A message posted yesterday on an official twitter account of the government of Ukraine calls for cryptocurrency donations:
Stand with the Ukrainian people. We are now accepting cryptocurrency donations: Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.
BTC – 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P
ETH and USDT (ERC-20) – 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14
Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.
BTC – 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P
ETH and USDT (ERC-20) – 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 26, 2022
Different personalities confirmed the authenticity of the message, including Justin Sun , Vitalik Buterin and Mykhailo Fedorov , Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, who, moreover, opened a Telegram thread providing hackers around the world with a list of targets to hack, as well as a list of Russian propaganda accounts and media for massive reporting .
At the time of reporting this article, donation addresses have already raised almost 60 btc , more than 1700 ether and almost 1 Million USDT.