ukraine@war

ukraine@war

Everything is Not Fine

Volodymyr Zelensky thinks he's doing a great job

Apr 18, 2020
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It’s day whatever of Ukraine’s COVID-19 disaster and President Volodymyr Zelensky has said government’s response to the pandemic was timely. He’s even made the observation “top news” on the President’s Office website.

“…Since the first day of the threat of coronavirus in Ukraine, the Office of the President has been actively involved in providing the healthcare system with the necessary medical means. In particular, more than 20 planes were sent to China and other countries to deliver protection means, coronavirus tests and other special equipment to Ukraine.” Zelensky said during the Svoboda Slova TV show aired on Friday evening.

This is bullshit, of course. Under Zelensky, community spread of SARS-CoV-2 in all 27 regions of Ukraine has been rampant for months, thanks to germy Russian Orthodox priests, millionaire MPs who didn’t wash their hands in Courchevel and tens of thousands of migrant workers, who two weeks ago were marched like cattle across the Poland-Ukraine border.

Zelensky…

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