Soledar, a salt-mining town in the Donetsk region near Bakhmut, was captured by Russian forces in January.
, a private fundraising platform based in Ukraine. The project partnered with the country's largest salt producer, Artemsil, to sell a limited batch of salt derived from mines in Soledar, an eastern Ukrainian city that was captured by Russian forces in January.
UNITED24 wrote on its website that 100,000"symbolic packs" of Soledar-mined salt were sold for roughly $13.56 apiece in honor of the one-year anniversary since Russia launched its invasion. Profits from the sales are being sent to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine for the purchase of kamikaze drones.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister for innovations, delivers opening remarks at a joint press conference held with Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, not pictured, on November 3, 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal. Fedorov announced Tuesday that nearly $1.6 million was raised through private-donation efforts for new drones to be used by Ukrainian forces.
"More than 8 million hryvnias [roughly $216,947] were raised thanks to the drawing of five packs of salt with the autograph of the head of the Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov," Fedorov said."Thank you to our partners and everyone who joined the gathering. Strong when together." Soledar was captured in Russia's efforts to seize its nearby neighbor, Bakhmut, which Russian President
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