Help for Ukrainian Troops From Crowdfunders in Kiev

Jun 30, 2014, 05:10 PM

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In Ukraine, a drone aircraft has been created to assist hard-pressed Ukrainian troops facing pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. What's unusual about it is that the drone has been built privately in Kiev, and was paid for through crowdfunding. They're calling it the People's Drone. And the crowdfunding bit of it is called The People's Project. David Arakhania is an IT executive in Kiev. He set up the crowdfunding site and helped build the drone.