1+1 Media, the Come Back Alive Foundation, and the Ukrainian Premier League raised UAH 48,000,000 as part of the Aerial Reconnaissance League 3.0 project.

Thanks to the charitable contributions of Ukrainians and caring businesses, we raised UAH 48,000,000. All the funds raised will be used to purchase 16 specially equipped mobile control centers for unmanned aerial systems. 

"We are grateful to all Ukrainians, partners, and responsible businesses who helped us achieve the project's ambitious goal. Once again, this and all previous fundraisers confirm that we can do anything together. We are pleased that a new batch of mobile units will go to the military to help in the fight against the enemy," comments Danylo Shchestyuk, Head of Digital Projects at 1+1 Media. 

Thus, LUN and RIEL real estate corporation made significant contributions to the project, jointly launching the Square for a Donation raffle, which brought the project more than UAH 21,000,000. The initiative was also supported by, among others, the Humanitarian Post of Ukraine (UAH 3,000,000), ARX Insurance Company (UAH 3,000,000), Kurazh Festival (UAH 3,000,000), Radio NV (UAH 507,000), Cons on B$ Business Club (UAH 500,000), and IDEALIST (UAH 113,000). 

"Mobile UAV control centers increase the efficiency of aerial reconnaissance. The need for such vehicles is measured in hundreds. The Foundation's specialists developed them following the military's requests. The vehicles have monitors, power supplies, heating, and air conditioning systems. This will allow the soldiers who conduct reconnaissance, detect and adjust fire day and night, in cold or hot weather, to perform tasks in a relatively safe place with maximum comfort. The mobile units are versatile and can work with various UAVs: "Leleka, Furia, Shark, etc. This is important because units often work with the means available at a particular moment," says Oleh Karpenko, Deputy Director of the Come Back Alive Foundation.

The fundraising occurred during the Ukrainian Premier League football matches, which lasted from February 23 to May 25, 2024. They were broadcast on UPL TV, 1+1 media resources—2+2 and UNIAN TV channels, and the FootballHub sports digital project.

“It was an honor for the Ukrainian Premier League to join the Come Back Alive Foundation projects. We are deeply grateful to Ukrainian fans for their active involvement in such an important initiative and to Ukrainian businesses and philanthropists who made it possible to complete this fundraising. This proves once again that our strength is in unity. We hope that the comfortable UAV mobile control centers will help our men and women at the frontline to perform their hard and crucial work more efficiently and safely,” said Yevhen Dykyi, President of UPL.

As a reminder, in December 2023, the Come Back Alive Foundation for Competent Assistance to the Army handed over five mobile UAV control centers and ten Leleka-100 UAVs to the Army as part of the Aerial Reconnaissance League and Aerial Reconnaissance League 2.0 joint projects with 1+1 Media.