August Mission last month led a trade mission to Ukraine, where it connected a delegation of over 30 Utahns with the ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. and other Ukrainian institutions.
Jonathan Freedman, a Utah entrepreneur, served his two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Two weeks ago, he journeyed back to that country as part of a trade and humanitarian delegation from the Beehive State and saw the devastation in a place he considered sacred.
As the war between Russia and Ukraine war drags on, a delegation from the state of Utah traveled across the Poland-Ukraine border. Utah officials are focused on not only helping Ukraine win the war, but flourish if or when it wins.