We knew he was a fashion icon. We just knew it. There are new reports that say a fleece jacket worn and signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sold for £90,000, or around $111,000, at a fundraiser for Ukraine in London. Here’s what you need to know.
“Today, the whole word looks up to a man wearing a simple fleece jacket,” the Ukrainian Embassy to the United Kingdom said in a video posted on Twitter that included footage of Zelensky wearing the jacket. “And now the iconic item, personally signed by President Zelensky, is here.”
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s Fleece Jacket Sells For $100,000 At Fundraiser
Downing Street has announced that the charity auction’s predominant objective was to help raise necessary and life-saving funds to aid with humanitarian efforts following the Russian invasion. During the event, Boris Johnson said: “Whether you are bidding for Volodymyr’s fleece – a snip at £50,000, I want much higher bids than that, or you are bidding for a tour of Kyiv with Mayor Klitschko, I have had a tour of Kyiv with Mayor Klitschko, it’s a beautiful city. Well worth it, dig deep.”
“Support Ukraine tonight my friends so that great ancient European capital Kyiv can never be threatened again, and that Ukraine can be whole and free once more,” he added.
The United Nations has confirmed 3,309 civilian deaths, including at least 234 children, in Ukraine since Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor in February. The agency also reported 3,493 civilian injuries in the conflict so far. Russia has justified its offensive in Ukraine, launched on February 24, as a “special operation” to “demilitarize” and “de-nazify” its neighbor, a former Soviet republic which declared independence in 1991.
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