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Russians drowned hundreds of Ukrainians in the occupied Kherson oblast left bank
June 12, 2023 3:01 pm
Ukraine Frontlines
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It is difficult to write this post because at this moment the water is taking the lives and homes of my acquaintances, friends, and relatives in the city of Oleshky, occupied Kherson Oblast left bank.
Perhaps the least we can do remotely is to talk about ALL the people on the left bank, spread information to the international media and draw attention to the scale of the disaster created by the Russians after the blow-up of the Kakhovka HPP.
At June 7, 2023, the city of Oleshky resembled an island on which survivors gather, and all nearby villages are completely flooded.
In the areas that were the first to be flooded on June 6, there were floating corpses (plural!) of people who could not evacuate. Most likely, these are old women with limited mobility, stroke patients, and disabled people injured as a result of the flood. That is, all those who were on the roofs yesterday and were washed away by the current at night or flooded directly in their houses.
City chats with pleas (!) for help do not subside for the many days.
At the same time, artillery duels continue in the city and its surroundings. Therefore, people on the roofs and top floors of buildings also have a hard time. Can you imagine the atmosphere?!
Locals gather in groups, occupy the last dry areas in the central districts of the city and help themselves with the evacuation of those who have been floating in the flooded one-story buildings for a long time.
In nearby villages (Solontsi, Sahy, Pidstepne), the situation is even worse- the current and higher water level make evacuation on rubber boats impossible. I see in the chat rooms that they are BEGGING for help for grandfather Vasyl and his wife from 13 Kvitkova Str., (46.613161, 32.745101). They have run out of drinking water, they are being washed off the roof. He is ready to swim close to (!) the boat so that he can cling to it.
I lost direct contact with Oleshky at June 6 between 7 and 9 in the morning. I was VERY surprised that almost no one there knew about the blow-up of the HPP. Most began to realize something when the first water came in the morning.
But could any of the locals imagine the scale and consequences on the second day, being in an information vacuum?!
It is scary to imagine what will happen tomorrow, because not everyone has managed to stock up on drinking water and food.
What about the russians?
According to messages in local chats, last night they blocked the exit from the city and fired at the tow boats.
Isn’t this genocide?!
Yesterday morning I was informed about more than 90 corpses in Oleshky alone.
Today, the water level dropped and volunteers began to see a large number of dead people in flooded houses.
We are talking about HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DROWNED BY THE RUSSIANS in Oleshky alone.
Can you imagine the total number of dead in Hola Prystan, Kokany, Kardashynka, Velyka Kardashynka, Mala Kardashynka, Pidstepne, Poima, Nechayev, Vynrozsadnyk, Pishchanivka, Livi Sahy, Livi Solontsi, Pravi Sahy, Pravi Solontsi, Rybalche, Nova Zburiivka, Stara Zburiika, Zabaryne, Vynohradne, Kozach Laheri, Krynky, Korsunka?
Knowing all this, it is difficult for me to listen to our news and respected experts when they emphasize that this is an “ecological disaster”, “crisis”, etc.
There is nothing AT ALL in the Russian information field.
People! The Russians are keeping quiet about the mass murder committed by them!
We informed earlier that hundreds of Ukrainians have gone missing on the occupied flooded left bank after the Kakhovka Dam blow up.
Updates: The russian invaders closed the city of Oleshki in the Kherson region, which was flooded due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP. There is no communication, electricity and gas supply in the community, evacuation is not actually carried out.