{"id":3147,"date":"2025-10-24T08:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T05:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T05:50:46","slug":"cz-volunteers-600k-flamingo-missile-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/cz-volunteers-600k-flamingo-missile-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech volunteers raise more than $600 thousand for Flamingo missile in 48 hours\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"696\">Czech volunteers donate more than $600 thousand for Flamingo missile for the Ukrainian Armed Forces<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"902\">The Czech volunteer initiative \u201cA Gift for Putin\u201d has launched a fundraising campaign to purchase a Flamingo cruise missile for the Ukrainian Armed Forces - and has raised more than <strong data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"879\">600 000 USD<\/strong> only for <strong data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"899\">two days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"1111\">According to the organisers, they expected to raise this amount in a week, but the record-breaking support of the public allowed them to achieve the result in 48 hours - \u00abwhich is a record,\u00bb said a campaign representative.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1116\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1149\">How it works and what it means<\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1712\">\n<li data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1395\">\n<p data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1395\">The initiative announced a fundraiser on its website and social media. The publication states that the missile is manufactured by a Ukrainian manufacturer and can be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the fundraising is completed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1569\">\n<p data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1569\">The name of the rocket within the campaign is <strong data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1443\">\u00abDANA 1\u00bb<\/strong>, The name is in honour of Czech physicist and public figure Dana Dr\u00e1bov\u00e1, who supported Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1712\">\n<p data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1712\">The organisers emphasise that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will decide on the time, place and method of use of the missile.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1717\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1719\" data-end=\"1732\">Context.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"2164\">The Flamingo missile is one of Ukraine's new precision-guided missile systems, which has already been reported to have been used against targets in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.<br data-start=\"1958\" data-end=\"1961\" \/>The Czech fundraising campaign is part of a wider wave of volunteer support for Ukraine: for example, Czech campaigns have previously raised funds for howitzers and drones.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2166\" data-end=\"2169\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2171\" data-end=\"2196\">Significance and implications<\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2718\">\n<li data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2297\">\n<p data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2297\">The speed of collection - in 48 hours - demonstrates a high level of public support and mobilisation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2298\" data-end=\"2417\">\n<p data-start=\"2300\" data-end=\"2417\">The transfer of a missile of this class means that volunteer initiatives can have a real impact on logistics and weapons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2418\" data-end=\"2555\">\n<p data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2555\">From a strategic perspective, the use of Flamingo supports Ukraine's efforts to conduct deep strikes against enemy targets behind the front line.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2718\">\n<p data-start=\"2558\" data-end=\"2718\">At the same time, this reinforces the importance of transparency and accountability in such actions - the issue of controlling the targeted use of funds and equipment becomes critical.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0427\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0434 $600 \u0442\u0438\u0441. \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0443 \u00ab\u0424\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0433\u043e\u00bb \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0417\u0421\u0423 \u0427\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0456\u043d\u0456\u0446\u0456\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0430 \u201c\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0443\u043d\u043e\u043a \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d\u0430\u201d \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u044e \u0437\u0456 \u0437\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0443 \u043a\u043e\u0448\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0431\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0457 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u00ab\u0424\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0433\u043e\u00bb \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0417\u0421\u0423 \u2014 \u0456 \u0437\u0456\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0456\u0436 600 000 \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u0434\u043d\u0456. \u0417\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0432, \u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043e\u0447\u0456\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0456\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0446\u044e \u0441\u0443\u043c\u0443 \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0438\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0448\u0432\u0438\u0434\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u043a\u0430 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":3148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0427\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-3147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}