Czech president delivers Black Hawk military helicopter to Ukraine purchased from public donations

At the close of his two day visit to Ukraine, Czech President Petr Pavel handed over a Black Hawk military helicopter to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev, which was purchased by public donations from Czech citizens. More than 20,600 donors contributed a total of CZK 72.6 million for the helicopter, according to data on the Gift for Putin website. The initiative uses the money from public collections to buy weapons and other supplies for the Ukrainian army and civilians resisting the Russian occupiers.