Franky and Coen's travel update

Currently we are in Kharkiv where we will be frying French fries for refugees and civilians. The past few days we were in Kramtorsk where we also visited the restaurant where we survived the rocket attack on June 27.

We were also in Lyman where we were not allowed to fry in the same place for too long because Lyman is within artillery range and we could be seen by Russian drones. With continuously several hundred people in front of our stall, we are a target for Russians.

We were also in Zaparozhia and Pokrovs'ke. In Zaparozhia, we prepared more than 2,000 servings of French fries for refugees and civilians. Remarkably, there were many children present, so we also distributed quite a few sweets and desserts.

Old woman lost everything in missile strike last Saturday In the area of Zaparozhia, we visited an old woman whose house was hit by a missile last Saturday. That day she lost everything: her house, car and all her possessions. What is even more heartbreaking is that her husband died as a result of the attack. We recorded video on the ground, and she begged us to please share this footage with as many people as possible so that everyone can see the devastation the Russians are causing. We will share videos of these visits on our social media later this week. In the village with only civilian homes, several rockets were fired that day, aimed at civilian targets. Naturally, we made a significant donation to this elderly woman.

In Pokrov'ske we baked until late in the afternoon again distributed some 2,000 servings of French fries and snacks, and our "Trifle" desserts were very popular. We continued until late in the afternoon which put us in trouble for our drive to Kramatorsk because the curfew here is as early as 9 p.m. We just made it

The destroyed restaurant (rocket impact). The first thing we did when we arrived in Kramatorsk was to visit the destroyed restaurant where the rocket attack that we survived took place. This was one of the most poignant moments of this trip. Only now did we really see how severe the impact of the missile had been. The monument with the pictures of the dead was also painful to look at.

1500 soldiers Earlier in the week we provided 1500 soldiers with a tasty snack and portion of fries. These soldiers are considered true heroes in Ukraine, as they belong to the most popular 3rd brigade. We visited them at two different locations, of which we were absolutely not allowed to film at the first location, but we were allowed to film at the second location. We will share videos of these visits on our social media later this week.

Rescue team 
We also visited a rescue team. There we treated all three hundred staff members to French fries and snacks. They shared stories about their rescue operations and showed us pictures of the situations they have to work in. We could hardly bear the pictures when these brave men and women have to work daily in such situations. We have enormous respect for them!

We have posted videos from almost all of our work sites on our social media, and more will follow in the near future.

Our (missing) friends in Avdiivka are found but we are still very worried. The animal lovers who did not want to leave Avdiïvka have not been missing since yesterday. The situation in Avdiivka is so intense that people are already calling this city in the Donbas a second Bakhmut. This city is bombarded violently every day. Our friends Andrei and Tatiana were missing for 14 days but they have now been found alive. We again proposed to help them flee. We found the possibility to transport them armored to a safer area. But they say: Who will take care of the street animals. They still don't want to leave despite the agony!

We are now in Kharkiv and will spend a few more days here frying French fries. After that we will go back a bit more to the west.

Great support. All the actions we organize in Ukraine we can do because of the more than great support we receive from you! Thank you very much!

Franky en Coen naar Odessa, Kherson, Zaparozha, Donbas en meer

Alles over onze volgende (13e) reis

En: 31 aug is iedereen welkom in Gelsenkirchen,
(rectificatie).

7 oktober vertrekken we naar Kyiv, Mykolayiv, Odessa, Zaparozha, Lyman, Kramatorsk en meerdere plaatsen in de Donbas
Omdat wij in de zomertijd heel hard moeten werken voor onze persoonlijke boterham zijn we nu al wat langer thuis als normaal. Maar het is bijna weer zo ver dat we aan onze volgende reis kunnen beginnen. Het wordt de langste reis tot nu toe want we gaan op veel verschillende locaties, heel veel friet en snacks uitdelen.

We gaan naar de zwaarst getroffen gebieden, daar waar hulp het hardst nodig is. Afgelopen weken zijn er een aantal dorpjes in de Donbas bevrijd en daar leven de bewoners in erbarmelijke omstandigheden. We gaan proberen of we daar ook heen mogen. We delen friet uit om de honger te stillen maar vooral om de mensen te laten voelen dat we ze steunen. We zien elke keer dat ze er echt heel blij mee zijn.

Afgelopen winter was het verschrikkelijk voor de bevolking en we willen graag voor zo veel mogelijk mensen de problemen verlichten.

We gaan komende reis ook generatoren en gas-kooktoestellen uitdelen maar we gaan ook met dierenvoer en handschoenen. Voorheen filmden we vooral onze friet-bak-acties maar de komende reizen willen we veel meer filmen van de andere acties welke we uitvoeren voor de bevolking.

RECTIFICATIE:
Komende donderdag 31 augustus (niet 31 september) organiseren wij een evenement in Gelsenkirchen met DJ en Nederlandse live artiesten.
Franky en Coen staan in de frietkraam en serveren ook drank tegen vriendelijke prijzen. Er zijn vollop tafels en zitplaatsen en er zijn meerdere stalletjes met food en drank. De volledige opbrengst van Franky en Coen gaat volledig naar Oekraïne. N.a.v. eerdere evenementen op deze locatie met Franky en Coen verwachten we zo'n 600 mensen. Het wordt dus echt een leuk feest. jullie zijn allemaal welkom van 15u tot 21u

Locatie: Sankt-Urbanus-Kirchpl. 7, 45894 Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland

Het zou echt leuk zijn als jullie komen!

Vanaf 4 september presenteren wij weer elke maandag, onze online talkshow op YouTube: "Franky And Coen's Ukraine inside". In dit live programma verslaan we het laatste nieuws en hebben we een livestream met onze eigen reporter Alyona aan het front bij Bakhmut, bijzondere gasten live in de studio, een stream met “Rick The Ukrainian" en meer. Natuurlijk ook alle updates betreffende onze werkzaamheden en als we in Oekraïne zijn, streamen we live vanaf die locatie.

Geweldige steun 

Komende winter willen we weer zo veel mogelijk mensen op zo veel mogelijk manieren helpen. Alle steun die we geven in Oekraïne kunnen we doen door de meer dan geweldige support die we van jullie ontvangen! Hiervoor onze hartelijke dank!

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