Photos: From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic of the northern Wisconsin community of Saxon has made two trips to Ukraine to help assist its people that are mired in a war with Russia.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic lives in far northern Wisconsin and has taken two trips to help the people of Ukraine. This backpack he used for his personal items includes patches from the Ukraine Army, left, and Ukraine Special Forces. His work included shuttling medical supplies into Ukraine and bringing refugees into Poland.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic shows off a piece of art he was given by a police officer while in Ukraine
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic displays a framed certificate he was presented by the police chief of Lviv while helping those in Ukraine. It reads "Gratitude to Shane Wyzlic for Humanitarian Aid during the wartime in the territory of Ukraine."
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
This sign sits on the mantel of Shane Wyzlic's fireplace in his Saxon home in far northern Wisconsin.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Many have contributed to a GoFundMe fundraiser set up by Shane Wyzlic's sister for the people of Ukraine. This handwritten note is from Kathleen Sullivan in Hurley.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
This family was among those that Shane Wyzlic helped drive to a Polish refugee center from Ukraine.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic, of Saxon, at the Lviv, Ukraine, train station on March 30 with boxes of medical supplies headed to the Donbas region in southeastern Ukraine.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic, second from right, in Lviv, Ukraine, with, from left, Wojciech Wazny, Piotr Cezariusz, Wyzlic and Michal Buzalski.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Shane Wyzlic holds a license plate taken from a disabled Russian vehicle.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
The sleeping accommodations in a Lviv, Ukraine, bomb shelter.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
In late March, Shane Wyzlic ate one of his meals in a Lviv, Ukraine, bomb shelter. It included soup, cabbage salad and homemade vodka.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Despite the war, children found time to use sidewalk chalk in Lviv, Ukraine.
From Wisconsin to Ukraine
Piotr Cezariusz of "Pomoc dla Ukrainy," a Polish-based group that serves as a central site taking and filling requests from those in Ukraine, places new decals on a recently purchased van that would be used to haul medical supplies into Ukraine.
Disturbed by what he saw unfolding in Ukraine, Shane Wyzlic of Saxon has made two trips to assist those afflicted by the Russian attack.
