{"id":29618,"date":"2025-03-01T20:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T17:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/2025\/03\/01\/down-with-the-pessimism-budanov-s-comment-on-the-events-in-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T21:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:55:30","slug":"down-with-the-pessimism-budanov-s-comment-on-the-events-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/2025\/03\/01\/down-with-the-pessimism-budanov-s-comment-on-the-events-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"“Down with the pessimism!” – Budanov’s comment on the events in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Against the backdrop of the events unfolding in the United States, the Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kirill Budanov shared the news<\/a> on his personal social media pages. The DIU continues to develop its program of naval drones, including MAGURA V5 strike vehicles, which have already hit at least 18 Russian ships. Cultural figures provide significant assistance in the development of the naval drone program. Today, Budanov met with Les Podervianskyi, who has been helping the intelligence officers for a long time. Budanov thanked the artist for his systematic support, in particular, for his participation in the charity initiative “Magury” for the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.” <\/p>\n\n

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“Muscovites don’t believe in the power of words, but the language of our missile-equipped naval strike platforms is quite convincing,” Podervyansky said after the meeting.<\/p>\n\n

During the meeting, Budanov presented Podervyansky with a letter of thanks from the DIU and a knife.<\/p>\n\n

“To paraphrase the classic, down with pessimism!” Budanov wrote on his Telegram channel.Photos of the meeting have already become memes<\/a> and have been widely shared online:<\/p>\n\n

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