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| Melitopol mayor: Occupiers Leaving Zaporozhe |
| 2023-05-08 |
| [Ukrainski Pravda] It's bugout time boys, girls and vatniks. Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, says that the Russians’ "evacuation" of the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast is happening too quickly, and huge queues have formed at the Chongar checkpoint on the road from Melitopol to Crimea. Recalling the way things happened in Tokmak, Fedorov said that starting on Friday, buses or convoys of buses have been departing from the city once every 20-30 minutes, carrying "only a third of civilians, and the rest are disguised military personnel." According to the mayor, these buses are mostly going to Berdiansk, where the civilians are staying, while military personnel continue to be taken to Mariupol. Also, in Tokmak, there are crazy queues for bread, and most gas stations are out of gasoline. Fedorov also stated that the "evacuation" is not just taking place in the 16 settlements which the invaders have publicly announced. "Using the example of my native Melitopol, we can see the following situaiton: since yesterday, buses have been standing on the territory of Gymnasium No.1 and the central Peremohy Square, taking away mostly collaborators and those insane enough to have agreed with the invaders to go somewhere else. Additionally, today, the Russians withdrew from some administrative office buildings. For example, they left Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street, 70, where their propaganda Z-TV was located, the executive committee of the Melitopol City Council at Hrushevskyi Street, 5, and other administrative buildings, burning all the documents there," the mayor said. At the same time, on Telegram, he posted a photo of queues at the Chongar checkpoint on the way from occupied Melitopol to Crimea. Also: Russian occupation forces are taking looted goods away from Zaporizhzhia Oblast — General Staff report "Russian occupiers are continuing to use the evacuation of civilians as a pretext to take away looted goods from frontline settlements in the temporarily occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In Mykhailivka, [the Russians] used cars stolen from local residents to take away all [looted] property and the employees of [occupation] financial institutions. Fifteen buses have arrived to Dniprorudne to evacuate Russian occupation administration workers, officers of the so-called ’people’s militia’, and their families. Military personnel from the Russian occupation forces are looting office equipment stores and stealing cars on a large scale." |
| Posted by:Enver Slager8035 |
| #3 Who, what, when, where, and why. Why, Why. Why? Because. Give me the loot, give me the loot! As a thinking man or woman, if the probability of a luxury item being destroyed during fighting was high and almost guaranteed - would you watch it be destroyed, or would you take it and try to protect it? Let's circle back to the why: On Thursday, Rogov stated that Kiev has amassed sufficient soldiers in the front lines to start a counteroffensive. On Friday, acting governor of the Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky indicated that Ukraine may launch a counteroffensive in the next days or even hours. Residents of 18 villages along the front lines have been relocated for safety reasons farther into the area, according to Balitsky. "There were assumptions that the counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye Region might start on May 5 or 6, but this did not happen. However, a high probability of the [ukr] counteroffensive being launched in the upcoming days still persists. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-05-08 13:48 |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-08 07:19 |
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| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-05-08 01:05 |