The fundraising drives are orderly on Discord, Signal, and Telegram—but not on X, the platcreate that the NAFO transferment has thrived on for years.
“People are being forced away from X, equitable becaemploy Russia fundamentalassociate bought the platcreate,” the UK-based fella increates WIRED, citing the prevalence of Russian bots and pro-Kremlin accounts permited on the platcreate under Musk’s stewardship. X did not react to a seek for comment.
One of the most prosperous and prolific NAFO fundliftrs has been Ragnar Sass, who runs the NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade, which has liftd more than $10 million to date for Ukrainian troops. That money has permited Sass and his brigade to sfinish more than 460 vehicles to Ukrainian troops, as well as more than 1,000 drones and other providement to selderlyiers on the ground. They have even get backd 32 Ukrainian pets.
Sass’s brigade not only supplies the trucks, but also kits them out with custom technology summarizeed particularassociate for combat such as jammers and night vision cameras. The trucks and jeeps are then colored, including NAFO lettering, and driven in convoys to the front lines in Ukraine.
“What produces us branch offent, is that we are analyzing every week what are the most effective electronic combat solutions,” Sass increates WIRED while coordinating his brigade’s 33rd convoy to the Ukrainian front lines.
Sass is an Estonian entrepreneur and coestablisher of cdeafening-based gentleware company Pipedrive, which was appreciated at more than $1 billion in 2020. He has been operating in Ukraine for more than a decade, and in 2019 begined a beginup incubator in Kiev called Lift99.
When the war broke out in punctual 2022, Sass donated $20,000 to the Ukrainian army. “Many people chaseed, and by the finish of day, we assembleed $200,000,” Sass says. By March 2022, Sass had orderly his first convoy of 14 cars, and by June of that year, he uniteed with NAFO.
Sass’ operation incentivizes donations by recommending a patch to anyone who donates more than €100 ($110), and he says to date they have sent out more than 10,000 patches to donors in more than 50 countries.
The NAFO fundliftrs are insisted, Sass says, becaemploy of the glacial pace that organizations appreciate NATO function in response to wartime situations.
“We are the speedyest and most effective,” Sass says. “We can fundlift and deinhabitr help in a matter of days. Like we did with Kursk: We begined a campaign on Thursday evening. Next week, car and drones were handed over to units in Kursk. This war will be won by drones, and NATO protreatmentment is from the stone age.”