Fundraising campaign for 10,000 kamikaze drones closed in 3 days
Ukrainians have donated UAH 235 million (US$6.3 million) in three days to a fundraising initiative organised by UNITED24 platform, Come Back Alive Foundation and Monobank to buy 10,000 kamikaze drones.
Source: Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, on Telegram; Oleh Horokhovskyi, co-founder of Monobank, on Telegram
Details: Horokhovskyi posted a short video announcing that the required UAH 235 million had already been raised.
Quote from Fedorov: "The historic fundraising campaign is complete. Thank you to everyone who + [joined in the fundraising – ed.]"
Background:
- The UNITED24 platform, Come Back Alive Foundation and Monobank announced a UAH 235 million (US$6.3 million) fundraising campaign on the morning of 14 August to buy 10,000 kamikaze drones. Over UAH 35 million (approximately US$1 million) were collected in the first three hours.
- In June 2022, Ukrainians transferred 600 million hryvnias [roughly US$16.1 million] in three days to Serhii Prytula, founder of the Serhii Prytula Charity Foundation, and blogger Ihor Lachenkov to purchase four Bayraktar drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- In November 2022, Ukrainians donated 236 million hryvnias [roughly US$6.33 million] to Prytula in a day and a half to buy 60 Spartan armoured personnel carriers for the Armed Forces, although Prytula initially planned to raise money for 50.
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