San Jose Shipping Company Packs Much-Needed Supplies For Ukraine

By Katie Nielsen, CBS San Francisco:

SAN JOSE (KPIX) — One South Bay business has done the almost impossible and figured out a route to ship donations and humanitarian aid into the war-torn country of Ukraine.

Igor Yuzvinskiy is one of the owners of IDL Packaging in San Jose. The company started in 1994 and sells packaging supplies like cardboard boxes, strapping and shipping tape.

“I am from Kharkiv. I am from Ukraine. All of my family is from Ukraine. Our business manufacturing facility is in Ukraine,” Yuzvinskiy said. He says his family is safe and so are his close friends but he knows of others who are struggling. That’s why he felt he had to do something.

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