15,000 burgers: nail bombs and cabbage prices
2 million unemployed, Azovites working for the FSB, reinforcements to guard the western border, massive investments in riot control. Women suicide bombers vs the Odessan police.
It’s been a while since I took a look at the events that never stop happening on the ground in Ukraine, the land of freedom and European Values.
To begin with, let’s immerse ourselves in the atmosphere. Here’s a video from March 26, Kiev (or Kyiv, whatever floats your boat). A man is beaten on the ground by mobilization press gangs while his young son watches and his wife is assaulted:
There’s plenty to talk about today. Recruits beaten to death by commanders at training grounds and buried in a forest, a $400 fine for murder, Odessan woman commits suicide bombing against police, record cabbage inflation, talk of a ‘grey passport’ for draft dodgers, the rising cost of bribing border guards, and drones, planes, personnel and ‘special equipment’ sent to stop Ukrainian men from escaping into the EU.
Read on to find out how many robucks joining the army as a young man buys, and much more.
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