front.

We're thrilled – but we're not stopping. For as long as Ukrainian units need help, we'll be there. Join us!

^{25 August 2026}

We're back from another trip to the Donbas. Our convoy of 9 vehicles, driven by Slovak volunteers, covered almost 5,000 kilometres in 6 days, delivering ambulances to air defence units in Kharkiv, the 46th and 77th Brigades in Izium, and drone and reconnaissance units in Pavlohrad.

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Everyone made it home safely, and the work goes on. We're just 20,000 euros away from two million. It's only thanks to more than 19,000 donors from Czechia and Slovakia that we can keep sending ambulances to Ukrainian units – 176 of them since the campaign began in autumn 2025. And we're not done yet.

^{9 July 2026}

At the Pohoda festival, the ESET Science Arena hosted Operation Hope, a remarkable eight-hour marathon of discussions and fundraising. From 11AM to 7PM, more than twenty guests from Slovakia, Czechia and Ukraine talked about the war, security, disinformation, support for Ukraine and the future of Europe. A public fundraiser for evacuation ambulances ran alongside the marathon and raised almost 32,000 euros from more than 250 donors. Thank you! The broadcast, streamed on the channels of Dárek pro Putina (A Gift for Putin), Denník N and the Open Society Foundation Bratislava, was hosted by Světlana Witowská and Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová.

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Guests of the marathon:

Andrea Najvirtová – director of People in Need; Oleksandra Knyha – director of the KRYLA Foundation, Kherson, Ukraine; Pavol Pekarčík – filmmaker and activist; Ivan Sýkora – entrepreneur and activist, Berkat; Martin Poliačik, GLOBSEC Associate Fellow, war and generational trauma; Serhii Ostapenko – soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU), DJ; Tomáš Billik – musician (Marhule) and volunteer for Ukraine; Otakar Foltýn – strategic communication expert; Michal Kaščák – director of the Pohoda festival; Fedor Blaščák – director of the Open Society Foundation Bratislava;General Daniel Zmeko– former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic; Jana Kobzová – expert on Ukraine and foreign policy; Vladimír Bednár– security and military analyst; Kristína Mikulová – Head of the European Investment Bank office in Ukraine; Roman Pataj – journalist, Denník N; Katarína Mathernová – Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine; Adela Knapová – journalist based in Kharkiv; Vladimír Šimíček – founder of the Ambulances for Ukraine and Ammunition for Ukraine fundraisers; Mamuka Mamulashvili – commander of the Georgian Legion; Vlastislav Bříza – military analyst; Khrystyna Panasiuk – soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Petr Kolář – advisor to the President of the Czech Republic, former Czech Ambassador to the USA; Olga Shpak – scientist and Ukrainian activist from Kharkiv

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^{29 June 2026}

We're heading back to the Pohoda festival! This time with Operation HOPE.

On Thursday 9 July, we're hosting a marathon of discussions and fundraising that you can follow live at the festival or online.

Over eight hours, more than 20 guests will take to the ESET Science Stage, including General Daniel Zmeko, former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic; Petr Kolář, former Czech Ambassador to Russia and the USA and current adviser to the Czech President; Roman Pataj, Denník N journalist and author of the Vývoj bojov (Course of the Fighting) project; Jana Kobzová, former adviser to the Slovak President; Ukrainian scientist and activist Olga Shpak; Serhii “MAD” Singer, a soldier of the Defence Forces of Ukraine; Czech Ukraine scholar Lenka Víchová; and many more. Mamuka Mamulashvili, commander of the Georgian Legion, will also join remotely.

The programme will be hosted by Světlana Witovská and Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová. Besides the full day of discussions, come and find our stand at Pohoda, featuring a mock-up of a Shahed drone.

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^{31 May 2026}

Dozens more evacuationambulances have reached their destination. Slovak and Czech volunteers keeporganising convoys and delivering vehicles to Ukrainian units at the front.Thank you to everyone who is part of this mission. Every donation can save a life.

Meanwhile, our expertteams are sourcing, inspecting and preparing more vehicles, which will head to Ukraine once they've had thenecessary technical work.

Every ambulance weprepare represents hours of volunteer work and the solidarity of thousands ofdonors. And every vehicle that reaches its destination is proof that help from Slovakia and Czechia makes a real,tangible difference. The work goes on.

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^{3 May 2026}

Oksana50 becomes OksanaFOREVER

When we launched thefundraiser in autumn 2025, our goal was clear: raise money for 50 evacuationambulances and send them to Ukraineas soon as possible. We did it – and we've now bought 150. But we're notstopping. Demand from Ukrainian units is still enormous. Along the way, we'velearned how to buy, service and transport vehicles – we know what we're doing,and we can feel your support. So we want to keep helping Ukraine. These cars savelives. Every convoy, every car, every charging station makes a difference – wesimply can't stop now. That's why Oksana is changing: Oksana50 is becoming OksanaFOREVER.

Oksana is no longer just one destroyed ambulancethat we've replaced with 150 others. Oksana is a symbol – a legacy that will stay with us until the waris over. For as long as Ukrainian units need help, we'll be there.

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^{23 April 2026}

On 7 March, wedelivered 72 evacuation vehicles to Ukraine. Some last longer than others. The first was destroyedafter just eight days, on 15 March. Thanks to you, a month later, on 22 April,we handed over its replacement to the 79th Air Assault Brigade in the Pokrovsk direction.

Russia never stops attacking, so we can't stophelping. It's that simple: we know how to help, and we know it works.

^{9 March 2026}

We haven't stoppedsince December, when we reached our target of 1.1 million euros. Three monthslater, we have great news: the largest volunteer convoy in our history hasdelivered vehicles and equipment from our fundraiser to Ukraine! A record 87 drivers didn't hesitate toget behind the wheel and drive dozens of kilometres to deliver 72 cars that arealready serving as fully equipped evacuation ambulances in combat zones.

Along with thevehicles, the convoy also brought 110 specialised medical backpacks and 102EcoFlow charging stations – all things that save lives at the front. We couldonly do this thanks to you. So what's next? We know it works. It's not justabout what we can do – it's about wanting to keep doing it. That's why thefundraiser goes on.
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^{23 December 2025}

We have 50 ambulances!We raised the 1.1 million euros we needed in record time – just in time forChristmas. We launched the fundraiser in mid-September and immediately got towork on a fairly complex system for finding and buying cars. We teamed up withrepresentatives of the main brands we were interested in, hired professionalcar buyers, and started finding our way through the jungle of the used-carmarket – not only in Czechiaand Slovakia, but alsoin Germany, Austria and Sweden. Meanwhile, you keptdonating. By then we already had around forty cars in a secret car park (mostof them already serviced and inspected) and had started planning how to getthem to Ukraine. In theend, the money will buy well over 50 cars. We don't know exactly how many yet,as we're still buying more and some are waiting for minor repairs and upgrades.

What we do know isthat demand from Ukrainian units is huge. Each car goes to specific people andunits that we know personally – no bulk donations. We think carefully aboutwhere your money will do the most good. That's also why we've decided to keepthe fundraiser open for the long term. Now that we've learned not just how tobuy cars well, but also how to service them and handle the paperwork, we'll usethese new superpowers to keep helping Ukraine. Because every one of these cars can save dozens, perhapshundreds, of lives. And that's what matters.

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^{15 September 2025}

We're launching the public fundraiser Operation Oksana 50!

It all started with anidea born next to the wreck of Oksana,a destroyed Ukrainian ambulance, at the Pohoda festival in summer 2025. In 2024, a group ofSlovak volunteers donated Oksanato Ukrainian soldiers near Izium;it later served near Pokrovsk,where it was hit by a Russian drone. Three people died in the attack. Webrought Oksana back to Slovakia to exhibit it as apowerful reminder of the war. That's how it ended up at the Pohoda festival – and wherewe decided to organise a joint Slovak-Czech fundraiser for evacuationambulances for Ukraine'sdefenders. Instead of the one ambulance that was destroyed, we would sendfifty! Our goal is clear: raise 1.1 million euros as quickly as possible, buy50 ambulances and deliver them to Ukraine, where they will save the lives of the wounded right onthe front line.

We won't be buying newcars. As one brigade commander near Kharkiv recently told us: “God save us from cars withelectronics.” It's simple – the more electronics, the more there is to break.On top of that, these cars “light up” more on certain types of radar. “I needmy boys to be able to fix a car with wire and a hammer,” the commander said.Units have sent us requests for specific makes and years of manufacture. Itonly makes sense to bring cars to Ukraine that local mechanics know, have spare parts for, and canfix in the field.

We want vehicles thatcan handle rough terrain with ease – pickup trucks where a medic can quicklyload a wounded soldier into the back and cover the critical 5–10 kilometresfrom the line of contact. We'll also buy a few standard ambulances to take the woundedfrom field hospitals to regular hospitals. We won't be painting the vehicles inmilitary colours – quite the opposite. Every green, olive or khaki car is anobvious target. The more civilian the colour, the better the camouflage. We'llbe buying vehicles all across Europe.A specialised team of technicians handles everything: they inspect each vehiclethoroughly on the spot and negotiate a better price. Every car then gets aservice focused mainly on the engine, brakes, lights and tyres. We don't carewhat the cars look like or how well equipped they are – but every one of themwill get a tow hitch.

After servicing, thevehicles will be kept in a guarded car park. We don't yet know exactly whenwe'll take them to Ukraine– maybe at the beginning of the year, maybe at the end, maybe sooner or later.It depends on many things, but above all on how quickly we can raise the money.And that depends on you too. Thank you!

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