Signmyrocket.com
{{Short description|Crowdfunding website for the Armed Forces of Ukraine}}
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Signmyrocket.com is a crowdfunding website that offers people to pay to have their messages written on ammunition and equipment used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. For a donation ranging from $40 to thousands of dollars, Ukrainian soldiers write a message with permanent marker on ammunition and send the customer a photo or a video of the shell being fired at the Russian Armed Forces. The donations are sent to the Centre for Assistance to the Army, Veterans and Their Families, which buys equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/world/europe/ukraine-artillery-shells.html |title=People are paying to have personal messages painted on Ukrainian artillery shells |date=22 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |last=Bubola |first=Emma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826012121/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/world/europe/ukraine-artillery-shells.html |archive-date=26 August 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/to-russia-without-love-a-message-on-a-rocket-ln0rl5kk2 |title=To Russia without love: a message on a rocket |date=21 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=The Times |last=Donelly |first=Beau |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220823165704/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/to-russia-without-love-a-message-on-a-rocket-ln0rl5kk2 |archive-date=23 August 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9073147/from-canada-with-love-canadians-are-paying-to-write-messages-on-ukrainian-rockets/ |title='From Canada with love': Canadians are paying to write messages on Ukrainian rockets |date=22 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=Global News |last=Bell |first=Stewart |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827144123/https://globalnews.ca/news/9073147/from-canada-with-love-canadians-are-paying-to-write-messages-on-ukrainian-rockets/ |archive-date=27 August 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ukrainians-will-write-your-message-on-munitions-aimed-at-russians-for-donations/ |title=Ukrainians Will Write Your Message on Munitions Aimed at Russians for Donations |date=13 June 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=Vice |last=Gault |first=Matthew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824044437/https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axg9j/ukrainians-will-write-your-message-on-munitions-aimed-at-russians-for-donations |archive-date=24 August 2022 |url-status=live}}
The crowdfunding platform began in May 2022 on a Telegram channel created by Ukrainian IT student Anton Sokolenko. In July 2022, his partner Ivan Kolesnyk and WebDeal Digital Agency, created a website for crowdfunding platform to facilitate access for international customers, optimize most processes and scale the project to new level. In January 2023, Sokolenko stated that the largest ammunition sales are from the United States with Finland in second place.{{Cite web |url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/22794-yle-finns-have-spent-140-000-to-ink-messages-on-rockets-fired-at-russian-soldiers.html|title=YLE: Finns have spent €140,000 to ink messages on rockets fired at Russian soldiers|date=2023-01-11 |access-date=2023-05-22}}
{{As of|2025|03|05}}, the website has raised over $1,929,933 and purchased 112 cars, 125 drones, 59 Starlink terminals, 66 communication devices and $500,000 worth of other equipment.{{Cite web |url=https://signmyrocket.com/#our-results-info |title=SignMyRocket.com Artillery Mailing |date=2025-03-05 |access-date=2025-03-05}}
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- {{Official website|https://signmyrocket.com/}}
{{2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
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Category:Reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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