Latvian volunteers collected approximately $219,000 in donations to purchase aid for Ukraine’s National Guard Azov brigade, reports LSM.lv.
The aid package, set to be delivered in October, includes over 100 Latvian-made FPV drones, ration packs, two off-road vehicles, and nine powerful generators.
“People feel that they have not been left alone in this war and in this struggle,” said Guntars Jansons, a representative of Support AZOV Latvia, the organization coordinating the aid effort.
Support AZOV Latvia maintains constant communication with Ukrainian military personnel. The volunteers note that they continue to raise funds for the Azov fighters on the crowdfunding site Ziedot.lv until mid-October.
The Latvian Ministry of Defense announced last month that it would transfer CVR(T) armored reconnaissance vehicles to Ukraine, which Latvia had previously purchased from Britain.
Latvia also would provide Ukraine with hundreds of units of computer equipment, as well as specialized clothing, binoculars, and other equipment for the Defense Forces.
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