Soldier of Ukraine’s Army 🪖 | Founder of Dzyga’s Paw –
Ukrainian military charity fund
- Armed Forces of Ukraine
Buy my book about Ukraine war!
First, let him tell you about himself:
👋 Hi, I’m Dimko! ⚔🇺🇦
I’m a tech leader, seasoned developer, and freedom advocate. With a strong background in building distributed, high-load systems, I’ve worked with technologies like Kubernetes, .NET, Java, Python, Scala, and Go. I’ve led diverse, distributed teams to deliver scalable solutions that empower developers and drive innovation. Along the way, I founded @lvivdotnet, a thriving community for Ukrainian software engineers, and developed tools that simplify the complexities of distributed systems.
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I took a stand.
I founded Dzyga’s Paw, a tech-driven charity fund where we’ve raised over $3 million USD from ordinary people in more than 65 countries. Our mission is clear: equip the Ukrainian Armed Forces with cutting-edge technology—from drones to encrypted radios—to secure a tactical advantage and protect lives. Learn more at dzygaspaw.com.
Today, I serve in an active combat role in the Ukrainian Army, where I integrate advanced technologies to support battlefield operations and enhance our effectiveness on the front lines. Leveraging my technical expertise, I work to ensure our defense is as innovative as it is resilient.
I believe in freedom, innovation, and the power of technology to drive meaningful change. I stand against tyranny and am committed to a future where Ukraine—and the world—remains free.
Let’s connect if you’d like to collaborate, learn more about my work, or support Ukraine!
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If we want real peace process, we have to remove Steve Witkoff.
He is absolutely unfit to lead the peace effort of President Trump, knows nothing about the realities on the battlefield and in diplomacy between Ukraine, Russia, USA and Europe.
Just a poor guy out of his place.
Comment from :
Peter Keating
He’s a golfing partner and personal friend of trump’s
EXCELLENT qualifications for a professional peace negotiator
A HOLE IN ONE SO TO SPEAK☺️
Emil Laiolo
To use Trump language , he should resign immediately because he’s not doing a good job , he’s visited countless times Israel and Russia to negotiate ceasefires and instead of making progress both conflicts have escalated to new levels of death and destruction.
Philippe Blumenthal • Founder and CEO at The Governmental Savings Institute
I read your frustration and understand the angst.
But Steve Witcoff has the ear of President Trump and a similar thought process. This is excellent if both sides want a peace and excellent if one side is faking it over time… In the latter case, Steve as the President’s friend and advisor, will have been made to look the fool…and by virtue of the position, so will President Trump–and he will react accordingly.
If both sides want a peace, then Steve can get US involvement as it did in several areas to be higher than initially expected…and by extension credit the President with the successful peace negotiation.
But this takes time… But once there is a decision on how to act, things will move forward.
You are too kind to him. He is not naive, he is complicit. Just like Trump, he was in the business of laundering Bratva money through American real estate.
https://whowhatwhy.org/hidden-power/putins-point-man-whats-behind-steve-witkoffs-ties-to-the-russian-mafia/
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/9/12/17764132/trump-fbi-russia-new-york-times-craig-unger
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Me looking at Russian Dobropillya offensive
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Can’t tell much, but we are unaliving Russians in industrial quantities today near Pokrovsk.
Very BIG developments incoming 💥💥💥
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Good morning from Ukraine! 🇺🇦⚔️
I wish you Peace and Freedom.
And to never find yourself in nameless treeline fighting for it!
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As a Ukrainian soldier, I support my President Zelenskyy.
Show them Ukrainian spirit, brother!!!
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Ukrainian warfighter from Kharkiv, callsign Maori.
His family comes from Australia, but he is clearly Ukrainian and willing to protect his Freedom on the battlefield!
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Just recently before going to the positions, received a big batch of printed books that I wrote!!!
This was so exciting. I am so happy. I have sent some of my happiness emotions to the people who asked me for a signed copy!
Your copy here ->>> kovyla.pub/dimko
Just in case, I will be back from positions and start asking people for shipping details – and then we ship them out, internationally!
This is going to be so exciting omg can’t wait!!!
Brigitte Issel
Congratulations, Dimko Zhluktenko, for the publication of your incredibly well-written book “Ordinary Guy at War: A Ukrainian’s Journey.”
Below is a 3rd link to another complimentary copy of your Kindle book for a reader to redeem!
💫 The first person who redeems the link below receives this memorable Kindle book that I am donating as a gift from Amazon. PLEASE NOTE: Redeeming this gift Kindle book works solely in the United States.
Please accept your prepaid eBook using this link: https://lnkd.in/gUaKCAqU
*Then, please post in the comments below that you have redeemed the book so that I can post a new link for another fortunate reader to receive an e-book donation to redeem an “Ordinary Guy at War: A Ukrainian’s Journey” by Dimko Zhluktenko. 📚💻
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While some former US soldiers fight for Freedom in Ukraine, saving democracy, some other active duty US soldiers roll out red carpet before war criminal Putin.
Kneeling before him is definitely something. WTF
It’s truly an amazing country with big diversity of free mind.
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I am married to the best girl in the world, and she turns 25 today! She is just majestic, I am getting inspired by her everyday…
I am so proud of her. I am so in love, even 1000km away, and this stupid war bonded us forever.
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Donetsk is Ukraine – and we’re not giving it up ⚔️⚔️⚔️
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Dimko’s wife :
My name is Iryna. Over the past year, I have led Dzyga’s Paw, a Ukrainian organization dedicated to providing our Defense Forces with tech, crowdfunded worldwide. We recently surpassed $4 mil in donations. Today, I will share why this work is so meaningful to me and how we maintain full transparency every step of the way.
It can be exhausting to lead a Ukraine-based organization that focuses on international fundraising at 24 without a large network of contacts or previous fundraising experience.
But my motivation is simple: I lost more than a dozen friends in this war since 2014. I continue their work. Because I want Ukraine to remain free, independent, and safe. I want to help other men and women fighting to come home healthy and alive.
My three core values in life are:
1) love
2) honesty
3) freedom
These guide everything I do.
Three years ago, I left a Product Analyst role at a San Francisco tech company to build Dzyga’s Paw from the ground up. I started as a volunteer. Today, I earn less than half of what I did in tech. I could have continued my career and easily grown professionally, and I often think about this. But I’ve never felt regret.
Because, returning to my values, I am honest with myself about the work I am doing now. It is tiring, often filled with unknowns, and far outside my comfort zone. But it is also very rewarding. I truly believe we create value: at Dzyga’s Paw, we reach audiences who might never have donated to Ukraine if not through our charity.
We launched as a nonprofit in July 2022. Since then, we’ve built rigorous internal systems for procurement, financial control, and delivery tracking — often from scratch.
My background in product analytics helps a lot: we automatically pull data from four financial sources, review and clean every transaction, and publish live reports on our website — dzygaspaw.com/transparency. Every transaction has a corresponding invoice or receipt; we store everything securely.
We also log every shipment to the front, from flashlights to NVGs and drones, with photo reports and documentation, and publish delivery stats.
We constantly increase the share of large systematic projects and shipments sent to military units in bulk rather than to individual soldiers. In 2025, 80% of all our deliveries were sent directly to official military units with full paperwork. The other 20% were mostly mall gift parcels to trusted fighters. In terms of value, that’s a 96 to 4 ratio.
Transparency is a daily discipline for us.
Honestly, I love the work I do every day. It’s inspiring because I see the impact almost immediately. The best part is receiving messages from soldiers saying some piece of equipment literally saved their lives.
Summary?
1) Thank you for supporting Ukraine
2) Fundraising brings responsibility
3) Reporting requires systematic work
4) Donate to trusted charities
5) Love. Honesty. Freedom.
If you ever have questions about how we operate, my inbox is always open.
