The UNITED24 platform has raised $650 million in aid to Ukraine in two years and united 110 countries and millions of people and companies. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the UNITED24 Summit.
The Head of State said that people's voluntary donations ranged from a few dollars to millions. This made it possible to implement more than a hundred projects: to create the world's first fleet of naval drones, purchase intensive care ambulances and equipment for hospitals, restore residential buildings, build bridges, and equip shelters for children.
“Today I am pleased to announce news about the development of UNITED24. The first one is that new ambassadors are joining. And our second news is that a global fundraising campaign for combat robotic platforms is starting. Our Ukrainian “Army of Drones” and our naval drone technology have already proven their effectiveness in protecting Ukraine from Russian terror,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
American actresses Hilary Swank and Alyssa Milano have become new UNITED24 ambassadors. There are already 26 of them in total.
The UNITED24 summit in Kyiv was attended by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, football players Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko, actor Misha Collins, Imagine Dragons director of photography Ty Arnold, as well as film director and screenwriter with Ukrainian roots Darius Marder, director and film producer Doug Liman, and historian Serhii Plokhy.
“Two years ago, the idea of United24 was born – the idea of bringing together as many ordinary people as possible from different countries and continents. UNITED24 has strengthened our state, increased the resilience of our society, and provided humanity in general with the knowledge that states can also create successful fundraising platforms focused on both the protection of common human values and absolutely practical, effective assistance to the state in times of war,” the President noted.
