The Come Back Alive Competent Army Assistance Fund received the first five thousand kamikaze drones, which were purchased as part of a joint project with United24 and monobank. The fund's press service announced this on their social media.
A total of 235 million hryvnias were collected from August 14 to 17 through the "Operation Unity" project. These funds were used to purchase 10,000 FPV drones and ammunition for them.
"It was important for us not only to buy the drones but also to equip them with combat components so that the military wouldn't have to do it themselves. There's always a risk with homemade explosives that they may not work when needed or may explode unexpectedly," said Taras Chmut, the director of the Come Back Alive Fund.
The FPV drone models and their ammunition have been coordinated with Ukrainian military officials. The drones were manufactured by a foreign company that specializes in drone production.
The production of explosive components for FPV drones is handled by a Ukrainian company. The fund evaluated proposals from several manufacturers and chose the most suitable one.
"We received proposals from several companies and selected the most optimal one. The products are coded and approved for use, with initiation systems, meaning they are safe. They have already undergone a certain level of testing within the military," said the fund's leader.
The drones will be equipped with two types of combat components: armor-piercing cumulative for countering machinery and fragmentation-fragmentation for targeting enemy forces and fortifications.
The received FPV drones will be distributed among dozens of brigades of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, including territorial defense units, as well as special forces of the Security Service of Ukraine, including the personnel of the SSU's Special Operations Center "A."
