Written in 2015 …
In a David versus Goliath-like battle, Ukrainian forces look to private companies and crowdfunded volunteer organisations to develop defence software and drone hardware in their fight against Russia
Ukrainian volunteers practice drone operations, not far from Kiev, before being sent to the eastern-Ukrainian conflict zone for aerial researching.
Photograph: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA
Christian Borys
Fri 24 Apr 2015 12.32 BST
Written in 2015 ….
While the world watched, Russia snatched away part of a sovereign state, and then did it again. The west’s only response, despite commitments legalised in the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances of 1994, was to slap sanctions on Russia – sanctions that President Putin recently claimed only served to strengthen the Russian Federation.
With little real help coming their way, the Ukrainian people have bound together to stand up to the Russian empire, in a David versus Goliath-like fight. Though a poor citizenry, Ukrainians are finding a way to crowdfund for their troops, supplying them with desperately needed body armour, weapons, machinery – and, perhaps most importantly, drones.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/crowdfunding-war-ukraines-diy-drone-makers