In a suburban house in Melbourne's inner west, retiree Peter Ramadge is collecting dozens of postcards to send to soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine.
After seeing news reports about the destruction war has inflicted on the country, he wanted to do something as an individual to offer support.
"I know the Australian government is sending Bushmasters to them and funds, but I think there is power in bringing it down to one-to-one," Mr Ramadge said.
"To know there is this dude in Australia called Peter who sent me a postcard saying, 'I'm behind you guys', I think that is really powerful."
Late last year, Mr Ramadge joined a website that allowed him to exchange postcards with random people around the world.
He posted on an internal forum and said he wanted to send postcards to people in Ukraine.
In February he was contacted by Tamara Levit, one of three founders of Postcards to the Front.
Psychological support needed
Postcards to the Front is a small Ukrainian project aimed at supporting soldiers "with warm words".
Ms Levit told the ABC she lives in Zaporizhzhia, a city near a nuclear power plant in south-east Ukraine, which has come under attack during the conflict.
When the war started she closed down her postcard shop and started donating postcards to shelters, so people could write messages of support to soldiers.
To date, the group has collected and sent more than 3,800 postcards to soldiers from people in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and even Brazil.
"Even [the] strongest men are crying when [they] read some of them," Ms Levit said.
"People need the psychological support sometimes more than food."
Mr Ramadge is now their official representative in Australia.
On Friday morning he had collected 67 postcards from people in his local area.
When he gets to just over 80 he plans to send them all to Ms Levit in Ukraine for distribution.
Mr Ramadge says Australians who want to get involved can contact him.
"We don't want any money at all," he said.
"All you have to do is write a postcard, put it in an envelope and send it to me."
