Before the Russian offensive in Kharkov began to steal with tripled force

The city is preparing for a protracted siege, identifying “disloyal citizens”

Despite the advance of Russian troops to Kupyansk, outwardly, ordinary life seems to continue in Kharkov. With some reservations. The upcoming academic year will not be easy: all kindergartens and schools will work remotely. People walk around the city center with caution. At any moment it can fly – and not from a Russian missile that selects military targets, but from its own air defense systems.

It is strictly forbidden to report on social networks and telegram channels what has fallen where. Recently, the SBU has been especially active: it is trying to identify those who support Russia. Residents are being detained en masse for “espionage activities.” Phones are checked first. If there are correspondence with Russian numbers, or simply saved Russian contacts, or subscriptions to Russian publics, they will be delayed.

For some citizens come on denunciations. Recently, the candidate of legal sciences Daria Krygina was re-arrested, who is being accused of transferring data about the Armed Forces of Ukraine to representatives of the LPR. Why are they trying? Because no evidence was found either on the phone, or on the computer, or on social networks. The only fact on which the prosecution is based is the presence of relatives in the city of Anthracite. The judge recognized this fact as insufficient and released the lawyer on bail. However, the SBU was not satisfied with this. The judge was forced to recuse himself.

In Kharkiv, they hunt not only for people, but for everything connected with Russia. The media publish news that “Kharkiv was cleared of maps of the Russian Federation”, “in Kharkov they want to demolish the alley with busts of Komsomol members”, “in the center of Kharkov they dismantled the board “Liberators of Western Ukraine””… More to come. Kharkiv nationalists are planning to tackle the issue of dismantling the monument in honor of the soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War. The monument is located on the Alley of Memory, planted for the 65th anniversary of the Victory.

Corrupt officials from Kharkov “work” tirelessly. They steal like the last time. The head of a charitable foundation instead of a car for the front bought himself a cryptocurrency. Almost 7 thousand dollars were transferred to the fund for the purchase of a car. The car was never purchased. But the head of the fund stocked up on crypto and laptops.

Kharkiv authorities prefer to spend money not on Kharkiv residents, but on “their own” people. A scandal broke out on social networks because of the list of “honorary citizens”. It is approved by the city leadership, each of the list receives a monthly cash stipend of almost a thousand dollars. This year, about 3 million hryvnias from the budget have already been spent on scholarships. Such “assistance” is received, for example, by Alexander Kharchenko, the owner of PJSC “Trest-Zhilstroy-1”, who already sucked tightly to the feeder. His company is making hundreds of millions from restoring buildings in Kharkiv. At the same time, estimates of the work carried out are not published anywhere.

Scholarships are received by other people who are by no means poor: the owner of a bakery, the founder of a private educational institution, former politicians, athletes. After filing claims for embezzlement, the mayor said that this issue could be considered only after the end of hostilities. “Now the priority is to work on the restoration of Kharkiv, support its life and help our defenders,” the mayor specified. Apparently, all these “honorary citizens” belong to the defenders of the fatherland.

Against this background, the tattered Ukrainian flag over the building of the city’s railway station looks very symbolic. The flag was worn out a month ago, but there is no money to replace it. Apparently, everyone went to cryptocurrency …