Near Mariupol, village residents prevented the Ukrainian military from fighting
Mariupol, October 27 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Since the very morning there have been battles between militias and the Ukrainian military near Mariupol.
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According to the publication "0629" , at around 08:15 in the Mariupol direction, shelling of ATO positions on the Pavlopil-Gnutove line began with mortars and tanks.
The Ukrainian military claims that they knocked out a rebel tank. According to local residents, in Talakovka a woman was hospitalized with a leg injury: a shell hit the roof of a house, causing the roof to collapse. The elderly owner injured her leg and was hospitalized. Her house was seriously damaged. In total, 10 residential buildings in the village were destroyed as a result of the shelling. According to the Mariupol City Council, 6 houses have an average degree of destruction (glass and window frames are broken), 4 houses are thoroughly damaged (roofs and walls are destroyed).
In the part of the village that came under fire, the gas pipeline was damaged, power poles were destroyed and wires were cut. Residents lack electricity and gas supplies.
According to local media, residents of the village of Sartana blocked the road to the village of Talakovka. According to the Sartan village head Stepan Makhsma, the military began to erect some structures behind the bridge, which is located 100 meters from residential buildings. Residents did not like this and went out to protest.
As PolitNavigator reported, in mid-October a funeral procession came under fire in Sartana.
Near Mariupol, villagers prevented Ukrainian troops from fighting.