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Vitalii Tarasiuk, left, consul general of Ukraine in Houston, tours the Rotary Club’s Medical Supplies Network Inc. warehouse with Clay Langley, who is on the organization’s board of directors.

Vitalii Tarasiuk, consul general of Ukraine in Houston, is shown talking to MSNI board member Clay Langley during a tour of Rotary’s MSNI warehouse in Tulsa.

the inventory of things that we’re getting is constantly changing.”The organization has one full-time employee, he said. Everything else is done by volunteers, many of whom gather to help load the massive shipping containers.

 
Tarasiuk’s Houston consular district covers seven states, including Oklahoma.
 
He said that when the invasion started, Ukraine had just opened its Houston consolate in late 2021.His top priorities as consul general were to promote business, cultural and trade cooperation between Ukraine and the states of his district. But the war shifted everything.
 
“Our priorities completely changed,” he said. “In the first days and hours after the invasion started, we started to collect medical supplies. I launched in Texas a law enforcement initiative for police agencies and law enforcement agencies to donate bulletproof vests and helmets.”Also added to Tarasiuk’s duties was advocacy.
 
“It’s part of our job now to explain to people what’s really happening and why it’s important to continue supporting Ukraine,” he said.“It’s our survival. If we don’t fight, we stop to exist. But a lot more is at stake, because we fight not only for ourselves but for all democratic countries in the world.”More than two years into the invasion the need for advocacy is greater than ever.
 
Tarasiuk said he tries to help Americans understand that “it’s still the same war.”“And it’s still as hard as in the first days.”
 
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Relief effort gets praise

Consul visits Tulsa group shipping
medical  supplies to Ukraine

 

A Tulsa-based effort that ships donated medical supplies all over the world received affirmation Thursday that it’s making a difference in a war-torn country.

 

Vitalii Tarasiuk, consul general of Ukraine in Houston, was in Tulsa on Thursday for a visit that included a stop by the Medical Supplies Network Inc. warehouse, where medical supplies are being collected to ship to Ukraine.
 
A Rotary Club-led charitable effort, at least 12 shipments of supplies have been sent to Ukraine in the last two years from the warehouse, 1123 S. Erie Ave., with another one being prepared to ship soon.
 
“This is an amazing job that they’re doing,” Tarasiuk said while touring the warehouse. “The Rotary Clubs have been very active in supporting Ukraine from the first day of the full-scale invasion.”
 
It’s been more than two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine was launched in February 2022, and the need for medical supplies is never-ending, he said.
 
“Russia’s strategy includes destroying hospitals and medical facilities in Ukraine on a daily basis,” he said. “These supplies will save lives in Ukraine and will help our people to get back on their feet.”
 
Clay Langley, a Medical Supplies Network board member, said the organization is blessed to have a full warehouse currently and is preparing to send a new shipment to Ukraine this month.
 
“We collect medical equipment from a multistate area,” Langley said. “It’s equipment that otherwise might end up in landfills. As hospitals replace their beds, their IV poles, etc., we take those and ship them to developing countries or countries that are in need. So the inventory of things that we’re getting is constantly changing.”The organization has one full-time employee, he said. Everything else is done by volunteers, many of whom gather to help load the massive shipping containers.
 
“Russia’s strategy includes destroying hospitals and medical facilities in Ukraine on a daily basis,” he said. “These supplies will save lives in Ukraine and will help our people to get back on their feet.”
 
Clay Langley, a Medical Supplies Network board member, said the organization is blessed to have a full warehouse currently and is preparing to send a new shipment to Ukraine this month.
 
“We collect medical equipment from a multistate area,” Langley said. “It’s equipment that otherwise might end up in landfills. As hospitals replace their beds, their IV poles, etc., we take those and

ship them to developing countries or countries that are in need. So

 

ROTARY DISTRICT 6110 (MSNI) MEDICAL SUPPLIES NETWORK, INC. • 1123 S Erie • Tulsa, OK 74112-5307 • USA • 918-639-1492