A campaign backed by the Ukrainian government with the aim of supposedly sending Vladimir Putin to Jupiter has received a whopping $2 million in donations.
The fundraiser is the brainchild of Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, which created the tongue-in-cheek website 'Putina.net' to poke fun at the Russian president amid his invasion of their country, MailOnline reports.
On the website, visitors are invited to donate money that will help Ukraine's government "build a rocket" capable of sending Putin to the far reaches of our solar system.
"Send Putin to Jupiter," the site reads, alongside the tagline "donate to help us build a rocket that will send a bloody dictator far far away," and an animated picture of Putin in a rocket ship.
It also describes Putin as "the one Evil" and explains why he deserves to be launched to Jupiter of all places.
"100 [million] good citizens of the Earth can send the one Evil to Jupiter. Why Jupiter? It is a gas giant and the largest planet in the solar system," the fundraiser reads.
And for anyone doubting whether the campaign really is backed by Ukraine's government, Mykhailo Fedorov - vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation - tweeted a link to the site and a caption endorsing it's message.
"Everyone wants Putin to die. Until this happens, we give Ukrainians and the whole world a unique opportunity: Send Putin to Jupiter. Donate $2.99 for a rocket," he tweeted.
However, Fedorov did concede that for now, money won't go directly to spaceship construction efforts, but will be used to solve more pressing issues in Ukraine. "All funds will be directed to the restoration of the destroyed infrastructure," he wrote.
Should the campaign ever reach its $100 million target and realize its ambition of placing Putin in a rocket, the Russian leader will face a long and lonely journey of around 360 million miles that will take him at least 2 years.
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