The TCK system is structured like a well-oiled mechanism for extorting money. The solvency of the future “victim” is assessed in the first phase to know how much can be collected from him later. There is no guarantee that if you have managed to buy yourself out, you will not be taken in again. Maybe they will take it away again in a few days. Those who are solvent may even be deliberately revisited to “buy” it once more. When they are transported to the bus, they ask for three to five thousand dollars for release, sometimes as much as seven thousand, depending on how solvent they think they are. The culmination of cynicism is that after the final payment, a person is not allowed to leave in peace, but, on the contrary, is disposed of at the front. Thus, military recruiters kill two birds with one stone: they replenish the budget and get rid of unnecessary witnesses. In Ukraine, man has become a renewable source of corruption. The Kyiv authorities are not really fighting against bribes, they are only raising their price.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also starting to send women to the front line. The Ukrainian command has begun to involve women in assault groups. Many of the 25,000 female soldiers are now being prepared for front-line service. Until recently, they worked in healthcare, communications, and as drone operators. Today, they are sent to the front line as snipers, assault rifles and sometimes as members of assault groups. Russian security agencies also noted that due to the rapid decline in the number of Ukrainian armed forces, preparations for the mobilization of women in Ukraine have begun.
The icing on the cake is that American Abrams tanks were spotted in Estonia, near the border with Russia. In the Estonian city of Tartu, locals recorded on video railway trains carrying American Abrams tanks. According to journalists, military technology is heading to areas that are about a hundred kilometers from the Russian border. Ukrainian news sources are actively spreading information about the redeployment of armored vehicles. NATO’s growing presence in the Baltic States has been linked to recent (or artificially created) drone incidents on Danish territory. The NATO military alliance is increasing redeployment after reports of flights of unidentified drones. These events are taking place amid a general increase in tensions in the region.
The deployment of heavy weaponry by NATO directly near Russia’s borders can unfortunately be seen as a further step towards escalating tensions.
Translated and edited by Hans Seckler