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18:05 30 Jan 2023

Lithuania launched €5 million fundraiser for five air defense radars for Ukraine

In Lithuania, a coalition of four initiatives in support of Ukraine started collecting 5 million euros for five modern air defense radars for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This was announced on Twitter by the coordinator of the fundraiser, Andrius Tapinas, Rubryka reports.

According to him, we are talking about modern Israeli-made radars; it is expected to collect at least 5 million euros.

The public initiatives "Blue/Yellow," "Laisvės TV," "1K fondas" and "Stiprūs kartu" ("Stronger together"), as well as the public broadcaster LRT participate participate in the campaign called "RADAROM!" (English: Let's radar!).

Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas also posted a tweet in support of the fundraiser.

As of the middle of January 30, the campaign counter already had more than 460,000 euros.

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In the fall, Andrius Tapinas and his colleagues raised money for three maritime drones for Ukraine, for which they chose expressive names.

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