The price of getting rid of the Russian occupation in Kherson – 54 dollars
Residents three weeks ago free They say that Dudchani, near the front line, is often bombarded, and that the Russians sometimes drop cluster bombs and phosphorous bombs.
In the Dudchany settlement on the west bank of the Dnieper river, the sounds of artillery strikes are heard every few minutes. Russian troops advancing Ukraine had to withdraw from the northern part of Kherson province, including a part of Dudchani, in early October due to the pressure of his army.
And now Ukraine troops to move south, occupying the strategic city of Kherson free they try to do. Kherson city free making Russia President Vladimir Putinin Ukraine will be a heavy blow to his campaign.
At the same time, the civilians remaining in the villages under Russian occupation face a harsh reality. Residents say that their village has descended into anarchy, that Russian soldiers are robbing houses, threatening people with guns, and constantly drinking vodka. According to them, several residents of the village were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. Two young men were detained for five days for saying “Long live Ukraine”. Russia was forced to sing the anthem.
Those residents said that Russian soldiers recently came to the village and brought tanks and military they say he brought cars.
Oleksandr The last of the resident Russian soldiers 10 says that during the day they forced the residents of the village of Kachkarivka to move to Crimea. According to him, some residents, including those appointed by the invaders village the head moved to Crimea. Village residents suspect that this woman took their pensions with her.
Oleksandr says that most of those who left the village voted for the region’s unification with Russia in the so-called referendum held by the Russians in Kherson, and the referendum in Kachkarivka was held “under the barrel of a gun.”
Russian occupation forces have been trying to evacuate civilians from the west bank of the Dnieper since mid-October. The highest-ranking person appointed by Russia, Volodymyr Saldosays that 70,000 people were moved to the east coast in late October.
The Russians are trying to describe this resettlement campaign as a “humanitarian” activity. However, Ukraine considers it a violent deportation and says that civilians are being used as human shields. Russia without any basis anymore of Ukraine “dirty bomb” spreading radiation around or blowing up a dam on the Dnieper River nearby village and claimed to flood the cities.
However, more than 50 people who left Kachkarivka on October 30 decided to move in the opposite direction. The white minibus they were riding in of Ukraine came to the city of Krivoy Rog under his control. Ukrainian soldiers helped them.
“If the Russians were not so corrupt, this would not be possible,” – the former who organized the evacuation of residents from Dudchani to Krivoy Rog soldier and former conservation director Sergey Skorik he says. Some of the residents to the Russian soldiers to be able to leave the village 2000 hryvnias (54 dollars) says he paid. First, the neighbors who had a car brought them to the destroyed bridge of Dudchani, where a white minibus was waiting for them.
One of the escapees left Dudchani with an open wound on his head. A Ukrainian soldier put a bandage on his head.
Skorık has been organizing evacuations since April. He and his fellow villager, who was an auto mechanic before the Russian invasion Eduard Laktyonov To evacuate the residents of the Kherson region from the territory occupied by Russia with destroyed roads, as well as humanitarian aid – food, medicine and helped distribute cleaning products.
Kherson regional deputy I. organized their workhor Yosypenkois a charity funded by Yosypenko was the owner of an agricultural company in Kachkarivka before the Russian attack. His connections with the local population allow him to help a large number of civilians.
Skorık and Laktyonov on their way to Dudchani, Ukraine military they passed the release posts. The officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) here greeted them. Although they are not officially military, camouflage military they wear uniforms.
Residents say that Dudchani, which was liberated three weeks ago and is now close to the front line, is often bombarded, and the Russians sometimes drop cluster bombs and phosphorous bombs.
In addition to evacuating civilians, Skorik and Laktyonov say they also passed information on the location of Russian targets to Ukrainian forces.