“I had a dream that I was helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” Nine-year-old Myron collects donations by playing chess.
September 8, 2024
“I had a dream that I was helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” Nine-year-old Myron collects donations by playing chess.
by Lysychka-
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At 10 a.m. in Nikopol, 9-year-old chess player Myron Shvydkyi takes his usual spot near a shop and sets up the chess pieces. Next to him, he places a donation box. Despite daily russian shelling, the boy plays chess with nearby pedestrians. He says that if he wins a game, the opponent has to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“The idea didn’t just come to me; I had a dream where I was collecting money for the military. We are liberating our land. Here you have to think. There, you have to think not just one move ahead but 2, 3, 4 moves ahead,” says Myron.
He says that the 30,000 hryvnias he raised then were donated to charitable foundations. This summer, he decided to buy a drone. So far, he has collected a quarter of the needed 200,000 hryvnias.
“This is a night drone, and it can fly even further than Moscow. And very, very high. I don’t plan to stop until I collect enough for this drone,” he explained.
Myron holds the highest chess rank among children, so beating him is not easy. A local resident, Oleksandr, tried but lost. He says he works in a nearby shop and sees the boy here every day.
Some local residents help Myron collect money without playing chess, like Hanna from Nikopol, who says she simply doesn’t have time to play.
“I want to help the army. Drones are always needed by our troops,” she noted.
Myron will continue collecting money for the military until the war ends.
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At 10 a.m. in Nikopol, 9-year-old chess player Myron Shvydkyi takes his usual spot near a shop and sets up the chess pieces. Next to him, he places a donation box. Despite daily russian shelling, the boy plays chess with nearby pedestrians. He says that if he wins a game, the opponent has to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“The idea didn’t just come to me; I had a dream where I was collecting money for the military. We are liberating our land. Here you have to think. There, you have to think not just one move ahead but 2, 3, 4 moves ahead,” says Myron.
He says that the 30,000 hryvnias he raised then were donated to charitable foundations. This summer, he decided to buy a drone. So far, he has collected a quarter of the needed 200,000 hryvnias.
“This is a night drone, and it can fly even further than Moscow. And very, very high. I don’t plan to stop until I collect enough for this drone,” he explained.
Myron holds the highest chess rank among children, so beating him is not easy. A local resident, Oleksandr, tried but lost. He says he works in a nearby shop and sees the boy here every day.
Some local residents help Myron collect money without playing chess, like Hanna from Nikopol, who says she simply doesn’t have time to play.
“I want to help the army. Drones are always needed by our troops,” she noted.
Myron will continue collecting money for the military until the war ends.
source:
[https://suspilne.media/amp/dnipro/819417-meni-nasnivsa-son-so-a-dopomagau-zsu-9-ricnij-miron-z-nikopola-zbirae-donati-grou-v-sahi/](https://suspilne.media/amp/dnipro/819417-meni-nasnivsa-son-so-a-dopomagau-zsu-9-ricnij-miron-z-nikopola-zbirae-donati-grou-v-sahi/)
Awesome!
Reminds me of 10 year old Valeriya playing checkers with people on the streets of Kyiv.
https://x.com/DMokryk/status/1546827484129366018
I wish Myron the best for the future, and that he can grow up in the country he loves, with the pest gone. 💙💛
Hero
HERO
Kids will save this world while old men to destroy it