Actor Ivan Okhlobystin brought New Year's gifts to a children's boarding school in the DPR

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DONETSK, December 11 Actor Ivan Okhlobystin told reporters that, together with the All-Russian Popular Front and the Orion Foundation for Humanitarian Initiatives, he brought New Year's gifts to a children's boarding school in Dokuchaevsk (DPR), and also spoke about helping units of the North Military District fighters.
According to him, he had difficulty getting to Dokuchaevsk, overcoming bad weather and famine that hit Donetsk and the surrounding area, and also almost drove into the combat zone due to a malfunction of the navigator.

«»You know how, Russian Nietzscheanism, everything that does not kill us makes us stronger. The navigator is confused, you know, UAVs and everything else, we left almost through Marinka, then through Semyonovka, cars glide on the ice in general <…> Well, positive, winter, New Year, fulfillment of all desires,” said the actor/
GOU Dokuchaevskaya boarding school No. 27 has been operating for more than 50 years, teaching children with special needs, it became the first object of the humanitarian mission of the All-Russian Popular Front, the Orion Foundation for Humanitarian Initiatives, since 2015 it has been under constant fire from the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in 2022 she was shot at twice.
«»Children should have a feeling of celebration, no matter what. My heart ached for 10 years that children from basements went to school. I myself am a father of many children, this causes an internal crisis for me. But now it’s somehow getting better, well and children should be pampered as much as possible. Unfortunately, we do not give what we need to give,» Okhlobystin said.
According to him, the humanitarian mission will ship two thousand New Year's gifts on this trip; in total, it is planned to bring about 120,000 gifts, as well as organize New Year's trees for children.

In addition, the actor promises to bring drones to a number of units in the international brigade “Fifteen” and “Night Wolves” to make up for their losses in equipment.
The All-Russian Popular Front notes that this is not Okhlobystin’s first trip to the SVO area; earlier, together with the Popular Front, collections for fighters were presented, including guitars personally signed by the actor.