SCRANTON, Pa. — It's been almost two years since the first attack on Ukraine happened, and the efforts to help the injured and wounded continue.
About 50 pieces of rehabilitation equipment and hospital beds are getting ready for a new home overseas.
Fr. Myron Myronyuk from St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Scranton reached out to Allied Services for help.
Fr. Myronyuk has coordinated several shipments of supplies to Ukraine over the past two years, since hostilities with Russia began. Now, the need for help comes in the form of rehabilitation.
"The past couple of weeks, I spread the word that so many soldiers in Ukraine need their rehabilitation place," Fr. Myronyuk said.
"The services have been destroyed in that country. And so, if we can help in a small way, support the people of Ukraine, support their efforts, we're honored to do it," said Bill Conaboy, president and CEO of Allied Services.
All of the equipment will be loaded into a shipping container along with some other medical supplies.
"Cases of gloves and gowns and other elements, walkers that are in great need to help the soldiers rehabilitate in the Ukraine," said Jim Brogna, Allied Services vice president.
Fr. Myronyuk presented Allied Services with a Ukrainian flag with the signatures of some of the Ukrainian soldiers he has worked with. Fr. Myronyuk explained some of the men who wrote the messages have since died, a harsh reality of this ongoing war.
"With this opportunity, that's to remind people that people in Ukraine will be thrilled to see that there is still support, still people trying to help Ukrainian soldiers."
A memorial mass at St. Vladimir's will be held to mark two years since the initial attack.