Posted on 04/03/2022 9:58:41 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
In Prytula’s office, there are fragments of a Russian jet, weapons and bloodstained military clothing, including a balaclava and gloves taken from Russian soldiers killed on the battlefield. He described the grisly collection as “feedback” as to the value of the cars.
He said: “It’s really helped because our units create mobile groups. And behind you, you can see a piece of Russian jet Su-34. That’s exactly a gift from our soldiers. We help them with a pickup and he destroyed this Russian plane and this was something like feedback for us.
“The first thing that they brought here was this piece of shit Russian jet and a piece of Russian Kalibr rocket and after that, I made a post on Facebook and I said you can bring here everything you want, ‘But no dead Russians here.’ The next day they brought clothing, a radio transmitter and hat from a Russian tank driver and after that they started sending everything they found on the bodies.”
Maksym Kostetskyi, who has been managing the purchase of vehicles from the UK, said demand from Ukrainian units was three times the level of supply, with units seeking cars, pickup trucks and SUVs.
He said: “There is a long waiting list. But we are very hopeful in that we have partners in the United Kingdom who are giving and providing the vehicles with lower prices.
“Especially for pickup trucks and used vehicles mostly. Yes, and these SUVs are usually like £4,000 or £5,000 each. Usually in Europe, people don’t buy them because they have right-hand drive, but during this time in the war times and in the field this is a great time to buy them.”
British cars were also used when Russian forces first invaded the east of Ukraine in 2014.
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Ukraine ping
The Ukies don’t have money for humvees. They don’t even have money for technicals.
Zelinsky is worth 600 million to 1.5 billion depending who you listen to. Maybe he could cash in his loot except for a million or two and buy some things instead of demanding me paying for it.
Citation?
I wonder if they will sell some battlefield trash
“Zelinsky is worth 600 million to 1.5 billion depending who you listen to.”
Sorry, I think you wrote Zelensky when you actually met Putin. He is one that built himself a billion dollar palace while his army doesn’t have tires.
Source please, other than yourself or pro-Russian shills?
[I wonder if they will sell some battlefield trash]
Google search his name and net worth. It produces the usual reports of well known people’s estimated or known net worth. And I saw an interview where was questioned about the propriety of parking his fortune out of country. He explained how that was normal in Ukraine.
According to reports he has filed it’s around 700 million.
I did just that:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-volodymyr-zelensky-worth-181144673.html
“According to Celebrity Net Worth, Zelensky is worth roughly $1.5 million — not $1.5 billion. The site says that the president’s financial disclosure from 2018 listed total assets worth 37 million hryvnias, the Ukrainian currency. At the time, that gave him a net worth of $1.5 million USD, although, due to foreign exchange rates, the amount fluctuates.”
Yup. That people fall for the obvious Russkie propaganda on the ‘worth’ front is astonishing.
Reality: Putin and the oligarchs, on the Caviar Express, have between them stolen more than $trillion from the Russian people.
One got a massive state industry at auction for a knockdown price, after other hidders were locked put and a Chinese company had its bidder kidnapped at the airport. The company was worth more than treble what he paid.
Putin’s own journey into president for life followed another pattern of blatant manipulation. Swap leadership roles, get the other temporary president guy to change the rules, then swap back.
Zelenskyy was on a couple of TV shows and earning a modest income, contrary to Russian narratives wasn’t even close to political power until after the annexation of Crimea. Which is why the West was somewhat amused when a little known TV show comedy actor playing the president threw his hat into the ring.
He may have had some dodgy contacts, but so what? I bet even Trump’s business rolodex has had loads of dodgy characters in it. There’s a difference between good business networking and getting to the presidency by popular vote, and being at the head of an international crime syndicate where everything is orchestrated to keep you and your mates in charge.
In the future, Trump and Zelenskyy will have a lot in common; both were political outsiders and both were warning - correctly - of unfriendly forces hijacking the instruments of government.
It’s amazing how the Ukrainian resistance has given the Russian army a hard time. The myth of the Russian military machine is forever tarnished.
Another source: https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/92260/the-richest-world-leaders-today-and-how-they-made-their-money
Putin is 133,333x Zelensky ($200 Billion vs $1.5 million). Some interesting names on the list.
Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)That and on Amazon packages and delivery trucks everywhere you look.
The Ukrainians have killed more Russians in a month than were killed in the entire Afghan war in 10 years. It’s not just that they have good tactics and weapons against the Russians, they are very motivated.
> Citation?
Yes, I think they’ll take Chevy’s too...
A good positive to buying right-hand drive cars is that you can jump out of the car into the ditch if your in a hurry to escape being shot at and your car is going to be destroyed by something like a missile coming at you. If your driving a left-hand drive car you probably end up on landing on the hard concrete of the road.
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