"We also launched a fundamentally new state charitable platform – United24 – which allows us to combine the potential of different, completely different societies, non-governmental activity on different continents of the world, efforts of business and the cultural sphere, in order to implement specific projects for the protection and restoration of our state which we really need now," President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said during the opening ceremony of the 2nd international Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
He added that famous people had already become United24 ambassadors, including athletes Andriy Shevchenko and Elina Svitolina, American actor Liev Schreiber.
"We have a new ambassador: Imagine Dragons band. I spoke with them yesterday evening,” Zelensky said.
The President emphasized that United24 online platform had already raised more than UAH 5 billion
On May 17, President Zelensky signed a decree to create the United24 national brand to unite the efforts of international partners in support of Ukraine.
The United24 fundraising platform is a so-called "single window" for donations from charitable organizations, international partners and citizens to support Ukraine, in particular, in the following areas: assistance to the Armed Forces, humanitarian, medical and children assistance, infrastructure restoration, digital and information counteraction to armed aggression.
