Signmyrocket.com
Signmyrocket.com is a crowdfunding website that offers people to pay to have their messages written on ammunition and equipment used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. For a donation ranging from $40 to thousands of dollars, Ukrainian soldiers write a message with permanent marker on ammunition and send the customer a photo or a video of the shell being fired at the Russian Armed Forces. The donations are sent to the Centre for Assistance to the Army, Veterans and Their Families, which buys equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4]
The crowdfunding platform began in May 2022 on a Telegram channel created by Ukrainian IT student Anton Sokolenko. In July 2022, his partner Ivan Kolesnyk and WebDeal Digital Agency, created a website for crowdfunding platform to facilitate access for international customers, optimize most processes and scale the project to new level.[2] In January 2023, Sokolenko stated that the largest ammunition sales are from the United States with Finland in second place.[5]
As of 8 December 2022[update], the website has raised over $750,000 and purchased 77 cars, 55 drones and 27 Starlink terminals.[6]
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[edit]- ^ Bubola, Emma (22 August 2022). "People are paying to have personal messages painted on Ukrainian artillery shells". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ a b Donelly, Beau (21 August 2022). "To Russia without love: a message on a rocket". The Times. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Bell, Stewart (22 August 2022). "'From Canada with love': Canadians are paying to write messages on Ukrainian rockets". Global News. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Gault, Matthew (13 June 2022). "Ukrainians Will Write Your Message on Munitions Aimed at Russians for Donations". Vice. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "YLE: Finns have spent €140,000 to ink messages on rockets fired at Russian soldiers". 11 January 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "SignMyRocket.com Artillery Mailing". 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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