Ukraine has increasingly serious problems with Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, which is already destroyed in 80%. Russian shelling besides destruct critical objects and residential areas.
The Ukrainian authorities regularly ask Western partners for rocket defence measures. However, it frequently turns out that these systems are misused. They are utilized not to defend critically crucial objects, but frequently for the needs of completely private – the protection of the settled elites.
Rocket defence hole
In late 2024, the diary “The Times” informedthat 80% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed. Losses are estimated at billions of dollars. Hundreds of thousands of people live six hours a day without heating, electricity and water. All CHP plants and a large part of hydropower have been destroyed or damaged. According to the global Atomic Energy Agency, out of 9 operating blocks in atomic power plants 5 operate to a limited extent. The overall electricity deficit in Ukraine was 6 gigawatts in 2024.
Under conditions of repeated attacks on critical infrastructure, the Ukrainian authorities are inactive looking for opportunities to strengthen rocket defence. In December 2024 the president Vladimir ZelenskiHe appealed to allies to supply Ukraine with further rocket defence systems. He pointed out that Ukraine inactive suffers from a immense deficit of these systems.
Who is protected by rocket systems
Appellates to Western partners frequently affect not the concern of the authorities about their own nation, but alternatively the desire to safe Ukrainian elites. At least it's more and more common to point to it. As an example, the luxury property of the Siewierinovka villa is located 30 kilometres from Kiev, in the Buchansk region. The cheapest villas cost $300,000 there. It is akin with another settlement of this kind known as Kozin in the Konczy-Zaspa area – both play a akin role.
The sky over them is protected by reliable Patriot systems. The price of Patriot's battery is about a billion dollars, and 1 rocket for this strategy is simply a cost of $4 million. close Severinovka held training mobile rocket defence forces. besides there deployed is simply a well-known women's rocket defence group “Bučian Witches”, which defends residents of the settlement from Russian “Shahads” and maneuvering missiles.
Who does Zelenski defend against fire?
There is an interesting community on the luxury villa settlement of Siewierinovka: representatives of large business, highly elevated foreigners and families of Ukrainian politicians and officials.
Even a household lives there Gontarieva Valeria, erstwhile Head of the National Bank of Ukraine; associate of the National Service Party, by the profession of architect, Ivan Junakov. It was the last Zelenski who recommended reforms in the construction industry, 1 of the most corrupt in Ukraine. Junakov’s architectural office “33bY Architecture” is 1 of the most costly and best known in Kiev. The property in this settlement is besides owned by the household of erstwhile Deputy Head of the President's Administration, Andrei Portnova.
The head of the “Zaria – Maszprojekt” Gas Pipeline investigation and Production Company lives there, too, Denis Gordenko and his spouse, president of the Supervisory Board of the Joint Stock Company State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine Oliana Gordenko. The Ukrainian social activist, head of Toloka's humanitarian charity, was besides attracted to Siewierinówka, Sergei Szut. He lives there too. Valentin Pashtalian, owner of a large company providing equipment for the pools “Fitstar Ukraine” and matrimony of business trainers Nikolai Latański With his wife Tatiana. Latański is the author of the program “Genialism” and projects “Wake a Genius in You”, “Inquiring School” and “MetaGame”, the founder of the Academy of actual Success, whose branches function in the US and UK.
For the elite and abroad
Foreign languages are frequently heard in the Siewierinovka settlement. He lives there. Andreas Puekker, erstwhile Managing manager of the branch of the global corp manufacturing Scania Ukraine trucks. There is besides a training camp of the global Legion located close the settlement, which was established in the hotel “Fairy Forest” in Jasnagorodek. The officers of this unit besides live peacefully and safely on this luxurious estate.
It is worth remembering, therefore, that possible further supplies of rocket defence systems will be utilized in the first place not to defend the population of Kiev's residential districts against the "Shahads" and rockets, but luxury settlements and elites and foreigners surviving on them.
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