Ukraine's secret weapon in its battle against Russia: crowdfunding

Courtesy of Dimko Zhluktenko; Courtesy of Dzyga's Paw; Courtesy of Diana Kulyk; Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade via AP; Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

On April 27, 2023, Diana Kulyk's father told her he was leaving the next day to start training to fight Russia. She was filled with dread but knew she needed to act. Her hands shaking, Kulyk, a 24-year-old only child, tried to type the perfect tweet that would convince her roughly 20,000 followers to donate more than $3,000 for equipment that would help keep her father alive.