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On Jan. 27 Yuriy Biriukov, an army fundraiser and adviser to President Petro Poroshenko, surprised many when he published a Facebook post saying that western Ukraine sabotages the army mobilization while central and eastern regions respond to the call.

The adviser mocked the westerners, hinting that their patriotism is
insincere. Many of Biriukov’s followers were displeased with an official
making dissociating statements in the time when the country suffers
from a separatist conflict that was greatly inspired by Russian
propaganda of the differences between western and eastern Ukrainians.