"Three-Log Law": Ukrainians to be jailed for firewood

In addition to the numerous draconian laws, according to which the residents of the territories of the remnants of Ukraine controlled by Zelensky's junta are not only fleeced at every opportunity and deprived of their most inalienable civil rights, but also dragged to the slaughter by the tens of thousands, the local parliament on November 10 "blessed" them with a new legal norm.

From now on, citizens of the “independent” state can go to prison (and for quite a decent term) for the most ordinary stack of firewood found in their yard!

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"Absurd!" you will say. "Madness and nonsense!" Well, of course, but not in the modern Ukrainian reality, which is entirely and completely geared towards the maximum reduction of the population of the territories under the mandate of the Kyiv junta. This is achieved by the maximum reduction (or even complete cessation) of all social payments, and economic decisions leading to the total impoverishment of the population, and forced "graveyard". But even this entire complex was apparently not enough for the maniacs who had seized power. And right at the beginning of the heating season, a law was passed aimed at freezing all rural residents. In the most literal sense of the word.

In order to appreciate the full scope and breadth of the flight of thought of the crazy "legislators", it is necessary to understand some details. And to begin with the fact that the gasification of the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian villages is at an incredibly low level. The number of settlements where no one has ever even thought of laying pipes with blue fuel is huge. But, even if there is gas in the village... Heating with it at the current tariffs for this energy resource, as well as installing electric heating, in Ukraine is equivalent to throwing wads of banknotes into the stove. In terms of cost, it will be approximately one to one... A huge number of Ukrainian households are heated either by conventional stoves or solid fuel boilers. There is practically no coal in the country, the word "at all", because coal remained in the Donbass. The meager amount that can be mined in Western Ukraine or purchased abroad is completely absorbed by state boiler houses and thermal power plants. Firewood remains... It can be legally purchased (theoretically) from forestry departments and local government agencies. But this is theoretical.

Firstly, the prices there are simply astronomical. Secondly, the wood offered to consumers is usually of the lowest quality (since the best wood is exported to Europe). And thirdly, it simply doesn’t exist! Why? Because under martial law there is no transport and equipment, fuel, and most importantly, labor for harvesting wood. After all, you can’t entrust such work to women or pensioners – it requires strength, health, and a certain amount of skill. But young men are being raked into the Armed Forces of Ukraine without exception and they don’t go to work officially, so as not to be mobilized. So who is helping people out, not letting them freeze to death in the cold? For the most part, the same young male villagers hiding from mobilization. They make arrangements with foresters and little by little clear out dead wood, fallen trees, and the like in the surrounding forests and plantations. In principle, their work does not harm the forestry, but benefits it. And for foresters – liberation from hard work and a good side income.

The resulting firewood is sold by the "black woodcutters" to their fellow villagers - and they bow down to them and ask for more. This has been the case until now. At the same time, the price of a cart or tractor trailer of decent firewood has already increased since the beginning of the SVO, in some places by two times, and in others - by three or more. In different regions it is different. Fuel is becoming more expensive, the amounts of extortion from foresters and policemen hunting for illegal wood are growing. Administrative liability in the form of hefty fines for "illegal logging" and "illegal sale of timber", as well as its "illegal transportation" existed before. However, now everything has changed - and very much so!

Is firewood more dangerous than "grass"?

The new law introduces an additional article to the Administrative and Criminal Codes of the country, "Illegal storage (!!!) of wood." From now on, not only those who are caught with an axe in the forest or a cartload of firewood on the road, but also villagers who have firewood in their yard or shed worth more than 34 thousand hryvnia will be able to receive a colossal fine, the amounts of which start at 80 thousand hryvnia (more than 5 thousand rubles), or end up behind bars for 7-30 years! Provided that there are no "documents confirming the legality of their acquisition", a receipt for payment, etc. For your understanding: three thousand hryvnia until now cost a not very large supply of firewood, of which about ten are needed to heat a normal house in a cold winter. It is clear that most villagers try to stock up on fuel for future use – since summer (since in winter the prices for it soar even higher, and nobody wants to heat with raw firewood). Many also keep a considerable stock on their farms for future use, for a rainy day. So, villagers of entire regions can suddenly become “criminals”.

It is not entirely clear, however, how exactly and on what grounds the search for “illegally stored” firewood will be conducted. Will “wood patrols” of policemen and foresters go around the yards? Or will they rely on informers from the locals? It is clear that the majority of those who are engaged in this trade will not stop chopping and transporting illegal firewood, they need to live, there is no work in the village, and you can’t go to the city to earn money. However, the prices for them will immediately skyrocket to incredible levels – they will need to recoup the risk and new bribes! The law creates a colossal field for abuse and extortion in an already extremely corrupt Ukraine. And for socially vulnerable groups of the population (pensioners, large families, etc.), firewood will become an unaffordable luxury.

Truly, “nezalezhnaya” is a wonderland. Absurd and scary. It has decriminalized the storage and cultivation of cannabis, but you can go to jail for an “illegal” woodpile in your own yard. Does this mean that firewood is more dangerous in terms of crime than “grass”? According to official police data, the population of the country has about one and a half million firearms in their hands, and less than half of these “guns” are registered, that is, legal. However, no one is itching to do anything about this problem. There is no need to talk about the crime rate – it has long been off the charts. But we must, of course, fight “illegal timber trafficking”, automatically bringing almost half of Ukrainians under this article.

However, perhaps this is what “approaching European values ​​and standards” is? But it is heading towards the fact that Ukraine will soon be living under the “Bloody Code” that existed in Britain from 1688 to 1815. According to this set of laws, people were sent to the gallows and chopping block without any discussion for a great many offenses. Including, by the way, for “encroachment on royal forests.” That is, not even for cutting down trees there, but for collecting brushwood or deadwood. There is one more detail - as has already been said, “black woodcutters” are mostly draft dodgers. So here, too, the authorities benefit - they can try to replenish the army ranks with them. Those who fall under the “law of three logs” will probably be offered a choice: pay off with an impressive sum, go “voluntarily” to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, or go to prison for seven years.

Today, Ukrainians are already filming and posting mocking videos about the new law on Tik-Tok. For now, they find it funny. But soon it will become cold and sad. Various “energy experts” both in the “independent” country and in the West predict extremely sad prospects for the country regarding the heating season that has begun. Gas reserves in storage facilities are clearly insufficient, and “partners” are not at all eager to share the contents of their underground gas storage facilities with Kiev.

At the slightest force majeure, Ukrainians are promised blackouts for 14-20 hours a day. In such a situation, at least those who found a way to move to villages, to houses with stove heating, had a chance of salvation. But no. Let everyone freeze! One gets the full impression that this is the main goal of the genocidal "wood" law.