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Crypto donations fund ATVs and gas masks for Ukrainian military



Ukrainian authorities have actually utilized funds from the crypto contribution platform introduced by the federal government to buy materials for the nation’s military amidst its continuous war with Russia.

In a Friday tweet, Ukraine’s minister of digital change, Mykhailo Fedorov, revealed that the nation had purchased 5 all-terrain automobiles, which “will come in handy for a challenging environment” — potentially describing conditions near the cutting edge with Russia or where roadways have actually been harmed or ruined. Funds for 3 of the ATVs stemmed from Aid for Ukraine, a platform the federal government introduced in March that accepts crypto donations “to support people in their fight for freedom.”

At the time of publication, Aid for Ukraine has actually apparently raised more than $60 million in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT), Polkadot’s DOT, Solana’s SOL and USD Coin (USDC). Fedorov reported on Wednesday that the federal government had actually currently utilized a few of the funds to provide 5,000 gas masks to state border guards and the army. Aid for Ukraine has likewise purchased more than 5,000 “optical and thermal imaging devices” for the country’s military given that the war started; tablets aimed at assisting Ukrainians leaving the nation discover lodgings and help; bulletproof vests; medical materials; automobiles; and clothes

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Since the start of the Russian military intrusion in February, the Ukrainian federal government has actually relied on the crypto area lot of times as an option for getting funds from worried celebrations. Fedorov revealed in April that the federal government would accept contributions towards the war effort in the kind of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, which will in turn be offered to “contribute to the Ukrainian victory,” and it just recently launched a charity NFT collection with pieces from Ukraine’s computer game designers and digital artists.