A fundraising campaign for the Božena-5 demining machine for Ukraine, which the manufacturer The Way Industries will manufacture and ship by the end of this year, has ended in Slovakia.
This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The money — €650 000 — was collected by the efforts of the volunteer organization Darček pre Putina ("A Gift for Putin") and the association Mier Ukrajine ("Peace in Ukraine"). The Embassy of Ukraine in Slovakia was also involved in the campaign. The collection lasted from May 8 to September 21, 2023. Mier Ukrajine reported that 7 300 donations were received for the car.
The Way Industries has already started assembling Bozena-5. It will also deliver additional equipment to Ukraine and train sappers to work with the machine.
- Bozena-5 machines are already in Ukraine. They are demining the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Their feature is that they are remotely controlled and can clear an area of up to 9 kilometers in an hour. The complex is accompanied by a demining group of five people. Two sappers with metal detectors clean up after the machine, two collect the remains, and the commander drives the machine and monitors the entire process.