Lithuania raises €5m for Israeli air defence radars for Ukraine

Lithuanian residents have been supporting Ukraine since the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion. They raised money for the Bayraktar TB2 strike drone, then bought 6 advanced EOS C VTOL drones, before joining the fundraising for kamikaze drones. Now a coalition of four initiatives to support Ukraine has announced a new collection.

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According to the journalist and collection coordinator Andrius Tapinas on Twitter, Lithuania wants to buy and transfer 5 modern Israeli-made air defence radars to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They expect to raise at least 5m euros for them.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas also supported the collection.

In first 12 hours, organisers managed to raise more than 720 thousand EUR, another 100 thousand EUR were donated by a local commercial company.