Members of a Llangollen church have sent out another vehicle to the Ukrainian battle zone.
Just weeks after a team including their Minister returned from the war-torn country after handing over a Honda CR-V for ferrying battle-weary troops to and from the front line, the congregation at City Church in Penllyn have supplied a Nissan X-Trail 4x4 which will be used for carrying medics to fighting hot-spots.
The £1,500 cost of buying the Nissan and fitting it with winter tyres comes from the £5,000 pot raised by the church to support Ukraine's war to expel the invading Russians from their country.
Danny Fairbourn, who sourced both vehicles for City Church, said: "It's currently -20C in Ukraine so the tyres are very necessary.
"The 2000-mile drive out there began yesterday (Sunday) with a volunteer named Kyle from Middlesborough at the wheel.
"He be filling up with aid in Luton, then crossing the Channel from Dover. From there he'll be heading for lviv then on to Dnipro."
Danny, from Llangollen, personally paid for around 20 trips to Ukraine, mainly arranging the purchase, conversion and delivery of frontline ambulances and other vital vehicles to the army.
Through the Mission Ukraine organisation, he has since assembled the crucial components for more than 30 further trips, including those financed by City Church.
The previous vehicle sent to Ukraine with love from Llangollen just before Christmas was taken out by Pastor Brian Smith, along with experienced Ukraine travellers Paata Samsonidze, the husband of Anna, the lady who runs the Oak Street cafe named after her, and Mark Birkhill from Corwen, an old hand at ferrying supplies to the battle area.
* The next major local effort for Ukraine will be a fundraiser in St Collen's Community Hall at 6.30pm on February 6.
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