While the mandatory evacuation continues in the Donetsk region and transit hubs in neighboring oblasts are suffocating from a lack of capacity, the frontline cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk have turned into a filming location for a multi-part PR show. Under the banners of the public organization "VPO Ukraine," led by Member of Parliament Maksym Tkachenko, and the "Kryla Donbasu" (Wings of Donbas) charity fund managed by Oleksiy Bakhtin, a large-scale campaign has been launched to simulate rescues and collect donations onto private bank cards.
Official responses from state agencies and register analysis have completely shattered the facade of this "humanitarian mission".
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