Colonel Monte Donard and his team of Traveling Colonels have partnered with Medical Missionaries since 2023. In this page we will share updates as we get them. You can support Traveling Colonels by donating to Medical Missionaries and dedicating to the Traveling Colonels. Or, you can donate directly via https://donorbox.org/travelingcolonels
This page has the latest updates from the Traveling Colonels. You can find updates from June 2025 through December 2025, November 2024 through June 2025 as well as older updates.
May 17th, 2026
From Colonel Monte:
Maybe another phase to life in Ukraine under the constant strain from the 1700 drones, missiles bombs since Wednesday. Largest air attack on Ukraine in 4 years.
We remain safe. 2 Shahed drones bypassed the warehouse on Friday and Saturday. Just my casual observations and reporting, nothing official or for the record.
Part of my day. Our mission continues.
One of our Ukrainian volunteers requests that I share this facebook page. You may need to ask Facebook to translate it for you.
Col Monte 17 May Kyiv
May 16th, 2026
From Colonel Monte:
A very nice message from Dr Keith the Canadian neurosurgeon that has sent literally an overwhelming amount of big boxes of high end medical supplies. He has sent over 60 boxes and we are still working through his supplies.
Thanks for everyone’s help and support getting the medical aid out to hospitals and stab points.
Colonel Monte, thanks for the superb reporting; what incredible work you and your team are doing over there! I’m so glad to be able to partner with your group!
May 13th, 2026
From Colonel Monte:
A message from the Deputy Mayor Marianna from Gluhkov community hospital. We have sent them a lot of aid but the head doctor always looks frustrated when standing with our aid. Deputy Mayor Marianna reports these more positive results
The doctors are very pleased and grateful for your help! It’s just that these last two days have been very difficult for the city’s doctors—there are wounded not only military personnel but also civilians, including children. In the photo for the report, they look tired!
Believe me, we really, really appreciate your help.
May 13th, 2026
From Colonel Monte:
Colonel Chuck sourced 12 of the cardio stents for Dr Serhii. He’s a neurosurgeon who then passes them on to his cardiologist buddy at Lviv military hospital. Not to blow smoke on Steve Nash … but this handful is valued at over $20,000+ if bought on the open market. But all donations help.
We got some other aid and 8 more boxes at Meest Boryspil tomorrow. All helps. We have not even touched Steve’s 20 boxes in Chucks’ room. Not a competition everyone is making a significant difference.
May 13th, 2026
From Colonel Monte:
I am lucky! I see and talk to all these surgeons at 12-14 hospitals and stab pts. Tomorrow I meet with the Dean of the medical college here in Kyiv. I chat with surgeons all day from Zaporizhzhia to Chernihiv. Pediatric doctors to OB/GYN doctors- I try to pass along their stories and comments on our support but I can’t make it fully illustrated or understood I think.
Big or small. $20,000 of cardio stents or a box of gauze, some random mixed medical to rolls of tape to airways and IV lines or epidural needles. Every single box and item sent is being used and making a difference.
Donations help grease the skids and make it possible to ship and operate but our business model today is getting free aid into Kyiv by whatever means and then sending it out. Without the boxes and boxes and pallets of aid we are done. This free aid is our life blood and how we help Ukraine and how we save lives.
Thanks to everyone who has an oar in the water big or small it all matters.
Colonel Monte, Kyiv
May 10th, 2026
From Colonel Monte:
Great report from Lviv military hospital neurosurgeon on recent supplies sent to his hospital. He distributes aid across every department of the hospital. One of our top recipients. But his report mirrors other hospitals in that one element remains constant- everything is needed and being used from neurological aneurysm clips to wound care to cold packs for blood storage to gastrointestinal to critical care.
Thank you!
Hi Monte, great to hear from you again. Welcome back to Ukraine!
From the number of packages, I immediately understood that Monte had returned 😊
We received many very useful supplies — I distributed everything among the departments according to their profiles. The abdominal surgeons, traumatologists, ophthalmologists, and ENT specialists all received support, and most of the supplies went to our ICU.
I even found 2 microclips for cerebral aneurysms 🙂 — just last week I operated on 3 such patients.
Now the neurosurgeons in my clinic are wearing wonderful red and gray surgical scrubs, so we can be recognized from a long distance now 😊
A SPECIAL thank you for the cold packs — our blood service is extremely grateful for them.
Thank you, Monte, personally, and thanks to your entire team and all the people who support and supply you. We truly appreciate everything you are doing for us and for Ukraine!!!