Tulsa Police Lieutenant Returns Home From Delivering Supplies To Ukraine

A Tulsa police officer is back home after spending three weeks volunteering to help at the Ukraine-Poland border.

Lieutenant Brandon Wykoff worked with a non-profit group to help deliver supplies into Ukraine.

He says he didn't hesitate when he got the opportunity to help at the Ukraine-Poland border.

"The problem is so big like getting over there it's almost like where do you start, where do we start," he said.

Wykoff says he had spent time in Ukraine before, and still had contacts there.

He was with the non-profit, August Mission.

They delivered whatever supplies were needed to places like hospitals, orphanages, and nursing homes inside Ukraine.

"We brought like refrigerators and washing machines, bigger things they were having issues getting ahold of or just didn't have the funds to get ahold of," he said.

He says things in the country are tense, but the Ukrainian soldiers do have high morale.

He says he's never done volunteer work like this before, and because they need so much help, it's hard to think he made an impact.

"Pretty much no matter what you think you have done, there's always a thought of not nearly enough, so much more needs to be done," he said.

Wykoff says the Ukrainian people are not giving up, even though they are not sure when this will end.

"Go home, find a suitcase, in the big picture of things a medium or small suitcase, give yourself a ten-minute clock, load up as much as you can in that suitcase and then walk away," he said.

He says if he was given the opportunity, he would go back to Ukraine to help in a heartbeat.

To learn more about August Mission, CLICK HERE.