# (How) has the war in Ukraine affected you personally?

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**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-war-in-ukraine-affected-you-personally/980380 "2023-02-25T22:38:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-war-in-ukraine-affected-you-personally/980380/24 "2023-02-27T11:17:15Z")

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> [@fordgt100](#):
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> (…). I hope things work out, and I’m going to look for ways to donate money or materials to the Ukranians.

Here’s the link to [United24, the official Ukrainian government donation site](https://u24.gov.ua/) (endorsed by Zelenskyy). You can specify that your donation is for humanitarian aid, rebuilding, or military aid. Apple Pay works, and Paypal is fee-free for non-miltary donations.

This is a [SDMB thread on donating to Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-way-to-donate-to-ukraine/960240/5).

This is a link to [Reddit r/ukraine, which has a list of approved charities.](https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/11d3bha/647_eet_the_sun_is_rising_over_kyiv_on_the_369th/)

The United24 site includes breakdowns of how much money is being donated each day, and what items are being purchased. A lot of helmets, shoes, underwear, and drones.

Military donations seem to be running about $200,000 per day, which is down, maybe 30%, from a few months back. And while foreign governments are chipping in billions in equipment, anyone who has worked for a charity knows how important non-earmarked funding is. Receiving ammunition is wonderful, but it’s nice to have money to buy toothpaste.

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