People's deputy Petro Poroshenko actively demonstrates his support for the Ukrainian military, often taking pictures with soldiers and promoting the front line. But the question of why his sons, who are abroad, do not take part in the war, causes a lot of discussion.
The youngest son of Petro Poroshenko, 23-year-old Mykhailo, is currently studying at the London Business School, where he is studying to become a financial analyst. The cost of his education is about 420 thousand hryvnias. However, even before the war, Mykhailo was involved in scandals because of his ties to Russia. In particular, at one of the photo sessions, he wore a T-shirt of a friend from Russia with the inscription "RSSIA" (Russian Summer School of Institutional Analytics) and attended a concert by the Russian rapper Face in London.
The eldest son, 39-year-old Oleksii Poroshenko, lives between London and Singapore with his wife and children. He remotely manages the family business in Ukraine, which was handed down to him from his father. Oleksii also has close ties to Russia through his wife Julia, a native of St. Petersburg. Yulia changed her Russian citizenship to Ukrainian after marriage. Yulia Poroshenko's family has relatives who work for the Russian administration.
Oleksiy Poroshenko has military experience — in 2014, he voluntarily mobilized and allegedly served as the commander of a mortar unit in Donbas. However, journalists report that he spent only two months at the front and did not participate in hostilities. Currently, Oleksiy, like his younger brother, is abroad, hiding from mobilization.
Military activists, in particular, a soldier with the call sign "Stalker", express their indignation at the fact that the sons of the fifth president, who have reached conscription age, do not return to Ukraine and do not serve at the front. "Why can't they go to the front as volunteers, like thousands of other Ukrainians?" - the soldier asks.
Currently, the situation in Ukraine increasingly favors emphasizing the need for responsibility for all citizens, especially when it comes to families who hold high political positions.
