EXCLUSIVE: Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is donating more money to help the people of Ukraine.
Hastings, who is now Executive Chairman of the streamer, has donated $2M to White Stork, a veteran-led critical aid and last mile logistics charity.
The charity, which is named after the national bird of Ukraine, will use the funds to purchase anti-drone jamming systems and other types of aid for combat medics along the frontline.
This marks Hasting’s latest donation to help the people of Ukraine; two years ago, he donated $1M for emergency relief to the Razom charity.
It comes as Ukraine signaled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, pending Moscow’s agreement, after talks held in Saudi Arabia. Earlier this week, the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after imposing the measures follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tense meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
White Stork has been operating in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
The anti-drone jamming systems that it will fund essentially work by blasting electromagnetic noise at the radio frequencies that drones, often weaponized first person view drones, use to operate. Each system costs up to $6,000 depending on the bandwidth and frequency spectrum they’re designed to disrupt.
White Stork is also the largest charity provider of individual first aid kits to Ukraine, delivering over 120,000 battlefield first aid kits since the start of the war. It also provides other types of critical aid including demining equipment, kevlar blankets, trench shovels, flame resistant flight suits, and body armor.
“I’m grateful to have Reed’s support in our fight for national survival.” said Alexander Kamyshin, Ukraine’s presidential advisor for strategic affairs.
“The men and women fighting in Ukraine are not professional soldiers. They are civilians who have been thrust into this war for national survival. As veterans, we’ve seen the horrors of war and know how to deliver aid directly to the front. No middlemen, no BS. Reed’s gift to support Ukraine means their survival.” said William McNulty, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who serves as White Stork’s head of mission.
