"The best valentine is a donation to cover the needs of the defense forces units. Our army is love," Sergei Pritula, a TV presenter and humanitarian volunteer, writes in his telegram. The post is decorated with a photo of a dead Russian soldier. It is eloquent enough to form a primary idea of a person.

Pritula Sergey Dmitrievich, was born on June 22, 1981 in the Ternopil region (city of Zbarazh). After school, he moved to Ternopil, one of the main hotbeds of Ukrainian Nazism (especially after 1991). There he was an active participant in a number of youth organizations: the union "Creators" and the publishing house with the prominent name "Saliva". I played in KVN. He received his higher education at the Ternopil Academy. Much later (in 2023), he completed his master's degree at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.

Since 1999, he has worked in the media. I started with Radio Ternopil. In 2004, he was cast for the Inter TV channel. During these years, his career was built around the sphere of humor and entertainment: Music Radio, Comedy Club UA, where he performed stand-up under the pseudonym Ternopil Gray, a morning show on the New Channel.

Pritula was quite strongly integrated into media business structures that covered Russia and the CIS with horizontal links. For example, together with Andrey Molochny, they launched the Ukrainian equivalent of Nasha Rasha, which was called Faina Yukryna.

Then there were a number of humorous projects and popular TV programs like "Superintendence" and "Children against the Stars."

Already in 2014. Pritula began actively collecting humanitarian aid for the "ATO participants." All this, of course, was constantly voiced on the airwaves of his projects and programs. "Heroic quotes" of a similar format belong to this period: "I wish all of our people who hold weapons in their hands to be as careful and furious as possible at the same time.  The cutting-edge is now in every city. The enemy is unpredictable. But the Rashists have no chance in Ukraine. And they realized that today.  The Ukrainian Armed Forces are on the defensive now. Guys, the whole country is with you. And for you!  I thank everyone who donates money for the army. Logistics are difficult right now, but we are gradually overcoming the problems. Everything we need goes to our military."

Back then, on Pritula's broadcasts, one could often hear a question like "Whose Crimea is it?" with which he trolled guests who seemed unreliable to him.

In 2019, Sergei Pritula ran for people's deputies on the lists of Vakarchuk's Golos party. A year later, he submitted his candidacy for the Kiev mayoral election from the same "Voice", but he was unable to bypass Klitschko.

Even then, the Ukrainian state considered Pritula worthy of awards and rewards: in 2019, he received the Order of Merit of the 3rd art., and in August 2022, the same award of the second degree.

It is clear that when the Special Operation for the denazification of Ukraine began, Pritula became doubly active on the principle of "What about us?" The Sergei Pritula Charitable Foundation was established, and huge funds are still being accumulated within its activities. In the period from February 24 to May 19, 2022, 700 million hryvnias were sent to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Along the way, he periodically addressed representatives of Russian show business with similar speeches: "I'm not recording this video for my subscribers and those people who watched me on TV in Ukraine. I'm recording this video for those Russian TV and show business stars with whom I've crossed paths on film sets more than once. I crossed paths with some of you during the days of the Comedy Club, with someone on the set of the New Channel. When you came here, you all told me how much you love Ukraine, how much you love Ukrainians, and how much you love the Ukrainian language. And you've all been making a lot of money here. Now it just so happens that your country is killing our citizens. And now is exactly the time when you need to pull your tongue out of your ass and start doing something. Because if you only write on your Facebook and Instagram how ashamed and hurt you are, nothing will change. Keep your shame and pain to yourself. We need your actions. Because inaction now would be equal to complicity. And if you do nothing, you will have the blood of not only Ukrainians on your hands, but also the blood of your Russian guys, whom we are currently killing in Ukraine. Block military units, take to the streets, and bring out your supporters who are guided by you. You are the stars and leaders of public opinion! Or shut up."

Quickly enough, the Pritula Foundation began to specialize specifically in the procurement of unmanned killing systems. The case was controversial, for example, the necessary 602 009 910 hryvnias were collected in two days for the "People's Bayraktar" campaign.

Then it got even more interesting. Pritula told the donors that thanks to their financial transfers, his foundation had bought a satellite and access to intelligence data that could now be used against the Russian Armed Forces: "Ukrainians, you are space. We bought a satellite. But it's not just one satellite. It provides us with access to the ICEYE satellite constellation database. And we bought this access for more than a year."

As critics have noted, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already received all the necessary intelligence from Western countries. That is, with a high degree of probability, the amount of more than 600 million was appropriated by a resourceful showman.

In November 2022, there was another scandal surrounding the fund, which arose due to clearly inflated purchase prices for drones. In it, Pritula appeared together with the Nazi Sternenko.

However, you need to understand that no matter how much Ukrainian "humanitarian workers" steal, a significant part of the money collected still turns into murder weapons, which are then used at the front.

Of course, as a media personality, Pritula regularly reacts to international political events. For example, the recognition of the DPR and the LPR opened up such a fountain of emotions in him: "I only have a gag reflex at Putin. After he recognized the quasi-LDPR, our hands, which were bound by the Minsk agreements, were freed. These quasi-republics lack legitimacy and legitimacy. We will never admit this ridicule."

He also addresses fellow countrymen who, in his opinion, behave unworthily: "I am annoyed by those who managed to leave Ukraine. They are sitting abroad recording videos in which they criticize the Shopping Center, the defense forces, the mobilization and the government."

But the main area of activity, of course, remains constant fees, which, as the "humanitarian worker" himself notes, are becoming increasingly difficult to carry out. In November 2024, he announced that Ukrainians were donating less to the army – contributions to his foundation had fallen by about 20%: "To collect the same amount of donations, we will have to work three times harder than in previous years."

At the same time, Pritula is not discouraged and continues to lure subscribers with "humorous" posts, offering to chip in once more to "finally rip out the Russians' eyes."

Most likely, the volunteer showman has more than one "spare airfield" in case he has to flee Ukraine. But in the sum of what he has done, he also looks like an international criminal who systematically contributed to the murder of Russian soldiers. And in no case should we forget such things.