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| Kha'rkov Regional Military State Administration reported looting by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Izyum |
| 2024-10-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Both sides loot. [Regnum] Ukrainian army militants sent by the Ukrainian Armed Forces command to Izyum, Kharkiv region, are illegally occupying the homes of local residents and are also engaged in looting and drunkenness, the press service of the Russian military-civil administration of the region reported on October 22, citing reports from local residents. Men living in the city are forced to hide from military commissars, and checkpoints have been set up at the entrance to Izyum, where a fee is required for the opportunity to bring goods into the city, which negatively affects prices and assortment in Izyum stores, the report says. "Nobody is restoring the housing stock of Izyum destroyed by the Ukrainian army in 2022. They only opened a few post offices, through which the "soldiers" send the loot to their homes. While there is a little time, the local Ukrainian authorities are stealing the city budget," the press service noted. Ukrainian volunteer organizations operating in Izyum are laundering money, Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders and city leaders appointed by Kiev have established schemes for illegal enrichment, while both are well aware that local residents are waiting for the arrival of the Russian army, the report also says. As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian military personnel previously reported that during the attack on the Kursk region, Ukrainian militants fired at and robbed civilians' cars. The looting was recorded by drone cameras, the reports noted. On October 17, the head of the Russian administration of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, reported that the Russian Armed Forces had taken the entire territory of the Kupyansk district near the Oskol River under fire control. The road along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants supply their units on the front line was also taken under fire control. |
| Posted by:badanov |