Ukraine is supported in the war unleashed by Russia not only at the level of the states of the civilized world, but also private individuals – representatives of public space and people who have billions of fortunes – write news and analyses. the Slovo i Dilo portal, which is broadcast by Rador.

Among these supporters of Ukraine is not only the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, who recently angered Ukrainians with his “peace plan”, but also Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

MicrosoftFor example, the company, one of the founders of which is Bill Gates, allocated more than 242 million dollars to support Ukraine, including 90 million dollars for humanitarian aid. In addition, Microsoft is working with the United Nations to share information about the damage caused by the war in Ukraine.

Amazonthe company of American billionaire Jeff Bezos announced at the end of August that it would provide Ukrainian startups with support of almost a million dollars for the use of cloud technologies.

Also, according to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, Amazon suspended for one year the commissions charged to Ukrainian entrepreneurs.

Google Companyfounded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, provided Ukraine with $15 million in aid, as well as direct grants and advertising credits.

And the former director of the company, Eric Schmidt, visited Kyiv, where together with the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, he discussed “technological solutions that could help Ukraine accelerate the liberation of territories and return to a safe and peaceful life.”

It was also in Ukraine Howard Buffett, the American billionaire traveled to the Rivne region, where he met with local farmers.

Earlier, the businessman’s charitable organization donated 2.7 million dollars for the purchase of buses for the needs of the territorial defense forces, as well as almost 400 first-aid kits for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The founder of the corporation Virgin Group, British Richard Branson also visited Ukraine. He was in Gostomel, Kyiv region, where he promised the authorities that he would help build a new Mriya plane, destroyed during the Russian occupation.

French conglomerate LVMH (which includes Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Kenzo, Chaumet, Moet & Chandon and Hennessy) led by Bernard Arnault donated five million euros to the Red Cross to help victims of war, and Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, who owns Rakuten Viber, donated 8, 7 million dollars to Ukraine.