Ukrainka, Symbol of the Ukrainian Resistance
By: Giorgio Provinciali
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Ukrainka The shouts of two children playing on a slide break the surreal silence that surrounds us as we enter this settlement on the administrative border between Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts. The craters made by drones and artillery in the grassy playground are not only remnants of past battles but also a reminder of alooming threat to which Ukrainkas survivors of the Russkyj Mir crossing are still exposed. Alongside swings and slides scarred by shrapnel and bullets are trenches where the Ukrainian army barricaded itself in 2022 while defending the village.
Although Ukraines defenders stopped the Russians from settling there then pushed them back to the banks of the Dnipro they still occupy the Russians continue to bombard Ukrainka daily with dozens of FPV drones, harming everyone. Not even the children are safe. The Russians have destroyed all nearby businesses and homes except for a small farm and two apartment buildings reduced to ruins, home to a few workers and their families. Most are farmers who, despite the constant threat of drones and the many mines in those fields, try every day to clear a portion of land and bring it back to life, risking their lives in the process.
The latest bombs exploded moments after we interrupted the footage we shared yesterday on the YouTube channel of the Italian newspaper La Ragione. They tore the crucifix from the bell tower of a ruined church where we had taken cover while the Ukrainian ППО tried to shoot down two drones aimed by the Russians at human targets. The fact thateven the walls of that sacred place were riddled with bulletsshowsthe desperate situation faced by the remaining civilians.
For various reasons,Ukrainka has effectively been a kill zone for four years, not only causing material destruction but also turning a civilian space into a place structurally hostile to life. Even after being liberated, more territories like this continue to be under a form of Russian control through fire, drones, mines, and fear. This shows thatoccupation can end geographically without ending its functional presence.
As we have seen in Novohryhorivka, Kyselivka, Myrne, Kopani, Posad-Pokrovske, Soldatske, and countless other reconquered settlements,liberation does not coincide with the effective restitution of civilian sovereignty. Nonetheless, all those places respond like wounded organisms still trying to breathe through those who cultivate, reclaim, and remain.
We spoke extensively with the owner of the only remaining small shop: he never left not even during occupation and has even taken part in sabotage activities, constantly communicating with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Showing us his battered jacket and some smartphone photos, he shared details of his actions. The rest was confirmed by several other testimonies we collected during our prolonged stay in that kill zone. So much so that we can confidently sayit would be hard to find a clearer example of partisan resistance today.
Communities like that of Ukrainka, however, are not reduced to ruins and have never been purely passive victims, not even during the darkest hours of occupation. Instead, they representthe remaining essence of living sovereignty, embodied in the active resistance of individuals like the shopkeeper who, though scarred and isolated, have managed to bethe guardians of national, moral, and operational continuity during and after the occupation.
The civilizing promise with which Moscow legitimizes itself is everywhere turning into human and infrastructural desertion.If Russia exports death to assert control, Ukraine fights for permanence, reconstruction, and freedom. It is within this fierce resistance that its deepest victory is measured.
We are doing our best to provide genuine, first-hand reports from zones where almost no press dares to go. This means living constantly in a kill zone. We take the risk, but without your invaluable support, our voices would stay unheard and silent. Without brave people sharing our articles from afar, they would remain unread. Our reports would go unseen, and our efforts would be lost. Theres still a lot of work to do here, as the people around us are also in no better situation.
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烏克蘭卡：烏克蘭抵抗的象征
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻譯：旺財球球
烏克蘭前線報道????????
烏克蘭卡當我們進入這處位於尼古拉耶夫州與赫爾鬆州行政邊界的定居點時，兩個孩子在滑梯上嬉鬧的喊聲打破了四周的超現實般的寂靜。草地遊樂場上無人機與炮火留下的彈坑，不僅是過去戰鬥的殘跡，更提醒著人們，在俄羅斯世界蹂躪下幸存的烏克蘭卡平民，至今仍暴露在持續的威脅之下。蕩秋千與滑梯上布滿彈片與彈孔，旁邊是烏克蘭軍隊在2022年保衛村莊時構築的戰壕。
（圖：Alla和我在烏克蘭烏克蘭卡報道????????。在這張照片中，Alla進入了教堂隔壁一條布滿了子彈的戰壕版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
盡管烏克蘭的防衛者阻止了俄軍在此地長期駐紮，並將其逼回至其仍占據著的第聶伯河河岸，但俄方仍每日用數十架FPV無人機持續轟炸烏克蘭卡，傷及所有人，連孩童也無法幸免。俄軍摧毀了附近所有的商鋪與民居，僅存一座小型農場和兩棟被炸成廢墟的公寓樓，住著為數不多的工人及其家屬。大多數幸存者是農民，盡管每日麵臨無人機與田間埋設的地雷的威脅，他們仍冒著生命危險每天清理出一小塊土地，試圖將其重新恢複生機。
就在我們剛結束為意大利報紙《理性報》（La Ragione）YouTube頻道錄製影像之後不久，最新的一輪炸彈便爆炸了。它們將我們曾經在其中避難的一座破敗教堂鍾樓上的十字架炸落，當時烏克蘭防空部隊正在試圖擊落俄軍操控追殺平民的兩架無人機。從那座聖地的牆體同樣布滿彈孔這一事實，可見留守平民所麵臨的絕望境地。
出於各種原因，烏克蘭卡四年來實質上已成為一片殺傷區，不僅造成物質毀損，也把原本的民用空間結構性地變成對生命不友好的地方。即便領土獲得解放，類似的區域仍通過炮火、無人機、地雷與恐懼繼續被俄方以另一種形式控製。這表明占領可以在地理上結束，卻並未終結其功能性存在。
（圖：我和Alla在烏克蘭烏克蘭卡一家商店的廢墟上報道????????版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
正如我們在新格裏霍裏夫卡、基謝利夫卡、米爾內、科帕尼、波薩德-波克羅夫斯克、索爾達茨克等無數被收複的定居點所見，解放並不等同於民事主權的有效恢複。盡管如此，所有這些地方都像受傷的生命體一般，它們仍通過那些耕作、複墾並選擇留下來的人，繼續呼吸與存續。
我們與那僅存的小店店主進行了長時間交談：他從未離開即便在占領期間亦然甚至參與了破壞敵方行動，並與烏克蘭武裝部隊持續保持聯係。他向我們出示了他那件破損的夾克與手機照片，講述了他的行動細節。我們在該殺傷區長期駐留期間收集到的其他證言亦證實了這些事實。由此我們有理由自信地說，如今很難找到比這更清晰的遊擊抵抗範例。
（圖：我和Alla與遊擊抵抗的非凡人物合影版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，像烏克蘭卡這樣的社區並未被化為廢墟，即使在被占領最黑暗的時刻也從未淪為純粹的被動受害者。相反，它們體現了生命中的主權之殘存本質，由諸如那位店主般的個體的積極抵抗所體現，盡管曆經創傷與身陷孤立，卻在占領期間及之後，成為民族性、道德性與行動連續性的守護者。
莫斯科用來為自身行動賦予合法性的文明使命正遍地轉化為對人命與基礎設施的摧毀與廢棄。如果俄羅斯以輸出死亡來建立控製，烏克蘭則為永久性、重建與自由而戰。正是在這場激烈的抵抗中，烏克蘭最深層意義上的勝利才得以衡量。
（圖：我與Alla在烏克蘭烏克蘭卡現場報道????????版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali。）
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持續的停電嚴重損壞了我們在烏克蘭西部的家中的供暖係統，而我們當時就在頓巴斯。
沒有電，點著的爐火無法通過水泵循環熱水。結果，係統起火，整個房子麵臨著燒毀的風險。幸而未被燒毀，但整個係統需要更換，房子也需要修複。管道都是歪的，牆壁被煙霧熏黑，供暖係統無法正常工作，需要徹底更換。
我們正在盡最大努力，因為Alla的父母住在那裏，但這裏還有許多工作要做，周圍的人處境也好不到哪兒去。
我們正在重啟籌款活動，感謝每一位支持我們修複被俄羅斯摧毀一切的朋友。即使是小額捐款也有幫助。我們會及時更新進展。
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