British singer Dua Lipa has contributed to a fundraising effort that delivered a pickup truck to Ukraine's First Separate Medical Battalion, the unit announced.
"The probability that Dua Lipa would help to provide a vehicle to our unit might not be high… but it's never be a zero," the battalion said in its statement. The medics added that the vehicle "will help us carry out life-saving missions in the combat zone."
The battalion thanked Dua Lipa, her platform Service95, and the British nonprofit Driving Ukraine, along with individuals Lindsey Carman and Louise Brynteson, describing those involved as "incredible."
How the fundraiser came together
According to the unit, the funds for the pickup truck were raised during an event organised by Service95, the platform founded by Dua Lipa. In March, Service95 backed a charity event in London organised by Driving Ukraine, which was aimed at raising money for vehicles for Ukrainian troops.
Driving Ukraine is a British nonprofit organisation founded by Finn Watt. Since 2022, it has delivered more than 300 vehicles to Ukrainian military units.
The singer comes from a family of ethnic Albanians from Prishtina, Kosovo. Her parents left their homeland in the 1990s and emigrated to London, where Dua was born on 22 August 1995.
In 2017, she released her self-titled debut album, which reached third place in the UK charts. Her second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), topped the UK charts and reached the top three in the US, while its lead single Don't Start Now broke into the top five of the US Billboard Hot 100. Another single from the album, Levitating, went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart for 2021 and received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In 2023, Dua Lipa performed the soundtrack Dance the Night for the film Barbie, in which she also made her acting debut in a cameo role. Her third album, Radical Optimism, was released in 2024 and topped the UK charts. That same year, she was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Over her career, Dua Lipa has received seven Brit Awards, three Grammy Awards (including Best New Artist), two MTV Europe Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music Award. In 2024, Ukrainian director Tanu Muino led the team behind the music video for Dua Lipa's song Illusion.
