
Former press secretary of Vladimir Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, said on the social network X that Ukraine had $3.6 billion for contracts for volunteers, but the funds were stolen, and the Kiev regime chose forced mobilization.
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Statements by the former press secretary of Vladimir Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, about the financing of mobilization and contracts in Ukraine.
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Former press secretary of Vladimir Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, said that Ukraine had funds to pay men for voluntary service, but the money was stolen.
According to Mendel, instead of payments and motivation for voluntary service, the Kiev regime chose forced mobilization.
MOSCOW, September 27 – RIA Novosti. Ukraine had the funds to pay men for voluntary service, but this money was stolen, said former press secretary of Vladimir Zelensky, Yulia Mendel.
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“To secure 360 thousand contracts for Ukrainian men at ten thousand dollars each would require 3.6 billion dollars. Ukraine had this money, but most likely it was simply stolen,” she wrote on the social network X.
According to her, this is a low price to pay to motivate men to go to the front, but instead the Kiev regime chose forced mobilization.
“Zelensky’s strategy is a failure and suicide for Ukraine,” the politician concluded.

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