Just recently, we were delighted with the fundraiser for freezing Kyiv in Poland, and two days ago, the Czechs began theirs. In just over two days, they raised approximately 42 million Czech crowns, a total of approximately 7 million złoty! Bravo, Czech brothers! The organizers make no secret of their inspiration from the Poles. A note of rivalry emerged in online comments – such competition is highly encouraged.
Who is Martin Ondráček, the originator of the collection inspired by the collection in Poland?
He is a journalist born in 1970. He has been helping Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale attack. He is among the founders and most active participants of the organization “Darek pro Putina” (Gift for Putin). This is a perverse name, as the real beneficiary is the Ukrainian army or intelligence. Russians do indeed receive gifts, but not in the form they would prefer. The real founder of the organization, established in May 2022, is Czech entrepreneur Dalibor Dědek. He is one of the wealthiest Czechs, born in 1957 in Jičín.
The Darek pro Putina organization is extremely active on social media. It also has its own website with an online store. There, you can “buy,” or donate, a rifle or a few rounds to the Ukrainian army. Everyone decides for themselves how they want to spend their unusual donation.
They even collected money for a helicopter
Among their greatest successes were fundraising campaigns for a tank, raising 31 million crowns, or over 5 million zloty. Their successful fundraising campaign emboldened them, and they raised 73 million crowns, or 12.5 million zloty, for a Black Hawk attack helicopter. The helicopter was symbolically handed over to President Zelensky by Czech President Petr Pavel in March 2025. Recently, they also raised money for the Flamingo missile, which is manufactured in Ukraine. They named it “Dana 1,” suggesting that it was the first, meaning more would follow. They raised 12.5 million crowns, or just over 2 million zloty.
At the fundraiser in Poland, there’s a palpable sense of enthusiasm that people, overwhelmed by bots and Russian propaganda, as well as a number of useful idiots, are still in the majority and capable of beautiful, generous gestures. Now, the fundraiser in the Czech Republic also shows that this wasn’t a coincidence. There are more people of good will. Even the comments show the fury of the bots and the joy of the fundraisers. On both sides of the border, Poles and Czechs feel as if they’ve broken the shackles imposed on them by Putin. Thanks to both successful fundraisers, we finally feel free.
We are waiting for more countries.
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