President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set up an initiative called UNITED24 to attract donations from around the world, Business Insider reports. Funds raised through the initiative have allowed Ukraine to buy an Armtrac 400 for the Kharkiv region, which is no longer occupied but remains contaminated with mines. The machine was purchased for $491,808.
The Armtrac 400 mine-clearing vehicle is developed and manufactured by Armtrac, based near Cambridge, UK. Robin Swanson, of Armtrac, told Business Insider that Ukraine first expressed an interest in this vehicle in April. It was sent out to Poland in September and was moved to Ukraine earlier this October month. The managing director, Stephen Brown, went to Ukraine to train about seven sapper operators.