Estonians fundraise to buy 21 reconnaissance drones for Ukraine

Ukraine will soon receive reconnaissance drones purchased with funds raised by Estonians last year.

Source: European Pravda, citing Postimees, an Estonian news outlet

Details: The fundraising campaign was launched last fall by an activist group of graduates of the Estonian National Defence University. They announced the end of the campaign on Tuesday, 23 August.

Donations were collected on the Estonian crowdfunding platform toeta.me, with contributions from 3,986 individuals from Estonia and abroad. The campaign raised a total of  €222,933, the largest amount ever raised on the toeta.me platform.

The funds raised will be used to buy and upgrade 21 EOS C VTOL drones manufactured by Threod Systems so that they cannot be jammed by Russian anti-drone systems; this will extend their life at the front.

The drones will be sent to Ukraine in the coming weeks.

The EOS C VTOLs have proven to be high-level surveillance assets on the battlefield in Ukraine. The drones can maintain communication with their operators up to 50 kilometres away; the range of autonomous flight is up to 150 kilometres.

These drones have already been used to obtain crucial footage and valuable intelligence that influenced the course of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

Last year, Estonia handed over drones to the Ukrainian military, which a few months earlier a person with dual Russian and Estonian citizenship tried to smuggle out of Estonia for the Russian army.

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