Yellow flowers beneath a blue Ukrainian sky — Ukraine · blue sky, yellow field

Community & service

Mathematics in service of others.

I work across humanitarian relief, public mathematics, mentoring, and academic community-building—different forms of the same commitment: helping knowledge and care travel farther.

$750K: raised for direct humanitarian relief
3,000+: people supported each month
25+: active volunteers

01 · Volunteering

Care put into action.

Maksym Zubkov standing before the Ukrainian flag — Support Ukraine With Us · active since 2022

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I paused my graduate studies and founded Support Ukraine With Us, an active volunteer-led nonprofit that has raised $750,000 for direct humanitarian assistance.

I spent six months in Dnipro, Kyiv, and Lviv working with local volunteers. Our projects respond to two kinds of need: direct assistance for people and non-lethal support for frontline units.

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Two areas of responsibility

Assistance for people, and strictly non-lethal support for frontline units.

People & families

Recurring household assistance is combined with medical, educational, and emergency-power support shaped around individual needs.

Monthly essentials: Food and household support for 400–500 families every month.
Medicines: Medicines purchased and delivered in response to individual and partner requests.
Power continuity: Batteries and generators for households and community spaces.
Educational access: Laptops that help children and students continue learning.
Medical procedures: Financial support for necessary medical procedures.

Frontline units

Strictly non-lethal assistance supports medical care, communication, power, and essential transport near the front.

Medical support: Medicines and essential medical materials.
Energy & communication: Generators, batteries, and Starlink equipment.
Vehicles: Help purchasing vehicles for transport and logistics.

People

Direct assistance for families, older people, and displaced communities—documented through the people who received it.

Families · essential aid

A box of everyday necessities

Food, hygiene supplies, and everyday essentials move through a volunteer network toward families affected by the war. This Reel follows the human scale of that work rather than reducing it to a total.The public post names no quantity or precise destination, so the story stays with what the evidence shows: essentials reaching a family in Ukraine.View original Reel (opens in a new tab)

A child opening a Support Ukraine With Us aid box in a Reel preview — Ukraine11 August 2026@support.ukraine.with.us

Older people · practical care

No one is forgotten

For an older person living through war and isolation, an aid package carries practical help and a quieter message: somebody is still thinking of them.The Reel centers an older Ukrainian recipient beside a delivered package; it is a human story, not a quantified report.View original Reel (opens in a new tab)

An older Ukrainian woman seated beside a delivered aid box in a Reel preview — Ukraine14 August 2026@support.ukraine.with.us

Odesa · shelter care

Ninety packs, sourced locally

Three mothers and their children were living in an Odesa shelter that could not consistently cover the cost of diapers. Local coordinators and the Support Ukraine With Us team sourced ninety packs.A collaboration with Hope Bravely, whose public Reel documents the request, coordination, and delivery.View original Reel (opens in a new tab)

A mother holding a child beside boxes of diapers in an Instagram Reel preview — Odesa, Ukraine26 June 2026@hopebravely with @support.ukraine.with.us

Frontline units

Strictly non-lethal medical, power, communications, and transport support helps teams near the front keep essential systems running.

Dnipro · frontline medical care

Medicine where time matters

Support Ukraine With Us worked with a military hospital in Dnipro to identify urgently needed medicines and supplies. Doctors in Germany purchased and sent parcels for traumatology and reanimation departments and for a military doctor near the front.The documented shipment included catheters, IV sets, antibiotics, blood substitutes, and other critical-care materials.View source project (opens in a new tab)

Medical supplies delivered through a Support Ukraine With Us hospital project — Dnipro, UkraineOngoing projectSupport Ukraine With Us

Kharkiv region · non-lethal equipment

Power where ordinary systems fail

An April 2026 impact report documents three power stations delivered to the 39th Marine Brigade near the front. A second Kharkiv unit received a 3D printer, a laptop, and materials for assembling power banks used for communications and other equipment.The tools let the unit assemble power banks on-site for communications and other equipment—faster and at lower cost than purchasing ready-made units.View original carousel (opens in a new tab)

Support Ukraine With Us April 2026 impact slide documenting power stations, aid packages, and equipment — Kharkiv region, Ukraine2 July 2026@support.ukraine.with.us

Bakhmut region · vehicle logistics

A route for essential supplies

A brigade unit near Bakhmut needed replacement transport after its previous vehicle was destroyed. The nonprofit funded and delivered an SUV for moving food, water, and other essential supplies along frontline routes.Volunteers purchased and delivered the vehicle in under six weeks; the project record is dated 20 May 2023.View source project (opens in a new tab)

The SUV purchased for essential supply transport in the Bakhmut region