Kalush Orchestra onstage with the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 winner's trophy and Ukraine's flag on May 14 in Turin, Italy. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
Ukraine's Eurovision winners, Kalush Orchestra, raised $900,000 for the country's war efforts against Russia's invading forces by auctioning off their trophy, per the BBC.
The big picture: Funds raised will go toward a PD-2 drone system featuring a ground control station and three aircraft, Sky News reports. The Eurovision trophy's winning bidder was WhiteBit, a European cryptocurrency exchange, according to the band's Facebook post Sunday.