“Take it away”: Kiev residents were outraged by the opening of McDonald’s near the “Motherland”

American New Year’s gift turned out to be meager

A new McDonald’s restaurant has opened in the center of the Ukrainian capital. The place for the eatery was chosen not just anywhere, but right next to the Motherland monument. Kiev residents, however, have no time for hamburgers and French fries: against the backdrop of powerful explosions and arrivals, mobilization activities have intensified in the city, and military patrols are cruising the streets, handing out summonses to Kiev residents. About low-quality Kyiv food and “holiday” mobilization chaos – in the material of “MK”.

According to Ukrainian media, the new restaurant has “an interesting architectural solution that fits into the cultural and historical landscape of the city.” It is located in a picturesque place: on the banks of the Dnieper, next to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. Directly opposite is the tallest statue on the territory of Ukraine, “Motherland,” which has repeatedly been subjected to so-called “decommunization” by the Kyiv regime.

However, not all Ukrainians were pleased with this news, and many criticized the location and the untimeliness of the opening. One of the residents of Kyiv, on condition of anonymity, told Moskovsky Komsomolets her attitude to the situation and the chaos happening in the city.

“Previously, there was a terrace of an Indian restaurant in this place, now an American eatery has opened,” the woman believes, “the only gift for the New Year, but we don’t need it. Let them take it back and instead repair the subway and fix the bridges. But this is apparently too difficult. But they also renamed the street on which this establishment is located – previously it was the Boulevard of Friendship of Peoples, but now the street is named after someone unknown. Because of these stupid renamings, on which officials have wasted billions, people are constantly confused. Well, the city was disfigured beyond recognition.

— How are things going with food in stores in Kyiv?

— Not very good: we are literally being bullied. The products are expensive, but of terrible quality. They imported a lot of supposedly environmentally friendly products from Europe, marked with logos with a green frog – from cereals to chocolate bars. So, all this food tastes more rubbery and chemical. It is not clear what it is made from, but after these products people begin to have stomach problems, even nausea. My daughter got a fever after eating this bar. Now sellers are covering up these logos and hiding them in every possible way, because people have purposefully stopped buying such products.

“Zelensky is lying to people,” a teacher at one of the Kyiv schools shared with MK, “we are being destroyed as a people. Zelensky said that people would not be caught in Ukraine, but at the end of December, checkpoints with “olives” were set up throughout the capital and suburbs, who issued summonses to people. At the same time, they are very aggressive, they can beat or even rob a person, and they will not get anything for it, because the law does not work in the country now. There are already many such cases in Kyiv. People’s wages were cut, but prices for everything increased. We have to switch from personal cars to public transport because fuel is too expensive. Due to constant stress due to flights, mobilization and lack of money, I developed insomnia. My head hurts terribly, I feel disgusting, apathy. You feel bad already in the morning and during the day you don’t have enough strength at all. Even children walk around listless and joyless all day.”

— How many people in Kyiv speak Russian now?

— Now many people have switched to Ukrainian, but this is happening forcedly. Many people try to communicate at least in Surzhik, if they are not very good at it in Ukrainian. There are also many who fundamentally do not want to speak this language. Yes, you have to communicate in it at work, but people are not at all comfortable. It’s impossible to communicate on it, and there’s no desire to do what is forcibly imposed. But children absorb everything and the next generation will completely forget how to speak Russian.