Ukrainians raise record amount of funds to army in June, data show
During the first six months of 2023, Ukrainians raised the largest amount of funds to the Ukrainian military in June, Ukrainian open data monitoring platform Opendatabot reported on July 21.
The total amount reached UAH 2.4 billion ($65.6 million), which became an absolute record and represents almost half of all donations this year, reads the report.
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During the first six months of 2023, donations to three popular Ukrainian charitable foundations – United24, Come Back Alive, and Serhiy Prytula Foundation – amounted to UAH 8.4 billion ($229.7 million).
The United24 platform raised the largest amount of funds, thus breaking the all-time record since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. The donations to the remaining foundations also increased significantly in June against the previous months.
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The previous record high, namely UAH 2.24 billion ($61.2 million), was raised by this platform in July 2022. At the same time, the results of fundraising in June 2023 exceeded those for January-May by 4.8 times.
The United24 platform has raised the largest amount of donations for the first half of the year, namely UAH 5.54 billion ($151.5 million) or 66% of the total amount.
At the same time, Come Back Alive raised UAH 1.81 billion ($49.5 million) (22%), while Serhiy Prytula Foundation’s accounts received about UAH 1 billion ($27.3 million) (12%) in donations.
The vast majority of funds transferred to United24 were assigned to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, namely UAH 4.93 billion ($134.8 million) or 89% of all donations received by this platform.
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The remaining 11%, or UAH 450 million ($12.3 million) and UAH 160 million ($4.3 million), respectively, were raised for medical aid and Ukraine’s reconstruction.
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