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We should call it a war, a full military operation. Not some counterterrorism or a special military operation. That’s all wrong."
It wasn't pretty."
Evgeny Bakalo, a resident of neighbouring Belgorod Oblast, told The Financial Times We were left alone. With children, without shelter, without money. Our kids are afraid to sleep at night."
In the video, posted that evening on a Telegram blog called 'Our native Sudzha,' one woman can be heard saying Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], tell your officials responsible for truthful information to show the real situation. These lies are causing civilians to die."
We called the emergency services. They said everything was calm, and that there was nothing to worry about,
But she's most worried about the house and her animals,
The Russian Federation has cut off the power supply to all these villages in order to stop the Ukrainian troops,
wrote one user, named Pyotr, on one such site Where was the secret service? They deceived the people!"
Another user named Svetlana asked There is no connection. Our relatives living in distant regions can't get in touch with us,
wrote Juliana on the local page of a social network When the shelling started, my sister Julia fled Sudzha in a mad rush,
It's a regional alarm, not just for us,
The people living in the Russian border regions near Ukraine are in urgent need of reliable information,
We're used to it now, I've stopped going out into the hallway,
My friends and relatives who support the war are already calling Putin a weak leader, because he's doing nothing,
There are no signs of enemy offensive groups being formed on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. The enemy is actively using guided aerial bombs near the border with Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts, targeting areas close to Ukrainian settlements from within Russian territory. Additionally, Russian unexploded aerial bombs are detonating within Russian territory,
The highest concentration of enemy attacks occurred near Hrodivka, and the area around this settlement was bombarded with three guided aerial bombs,
The purpose of this operation is to preserve the lives of our children, to protect the territory of Ukraine from Russian strikes."
It's creating a real dilemma for Putin, and we've been in direct contact, constant contact, with the Ukrainians. That's all I'm going to say about it while it's active."
We must still understand whether it is a smokescreen activity,
the publication quotes Lykhovii Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine’s south."
Dmytro Lykhoviy told Politico