Come Back Alive Foundation invests more than 2 billion hryvnias in the counteroffensive

3 July, 2023 Ukrainian military. Photo credits: Anatolii Haevskyi, Come Back Alive Foundation The Come Back Alive Foundation has invested significant funds in support of the summer offensive campaign of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

For this, more than UAH 2 billion, transferred by people and businesses to the general accounts of the organization, were spent. This was reported by the press service of the foundation on July 3. In total, for 97 days from February 1 to May 9, 2023, the Come Back Alive Foundation contracted and purchased assistance for the Defense Forces of Ukraine for UAH 2,088,602,607.92.

"For a certain period, we accumulated resources in order to invest it as much as possible at a decisive moment. And we did it, - comments Taras Chmut, head of the Come Back Alive Foundation. He added that every hryvnia of those more than 2 billion was regular donations that people and businesses had sent to the fund's accounts outside the projects.

"This gave us the opportunity, in particular, to contract weapons and pickups abroad, to purchase optics, communication equipment and copters, equipment for demining and control points -- all the things without which offensive actions and the liberation of our territories are impossible," the head of the Foundation emphasized. Weapons became the largest item of expenditure during the preparation for the counteroffensive.

A machine gun for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Come Back Alive Foundation.

April 2023

The charitable foundation said that at present they were helping to liberate the territory of Ukraine, namely:

  • 2,460 units of weapons worth UAH 417,468,492. These are 1,460 7.62 mm machine guns and 1,000 ATGL-L3 anti-tank grenade launchers;
  • 2,542 drones, which were purchased for UAH 335,409,701.96;
  • 11,834 radio for UAH 330,842,257.51;
  • 2,306 units of thermal imaging optics worth UAH 161,167,009.08;
  • 93 new pickup trucks for UAH 118,921,297.62.
A Ukrainian military with an ATGL-L3 grenade launcher, June 2023. A frame from the Come Back Alive Foundation video

In particular, small arms and grenade launchers, which had been purchased by the Come Back Alive Foundation abroad, were distributed among 40 units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine together with the General Staff.

Some of them were formed already after the full-scale Russian invasion. Also, for the summer offensive campaign, the fund purchased and handed over thousands of units of auxiliary equipment to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. It regards kilometers of cable, chargers, tablets, network equipment and much more.

Come Back Alive Foundation trains marksmen, June 2023.

Photo credits: press service of the Foundation

The Come Back Alive Foundation instructors will also train 600 marksmen for the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

The training is held under the Zvirolovy project, providing for the training of soldiers from 10 combat brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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