The UNITED24 fundraising platform, the Come Back Alive Foundation, and monobank have launched the second joint project Operation Unity-2. New Year's Fireworks. Its goal is to raise UAH 220,000,000 for FPV drones with ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. An apartment in any city of Ukraine will be raffled off among all those who donate.
A total of 3,000 FPV drones with thermal imagers and 2,000 with a daytime camera will be purchased abroad and equipped with Ukrainian-made high explosive and fragmentation warheads. The UAVs can cover a distance of 12 to 22 kilometres, depending on the weight of the ammunition. All of them will be sent to the hottest areas of the frontline.
"There will be no fireworks in Ukraine this New Year, but that doesn't mean we won't arrange them for the occupiers. I am confident that millions of Ukrainians will be eager to join the second part of Operation Unity, and this will be the only fireworks display we will enjoy this year. I thank our partners for our unity," said Mykhaylo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
The goal is to raise UAH 220,000,000: UAH 157,000,000 for FPV drones with thermal imagers, UAH 34,000,000 for FPV drones with daytime cameras, and UAH 29,000,000 for ammunition for them. The drones will be purchased and delivered to the troops by the Come Back Alive Foundation. The first 3,000 drones with thermal imagers are scheduled to be delivered to Ukraine in January 2024. The second batch is due to arrive in February 2024.
"5,000 kamikaze drones purchased through the first Operation Unity are already operating on the front line. We are sending out the same number. But this is not enough. The defence forces need more weapons of destruction, and in winter, night FPVs with thermal imaging cameras. At this time of year, daylight hours are short, and conventional surveillance and detection equipment is effective for much less time. That's why it is so important to provide the military with the means that can work at night with thermal signature," says Taras Chmut, director of the Come Back Alive Foundation.
The project's organisers will draw special prizes among those who make a donation of UAH 100 or more for the drones. The Come Back Alive Foundation will raffle off three parts of 122mm shell casings, each of which was fired this year in Bakhmut and Yahidne in Donetsk Region, as well as five branded calendars for 2024. UNITED24 will raffle off a Ukrainian flag that has been to the top of Mount Everest signed by President Zelenskyy, 50 "Azovstal. Symbol of Invincibility" bracelets signed by Azov Brigade commanders, 100 packs of branded salt. For a donation of UAH 100 or more, monobank will draw 100 platinum cards with two-year service. And for a donation of UAH 1,000 or more, you can win an apartment in any city of Ukraine. It is provided for Operation Unity-2 by UNITED24's regular partner, Aurora multimarket chain.
"In the summer, Operation Unity raised UAH 235,000,000 for 10,000 drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in just three days. More than 330,000 people donated. It was an incredible result. We hope that this time Ukrainians will join this important project and we will be able to arrange spectacular and effective fireworks for the occupiers," says Oleh Horokhovskyy, co-founder of monobank.
You can contribute towards the purchase of FPV drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and New Year's fireworks for the Russian invaders here: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/6aQiRAr1Ng