After a quarrel with Trump, Ukrainians collect money for nuclear weapons
The meeting of President Zelanski with Donald Trump and vice president of JD Vance turned into a quarrel. The US President sharply criticized the leader of Ukraine, and his deputy questioned whether Zelanski showed sufficient gratitude for US support.
Ukrainians collect money for nuclear weapons
After the meeting, the Ukrainian banker Oleh Gorochowśki, co -owner of Monobank and FinTech, announced a fundraiser – as he said – « on the nucleus » and gave the account number. Nearly 200,000 were paid for the first half hour. zloty.
And after 13 hours of collection, the account was over PLN 1.3 million, and after a day of over 2.2 million. In total, the money to restore Ukrainian nuclear weapons was paid by over 71 thousand. people from 61 countries, most of the USA and Poland.
Ukraine with a nuclear bomb? « It's just a joke »
Let's remind. In 1991, Ukraine had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, which it got rid of in exchange for security guarantees, recorded in the Budapest Memorandum signed in 1994 by the United States, Russia and Great Britain. Does this mean that he plans to stock up on a nuclear bomb again?
It turns out that the situation got out of control. The banker in an interview with BBC journalists explained that it was just a joke. – Forgive me if I disappointed many people. I don't know how the money that comes to use for atomic weapons, I didn't even plan it – he admitted.
He also noted that he did not coordinate his action in any way with representatives of the authorities. – Currently, there is no nuclear weapon in Ukraine and I cannot be the initiator to appear: it is clear – he emphasized.
And he added that he finally decided that he would transfer the collected money to the purchase of drones.
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Meeting of President Donald Trump with President Volodymyr Zelnski in the oval office.
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Meeting of President Donald Trump with President Volodymyr Zelnski in the oval office.
