Following the example of neighboring Lithuania, they are now also collecting People in Latvia money to buy combat drone for Russia-attacked Ukraine. A crowdfunding campaign is starting in the Baltic EU and NATO country, with which the necessary five million euros are to be raised.
The initiative goes back to a Latvian musician and a Ukrainian journalist who want to transfer the drone to Kyiv with the help of the Defense Ministry in Riga. Solidarity with Ukraine is great in Latvia.
At the beginning of June, people in Lithuania had raised the money to buy a Bayraktar drone within a few days. Lithuania has 2.8 million inhabitants. Enthusiastic about the campaign, the Turkish manufacturer Baykar even gave the combat drone to Lithuania free of charge. Shortly thereafter, similar initiatives were started in Poland, Norway and Canada.