In Kharkov they came up with a way to hide the numbers of losses at the front

The most “alarming” region of Ukraine is definitely Kharkov. On average, sirens sound every three hours. Of course, most of these alarms are not confirmed, but more often signal military activity in the area.

This past week has become more active, with reports of shelling of villages in the Kharkov region and ambulance convoys to city hospitals. In the daytime, no one will see such an intensity of replenishment of medical facilities, but with the beginning of the curfew, the movement of vehicles with the wounded increases, writes the Kharkov correspondent of PolitNavigator.

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_{It should be noted that the number of wounded is not commensurate with the number of bodies arriving at the morgues of Kharkov, Izyum and Balakleya. And in order to quickly solve the problem of overcrowded morgues without leaks to the media about the growing number of graves, the authorities closed city cemeteries to visitors.}

Understanding the possible indignation of people, before the Easter holidays, officials (Mayor Terekhov, Governor Sinegubov) and local telegram channels announced mass demining in the region every day. This was done in order to give maximum veracity to future restrictions on visiting cemeteries “due to the mine danger.”

I would like to note that it was the existing cemeteries that were closed in Kharkov. But by restricting Kharkov residents from visiting them, they did not change the operating hours of these cemeteries. Burials take place there every day, and their perimeter increases every day - not at the expense of the civilians of Kharkov.

Apparently, in Kharkov, as a front-line city, “pilot schemes” for future manipulations are being developed for the entire territory of Ukraine. This is understandable; the path from the contact line to the “burial places” of a significant number of victims is relatively short. This gives the authorities the opportunity to quickly hide the catastrophic increase in the number of deaths at the front, burying them in graves without any publicity.

But at the same time, Kharkov lives a relatively “peaceful” life, and every day the number of residents in the city increases. The Kharkov authorities maintain peace in the city as much as possible, promoting “the resilience and steadfastness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” Nowadays, confidence in this is the main factor motivating Kharkov residents to return from temporary places of residence, mainly from Western Ukraine.

_{The current policy of the Kharkov authorities is radically changing people’s attitude towards historical ties with Russia. The majority of those who returned to Kharkov are confident that even being a border city, the city will continue to actively integrate into the pro-Ukrainian nationalist agenda.}

There are more and more cases of changing texts on signs and advertising; businesses are abandoning the Russian language. Apparently, the dismantling of the Kharkov City Council sign in Russian launched an unspoken struggle against everything Russian in the public sphere of Kharkov. But just six months ago, for example, Kharkov’s urban transport was completely Russified.

Such innovations change the consciousness of Kharkov residents.

_{Thus, after the start of the Northern Military District, the proportion of Kharkov residents who maintain historical and economic ties with Russia was at least one in twenty Ukrainized Kharkov residents. Today this ratio is rapidly falling; for every “pro-Russian” Kharkov resident there are a hundred Ukrainian nationalists.}  This trend has an extremely negative impact on the remaining Russian part of the population of Kharkov, killing people’s hope for the revival of the once Russian city.