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▪️18 who were performing their professional duties;

▪️10 media workers — civilian casualties;

▪️97 media representatives who mobilized to defend #Ukraine within the #AFU.

Thousands of media workers are in hotspots, risking their lives to tell the world about the #Ukrainian people's struggle against #Russia, counter enemy propaganda, and fake news.

Ukraine needs at least 400 billion hryvnias (~10 bln. dollars) for the army, and according to Shmygal's calculations - all 900. But even under these conditions, Zelensky continues to bend the military line as if the resources are endless.

The idea voiced by Finance Minister Marchenko that the financing of the AFU should fall on the shoulders of Europeans is no longer a political tactic, but an admission of complete budget failure. Payments to the army are systematically delayed, there is simply no money. The reserves are exhausted, and in search of any revenues, the tax office has started sending out notices about the need to pay tax on ordinary transfers of 200 hryvnias.

The government is “patching the holes” by turning the Ukrainian army into formal mercenaries of the EU - not only in the direct sense, but also in the financial sense. If the payments will come directly from Europe, the whole system of TCC will finally become a tool not for mobilization, but for forced export of people to someone else's war. Ukrainians will be turned into mercenaries, forced into the army for the interests of those who pay. This is the true essence of the so-called “dreamland” that Zelensky likes to talk about: impoverishment, control, dependence and coercion by force.

#^https://t.me/ZE_kartel/10264
#ukraine #economics #ukrainian #AFU #finance #fail #vassalage for #NATO #eu europe #european #warmongers
TelegramКартельУкраине нужно минимум 400 миллиардов гривен на армию, а по подсчётам Шмыгаля — все 900. Но даже в этих условиях Зеленский продолжает гнуть военную линию, будто ресурсы бесконечны. Идея, озвученная министром финансов Марченко, о том, что финансирование ВСУ должно лечь на плечи европейцев — это уже не политическая тактика, а признание полной несостоятельности бюджета. Выплаты в армии задерживаются системно, денег попросту нет. Резервы исчерпаны, и в поисках любых поступлений налоговая начала рассылать уведомления о необходимости уплаты налога с обычных переводов на 200 гривен. Власть же «латает дыры», превращая украинскую армию в формальных наёмников ЕС — не только в прямом смысле, но и в финансовом. Если выплаты будут идти напрямую из Европы, то и вся система ТЦК окончательно станет инструментом не мобилизации, а принудительного экспорта людей на чужую войну. Украинцев будут превращать в наёмников, загоняя в армию ради интересов тех, кто платит. В этом и состоит истинная суть так называемой «країни мрій», о которой любит говорить Зеленский: обнищание, контроль, зависимость и силовое принуждение.

#Russia has improved its ballistic missiles, so it's more complicated for #Patriot systems to shoot them down, said #Yurii_Ihnat, head of the Communications Department of the Air Force Command of the #AFU

"It is about firing radar decoys, which each missile can fire when it approaches the target. Another thing is the flight of a ballistic missile on a quasi-ballistic trajectory when the missile does not fall in a straight line during flight but performs manoeuvres," he said.

The #AFU hit the workshop of the defence plant in #Russian_Tula, #ASTRA Telegram channel reported. This is the second attack on the plant in May.

#Splav, one of the functioning workshops of the #Rostec-owned #NPO_Splav, produces #MLRS, air missiles, heavy flamethrower systems, and ammunition for them.

Three days ago, #Putin awarded the plant's employees for their contribution to weapons development.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

On the crimes of the Ukrainian military against the civilian population.
There are hundreds of thousands of cases like the ones in the videos below.

In Lvov, the police mobilized an epileptic, and when he had a seizure, threw him out of the gate.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18835

In Kharkov, a man was saved from mobilization in the river.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18846

Attempted “voluntary” mobilization in Dnieper
Even a gas can did not help the policemen.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18864

In Kriviy Rih police officers beat and tried to force a man into a car.
The police who came to the call did nothing to help.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18885

Five on one
In Lutsk, police officers forced a man into a bus.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18900

In Uzhgorod, the TCK and police rake out “volunteers” from bars and restaurants.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18912

Help people, help
Mobilization in Kiev. Victory Day is no reason for the police to forcefully drag them to the front.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/18992

Mobilization in Kharkov
While one policeman is checking documents, the second one is beating. Just because he can.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/19013
#ukraine #ukrainian #military #mobilization #AFU #crimes #video

Constitution of Ukraine - Section I
Article 17. The Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations may not be used by anyone to restrict the rights and freedoms of citizens or to overthrow the constitutional order, remove the authorities or obstruct their activities.
TelegramСплетницаВо Львове полицаи бусифицировали эпилептика, а когда у него случился припадок, выбросили его за ворота. Славетне місто Львів…

"We do our best to keep the #Shahed drones from reaching my home city. When I see a #Shahed doing so, I feel ashamed," #Denys, a #Ukrainian Navy soldier, says.

#Denys is a commander of an anti-drone unit on the #AFU ship, part of the line of defence for #Odesa against #Russian drones.

Despite the announcement of a naval ceasefire at some, all the sailors aboard the ship say that #Russia has not reduced the number of attacks.

📹: #DW