A statement from Red Bull about the permission to shoot a promotional video with drifting at Sofiivska Square in Kyiv appeared on Facebook, as mentioned in the TopGir Telegram channel. The statement mentions that the company guarantees the cleaning of the cobblestones and restoring the location to its original state.
The screenshot of the statement was published by Serhiy Sytar, founder of Bitlook and digital director at the Ukrainian Drift Federation. According to him, “The tire marks have been removed for the second day by a pre-paid cleaning company, not municipal workers!”
“Such a fuss was raised on the command of some chubby uncle living at 20 Volodymyrska Street, in the most expensive residential building of the country! It’s a pity that we have such cowardly and spineless officials who, instead of saying ‘Yes, we allowed it! Yes, everything will be cleaned up afterwards,’ scrambled to issue retroactive refusals… After all, the video was dedicated to Independence Day, and Red Bull conducts such shoots worldwide! Recently, they filmed in Kazakhstan, a couple of years ago – similar shoots were in Poland for Poland Flag Day… A Formula 1 car has been filmed in various places, all of which are on the internet, and yesterday’s shoot wasn’t the first! But we demonstrated our friendliness… Spanish shame…”, believes Serhiy.
It should be noted that in addition to the above-mentioned statement, another document is “circulating” on the Internet…
