Kansas City-area man who volunteered with Global Care Force describes what Ukraine still needs.
THE 2 UKRAINIAN FIGHTER JETS WERE DESTROYED DURING THIS ATTACK AS THE WAR BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA CONTINUES AT A PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE IS STILL STUCK IN THE U.S. SENATE. >> CAITLIN KNUTE: TODAY, GRANT STEPHENS CHECK BACK IN WITH SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN HELPING
SINCE THAT WAR BEGAN. HE SAT DOWN WITH A NURSE WHO JUST GOT BACK FROM UKRAINE TO LEARN WHAT PEOPLE THERE STILL NEED. >> THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION THAT JUST NEED HEALTH. THERE WAS A LOT OF DESTRUCTION. I THINK THAT’S
PROBABLY ONE THING I NOTICED MOST WAS HOW MUCH DESTRUCTION THAT THERE WAS A HELP IS WHAT REGISTERED NURSE BRIAN COWEN WENT TO GIVE THEM. HE AND GLOBAL CARE FORCE MEDICAL STAFF GOT BACK A FEW WEEKS AGO. NEW GROUPS GO EVERY MONTH
JUST IN LOVE WITH THAT COUNTRY AND IN LOVE WITH THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST FIGHTERS, THEY TREAT EVERYTHING YOU’D EXPECT IN A WAR ZONE. BUT WHAT YOU DON’T EXPECT TO FIND IN WINTRY UKRAINE IS WARMTH. BRIAN’S EXAMPLE. A BEE KEEPER
HE TREATED AFTER WE HE THANKED ME. WE TOOK PICTURES TOGETHER. HE WANTED PICTURES AND THEN HE RODE HIS BIKE BACK AND BROUGHT HONEY. >> FOR ALL OF YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDST OF A WAR IN THE MIDST OF HAVING NOTHING, THEY’RE SO
WILLING TO GIVE WHATEVER THEY HAVE. AND THEY’RE SO THANKFUL FOR HAVING SOMEONE THERE WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THEM, THE SUPPORT THAT ONCE FLOODED HAS DRIED GERMANY BASED KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY FOUND NEWLY REACHED A NEW LOW IN ALMOST 90% DROP
COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. THEY’RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL. WE WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE WAR IS GOING TO GO ON? THEY WERE SAYING 2 TO 3 YEARS WERE NOT GIVING UP.
THERE’S A LOT OF PRIDE IN THEIR COUNTRY. AND SO BRIAN AND GLOBAL CARE FORCE WON’T GIVE UP EITHER AGAIN, SIMPLE ANSWER THAT JUST NEED HELP. AND THEY HAD SAID. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S GREAT THAT WE HAVE MONEY AND PEOPLE CAN
SEND MONEY AND SUPPORT FROM THE U.S.. BUT WE REALLY LIKE HAVING PEOPLE HERE THAT COUNTRY DOESN’T CARE FOR US AND WE CAN TALK TO. BUT THE REAL ANSWER, BRIAN SAYS. >> THEY NEED