Thousands of saved lives of defenders in exchange for a Porsche
Saving the lives of our defenders is worth everything! That's what Maksym Bakhmatov, the head of the NGO Transformation Office, decided and raffled off his own Porsche car for a donation!
The dobro.ua platform and Tata Kepler's Birds project were happy to become partners in the fundraising to provide tactical medicine for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, doctors and nurses who work and save lives in the field!
‘I am exchanging my own car and comfort for the real lives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. I am not an oligarch and I do not have many cars. I am a normal person. I work hard. I have one car. I don't know if I'm over the midlife crisis, but I'm ready to give Porsche as a gift. It's important for me to tell my grandchildren this story after the victory. Grandpa raffled off the Porsche to help the Armed Forces. That's great! I'm doing a transparent collection, so all the reports are on dobro.ua,’ Bakhmatov said at the beginning of the collection.
At the end of the training camp, Maxim Bakhmatov said: ‘Why am I doing this? Because when the war is over, everyone will be great. Everyone will remember who did what during the war, and Maxim Isanovich will remember that he once had a Porsche, he gave it away and saved five thousand people together with dobro.ua and the Birds. And these feelings, you can never buy them for anything.’
We managed to raise UAH 5 400 000 for tactical medicine for the defenders of Ukraine!
In total, Maxim Bakhmatov's charity drive lasted 173 days and raised UAH 6,700,000. Part of the amount raised was used to pay taxes on car donations, duties and taxes, and to support the activities of the Transformation Office NGO.
Who will receive the aid:
This amount of tactical equipment will help save about 5,000 lives (almost five battalions) and will be sent to (or already in) the following units soon:
-Azov Regiment;
-The 3rd separate assault brigade (3rd Separate Assault Brigade)
-Kraken separate reconnaissance and sabotage unit;
-108th separate mechanised battalion Da Vinci Wolves;
-Special counterintelligence unit;
-Special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate;
-The 3rd Border Guard Detachment named after the Hero of Ukraine Yevhen Pikus, Border Guard Service Division;
-72nd separate mechanised brigade named after the Black Cossacks;
-other military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What was purchased and why it is important:
1. IT Clamp wound clamp is a bleeding control device with proven effectiveness that stops bleeding immediately, is safe and easy to use (IT Clamp, USA) - 400 units.
2. Israeli bandages 4’ - a haemostatic bandage that is actively used in para-medicine, emergency care, it helps to quickly eliminate bleeding in case of gunshot or mechanical injuries (SafeGuard Medical, Israel) - 1050 units.
3. Israeli 6’ bandages (SafeGuard Medical, Israel) - 1000 units.
4. Israeli abdominal bandages 8’ (SafeGuard Medical, Israel) - 500 items.
5. HYFIN Ventilated Occlusive Stickers, double pack is a sticker with an adhesive backing used for chest wounds. The sticker has a high adhesive base, due to which it is attached to the affected area and prevents air from entering the wound, preventing the development of pneumothorax (HyFin, USA) - 3000 units.
6. Xstat12 dressing haemostatic device is a haemostatic device for the treatment of gunshot and shrapnel wounds. The XSTAT works by inserting small, rapidly expanding sponges into the wound cavity using a syringe-like applicator (xStat, USA) - 500 units.
7. A survival blanket from Bundeswehr is a blanket designed to reduce heat loss or overheating of the human body in an emergency, usually made of metallised film. (Bundeswehr, Germany) - 1000 units.
8. Eye protection is a protective aluminium plate with an anatomically curved plastic and lightweight perforated metal shield. This shield is always applied to the eye after an injury or after surgery (Eye Shield, North American Resque, USA) - 1000 units.
9. Container for tablets (China) - 1000 units.
Everything on this list is critically necessary to save the military who are injured at the front.
‘All the philanthropists who joined the Maxim Bakhmatov collection, the dobro.ua platform and Tata Kepler's Birds project have become saviours for thousands of our soldiers who are injured while defending us from the enemy. Together with the Tata Kepler team, we have provided the military with the highest quality tactical medicine.’ - Iryna Hutsal, Director of dobro.ua.
Watch a detailed video report on how the charity funds were used and what exactly was purchased from the tactical medicine equipment.
Panamera Bakhmatov's TURBO Porsche for donating to the Armed Forces
