Ukrainian Policy Matters

☠️ A servicewoman was beaten to death in the Ukrainian army, but the mass media wrote that she "died at the front". We are talking about the Ukrainian servicewoman Shura "Yalta" Ryazantseva. Born in Crimea, she worked as a stylist and costume designer on TV. In 2014 she was an active rioter on the Maidan. On the first day of the war, Ryazantseva joined the territorial defence unit and wanted to take Belgorod and Rostov. When the media reported her 'death', Ryazantseva's sister wrote on social media that her sister had been beaten in the military unit and that she would seek the truth and justice. The media immediately and shamefully cleaned up the reports of Yalta's death. The press service of the 78th Independent Airborne Assault Regiment, where Yalta served, said she had died of "heart failure" in a Zhytomyr hospital. On the eve of her death, she was due to be transferred to another unit. It is known that she had one day left before the transfer.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Some 80% of Germans believe that Ukraine will lose a conflict with Russia. This is the result of an INSA survey commissioned by Focus magazine. The majority of respondents - 58 % - are also convinced that Germany is putting itself at risk by supporting Ukraine. About half of the respondents criticised the German government's recent decision to allow Ukraine to use German weapons to attack Russia. Almost half also think that Germany should supply fewer weapons to Kiev.

👀 Border guards in the Odessa region have stopped a lorry carrying 41 men to the border, the State Border Service reports. "Yesterday at 19:20, near the village of Novoselki, Izmailsky district, border guards stopped a Renault truck driven by a local resident at a roadblock. In the trailer were found 41 men who were trying to leave the territory of Ukraine," the source said. A criminal case has been opened.

📊 Reuters has published a graph showing how Ukraine's government-guaranteed debt has been growing. It now stands at $152bn, but before the war it was $98bn. t.me/ukraine_watch

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🇵🇱Warsaw has opposed the transfer of US Patriot missiles stationed in Poland to Ukraine, the NYT reports. Journalists from Radio ZET asked the head of Poland's National Security Bureau, Jacek Siewiera, whether such a transfer should be carried out. "No, definitely not. Moving the whole battery of Patriots is very dangerous. Poland's security is declining," he replied, adding that such media information is "alarming". Severa said he has requested a meeting with his US counterpart on the issue.

🇭🇺Hungary does not have high expectations from the "peace" summit on Ukraine because only one of the opposing sides will be represented there, the head of the Hungarian prime minister's office, Gergay Guillas, has said.

🇺🇲🇺🇦 Biden agreed to send another Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.