People's Bayraktar

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Promo poster of the project

People's Bayraktar (Ukrainian: Народний Байрактар) was a fund-raising project for the purchase of three Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was initiated by Ukrainian comic and activist Serhiy Prytula, and blogger Ihor Lachen.[1] The project started on June 22, 2022, on Prytula's birthday. His goal was to collect UAH 500 million (nearly 15 mln USD) for the purchase of three Bayraktars in 7 days. However, by June 24, the raised funds reached UAH 600 million, which allowed them to order four Bayraktars.[2][3]

Also, a fundraising project for the Bayraktar TB2 intended to serve the Ukrainian Armed Forces took place in Lithuania and Poland.[4]

Background[edit]

Stamps with the image of the Bayraktar TB2 from the Post of Lithuania in honor of Lithuanian crowdfunding

Fundraising in Lithuania[edit]

For the first time, fundraising for Bayraktar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine took place in Lithuania. It was announced by Lithuanian TV presenter Andrius Tapinas.[5] This initiative received approval from the defense departments of Lithuania and Turkey. Lithuanians collected more than 5 million euros for this purchase in three days.[6] On June 2, Baykar, the manufacturer of attack drones, announced that it will donate Bayraktar TB2 to the Lithuanian campaign.[6] Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas emphasized that Lithuania will use the collected money to buy the necessary ammunition for the attack drone.[6]

On June 9, the Lithuanian Post Office started selling a stamp with the image of Bayraktar TB2.[7] Half of the money for the purchase of the stamp goes to the accounts of the charity fund "Blue/Yellow" (Lithuanian: Mėlyna ir geltona) for humanitarian aid to Ukraine.[7]

Fundraising[edit]

On June 22, on his birthday, TV presenter and public figure Serhiy Prytula announced an all-Ukrainian fundraising campaign for attack drones Bayraktar TB2. According to him, the "People's Bayraktar" project was being prepared for about a month.[8]

About 300 million hryvnias were collected on the first day.[9] On the third day of fundraising, the planned amount of 500 million was fully collected and exceeded. According to Prytula, as of the evening of June 24, more than UAH 600 million had been collected, which would allow ordering four Bayraktars instead of three.[10]

One of the fundraising slogans was the phrase: every six hryvnias matter.[11]

Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, also commented on the completion of fundraising:

"In just three days, Andrius Tapinas and the people of Lithuania raised €6 million for Bayraktar for Ukraine. The Serhiy Prytula Foundation and the Ukrainian people repeated the challenge and will buy four more "birds". We will win because real people from all over the world are behind us. For the Russian Federation, there is nothing but gloom and emptiness."[12]

International mass media, such as Yahoo,[13] Sky News[14] Politico, TRhaber, etc., actively wrote about the collection of funds for combat drones.

The results[edit]

After the fund-raising was completed, drone manufacturer Baykar announced that it would send three drones to Ukraine, for which Ukrainians raised money, free of charge, on the basis that all the fundraised money be donated to charities helping Ukrainians both in Ukraine and outside (refugees). The condition was accepted.[15]

On June 28, following Lithuania and Ukraine, a fundraising campaign for Bayraktar was launched in Poland, initiated by Polish journalist Sławomir Sierakowski.[16] The fundraising will last 30 days, during which it is necessary to collect 4.5 million złotys. As of June 30, the first million of złotys were collected in Poland.[17]

On July 1, the Baykar manufacturer announced that it is already completing preparations for sending three Bayraktar TB2 to Ukraine as part of the People's Bayraktar project.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Народний Байрактар. Сергій Притула та блогер Лаченков за три дні зібрали 600 млн грн на чотири безпілотники". life.nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ^ "Хотіли три, а вийшло інакше. Чим закінчився народний збір грошей на "Байрактари"". ukraine.segodnya.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ^ "Четвертий не зайвий: українці за три дні перевиконали план по "народним байрактарам" (відео)" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  4. ^ "Народний Байрактар. Акція йде світом". ua.korrespondent.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. ^ Гілка, Артур (23 June 2022). ""У тебе є 3 тижні зібрати 5 млн євро" — литовський журналіст про те, як знайшов гроші на "Байрактар" для України".
  6. ^ a b c "Туреччина подарує Литві "Байрактар" для України. Гроші на нього зібрали за три дні". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  7. ^ a b "Пошта Литви почала продаж марки з "Байрактаром": рекомендують писати листи з нею Шольцу й Макрону". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  8. ^ "Почали "смикати" після прикладу Литви, – Притула про те, як з'явилась ідея купити "Байрактари"". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  9. ^ "Українці за добу зібрали 296 млн грн на купівлю "Байрактарів": як долучитися". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  10. ^ "Українці за три дні назбирали 600 мільйонів на чотири Байрактари замість трьох". Галицький Кореспондент (in Ukrainian). 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  11. ^ "Кожні 6 грн важливі: в Україні стартував проєкт "Народний Байрактар" | The Sumy Post Новини". The Sumy Post (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  12. ^ "Подоляк: Ми переможемо, бо за нами – справжні люди з усього світу, а за Росією – лише морок і порожнеча". gordonua.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  13. ^ "Ukrainians donate almost $10 million in a day to buy Bayraktar drones for army". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  14. ^ "Ukraine news live: Ukrainian troops plan counter offensive in south of country; Zelenskyy says his forces will 'break' Moscow's will". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  15. ^ "В українців не візьмуть 600 мільйонів гривень на Байрактари, а віддадуть три БПЛА безкоштовно". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  16. ^ "У Польщі запустили збір коштів на Bayraktar для ЗСУ". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  17. ^ "Поляки зібрали перший мільйон злотих на "Байрактар" для України". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  18. ^ "У Туреччині вже готуються відправити Україні "народні байрактари" (фото)". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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