Santa Barbara, California, Oct. 28 -- Direct Relief announced today that it has delivered more than $2 billion in medical and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began in 2022, underscoring the nonprofit's role as one of the largest private philanthropic supporters of the country's health system.

In addition to the $2 billion in aid, Direct Relief has committed more than $60 million in financial support to local healthcare providers and organizations providing care in Ukraine and other countries, including Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, that have opened their doors to Ukrainian refugees.

From the first airlifts of trauma kits in February 2022 to the installation of battery-backup systems in hospit...