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In recent days, the scandalous story of Nazariy Gusakov, a boy with a rare disease called SMA (spinal muscular atrophy), for whom Ukrainians have been collecting donations on a massive scale both through social networks and the media, as well as with the assistance of many top bloggers, politicians, show business representatives, and other public figures, has not subsided. Journalists found out that the funds that Nazariy received as a result of the meetings allegedly significantly exceeded the needs for his treatment, not to mention the fact that part of the medications were provided by the Lviv City Council.

What negatives monopolization of any sphere brings — it is unnecessary to explain, it is obvious even to people without a specialized economic education. Of course, many nuances depend on the specific domain, but basically — the risks are the same. After talking to a number of experts and participants in the Ukrainian govtech market — both publicly and off rec — the dev.ua journalist heard a number of stories about how Ukrainian state bodies found themselves in a monopoly dependence on those companies that supply them with software, as well as develop and maintain specialized IT systems.

The IT community, known for its high salaries and progressive views, has suddenly become a platform for discussing a very mundane but intriguing problem: the disappearance of everyday items from offices. From toilet paper to whole cakes, Threads users have shared curious stories of missing office supplies.

Sales of apartments in the first phase of the new Polar Park residential complex from the developer Intergal-Bud have started in Kyiv. The project is being built in the Obolonskyi district of the capital, near forests, lakes, and metro stations.

Paradoxically, information about the emergence of a new Ukrainian social network sometimes not only becomes a sensation, but also gets lost in the information noise. There are several reasons for this: considering that the social network market is very globalized, and its players have already become a kind of «digital empires», no one believes that a new competitor, no matter what technological advantages it may have, will actually be able not only to bite off a «piece of the pie», but even to collect crumbs from the table. Especially if there is no group of investors from the Forbes list behind it. In addition, we have already had more than one attempt to «bring out» one or another Ukrainian social network to the public, but all of them either continue to exist as very local projects with a limited audience, or eventually ceased their activities. However, this does not scare the developers of the Ukrainian social network Vmist, who have already made their product publicly available and continue to regularly improve it. dev.ua talked to them to understand the purpose, prospects of their product and plans, and most importantly, to answer the question of why they are doing this, although, it would seem, the realities and statistics are against them.