United24 is an official fundraiser with supervision of the government of Ukraine, so that one is probably the most efficient bet that your money will be used for the right cause.
Everything else—case-by-case ) some “write a custom message” fundraisers are legit—I saw the results. Some others are probably scam or even worse—Russian troll farms are infamous for creating copycats and imitations to discredit systems they oppose.
I’d expected that fundraisers would be more common in the Western intellectual sphere if that were the case
You can’t easily buy systems like that as a private person for all kind of different “legal reasons”. And even when you somehow achieve that—every single customs office on the way will give the person trying to bring those to Ukraine all kinds of hell. Weapons are straight out of the way and even systems of “double” use can be problematic. That’s why if we want to see high-tech military grade systems—donating to United24 is the way, all the civil fundraisers can realistically get to the front are glorified quadcopters with a hook.
United24 is an official fundraiser with supervision of the government of Ukraine, so that one is probably the most efficient bet that your money will be used for the right cause. Everything else—case-by-case ) some “write a custom message” fundraisers are legit—I saw the results. Some others are probably scam or even worse—Russian troll farms are infamous for creating copycats and imitations to discredit systems they oppose.
You can’t easily buy systems like that as a private person for all kind of different “legal reasons”. And even when you somehow achieve that—every single customs office on the way will give the person trying to bring those to Ukraine all kinds of hell. Weapons are straight out of the way and even systems of “double” use can be problematic. That’s why if we want to see high-tech military grade systems—donating to United24 is the way, all the civil fundraisers can realistically get to the front are glorified quadcopters with a hook.