Czechs and Slovaks raise 1 million Euro for evacuation vehicles for Ukraine

The Czech-Slovak public fundraiser Oksana50, aimed at raising money to purchase 50 evacuation vehicles for Ukraine, has already collected EUR 1 million. The Slovak Open Society Foundation, which organises the campaign together with the Czech Foundation for Ukraine, announced today that the target was reached two months ahead of schedule. Thanks to more than 10,000 donors, the symbolic EUR 1 million mark was passed the day before Christmas.

The fundraiser is named after the ambulance Oksana, christened by Ukrainian soldiers. The vehicle has been used, for example, to transport wounded soldiers from the area around the city of Pokrovsk.