Lithuanians raise $250,000 for naval drone for Ukraine – Fedorov

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"We have another naval drone! Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas and the pele of Lithuania clected 250,000 dlars. They will be transferred through UNITED24," Fedorov wrote, adding that the Lithuanian friends of Ukraine will choose a name for the drone themselves.

He thanked Lithuania for the support and recalled that donations for drone boats are received at this link.

A fundraising campaign for the world's first Ukrainian fleet of naval drones began on the United24 fundraising platform on November 11.

The money for the first such drone was clected in less than an hour – it was called "Kherson."

A drone boat is a unique and classified Ukrainian develment. One such drone costs UAH 10 million. The price includes a drone equipped with an autilot system, video subsystems, including night vision systems, special communications protected from the influence of hostile electronic warfare equipment, backup communication modules and a warhead, as well as a ground-based autonomous contr station, transportation and storage systems, and a data center.

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