Can we crowd fund Ukraine?

No need to. Plenty of agencies to donate to:

UNICEF
Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders
Voices of Children
Sunflower of Peace
International Committee of the Red Cross
Save the Children
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
CARE

May I add to zenvelo’s excellent list:

International Rescue Organization (irc.org)

Hopefully, anyone who is able, is already donating to aid Ukraine.

You can try but what @zenvelo and @janbb said are the best bet.

Network for Animals is sending food and supplies to help partners rescue, feed and protect dogs and cats in Ukraine.

No. I hope that is eventually outlawed.

How would outlawing it ever be enforced?

@SnipSnip I don’t even know what you mean. Outlaw what?

No.

I think the established charities & relief organizations already recommended by others on this thread are safer and more effective ways of delivering aid directly to those who need it now.

Personally, at this point I’d be wary of any crowdfunding proposal focused on Ukraine. It’s already attracting scammers. Fraudulent organizers set up dozens of phony campaigns for Syrian refugee relief a couple years ago, and cheated donors out of millions. Some of the scammers were in fact Syrian government agents posing as organizers, and they channeled the money into Assad’s war spending.

Not all crowdfunders are suspect and many have reliable track records, but sorting that out is always up to donors themselves. Here’s an FTC summary of the risks:

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/donating-through-crowdfunding-social-media-and-fundraising-platforms

My workplaces are also doing it and matching.

Ryan Reynolds & wife Blake Lively have offered to match donations to Ukraine up to $1 million.

I applaud all humanitarian assistance, but from the looks of the charcoaled Russian columns, the Ukies have used a lot of ammo. They need to buy more.

Ukraine raises $270 million from sale of war bonds to fund army as Russia’s invasion continues

Ukraine government raises over $10 million in cryptocurrency donations

[National Bank of Ukraine] Opens Special Account to Raise Funds for Ukraine’s Armed Forces

@SnipSnip What do you hope is outlawed and why? (won’t answer, I bet)

@smudges I asked them that above and they haven’t answered yet.

I know, just trying to reinforce your question. @HP asked about enforcement, too.

Richard Childress of NASCAR fame has offered to send 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine. Why would we take the chance of some scammer abusing crowd funding when we can get everything to them on the up & up???

For those of us in the UK the Disasters Emergency Committee is coordinating funding for 15 UK charities and the UK government will match donations pound for pound.

£55 million raised in the UK for Ukraine refugees and still going strong.

Mila Kunis, who was born in Ukraine in 1983, has started a fundraiser to support Ukraine.

@Brian1946 I will donate to Mila Kunis.