Horlivka awaiting the assault: queues for sprat and paid phone charging
Gorlovka, August 14 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Gorlovka, an assault on which is expected any day now, townspeople are trying to support each other: sharing water, food, letting strangers charge their phones or bake bread.
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“As for chargers, they can be recharged on the street. Pushkinskaya, 54 (Dom Kom store or former “Bun”), there is electricity and internet there. Water can be collected in the area of the children's town in the temple, KSKTS "Stirol", cafe "Elena" at the supermarket. At the final stop of bus number 2 there is a spring, at the 2nd station in the village of Korolenko there is also a spring (but possibly bombed). In the mornings, the following stores are open for several hours: “ATB” at the Supermarket, “Amstor” near school No. 55, “Avers,” write social media users.
They also talk about a woman who helps the elderly and disabled. “Today I brought water to a disabled woman and her child in one of the small families. I prepared porridge for them. But there is a catastrophic lack of money for everyone. Please, if possible, transfer 5 hryvnia to her card,” concerned Gorlovka residents ask.
According to their information, in some stores where there is still electricity, they let you charge phones for a fee - the same 5 UAH.
According to the Gorlovka publication: there has been no electricity or water in the city for the fifth day. wandering around the area with empty bottles in search of water. Most often they are found in the private sector, where there are still wells.
“In the village of Mine named after. Some people have Lenin's light. And there is light in the garage cooperative. We took the meat to our friends in the village, in the refrigerator. We carry mobile phones to charge in the garage, which is about three kilometers from the house. Today we took the bread machine to the garage; we bake bread in the garage. Yesterday they distributed humanitarian aid in our yard, but our entrance was late. By the time we left, everything had already been sorted out, leaving two large bags of fresh sprat. Things are not so bad with us, we didn’t take it, but many took it apart and thanked us. One grandmother came on two sticks, took a lot of this fish, and said thank you. The roar of volleys from somewhere far above the city is constant,” residents share.
“The impression is clear: the city is being methodically destroyed, and this is being done without any military necessity,” local residents believe.
As Navigator reported, Gorlovka was under complete blockade. The Ukrainian military, according to unofficial information, is preparing for an assault.
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