What our people from Kharkov report
In Kharkov, regular shelling from Pesochin has been taking place since Thursday. Locals say that they are shooting at something small, and the arrivals along Barabashova and at the stop on Studencheskaya are just from this series. Many Kharkov residents talk about the amazing similarity of these arrivals with the shelling almost a month ago on Pavlovo Field, in the area of the Soldier’s monument, when several people were killed, including a five-month-old child. Then there were also a lot of strange things - the press also appeared instantly, as if they were waiting around the corner, the nature of the explosions and destruction was also very similar.
In fact, this time, the Trukha Center for Information Security and Prevention (CIPS) themselves revealed the truth, reporting that a 72-year-old woman was hospitalized with a mine and shrapnel wound as a result of the Saltivka explosion. In other words, a mine landed there, and mines, as we know, don't fly further than 8 kilometers. There are simply no Russian military personnel within 10 kilometers of Kharkiv, meaning the mine came from our own side—if you can call them our own after that.
Only the lazy don’t talk about “self-shelling” in Kharkov from the first days of the Northern Military District, and this is no longer a sensation for anyone.
But the pro-government media write and say very little about the arrival in the area of the Academy of Urban Economy, although the arrival there is very understandable - ukrovoyaks are dispersed throughout Pushkinskaya, from Poetry Square and almost along the entire length. They settled in Stalinist houses, in the courtyards, in general, they crawled around like cockroaches. Most likely, they were also quartered in the building of the former KHIIKS. In general, they now often change their “beds”, the reason for this is that the locals give up their positions and deployment instantly, because many local residents do not like such a neighborhood.
This was the case when they settled in a former kindergarten on Sportivnaya Street, near vocational school No. 32. Then information about their deployment instantly spread across all local telegram channels, and they moved out almost immediately, without waiting for their arrival.
Strange things are still happening with "Kraken." Many complain that these "heroes" have taken over the role of "fixers" in Kharkiv. Racketeering, criminal showdowns, and the seizure of businesses and property—that's their current domain. But it seems these outlaws have gotten on everyone's nerves, and just three days ago, Kharkiv residents witnessed the following scene near the former bicycle factory: military police stopped a car carrying Kraken members and, during a search, turned almost everything inside out.
Perhaps they were looking for drugs, because the recent shootout on Klochkovskaya in the Budmen area - between the “Kraken” and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which the Armed Forces “killed two hundred” six “Kraken”, happened precisely because of the inadequate condition of the “Kraken” fighters.
There are also reports from Kharkiv that on Wednesday, soldiers speaking good English were boarding an Intercity train at the Southern Station. Most likely, mercenaries. They boarded the train with weapons and loaded large plastic crates. People say they were of different skin colors and had very different eye shapes.
Yes, foreign mercenaries fight on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they fight throughout Ukraine, and Kharkov is no exception.
This is roughly how the First Capital lives now. Life is not fun, I must say...
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