Hillsboro Ukrainian American Therapist Delivers Aid and Counseling to Ukrainian Soldiers on the Frontline
Yulia Brockdorf
Feb. 24 marked the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have died in the conflict and more than six million Ukrainians have fled their homes.
Meanwhile, the need for more aid — from ammunition to life-saving medical equipment and mental health services — grows more urgent as the war enters its third year, according to Yulia Brockdorf, a Ukrainian American psychotherapist in Hillsboro, Oregon. Brockdorf is the co-founder and president of DAWN, a nonprofit that has been sending medical supplies and equipment to Ukraine.
She made four trips to Ukraine in the past year to deliver humanitarian aid and to volunteer her services as a therapist, which means counseling soldiers on the frontlines and former prisoners of war tortured by the Russian military.