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Many thanks to everyone who donated yesterday! The military and the volunteers who are helping them already got significant contributions . One reaction:
"We have got $1200 within 2 hrs, are shocked and already buying headsets, uniform parts etc. We are thankful unlimitedly"
"We have got $1200 within 2 hrs, are shocked and already buying headsets, uniform parts etc. We are thankful unlimitedly"
This help is more important than many presume. Much of the Ukrainian armed forces are essentially the citizen levy, like the territorial defence. For example Borden Markovskyi used to work as a recruitment lead in a software company before the war started linkedin.com/in/bohdan-mark…
You can read his account with google translate. Much of the territorial defence is decentralised acting as the guerrilla troops. They know what equipment/clothes/medicine they need much better than the central command does. You can donate them directly
dou.ua/lenta/intervie…
dou.ua/lenta/intervie…
«Мы попали на самую жёсткую часть войны, когда тебя утюжат тяжёлым оружием и ты со своим автоматом ничего не решаешь». Айтишник — об опыте в ТрО и боях на передовой
Киевлянин Богдан Марковский – Recruitment Lead в LIFTA.SPACE. В первые дни войны Богдан вместе с двумя друзьями записались сначала в ТрО, а затем перевелись в отряд теробороны, который переформировали…
https://dou.ua/lenta/interviews/war-story-of-recruitment-lead/
There's another reason for direct private donations. Many exaggerate how easy it is for Ukraine to get a material support from the Western governments. Consider this misleading statement about the "largely unimpeded support" from the yesterday's article warontherocks.com/2022/05/would-… 
Would We Do Better? Hubris and Validation in Ukraine - War on the Rocks
The hapless Russians are flailing in Ukraine. Their poorly prepared, unprofessional soldiers are incapable of modern combined arms warfare. Even if
https://warontherocks.com/2022/05/would-we-do-better-hubris-and-validation-in-ukraine/
The argument about Ukraine getting the "largely unimpeded materiel support from the West" is misleading, whether intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, this war demonstrated that there is no "West". There are various Western governments with very different policies and agenda
Consider Europe. While the United Kingdom provided quick and well-targeted material support for the Ukrainian armed forces, Germany largely sabotaged it and is still sabotaging, breaking its own promises. See the article: welt.de/politik/auslan…
Waffenlieferung: Trotz Versprechungen liefert Berlin seit neun Wochen kaum Waffen - WELT
Die Bundesregierung soll auch Bitten aus Kiew um leichtere Waffen nicht erfüllt haben. Entsprechende Listen liegen WELT AM SONNTAG vor. Zudem dürften die angekündigten Gepard-Panzer erst später bereit…
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus239047105/Waffenlieferung-Trotz-Versprechungen-liefert-Berlin-seit-neun-Wochen-kaum-Waffen.html
The argument about the supposed United West, providing massive and unimpeded support to Ukraine is wrong because no such West exists in reality. It's cheap propaganda. The war revealed the inner divisions within the West that had previously remained invisible for the public
The private donations to the Ukrainian armed forces are necessary largely because *some* Western governments are not really willing to help. They are not even willing to fulfil their own promises made earlier. That's why individual citizens have to step up
Once again thanks a lot to everyone who donated to the links I posted yesterday (all collected and verified by @sumlenny). In the future I am planning to post more of such threads to collect more help for the armed forces and for the volunteers
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