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minor updates this Spring. But now all the development has come to a halt. We only keep the users' support. And though we’re scattered across the globe now, we still keep in touch and support each other. Someday, after the victory, we will get together once again to continue our work after a great celebration. Your help and support Right after the war began we did our best to fulfill our partner agreements. However some payments didn’t go through as the global currency market was blocked in Ukraine due to the martial law. But when I reached out to our partners to warn them about the situation, I didn’t hear a single complaint. Instead, they were offering help and support. You should understand - at that moment there was a feeling that we were alone in the darkness of war, destruction, clouds of smoke and a gloomy future. But these words of support were the beginning of our path to understanding that we are not alone and the whole world is now on our side, supporting Ukraine. Currently we’re witnessing a real humanitarian catastrophe in the north of Ukraine close to Kyiv and in the southeast where Marioupol has been besieged for three weeks straight. That’s why we deeply value all the help from other governments and regular people. That’s something we will not forget. Our fundraising page provides a clear and simple way to support Ukraine for Mac users around the world. We’re giving away Unclutter to anyone who makes a donation. The amount stays up to you. This effort has been and still is critical. Our amazingly powerful volunteer movement - a great force that works day and night - needs it. Every cent will be used to help local volunteers buy and transport food, clothes, medicine where it’s most needed as well as evacuate and house people from dangerous areas. Thank you! Bohdan Toporivsky, Unclutter SEO and Content Manager Around 5 am on February 24, my family was awakened by explosions. Kyiv city’s air defense was shooting down missiles falling at military bases, airfields, and other strategic facilities around Kyiv. All after Putin declared his absurd “special military operation” for “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine”. I won’t say we were completely surprised as many things weeks before actually led to something like this. But we were scared and could hardly believe it was really happening. We packed our bags in 30-40 minutes (mine was prepared days before) and were ready to escape elsewhere. My brother and his 8 month pregnant wife took our little sister and drove to our father’s native village in the southwest of Ukraine, me and 3 of my good friends went to another village in the Kyiv Region (as our contingency plan went), my parents and grandfather stayed. That morning in Kyiv was madness. Crazy traffic jams, huge ATM lines, people with luggage in a hurry. Must be the first morning when I saw a stream of cars going not to Kyiv, but from it to the suburbs. It took hours to drive out of the capital of Ukraine to the village some 40 km from it. After a night there, already six of us (with my friend’s parents) went further west. One house in the Rivne Region was ready to host us – normally a 4 hour drive that took us some 9-10 hours with all the stops, gas station lines, and road accidents. We were lucky to stop in a refugee/guest house of our acquaintances’ church. We settled there, not knowing for how long. It's been almost a month now. Volunteering A few days after the war began and we moved to that safer place, we understood that we could not just wait, read awful news, and take no action anymore. That late night, my best friend said to me and our mates: “Guys, I know what we have to do. We’ll volunteer. Take your laptops and let’s arrange our office.” And four of us began doing whatever we could to somehow help our Ukrainian defenders and victims of war. Then six of us, then many more in different cities of Ukraine and beyond.