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So.
We've volunteered for a little adventure behind the lines, because we're just a bunch of restless dudes who're only truly happy when we're behind a trigger. If we don't post during our usual window, don't fret! It doesn't mean we're dead
Keep calm and Glory to #Ukraine
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nieco dlhsie v anglictine ti ktorym to vadi nech to necitaju
Hello, friends 🧵
Our assignment took us deep into enemy territory. Unlike the times before, however, the job was, in some ways, much more dangerous. We changed into plausible civilians clothing, each armed with a concealed firearm, and under the cover of darkness made our way into the occupied city of #Kherson on bicycles, in pairs, taking the Western approach. After hiding the bicycles in the brush, we snuck into the city proper.
The streets were quiet, dead quiet. We saw not a living soul except for occasional #Russian patrols, in vehicles andsometimes on foot, driving around, shining flashlights into windows and dark corners. Anyone on the streets at night is immediately arrested and often beaten.
Making our way through the city during curfue hours was a tense experience. Our contact has warned us to remain in theshadows and not to expose ourselves to spying eyes. While a minority, the collaborators in #Kherson are everywhere, and they wouldn't hesitate to tip the #Russians off if they saw us on the street after dark. A window opening above us or a flicker of someone's cigarette on abalcony, a barking dog in the distance, all were enough for us to cling to the walls in the darkness and hold our breath.
We eventually made contact with a member of the local Resistance that were invaluable in acting as spotters for our artillery for the last month. Theyprovided us with #Russian uniforms but no id papers. We could pass for Russian soldiers from a distance, but any up close examination would've revealed our true nature.
The resistance reported that the situation in the city is grim. People have been disappearing from their homesor taken right off the streets, never to be seen again. Anyone associated with territorial defense, SBU, local government administration, journalists and political activists is a target. Rumours are floating around that the #Russians are sending them off to concentration camps in#Russia, or simply executing them somewhere outside the city of #Kherson and burying them in mass graves. Children have also been forcefully relocated to Russia. Just a few days ago, a Resistance member told us, an expression of sadness and pain on his face, 60 orphans wererounded up and taken East.
Thousands of tonnes of grain have been taken from #Kherson region to #Russia. Another #Holodomor in the planning.
Come morning, the curfue is over. We wait for the streets to start filling up with people hurrying along their daily tasks, and weventure outside. The tension can be felt immediately. Citizens keep their eyes to the ground, avoiding looking at each other or at the #Russian soldiers. Suspicion, distrust, fear and hatred are palpable. The Russians feel it too, and that makes them scared, frustrated, angry andon edge, their faces grey and tired. They randomly stop people on the street, frequently violently, particularly men. They search their belongings and phones for suspicious items and content.
Their efforts to turn #Kherson "Russian" continue. Many positions in civiladministration are now occupied by #Russian collaborators. They shamelessly push Russian state propaganda and actively assist the invader in identifying and arresting #Ukrainian citizens that present a threat to the Russification of the region.
We remained in the city untilevening, and then made our way back to the bicycles. A couple of hours later and a close call with a #Russian BTR, we finally made it to our lines, where kind souls have prepared strong coffee and plenty of cigarettes.
Thus ends our infiltration of #Kherson, a city strainingunder #Russian occupation and provocations (Kyivstar Internet was cut as we were leaving, most likely to blame it on the #Ukrainians)
I cannot discuss the specific objectives of this operation, but I can say that they were all achieved.
Glad to be back.
Glory to #Ukraine ✊🏻🇺🇦
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