Lutsk TV channel manipulated information about vehicles transferred to the front line

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has drawn attention to a story recently published by a Lutsk-based TV channel about cars for the frontline allegedly being stuck in Volyn.

The story was about 135 humanitarian vehicles parked on the territory of a private enterprise. The journalists noted that these vehicles had already been publicly sent to the front, but they continue to be in the Volyn region.

The State Border Guard Service emphasized that the journalists had manipulated the facts and their material was not true.

During the Russian invasion, border guards have repeatedly received assistance from the MK Foundation, which was mentioned by the journalists, the agency noted.

In particular, the foundation donated more than 100 pieces of equipment to the SBGS units.

"It should be noted that the received equipment is in the units to which it was received, is registered and performs tasks to protect the border and the country. MK Foundation, in addition to 100 Volkswagen Transporter minibuses, has also handed over other vehicles to the border guards that help the units perform their tasks," the SBGS reported.

"October was really busy for the MK Foundation. Another 128 vehicles joined the fleets of various units of the Ukrainian army," the MK Foundation report says. – During the month, the benefactors held several large-scale donations, for example, on one day 80 buses stood up to defend the country. Of these, 50 went to various units of the 3rd separate assault brigade, and another 30 to the 3rd border guard detachment named after the Hero of Ukraine, Colonel Yevhen Pikus."

At the same time, the foundation explained why there are cars in the parking lot that arrived in the summer: "First, if the car is assigned to a military unit (there is already a request), it will wait. After all, the first documents with its vin number have already been processed. And the military is not always able to provide the papers promptly: they are at war and this is a priority. Secondly, the cars that are available are always selected from those in the best condition. And it may turn out that the one that came later will be the one that is selected."

"As of November 10, our Foundation has purchased 970 cars, 30 medical vehicles, 5 fire trucks and 5 special vehicles, 11 boats and engines for them, 70 unmanned systems, 215 generators and much more as requested by the military and military administrations.

Already 98 military units and subdivisions have received assistance from the Foundation, including the Bureviy Brigade of the Offensive Guard, the famous Da Vinci Wolves, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade Azov, etc.