United24 () is a Ukrainian government-run platform launched on 5 May 2022 to raise money for

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

in the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

History

On 3 May 2022, the

Prime Minister of Ukraine The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...

Denys Shmyhal Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal ( uk, Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2020. Prior to his appointment as prime m ...

announced that a platform for fundraising in support of Ukraine would be launched soon: On 5 May 2022,

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

announced the launch of the United24 initiative, the first component of which is an online platform to raise funds to support the state. The funds raised are distributed in three areas: defense and

demining Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By contra ...

, humanitarian and medical assistance, and reconstruction of Ukraine. All funds are transferred to the accounts of the

National Bank of Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine ( uk, Національний банк України) or NBU ( uk, НБУ) is the central bank of Ukraine – a government body responsible for unified state policy in the field of country's monetary circulation, includ ...

and assigned to the relevant ministries: the

Ministry of Defense {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

, the Ministry of Healthcare, and the Ministry of Infrastructure. The reports on the platform are updated daily. In July 2022, United24 announced that it had raised US$166 million in donations since the creation of the initiative. By May 2023, the platform had raised over US$325 million. FC Shakhtar partnered with United24 for "Pitch in for Ukraine" initiative in August 2022. President Zelenskyy met with the project's ambassadors in August to discuss the creation of a new youth program for United24.

Ambassadors

Examples of good works undertaken from funds supplied by United24

In October 2023 United24 completed their 19th bridge rebuild, with a bridge in the

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast ( uk, Микола́ївська о́бласть, translit=Mykoláyivsʹka óblastʹ, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna ( uk, Микола́ївщина, Mykoláivshchyna, ) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administra ...

across the

Inhulets The Inhulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of 557 km and a drainage basin of 14,460 km². The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the wes ...

river. This bridge was undertaken with assistance from donor AWT Bavaria and servicemen of the State Special Transport Service. United24 have funded medical related goods including Gurkha armored ambulances, 13 have been ordered by United24. Also in October United24 was undertaking the rebuild of 18 apartment blocks in Kyiv, using a 3D modelling system to provide donors with information on the rebuilding works. Rebuilding schools, including one in Marianivka, Kyiv Oblast.

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History

Ambassadors

Examples of good works undertaken from funds supplied by United24

See also

References