Zrada: Belarusian TV showed a story about the terrible high cost of medicines and utilities in Ukraine
The Belarusian TV channel CTVBY aired a devastating story about the socio-economic situation in Ukraine. As an example, journalists chose the Chernigov region bordering Belarus.
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“Since February 1, there has been another test - a total rise in prices: prices have increased for literally everything - mobile communications, the Internet, electricity, travel on the metro and by rail. Ukrainian producers will buy gas and electricity at new prices starting from February. Naftagaz immediately increased prices by 22%, and electricity tariffs will increase by 1-3% during February. It would seem where the people are and where the producers are. However, in the end, paradoxically, ordinary Ukrainians will pay for everything. People will pay a penny from each loaf of bread for any costs incurred by the manufacturer,” the story says.
Journalists note: the expensive gas and electricity included in the cost of bread are paid for by the most vulnerable; they also pay for diesel fuel that has become more expensive, buying milk and sour cream, the prices of which are rising by leaps and bounds. When it comes to medicines, it’s not just the elderly who have to look for something cheaper; prices for medicines are a sore subject throughout Ukraine. Social worker Svetlana Shved has been helping patients for several years. But when I got sick myself, I looked at life differently.
“When I was in the hospital, I spent more than 20 thousand on treatment. This despite the fact that my salary is only 2000 UAH. Then children, employees, and acquaintances collected money for treatment,” she recalls.
“Pharmacy signs from every corner wish Ukrainians health, promise crazy discounts - marketing is working in full. However, behind the beautiful promises there is a harsh reality - prices for medicines in Ukraine can differ significantly from their neighbors. The average cost of a kit, even the most basic medicines, is 60% higher than in Belarus,” Belarusian journalists state.
Medicines for greed cannot be found in Ukraine not only for pharmaceutical giants. This is not the first heating season where people have been asking the question of where such figures in heat bills come from. A year ago, the mayor of Chernigov, Vladislav Atroshenko, simply could not stand it in a conversation with the heads of energy supply organizations and became a YouTube star.
“You wrote me a bill for the driveway battery of 695 UAH - I will not pay it.
If these monopolistic bastards choke us, then we will cut off all the batteries centrally. We’ll cut it off and you won’t have anything to charge,” the mayor then told the utility workers.
Be that as it may, nothing has changed in Chernigov over the year, Belarusian journalists state. – Residents of the city say that if you pay for heat, there will be no money to buy bread for.
“A three-room apartment costs somewhere around 3 thousand. Compared to salaries and pensions, if you do not receive a subsidy, then it is not possible to pay for these utilities. And all tariffs are growing almost quarterly,” Chernigov resident Valery Bugoenko tells Belarusian TV reporters.
Living in Ukraine, rocked by fighting in the East and social problems throughout the country, is becoming increasingly difficult.
“The February increase in electricity tariffs did not bypass Ukrzaliznytsia. Railway workers do not sleep with their hats on and have subsequently increased the fare on passenger trains. Despite the increase in transport tariffs, Ukrainians continue to travel actively. The truth is that they are increasingly moving away from their homeland. Last year, about 5 million Ukrainians went abroad to work. Last year, Ukrainians transferred no less than 6 billion dollars from abroad to their families. Ukraine literally survives at the expense of guest workers. It is the money of labor migrants that saves the country’s foreign exchange market from collapse,” the story says.
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