The register of volunteers in numbers: Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kyiv region are leaders
5 December 13:07
Ukrainians are stepping up their support for the army and war victims: the official register of volunteers grew significantly in 2024, but the scale of unofficial collections is even larger. This is reported by Opendatabot, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
According to the State Tax Service, as of the end of November 2024, 10,454 people were included in the register of volunteers. This is 3.5 thousand more than at the beginning of the year, which indicates a 1.5-fold increase. However, the growth rate this year has slowed down somewhat compared to previous years.
On average, 310 people were added to the Register every month. Most new volunteers were added to the lists in January and May: 548 and 533, respectively.
Where most volunteers are registered
Most volunteers are registered in Kyiv – 1.6 thousand (15.6% of the total).
The second place is occupied by Kharkiv region, a frontline region, where 951 volunteers (9.1%) are registered. Kyiv region is third with 896 people (8.6%).
The largest increase this year was observed in Rivne and Zaporizhzhia regions, where the number of volunteers increased by 1.8 times.
202 people have been excluded from the Register since the start of the full-scale campaign. The vast majority of exclusions occurred this year – 127 people. Almost all volunteers in 2024 left the list upon application for exclusion, and only one person was excluded due to death or missing.
Meetings outside of registration
However, official statistics are only part of the real picture. The majority of Ukrainians help the army informally, using modern fundraising platforms. For example, this year, Ukrainians have transferred almost 40 billion hryvnias to volunteer banks at Monobank. This is 1.4 times more than in 2023.
“115 thousand people open volunteer banks every month,” the think tank reports. Moreover, not only volunteers but also the military themselves raise funds, which makes it difficult to analyze the categories of participants.
