Yuliia Elyas started a humanitarian aid center in her studio in Utrecht at the time of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Together with volunteers, she collected relief supplies such as medicine, food, clothing and hygiene products for the people in Ukraine who had to flee. The donations included a box with men’s ties and Yuliia decided to make a textile work with them. The work depicts an F-16; something that the Ukrainian army was in great need of at that time. This work is part of bigger series called Ties of Aid. They were presented in Casco in September 2023.