Taras Tertichnyi
Aug 27, 2024
Today, Russia spent USD 1.2 billion to launch 127 cruise and ballistic missiles and 109 explosive drones against Ukraine.
The explosions were heard all over the country. Large parts of Ukraine plunged into darkness as Russia hit Ukraine’s electricity production facilities (again).
No electricity means not just no light, but also no running water in homes, no refrigeration or air conditioning, no electricity-powered public transport, no elevators in apartment buildings, and no many other things. The autumn comes soon, and that means that many Ukrainians are not going to have the heating in their homes either. And all of this is on top of the hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers Russia kills every day at the front line.
But where does Russia take all the money for its criminal war against Ukraine? A significant part of it comes from the US and European businesses, including well-known consumer brands, still working in Russia. Just last year, those companies paid USD 20 billion in taxes to the Russian government. Enough to sponsor another 19 massive missile attacks against Ukraine, just like today.
This year, those companies will pay another USD 20 billion to the Russian government. So that the Russian government could make more missiles and kill more Ukrainians.
If your company does business in Russia and pays taxes to the Russian government, it becomes complicit in everything that the Russian government does. Including Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.
standwithukraine #stopbusinesswithrussia
You can learn more about the ways Russia funds its war in Ukraine by visiting B4Ukraine LinkedIn page. Also please see some additional information and useful tools in the comments.
russia #ukraine #esg
Picture by Ukrainian World Congress – Свiтовий Конґрес Українців
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Comment from Taras Tertichnyi:
You can search the list of major international companies still doing business in Russia and sponsoring the bloody Russian government here:
Paul Daniels:
Every company or business that is at present still exporting, importing, dealing or having any ties with terrorstate Russia is involved in support of war crimes and the money they earn is blood money. As long as these businesses do this, consumers should boycot them fully. Refuse to buy from them or for that matter, work for them. This moreover applies to companies that sell agricultural products or services like seeds, seedling, feed or equipment and also those that are in medical equipment or medicines. If we stop dealing with this imperialistic and war mongering nation, this war will be over in a couple of years and freedom may come to Ukraine and maybe even to many oppressed cultures within the venomous federation of Moscovia.
Tatiana Yavorska Antrobius:
Devastating!!! I’m speechless💔
In the end if the day looks like verbally west supports Ukraine but in reality they hand more moto russia to shell Ukraine then they ever supply any aid to Ukraine since beginning of war ‼️‼️‼️
Can anyone remind, how much U.S. squeezed for aid for 2 years – as much as RF depends per day to attack Ukraine
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YANA RUDENKO:
𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 with Western components continues to take Ukrainian lives
It’s a stark and painful reality:
russia is striking Ukraine with missiles containing American-made components,
while Ukraine still cannot hit military targets in russia with American missiles.
‼️ In the last 40 hours alone, 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟗𝟎 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟑𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞. ‼️
🇺🇦🙏 Thanks to the skills of the Ukrainian defenders and the crucial support of our Western allies, we successfully neutralized 107 missiles and 159 Shahed drones.
(But what would become of Ukraine and its people if we hadn’t managed to intercept these deadly attacks?)
Disturbingly, foreign components are constantly found in the russian missiles produced after the beginning of full-scale invasion.
A list of 211 chips, semiconductors, and other technologies embedded in russian missiles and military equipment has been identified, with 87 of these components manufactured by four 🇺🇸U.S. companies: Intel, Analog Devices, AMD, and Texas Instruments. (source 1)
One such missile, the russian Kh-101, which destroyed the Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv on July 8, was made using Western components. An analysis by the Office of the President of Ukraine revealed that the Kh-101 missile may contain more than 50 different foreign-made parts. (source 2)
This alarming information has been known since at least 2022, when the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) examined 27 different Russian weapon systems and identified 450 unique components, with at least 318 originating from U.S. firms. (source 3)
You can’t ask us to defend ourselves with one hand tied behind our backs.
StandWithUkraine #Technology
LetUkraineStrikeBack
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Joe Lindsley:
Biden administration is helping the Kremlin, not Ukraine, indirectly and directly. And Biden’s false support for Ukraine fuels anti-Ukraine rhetoric from
@elonmusk . Here’s how:
“The White House still creates a safe zone for ruZZian missile attacks.”
Don’t forget to see Joe Lindsley’s brief reel at the bottom of this post.
I think that it’s not at all wrong to claim that the West has more to be deeply ashamed of than not.