With a view to financing the war against Russia and the reconstruction of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this Thursday on Twitter the launch of a crowdfunding platform. The funds collected will be redistributed to meet various needs in terms of defense and medical aid in particular.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday announced the launch of an online crowdfunding platform designed to help kyiv win the war against Russia and rebuild the country’s infrastructure. “With one click, you can donate funds to help our defenders, save our civilians and rebuild Ukraine,” he said in English in a video posted to Twitter announcing the launch of the United24 platform.
We launched United24 @U24_gov_ua global initiative.
Its 1st component is an online platform to raise funds in support of . Other projects & programs will be added soon.
You can make a donation in 1 click from any country.
Together we will win!#united24#thepoweroffreedompic.twitter.com/notUt1P3ZF
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 5, 2022
“Rebuilding what Russia has destroyed”
“All funds will be transferred to the National Bank of Ukraine and allocated to the relevant ministries,” added the Ukrainian president, adding that reports on the distribution of funds will be published “every 24 hours”. “Only together do we have the potential to stop the war and rebuild what Russia destroyed,” added Volodymyr Zelensky, who has used the internet and social media extensively since the start of the war. to mobilize and draw attention to his country.
Volodymyr Zelensky assured that Ukraine “will always remember” the contributions. The platform, on the site u24.gov.ua, specifies that the funds will be distributed to respond in matters of “defense and demining”, “medical aid” and to “rebuild Ukraine”.