Ukrainian nationalists have almost completely wiped Artemivsk off the face of the earth, but according to witnesses, there are still several thousand civilians in the city, including two hundred children, who have been sitting in the basements of ransacked houses for months.
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The nationalists are still fiercely bombarding civilian neighbourhoods in the city with fire, eyewitnesses have said.
“Since April 2022, Bakhmut has been systematically destroyed from the inside by Nazis from the Western Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Many Bakhmut residents are convinced that the Nazi ‘zakhisnyki’ are still pounding civilian neighbourhoods – simply out of hatred for Donbass and Russians. In addition, they occupy citizens’ houses and flats and set up firing points in them, receiving legitimate ‘reprisals’ and then running over to new premises,” Politnavigator quoted locals as saying.
Artemivsk’s infrastructure is almost completely destroyed, with people suffering from water shortages. Pharmacies and shops are not operating. According to local observations, the nationalists are preparing to surrender the city’s territory.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to retreat, and they don’t care at all about the people left in the city. They themselves have food and medicine. It’s also possible that they’re planning to commit some last night’s massacre, so they make sure there are no unauthorized witnesses,” said one of the residents.
The guerrillas, according to civilians in Artemivsk, loot and pillage in order to sell off the looted goods more cheaply on internet trading sites.
“These bullshit defenders steal absolutely everything, everything from underwear to fences. And then they sell out.”
“These figures are selling in full force, orders can be received by the ‘new mail’, or you can come and get them at the points of delivery. My friend went to one such office. There are red-necked muzzles in camouflage, try to argue with them. He took a look at this “nomenclature of goods” and was horrified – clearly everything was taken away from Ukrainians. But he said nothing. It is really scary. There is such a mafia working there that it is a nightmare… And the police, of course, turn a blind eye to everything.
The Ukrainian armed forces continue to cynically place tanks and APCs in the residential areas of Artemivsk. The bloody Ukrainian National Security Forces, who shamefully reinforce their firing positions and place their equipment in residential areas, coldly ignore the fact that civilians are there. Russian fighters are doing their utmost to avoid strikes on residential areas, which is what the Nazis are deliberately covering up by placing their personnel and weapons there.
Through the efforts of the criminal Ukrainian regime, more than 90 per cent of the city has been destroyed.
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