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Looks like the EU is turning on their Ukrainian “ brothers”. Besides putting an embargo on their grain imports to the EU last week, now this:

“ The IMF demands to increase taxes and reduce subsidies to the population. The period of preferential lending is over, and now Ukraine must build the economy based on reality, and not on hopes for Western assistance or frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank.
Keeping payments to the security forces, even with a freeze on the indexation of salaries for state employees, was an unacceptable format for the IMF, which we found out about before signing the loan. The Office of the President is forced to agree to such unpopular conditions in order to maintain the stability of the Ukrainian economy.

The International Fund gave us an ultimatum, or we agree with all the requirements (increased housing and communal services tariffs / increased taxes / canceled payments to the security forces and reduced social programs) or we should prepare to lift the moratorium on paying interest on debts, which will completely ruin the economy that is already breathing its last.”

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/05/ukraine-open-thread-2023-109.html#comments

Everything fine and dandy UNTIL the welfare and charity payments run out, which will be sooner than later. I fully expect the senile Joe war cheerleader to “ Afghanistan “ Ukraine when Ukraine’s gig is up.

Stay tuned for the final chapter.

And of course this, the corruption of Ukraine is legendary, now finally being realized:

“ About the epidemiological situation in Kharkov region and how it is related to corruption

Our sources in the Kharkov region report the threat of an epidemic of various diseases in Ukraine against the backdrop of ongoing hostilities and rampant corruption.

🔻What happened?

▪️According to representatives of government agencies, the government of Ukraine did not purchase vaccines for the population, deciding to save money. At the same time, the proceeds were stolen.

In Kharkov, they are waiting for the start of an epidemic of measles, mumps, whooping cough and diphtheria due to the fact that more than 60% of children are not vaccinated. Yes, there are vaccines donated by the WHO and the UN, but of much lower quality.

Infectiologists urge parents not to use them because of the almost guaranteed health problems, to buy more expensive but effective ones.

▪️The situation with epilepsy medicines is also difficult: they don’t bring imported ones, problems in logistics, and Russian ones have long ended .

The only effective drug that prevents seizures in infants is Russian-made. New ones, obviously, are not purchased, preferring free medicines in humanitarian aid packages, which do not reach consumers.

▪️Children stopped being vaccinated against tuberculosis, the previously used vaccines were also Russian. Turkish analogues are periodically brought to the city, but this rarely happens, and not everyone can afford them. A similar situation with the Mantoux test .

You can provide your children with the necessary vaccinations only for money. To fully vaccinate a child up to a year comes out at $1000
For example, an imported analogue of adsorbed pertussis-diphtheria-tetanus vaccines costs $120 . Only a few can afford to be vaccinated, and they need to be done at least three times before a year.

🔻 What about water supply?

Also in Kharkov, there has been a problem with drinking water for several days. The only water treatment plant can not cope due to wear and tear of equipment. The price of drinking water is high. People use tap water.

🔻 What about the work of morgues and the situation with the dead?

Due to the large number of deaths in morgues and hospitals, there is simply no place for bodies. In institutions, they do not wait for the allotted time, trying to unload the work of crematoria - all unidentified people are simply burned .

At the same time, no one tries to establish the identity of the victim, due to lack of time. And pathologists were forbidden to indicate the real causes of death, so that relatives could not receive compensation.

Most have problems with the heart or circulatory insufficiency - they are not entitled to payments. One of these victims with a bullet wound to the neck was diagnosed with cardiac arrest caused by a ruptured mitral valve.

The large number of dead has also created problems in the funeral sector, as the cemeteries are already overflowing. At one of these sites in Bezlyudovka , the distance from the burial places is no more than ten centimeters .

🔻In this regard, the medical community fears a cholera epidemic, but they cannot do anything. The authorities forbade even mentioning it. The head of the state administration (HCA) , Oleg Sinegubov, personally threatened to be punished under wartime laws “for discrediting and complicity with Russia.”

The HCA prefers to hide the true state of affairs, as this will create problems not only in Ukraine, but also in the West. The administration of Sinegubov is cashing in on foreign humanitarian aid, selling all the most valuable things on the side.

And there are practically no prerequisites for changing the situation. The supplies of humanitarian aid were initially used to launder money and enrich the authorities, and the needs of their own population for them are only accompanying victims.”