17 Minutes of Truce. Then, The Massacre.
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
Kherson — The longest truce here lasted 17 minutes. Ever since the Russian dictator’s spokesman presented it as «a humanitarian gesture by Putin», it was clear that the ceasefire agreed upon on the holiest day of the year would be nothing more than a pretext for the Moscow regime to reorganize its troops on the ground, while bombs, drones, and other missiles would cause rivers of blood to flow in Ukraine.
As early as the 4 p.m. dispatch, that is, since the ceasefire took effect, the Ukrainian authorities had recorded 469 ceasefire violations. In the oblast’ I am writing from, Russian strikes had already killed three people and injured 12 others. A Russian drone explosion killed one man on Easter morning in the Korabel district of Kherson, and another was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Shortly thereafter, another FPV attacked a taxi, injuring the driver and two other civilians. Subsequently, another drone targeted a tram, killing the driver. It was not yet noon when yet another Russian kamikaze drone smashed the windows of one of the few remaining open bars in the central district. Later, other drones damaged as many as 16 buildings as far north as Beryslav, particularly in Oleksandrivka, Inzhenernoye, Priozernoye, Zorivka, Zolota Balka, Mylove, Dudchany, and Khreshchenivka.
Around 11:20 a.m., from the opposite bank of the Dnipro, the occupiers again bombed the Korabel neighborhood, wounding a 14-year-old boy, a man, and three women. In Ferorivka, their drone killed an elderly woman. Throughout the day, Russian troops continued to launch intense attacks with guided aerial bombs and drones of all types, not even sparing the medical car of a children’s hospital carrying two nurses. By 5:30 PM on Easter Sunday, the Moscow regime had already claimed 12 lives in Kherson alone.
The rest were caused by mines, which obviously observe no truce. Around 1:30 PM, a public utility worker was blown up after stepping on a petal-shaped explosive device. A 17-year-old boy met the same fate in the Shostka district of Sumy. Three similar devices tore apart two civilians on a bicycle in nearby Khotin, while Russian air raids on Bilopillia demolished the few remaining buildings. During the night, the Russians then targeted an ambulance, wounding three paramedics inside. While Kherson remained silent for more than 17 minutes, in Sumy, there was a Russian attack every half hour, according to the State Emergency Service spokeswoman, who counted more than 90 ceasefire violations. In Kharkiv, a Russian drone exploded on Easter Sunday against a grocery store in Zolokhiv, killing a man and a woman.
In Dnipropetrovsk, by 6:30 PM on April 11, the Russians had violated the ceasefire more than 60 times, overwhelming the communities of Nikopol’, Chervonohryhorivka, Myrivka, Pokrovska, and Marhanets. Fires broke out. Residential and private buildings, a shop, agricultural structures, and trucks were damaged. A woman was injured, and a man is still fighting for his life. In the Kryvyi Rih district, the Russians bombarded Sofiivska, Novopilska, Zelenodolska, and Hrushivska with drones and bombs. At 7:30 AM on Easter morning, they attacked Synelnykove again, setting fire to homes, businesses, and garages. Later, around 3 PM, they launched swarms of FPV drones against Mezhova, killing a man.
Counting the victims of the Russian Easter strikes in Donetsk is almost impossible. In Kramatorsk alone, Moscow’s air force dropped three heavy aerial bombs, damaging seven apartment buildings, an administrative building, and several cars. Other swarms of Russian FPVs swept away the vehicles of fleeing civilians. Other strikes flooded Dobropillia, Sloviansk, Novodonetsk, Druzhkivka, Riznikivka, Myrna Dolyna, and Oleksandrivka, targeting as many as 353 displaced persons, 74 of whom were children.
Overall, Putin’s “humanitarian gesture” consisted of 57 airstrikes, 182 aerial bombs, nearly 4,000 kamikaze drones, and 2,400 additional artillery strikes.
But that’s not all.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, on April 11, near the village of Veterinarnoye in the Kharkiv region, Russian soldiers shot four Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners. Near Huliaypole, they opened fire on an evacuation group, killing the entire crew. It was 5:30 PM on Easter Sunday.
Taking advantage of the declared window of calm, the Russian regime was meanwhile transferring men and equipment from Berdyansk and Mariupol’ to the northern areas of Donetsk Oblast’.
Because the olive branch was the cover. The bombs were the message.
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17分鍾的停火。隨後，是大屠殺。
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻譯：旺財球球
烏克蘭前線報道
赫爾鬆——這裏持續時間最長的一次停火僅維持了17分鍾。自從克裏姆林宮發言人將其包裝為“普京的人道主義姿態”以來，人們就已經清楚，這場在一年中最神聖的日子達成的停火，不過是莫斯科政權為重組地麵部隊尋找的借口，而與此同時，炸彈、無人機和其他各種導彈則在烏克蘭製造出一條條血流成河的慘劇。
（圖：Alla與我在烏克蘭尼古拉耶夫州佩爾沃邁斯克，一處被俄羅斯聯邦摧毀的民用基礎設施現場報道 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
從下午4點通報發出起，也就是停火生效後，烏方當局就記錄了469次俄方違反停火協議的行為。在我所在的州，俄方空襲已造成3人死亡、12人受傷。複活節清晨，一架俄羅斯無人機在赫爾鬆科拉貝爾區爆炸，導致一名男子死亡，另有一人被緊急送醫並情況危急。不久之後，另一架FPV無人機襲擊了一輛出租車，司機和另外兩名平民受傷。隨後又有一架無人機襲擊了一輛有軌電車，炸死了電車司機。還不到中午，另一架俄羅斯自殺式無人機擊碎了中央區為數不多仍營業的一家酒吧的窗戶。隨後，其他無人機破壞了多達16座建築，波及最北至貝裏斯拉夫，尤其是奧列克桑德裏夫卡、因熱涅爾諾耶、普裏奧澤爾諾耶、佐裏夫卡、佐羅塔·巴爾卡、米洛韋、杜德查尼和赫雷申尼夫卡等地。
（視頻：Alla與我在烏克蘭尼古拉耶夫盧帕列韋拍攝的影像 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
大約上午11:20，入侵者從第聶伯河對岸，再次轟炸了科拉貝爾街區，造成一名14歲男孩、一名男子和三名女性受傷。在費羅裏夫卡，俄軍的無人機炸死了一名老年婦女。一整天裏，俄軍持續使用各種製導空炸彈和各類無人機發動猛烈攻擊，甚至不放過載有兩名護士的兒童醫院醫護車。到複活節周日下午5:30，莫斯科政權僅在赫爾鬆一地就已造成12人死亡。
（視頻：Alla與我在烏克蘭赫爾鬆基謝利夫卡拍攝的影像 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
其餘的傷亡由地雷造成，地雷顯然不遵守任何停火協議。大約下午1:30，一名市政工人踩到一枚花瓣狀爆炸裝置後被炸身亡。蘇梅州肖斯特卡區一名17歲男孩也遭遇同樣命運。附近的霍廷有三枚類似裝置將一輛自行車上的兩名平民炸的支離破碎，於此同時，俄軍對洛皮利亞的空襲摧毀了為數不多的殘存建築。夜間，俄軍又襲擊了一輛救護車，造成車內三名急救人員受傷。即是赫爾鬆有17分鍾多的平靜事件，但據州緊急服務處女發言人統計，蘇梅則大約每半小時就遭受一次俄方襲擊，累計超過90起違反停火協議行動。在哈爾科夫，複活節當天一架俄方無人機襲擊了佐洛希夫一家雜貨店爆炸，炸死一男一女。
（視頻：我在烏克蘭哈爾科夫巴拉克利亞拍攝的影像 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
（圖：Alla與我在被俄羅斯聯邦破壞的紮波羅熱產科醫院現場報道 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
在第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克州，截至4月11日傍晚6:30，俄軍已60多次違反停火協議，令尼科波利、切爾沃諾赫裏霍裏夫卡、米裏夫卡、波克羅夫斯卡和馬爾哈涅茨等社區遭受重創。引發多起火災。民居與私宅、商店、農業設施和卡車受損。一名婦女受傷，一名男子仍然在與死神搏鬥。在克裏維裏赫地區，俄軍用無人機和炸彈轟炸了索菲耶夫斯卡、諾沃皮爾斯卡、澤列諾多爾斯卡和赫魯希夫斯卡。複活節清晨7:30，他們再次襲擊西涅爾尼科沃，焚毀民宅、商鋪和車庫。隨後，大約下午3點，他們向梅日瓦發射了FPV無人機群襲擊，造成一名男子死亡。
（視頻：Alla與我在第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克州馬爾哈涅茨拍攝的影像 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
（圖：我在哈爾科夫巴拉克利亞指著一枚俄軍無人機炸出的地麵彈坑 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
要統計複活節期間頓涅茨克地區俄軍空襲造成的傷亡幾乎不可能。僅在克拉馬托爾斯克，莫斯科空軍就投下三枚重型航空炸彈，損壞七棟公寓樓、一棟行政樓和數輛汽車。另一波波俄軍FPV無人機群掃射了逃難民眾的車輛。其他空襲席卷了多布羅皮利亞、斯洛維揚斯克、諾沃多內茨克、德魯日科夫卡、裏茲尼基夫卡、米爾納多利納和奧列克桑德裏夫卡，襲擊了多達353名流離失所者，其中74人為兒童。
總而言之，普京的“人道姿態”包括：57次空襲、182枚空炸彈、近4000架自殺式無人機和另外2400次炮擊。
但這還不是全部。
據烏克蘭總檢察長辦公室稱，4月11日，在哈爾科夫地區維特裏納爾諾耶村附近，俄軍士兵槍殺了四名被俘的烏克蘭武裝部隊士兵。在胡利亞波萊附近，他們向一支撤離小組開火，全體隊員遇難。時間是複活節周日下午5:30。
利用這段宣稱的“平靜窗口”，俄方政權同時正將人員和裝備從別爾江斯克與馬裏烏波爾轉運到頓涅茨克州北部地區。
橄欖枝隻是幌子，炸彈才是俄軍的真實訊息。
（圖：Alla與我在赫爾鬆州一個被俄軍地雷和無人機侵擾的小村莊報道。這裏幾乎無法生存 ——版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
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