Iain Penning, a volunteer from Bottesford, Leicestershire, has completed his second aid convoy to Ukraine with the charity Pickups for Peace. He delivered vehicles and supplies to communities across the country.
During his recent trip, Mr Penning met two students in Lviv, aged 21 and 22, who expressed worries about potentially being called up to fight. He described listening to their experiences as an "overwhelming" reminder of the uncertainty many Ukrainians face more than four years after Russia's full-scale invasion.
Mr Penning also encountered women who had travelled from Kyiv to Lviv to escape the strain of living under constant air attack threats. He stated that some had moved from Kyiv because it was considered too dangerous.
The convoy team also met a hospital worker whose department specialises in caring for amputees, including soldiers. This worker reportedly told the group that the hospital treated three times as many children as soldiers, a detail Mr Penning found "absolutely heart-wrenching."
Pickups for Peace organises three or four convoys to Ukraine annually, and Mr Penning hopes to return in February.