Tomà¡Å¡ the Tank organisers: “We'll keep helping Ukraine till war endsâ€
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- 17 Oct 2022
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Recently a Czech crowdfunding campaign collected CZK 33 million for a tank for Ukraine named “Tomáš”, making international headlines. This was the brainchild of Gift for Putin (Dárek pro Putina), which uses colourful projects to raise cash to help Ukraine repel the Russians. Jan Polák is the group’s spokesperson.
“It started when the Russians attacked Ukraine and [Czech billionaire] Dalibor DÄ›dek, who is the founder of our organisation, wanted to help Ukraine with a no-fly zone.
“Because he wanted to enable civilians to leave towns that were bombed and shelled by the Russian army.
“This did not work out. NATO did not agree on setting a no-fly zone above Ukraine.
“So Mr. DÄ›dek decided to donate CZK 50 million to the Ukrainian Embassy, to the account that supports the Ukrainian army.
“Based on this donation, he was invited to the Ukrainian Embassy. There were some other big donors there, they talked to each other and they realised that they would like to start a crowdfunding campaign.
“Then Mr. DÄ›dek took it as his personal quest and he decided that he would do it himself.
“That’s how we started a fake e-shop, Gift for Putin, and this fake shop is supposed to show people how much it is to fight for freedom and how much the war is, and they can donate money there.” Read More...
