SoulSeekers is a volunteer organization that works alongside military units to search for, recover, and return fallen defenders from the battlefield.
Ukrainian service members missing since Russia's full-scale invasion. Thousands more from the Donbas years. Some in occupied territory. Some in minefields. Some in forests still being fought over.
Recovery teams work with paper forms, Telegram messages, and phone calls. Families wait months to learn if their son, husband, or brother is alive, dead, or somewhere in between.
The work is being done. The coordination is not.
We don't replace the volunteers doing the dangerous work. We make them faster, more effective, and better connected — from the field to the family.
GPS-marked field reports. Real-time status of search missions. Integration with military unit deployments so recovery teams know exactly where to go.
Status updates for families. Documentation of recovered items. A timeline from field to forensic identification — so waiting becomes knowing.
Digital chain of custody from field to morgue to DNA matching. Reducing identification time from months to days. Connecting with the state DNA database.
Mobile-first reporting system. Works offline in areas with no connectivity. Syncs when connected. Every find is timestamped and geo-tagged.
Real-time mission board. Families see where their loved one is in the pipeline. Forensic teams receive documented remains, not unknowns.
DNA database integration. Family notification when a match is found. Return to family — with dignity, with name, with a proper farewell.
Offline-first. Field-tested. Built for the reality of combat conditions.
"For us, it's very important that every guy and girl comes home."— Oleksii Yukov, founder of Platsdarm volunteer recovery group
Ukraine has no shortage of volunteers willing to do the most difficult work. What it lacks is the coordination infrastructure to make that work fast and visible and connected.
SoulSeekers exists to fill that gap.