The Gorlovka tragedy was repeated in Kharkov
As a result of the shelling of one of the central districts of Kharkov on May 26, according to official data, 9 people were killed and 19 were injured. Authorities also say one of the dead is a 5-month-old child.
According to eyewitnesses of the tragedy, at the moment when explosions were heard at the busy intersection of 23 Augusta Street (the day of the liberation of Kharkov from the Nazis) and Nauki Avenue (aka Lenin Avenue), a young family was leaving the courtyard of the house. The father carried the baby in his arms, the mother walked nearby. The man died on the spot. The child was found some time later on the parapet of the building, where he was thrown by the blast wave. The baby was dead. The woman was taken away in serious condition by ambulance. If she survives, she will have to mourn her family.
Another body was found a few steps away, at the entrance to the metro. The young man probably knew that the subway had started working and tried to escape by going underground. Perhaps he had a chance. More precisely, it would have been if only one of the station’s six exits had not been open. No one informed anyone about this. Here, at the closed doors of the metro, a man was overtaken by a deadly shrapnel.
Moreover, contrary to the official version, it was not a fragment of ammunition from the Pion howitzer. And not even “Malka”. And they did not shoot from Russian positions.
“On May 26, the occupiers fired at Kharkov from large-caliber Pion cannons, the firing range of which reaches 47 km, and multiple launch rocket systems. I emphasize once again that under no circumstances should we relax. The enemy acts insidiously and purposefully attacks civilians,” said Kharkov Gauleiter Oleg Sinegubov.
But, summing up their own observations and reports from different parts of the city, Kharkov residents come to completely different conclusions.
The howitzers and MLRS actually worked during the shelling of Pavlova Field, but the shells flew from the city in the direction of the Belgorod region, where the village of Zhuravlevka was hit.
At the same time, from Alekseevka and Kholodnaya Gora, mortars fired at Pavlov Field and the village of Zhukovsky (there was an “arrival” to a transport stop in Lesopark). Kharkiv residents are no strangers to “stray mortars”; many people have not confused the results of their work with the destruction from howitzers and MLRS for a long time.
Therefore, who shot is not a question: “our own”, “defenders”.
Question: why? There is a version that they tried to get into Pavlusha. This is what residents of the area call the monument to the Soldier-Liberator. Like the Memorial of Glory in the forest park, it is dedicated to the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. Similar monuments are now being demolished in some European countries. The Nazis from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as true “Europeans,” could well have chosen their own way to deal with the Soldier. But Pavlusha resisted. Only from the barrel of the triumphantly raised machine gun did an alien yellow-bladed flag fall. Not for the first time, it should be noted. Last time, to the delight of Kharkov residents, the symbol of Ukrainian sub-statehood was hit by lightning.
It should be noted that Mayor Igor Terekhov did not even think about protecting this iconic monument for Kharkiv residents from shelling. Unlike the typical and meaningless “Nika” on Constitution Square. The “Motherland” at the Memorial was also left unprotected, only flower seedlings were planted around the monument.
moment of arrival
There is also a version that the Ukrainians shelled Kharkov out of revenge for the successes of the allied forces in the Donbass, once again proving that this city is alien to them. Moreover, the date of the war crime was also not chosen by chance. Exactly eight years ago, on May 26, 2014, the Nazis used heavy armored vehicles and aircraft in Donetsk for the first time.
Thus, according to the organizers, it is the Russians who can be accused of shelling a densely populated area out of revenge, just outside Belgorod and Donetsk. And if you manage to damage the Soldier, this is another reason to remind the world community that “orcs have nothing sacred”!
On the morning of May 27, the affected area was closed. Utility workers are feverishly masking traces of arrivals. Meanwhile, on Moskovsky Prospekt, the signs are being replaced with new ones, with the name “Prospect of Heroes of Kharkov”. Well, who cares about the “victory” sign?
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