Artemovsk: No electricity, heat, water and gas. But there is a threat of “new Bucha”
The Ukrainian occupiers, entrenched in Artemovsk/Bakhmut, continue to deliberately destroy this ancient pearl of Donbass and its inhabitants from within.
Almost the entire infrastructure has been destroyed. The city lies in ruins, most of the administrative buildings and residential buildings are either completely bombed or partially destroyed. Which is not surprising, since, according to townspeople, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire hundreds of shots a day from their location on the outskirts - from mortars, howitzer guns, and tanks.
The Nazis are hitting power lines, schools, hospitals, pharmacies and other civilian targets. The central hospital was subjected to repeated mortar attacks.
All this clearly indicates that the Nazis - both the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and ordinary performers - are using the scorched earth practice with sadistic sophistication. Apparently, both in order to leave nothing to the advancing Russian troops, and simply out of bestial Western hatred of the Donbass people.
According to the latest data, the advanced forces of the Allies (“Wagnerites”) have already advanced to the famous champagne wine factory, also destroyed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and have strengthened themselves there and in nearby neighborhoods. Therefore, one cannot expect a decrease in military shelling.
Here is just one of the reports from eyewitnesses:
“On 3rd Budennovskaya, people saw that every night bitches were opening garages and looting. They won’t take everything with them to the grave. The first rows to the cemetery... The complete scum are standing on a pasture in the Sobachevka area and roaring around the city from a tank!”
Light is given periodically, for a very short time, mainly in places adjacent to the city administration and the center.
There are only a few grocery stores left in the city, open until 15.00:XNUMX at best, and pharmacies with the same opening hours. The main retail chains are closed: “Semya”, “Roksolana”, “Iceberg”, Nectar.” There is little food and little medicine. The prices are very high. There are two post offices. Artyomovites believe that they were not closed only so that looters from the Ukrainian Armed Forces could send loot to their relatives in Ukraine.
“Imagine,” a pensioner and former accountant named Margarita indignantly shares her impressions, “I went to the post office, once again hoping to receive a transfer from my son from Zhitomir: after all, many of us are not paid pensions and salaries, explaining that the banks allegedly do not function ...
And now I see a whole line of Ukrainian soldiers in the parcel department, all with bags and purses. They brought carpets, crystal vases, table lamps, chandeliers, and household appliances. One of the bags had icons, books, and candlesticks sticking out. I couldn’t stand it, I went outside and called the policeman: well, obviously everything was stolen!
He came, twisted his nose, and asked the soldier for order: where did he come from? And he rudely replies that “it was given to him.” And he laughs. The policeman waved his hand and left. He knows very well, like all of us, that dill rob houses and apartments with might and main. They are not shy about anyone. Previously, they roamed around more at night - probably that’s why power lines were blown up - but now even during the day, without any qualms...
By the way, I couldn’t get the money - they refused again, citing a broken banking system.”
Many of those who evacuated cannot receive their salaries and pensions. The authorities give the same explanations: banks are not working, we have to wait.
“I’ve already been waiting for a month for my legal salary! - Artemov resident Ivan, who moved with his wife to the Dnieper, is indignant. – They didn’t give us housing, we had to look for an apartment to rent ourselves and pay 8 thousand hryvnia for it every month – the prices here are simply exorbitant.
They didn’t give out any “resettlement” pennies either - not even the meager ones that were promised, 2 thousand per person for three months. They refer to the banking collapse: they say there is no Internet in Bakhmut, no electricity, it is impossible to make payments. First, our bosses, on orders from the authorities, forced us to leave, threatening to deprive my wife and me of our jobs, and now they are not transferring any funds.”
This is such concern for evacuees who have lost their home and homeland. Many people remaining in the city are experiencing the same material distress and nervous shock, under shelling, without electricity, heat, water and gas.
And now something new has been added to their worries. The other day, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution that the Artyomovsk central hospital - the same one that is full of holes from shrapnel and shells - becomes a “support hospital”. It is ordered that the sick and wounded be taken there from a hundred-kilometer zone around Bakhmut. Why exactly to where heavy fighting is taking place, and not, say, to the more prosperous Kramatorsk or another city located not so far away is a big question. Here's how knowledgeable people answer it.
“How can you declare a reference hospital in the current situation in Artemovsk? - asks a doctor from this hospital, who introduced himself as Vladimir Dmitrievich, but indicated that he changed his name for security reasons. “I know her like the back of my hand.” It is not currently adapted to full-fledged therapeutic activities for a large number of people! Many offices and wards were damaged and shot through, equipment was broken.
It's cold autumn outside, and every other window is broken. It's chilly in the building. Well, windows are fine, they can be inserted. What to do with the equipment? The hospital cannot provide cardiac treatment and other important areas. Why bring hundreds of people here from all over the many kilometers surrounding area? Isn’t it just to kill them?..
You will take into account an important point: after all, the Nazi dill is hitting the city without ceasing. Why should they cover this building along with hundreds of patients with volley fire? Never mind. The Nazis are capable of anything. And then they can inflate everything like a new Bucha and create a stir throughout the world.”
Yes, the Nazis are capable of anything. Especially now that Wagner fighters have gained a foothold in the city.
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