As distressing images of refugees desperately trying to leave the country emerged on TV screens, it prompted lots of you to get organised and collect vast amounts of humanitarian aid.
It was loaded onto convoys of HGVs and vans, and was then bound for Poland, for distribution to help needy people caught up in the situation in Ukraine.
See here a picture roundup of just some of the activities you got involved with in a bid to help.
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. Thanks for all your donations as more aid arrives at the army base
Deliveries of aid continue to be taken to various locations on the border between Poland and the Ukraine. This week a fifth trailer load delivered by Huthwaite's haulage firm Taylor's Transport arrived at an Army base in Boguchwala a little further south than Zamosc. Polish Straz (guards) are seen enthusiastically unloading the aid. A sixth trailer has since left the Huthwaite, fully loaded front to back, bottom to top on its way to Tarnow. The firm says "Yet again, thanks to all those who have helped us on this journey, we couldn’t have done this without the help of everyone." Photo: P Horton Photography/Taylors Transport

. Mansfield youngster pitched into help the Ukraine appeal with her stair climb challenge
Mansfield ten-year-old Maisey Walton has challenged herself to do a stair case climb challenge this week to help raise funds to help Ukranian refugees. The youngster will run up and down the steps 10 times a day in a former Mansfield Quarry, which is now a recreation area. She is being cheered on by her five-year-old brother Noah, mum Vikki and dad Michael, and the family dog Bella! Photo: Brian Eyre

. The fifth fully loaded truck full to bursting with donations is unloaded in Poland
A fully loaded truck full of humanitarian aid arrived on the border between Poland and the Ukraine after being delivered by Huthwaite's haulage firm Taylor's Transport. The fifth truck to be sent withour donations arrived at an Army base in Boguchwala a little further south than Zamosc. A sixth truck is also on its way this week. Photo: P Horton Photog./Taylors Transport

. Haulage firm employees bring smiles as well as help to the Ukraine appeal
Happy to help out with a smile during the Ukraine collection were employees from Taylors Transport. Pictured are Sue Taylor (no relation) and Gill Shaw who both work in the office. Photo: P Horton

. Hero haulage firm boss gets praise from Ashfield MP
Alan Taylor MD of Taylor's Transport at Huthwaite stands by one of the trucks loaded to the brim with humanitarian aid bound for Poland to be delivered ti help the Ukrainian people. It started with the free donation of one truck, since then half a dozen trucks have been loaded up and sent on the 1300 mile journey. Ashfield MP Lee Anderson this week praised Mr Taylor saying "What a man.. Big thanks to Alan Taylor, his family and all the volunteers who have once again turned out to send vital supplies to Poland. I think Alan deserves a mention in Parliament. Don't you?" Photo: Facebook/L Anderson

. Championship truck driver gets loving hug from young son before embarking on epic journey to Poland
Huthwaite haulage firm Taylor's Transport driver, and champion trucker Mark Taylor gives his young son Maddox a cuddle before setting off on an epic 1300 mile journey to deliver humanitarian aid to Zamosc in Poland. Much of the aid which came from across the East Midlands was collected after an appeal by Polish-born Mansfield resident Bogusia Kavanagh. Photo: Paul Horton Photography

. Ashfield firefighters get busy packing as they help collect and sort the humanitarian aid
Ashfield fire firefighters in Kirkby also helped in the Ukraine appeal collecting and sorting a huge amounts of aid at their Sutton Road station. Photo: NFRS

. Mansfield marks its support for Ukraine in blue and yellow light
Mansfield District Council's old town hall was lit up in the colours of blue and yellow in a mark of 'support and solidarity' to the people of Ukraine. The council held a minute's silence during a recent full council moment and the Mayor Andy Abrahams has also written to the people of Styri, near Lviv, in Ukraine, and which was twinned with Mansfield in 1997. Photo: Mansfield District Council

1. Thanks for all your donations as more aid arrives at the army base
Deliveries of aid continue to be taken to various locations on the border between Poland and the Ukraine. This week a fifth trailer load delivered by Huthwaite's haulage firm Taylor's Transport arrived at an Army base in Boguchwala a little further south than Zamosc. Polish Straz (guards) are seen enthusiastically unloading the aid. A sixth trailer has since left the Huthwaite, fully loaded front to back, bottom to top on its way to Tarnow. The firm says "Yet again, thanks to all those who have helped us on this journey, we couldn’t have done this without the help of everyone." Photo: P Horton Photography/Taylors Transport

2. Mansfield youngster pitched into help the Ukraine appeal with her stair climb challenge
Mansfield ten-year-old Maisey Walton has challenged herself to do a stair case climb challenge this week to help raise funds to help Ukranian refugees. The youngster will run up and down the steps 10 times a day in a former Mansfield Quarry, which is now a recreation area. She is being cheered on by her five-year-old brother Noah, mum Vikki and dad Michael, and the family dog Bella! Photo: Brian Eyre

3. The fifth fully loaded truck full to bursting with donations is unloaded in Poland
A fully loaded truck full of humanitarian aid arrived on the border between Poland and the Ukraine after being delivered by Huthwaite's haulage firm Taylor's Transport. The fifth truck to be sent withour donations arrived at an Army base in Boguchwala a little further south than Zamosc. A sixth truck is also on its way this week. Photo: P Horton Photog./Taylors Transport

4. Haulage firm employees bring smiles as well as help to the Ukraine appeal
Happy to help out with a smile during the Ukraine collection were employees from Taylors Transport. Pictured are Sue Taylor (no relation) and Gill Shaw who both work in the office. Photo: P Horton