🚲 The E-Bike Is Already Helping Our Defenders!

Friends, we’re finally able to share the full report on our fundraiser for an e-bike for our fellow community member, Dmytro Ostapenko, and his brothers-in-arms from the 1st Battalion of the 114th Territorial Defense Brigade, the Company of Strike Unmanned Aerial Systems.

 The team is carrying out combat missions on the Kostiantynivka front.

The fundraiser ran from June 30 to July 14, 2026.

Thanks to your support, we raised UAH 39,925. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed through donations, raffles, charity fairs, and auctions!

 The funds were raised through:
 UAH 10,500 — a raffle for a hand-painted shell casing donated by Anastasiia Lozenko and re-donated for the raffle by Oksana Zinchenko;
 UAH 9,300 — a raffle for two beaded basket bows for religious celebrations, donated by Nataliia Zherzherunova;
 UAH 12,560 and €10 — the 110th charity fair, organized together with Serhii Kostin and Olena Kostina;
 UAH 1, 180 — participants of the 172nd charity auction;
 UAH 1,040 — participants of the 173rd charity auction held on Facebook;
 UAH 5,000 — a generous donation from Oksana Ostapenko;
 UAH 3,500 — a generous donation from Ms. Maia without participating in the raffle;
 UAH 5,000 — a generous donation from Ihor Skvortsov;
 UAH 2,000 — donations from people who wished to remain anonymous;
 UAH 2,000 — a generous donation from Olena Popovych.

 How We Managed to Purchase the E-Bike

After the fundraiser ended, we ran into an unexpected problem: an e-bike with the required specifications was out of stock everywhere.

We found the right model on only one website, but at a much higher price. Since the team needed the bike as soon as possible, they covered the difference themselves, and the order was placed.

However, after the payment was made, the seller informed us that the model was actually unavailable. We had to wait for the refund and start the search all over again. It took a lot of time, effort, and patience.

Eventually, we managed to contact the manufacturer directly, who assembled an e-bike with the required specifications.

And now it has finally arrived and is already helping our defenders!

 Summary:
 E-bike cost: UAH 42,490;
 Transaction fee: UAH 3;
 Amount raised: UAH 39,925;
 The remaining amount and delivery costs were covered by the team themselves.

Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser and helped purchase this much-needed vehicle. May the e-bike serve reliably and help our defenders carry out their combat missions.

Our sincere gratitude to Dmytro and his brothers-in-arms for defending Ukraine!