Well-known Lithuanian journalist and TV presenter Andrius Tapinas raised 5 million euros to purchase the Turkish Bayraktar drone for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The video of the special broadcast with the end of the crowdfunding campaign was published on the YouTube channel of the Lithuanian TV channel LaisvesTV.

On Wednesday, May 25, Andrius Tapinas on his Facebook announced the start of fundraising for a drone. “The Ministries of Defense of Lithuania and Turkey gave the green light, the manufacturer said yes”. And now in my head one word sounds - Bayraktar, ”he wrote..

By the beginning of the fundraising there were already 62 thousand. euros from the remaining from the previous campaigns of the channel LaisvesTV. Andrius Tapinas expected to collect the rest of the money in 3 weeks. But already on the evening of May 28, 5 million 74 thousand were collected on a special fundraising account.. Euro.

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Recall that the participants of the International High-Level Donor Conference in Warsaw, organized in support of Ukraine, raised $6.5 billion for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.