"Dronations" help Ukraine build UAV fleet for monitoring frontline VIDEO

Ukraine is building an "Army of Drones" to monitor the front lines of its ongoing war against Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's global donation initiative United24 announced the "Army of Drones" project last week alongside the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the country's Ministry of Digital Transformation, Newsweek reports.

The project calls for international donors to provide funds that the Ukrainian military will use to purchase drones, as well as direct "dronations" of unmanned aerial vehicles.

In a tweet on July 5, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation and Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said that around 200 million Ukrainian hryvnia—more than $6.7 million—had already been donated to the project, alongside "dozens" of donated drones. He said that the Ukrainian army had also purchased at least two unmanned "Warmate" systems, drones that can be equipped with high explosives for kamikaze-style attacks.

"First batch of your drones has arrived at the frontline," Fedorov added in a tweet on July 7. "Now they will serve as real soldiers within the world's first Army of Drones. Every such 'dronation' saves lives and gets Ukrainian victory closer."

Ukraine hopes to purchase "200 tactical unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles" that will "constantly monitor the front line and identify the aggressor's positions" as part of the "Army of Drones" project. Donations will also be used to fund maintenance and pilot training.

In addition to the military-grade drones being purchased, the Ukrainian military is accepting "dronations" of commercial drones at warehouses located in the US and Poland. The project is seeking "thousands" of the "simpler drones" for the war effort.

"It doesn't matter if your drone is new or old, it just has to be in working order," reads a call for donations posted to the United24 website, which also specifies that the project is seeking quadcopter drones that meet minimum required parameters.