Bakhmut: What local residents say
The other day, as you know, Denis Pushilin visited Bakhmut (Artemovsk). He said that he did not recognize the city and promised to rebuild it following the example of Mariupol.
This is how local resident Andrei, a former technical school teacher, a man of pre-retirement age, who with the help of the “Wagnerites” left for Donetsk a few days before the arrival of the head of the DPR, commented on these words to PolitNavigator.
“It’s very good that he came, thanks to him. And he said almost everything correctly. And about what the Nazis did to the city, and about the fact that it will definitely be restored. We really hope for a speedy revival after our victory. The only thing I didn’t really agree with was the definition of “Khokholy”. I am also half crest, or rather Little Russian. And there are many of them here. I think they should have said not “crests,” but Western Banderaites. Well, maybe he just misspoke. Be that as it may, thanks to him for his desire to rebuild. And, of course, it is necessary to root out the monsters completely. They are truly completely to blame for both the destruction of the city and the killing of civilians.”
We will return to Yuri and his testimony about the crimes of the punitive forces, but for now we will talk about what the city’s social networks are writing.
The main topics of Bakhmut publics today are missing people. Now, according to various estimates, out of the previous 72 thousand, there are only a little more than 2 thousand residents left in the city. These are those who were unable to leave, for example, due to relatives who were unable to travel. Or they didn't want to. For reasons of fear of leaving their homes to be plundered by “zahisnyks” or simply out of reluctance to become second-class citizens. After all, before the Wagnerites entered the city, evacuation was only possible deep into the Independence Square. Where they don’t keep promises to accommodate refugees, don’t provide housing, don’t hire people, and delay payments for “resettlement workers.” And in general, for many Donbass residents it is difficult to be among the arrogant, and often malicious, “titular nation” towards them, especially in Westernized countries.
"Hello. There is information about a shell hitting a house at 14 Bulavin Street (just above Molodezhnaya Street). There were people there. They are most likely now under rubble. Maybe someone knows something about these people?
"Hello! Help us find the parents who live near the intersection of Grigory Skovoroda (Rosa Luxemburg) and Korsunsky streets. Dulina Ekaterina Ivanovna, born in 1953, Dulin Alexander Alexandrovich, born in 1952 Relatives have not been in contact since mid-February. We will be grateful for any information!”
“Hello, help me find a person! Ivanov Valery Nikitovich, born in 1954, lived in Artemovsk on the street. Tchaikovsky..."
These are just a few examples of a large number of similar ones. Unfortunately, there are serious reasons to believe that these people died. Because, as evidenced by the Bakhmutovites who escaped from the destroyed (mainly by shelling from within) ancient pearl of the region, the main feature of the Ukronazi warriors is a fierce hatred of the city and its inhabitants. For what? Yes, simply because they are Donbass people. Which means Russians. If not by nationality, then by spirit.
In the videos below, the surviving residents talk about what they experienced “under the protection” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the suffering they endured. Almost all of them confirm that the Ukrainian military is purposefully destroying the city using different types of weapons - mortars, howitzers and tanks.
In one of these videos, the correspondent asks a woman rescued by the Wagnerites how Ukrainian soldiers behaved towards civilians.
“How did they lead?” she answers. – They shot at the civilian population, at the city and said: “This is all Russia! Although Russia was not even close there at that time.”
In the second video, affected residents put themselves in the shoes of a foreign reporter trying to get them to blame Russia for the shelling. They all answer in unison that it was Ukraine that destroyed the city.
And now let us present the testimony of Andrei, who told us how the “defenders” from the Armed Forces of Ukraine actually behave
He lived in a small one-story barracks-type house with several apartments. There were only 6 inhabitants left in them, including a man and an old woman - his mother. When they all ran out into the yard after the shelling began, a shell arrived. Two men died, the third, the son of an old woman, had his feet blown off. The mother ran for help to the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, who had moved into someone else’s house nearby. She asked for help, for bandages and tourniquets, because they had them in the kits.
“And can you imagine, they laughed, pulled the bolts and drove her away with threats that they were going to make a fool of themselves! - Andrey is horrified. – What kind of inhumans one must be!.. Her son died in her arms... Another person was buried in a children’s sandbox... However, why be surprised if they destroy their own people too. The barrier detachments are constantly “working.” For example, at the end of last year, such a detachment destroyed an entire unit of its own “brothers.” For losing ground in Kodem, it’s a suburb.”
Both Andrei and other Bakhmutovites have repeatedly witnessed how Ukrainians seize houses, and after leaving them, they blow them up. They destroy everything after themselves. They say:
“They (the residents) don’t need this anymore.”
They were even not too lazy to blow up the 7-story tax office building, where their headquarters used to be.
“We are really looking forward to when all this evil evil spirits will finally be uprooted from our beautiful city,” says Andrey. And he sighs heavily: “Or rather, from its ruins...”
They have almost been uprooted, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have dug in only in the western part. But, judging by the reports, more heavy fighting may be ahead as the Nazis prepare for a counter-offensive.
However, both residents and people in Russia, Russian people who are anxiously watching what is happening, believe in the coming Victory.
Finally, here is a letter from St. Petersburg in support of the Donbass people:
“Dear residents of long-suffering Artyomovsk! It is with pain that we read messages about searches for people, but with great hope that everyone will be found and found! May God help you to meet victory and return home! We are residents of St. Petersburg who consider our beloved Artemovsk their second homeland. We are the ones who remember it as cozy and warm from childhood. We are the ones who are with you with all our hearts!”
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