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Legendary historian Timothy Snyder raised over a million dollars for the APU: where the money will go

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Renowned American historian Timothy Snyder has raised over a million dollars that people have donated to buy the Shaheed Catcher.

Thanks to the collected amount, Ukraine will have more opportunities to shoot down Russian drones. After all, according to the Ministry of Digital Development, they are talking about the most modern defense technologies protecting US strategic facilities.

What is known about the fundraising organized by Snyder

The legendary historian and great friend of Ukraine Timothy Snyder has raised more than $1,268,000 for the “shahid catcher,” said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development.

According to him, 6 such systems are already protecting Ukraine's energy facilities from Russian attacks .

The Minister of Digital Transformation said that thanks to the collection of Timothy Snyder, even more “catchers” will be purchased. However, the minister did not say exactly what the number is.

However, Mikhail Fedorov thanked Timothy Snyder and everyone who contributed to strengthening the energy security of Ukraine.

  • Mikhail Fedorov said that in total, through UNITED24, the “shahid catcher” was donated 11,278 times. According to the minister, even Hillary Clinton and Yuval Noah Harari supported the collection.
  • Already at the end of January 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development said that 6 “Shahid catchers” were purchased for Ukraine, which consist of a complex of radars and signal jamming equipment . This helps to detect and block enemy drones, release their drones.
  • Then Mikhail Fedorov said that the Fortem DroneHunter F700 is an autonomous drone with radar control and artificial intelligence, which flies at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, intercepts and lands enemy drones.
  • They managed to collect 150 million hryvnias on these “shahid catchers”. The fundraiser was organized by monobank, blogger Igor Lachen and the UNITED 24 platform. Read more here.
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