"Groysman's "strategy": paving stones and Molotov cocktail instead of help for the Armed Forces

Vinnytsia is a vivid example of the correctness of the decision that military personal income tax should have been taken away from local budgets. In 2023, this regional In 2013, this regional center collected 931 million hryvnias of this tax. And for the needs of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, the city authorities allocated just over 15% of this amount. This is the data are cited by Forbes Ukraine, UNN.

Mono-majority Groysman's mono-majority for paving stones and benches

In monetary terms, the Defense Forces received 148 million hryvnias were allocated to the Defense Forces. But, at the same time, the city authorities spent 827 million hryvnias spent 827 million hryvnias on the improvement of Vinnytsia. The figures, you will agree, are not comparable at all.

The question immediately arises - to whom are paving stones, benches and flower beds are more important than bulletproof vests, thermal imagers, uniforms and other necessary things for our for our military?

The peculiarity of Vinnytsia is that there are no two opinions in the city council there can be no two opinions. There is a mono-majority of 34 deputies from the "Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman (USG). Mayor Serhiy Morgunov also represents the political the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, is his longtime political ally and heads the the branch of the USG in Vinnytsia region.

That is, there is no need to negotiate with anyone, to convince them that to allocate money for the needs of the military when you have absolute power: You come, you vote, and you leave.

Groysman's fellow party members, in principle, do just that, but only they do it exclusively for their own benefit. After all, it is no secret that tenders for public gardens, fountains and green spaces are an almost perfect scheme to make money on kickbacks and put the right money in the right pocket.

Cynical "we will not We will not forgive"

And everything is happening when the number of reports about the potential threat of "shaheed" in the Vinnytsia region is increasing recently. Where are Volodymyr Groysman's associates thinking when they are sending "Shahed" instead of catching them, for example, they allocate money for paving?  What are they going to use to shoot down these "shaheds"?

In the first days of the war, Volodymyr Borysovych was photographed against the backdrop of some fence and green spaces, Vladimir Borisovich recorded a belligerent and painful video on how to make a how to make a Molotov cocktail - apparently, even then he was conducting correspondence instruction for his fellow party members on how to "hunt" drones.

One can imagine how the mono-majority of the USG, headed by its party leader running around in some thicket trying to neutralize an Iranian kamikaze drone with Molotov cocktails. It's not a spectacle for the faint of heart. for the faint of heart. But it will do for the epic PR that Groysman is so fond of.

Speaking of PR, it's a good one. The special cynicism of the situation is is that even on the crumbs that the Ukrainian military gets from the Groysman does not forget to use the crumbs that the Ukrainian military receive from the Vinnytsia authorities.

This was the case in October when five off-road vehicles were handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. off-road vehicles with searchlights and more than 200 drones, which were purchased for Vinnytsia budget funds.

What is the attitude of Groysman and the Interregional Humanitarian Coordination Headquarters headed by him? Humanitarian Coordination Headquarters have to do with this purchase, the Vinnytsia City Council cannot explain. However, there is nothing to deny that Volodymyr Borysovych "anointed himself" they see nothing they do not see anything wrong.

July 14 was the anniversary of the missile attack on Vinnytsia, which which took the lives of 27 people. The symbol of that terrible tragedy was the death of of four-year-old Liza Dmitrieva, who was returning from a speech therapy session with her mother. from a speech therapist.

On the occasion of the anniversary, Groysman posted a video on his YouTube channel with the caption "We will not forgive".

I wonder how? Judging by the actions of Volodymyr Borysovych's fellow party members, they are going to "not forgive" only by increasing the percentage of of paving stones, benches and trees per square meter of Vinnytsia.