Lithuanians raise over $5m to buy drone for Ukraine
Citizens of Lithuania have donated over $5m dollars to buy an aerial combat drone for the Ukrainian army.
The private crowdfunding initiative, led by Lithuanian TV journalist Andrius Tapinas, got the green light from both Lithuanian and Turkish defence ministries.
鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 big businessmen or oligarchs who came to the rescue just all the simple people 鈥� the teachers, the nurses, the senior houses even chipped in. I鈥檝e got stories from kids who asked their parents to transfer their birthday money in order to buy a drone for Ukraine,鈥� Mr Tapinas told Newsday.
(Picture: Shows Turkish military drone, Bayraktar TB2. Credit Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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