Segregated In Kyselivka: Freed From the Russians But Not From Their War
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine ????????
All you read on this page was experienced.
All the footage was recorded with a smartphone.
No troupes, just brave hands holding it.
Kyselivka Just before this article was sent to the editorial team, a farmer blew himself up after stepping on a mine. Although these areas were liberated from Russian control in 2022, incidents like this are happening more often, as clearing the land is made even harder by enemyFPV drones that drop dozens ofleaf-shaped bombsevery day.
So much so that even rescuers have difficulty reaching victims like that civilian, as they are also targeted byloitering munitions that mercilessly destroy ambulances and medical vehicles.
We ourselves experienced particularly critical moments while recording the latestclipwe made available to this La Ragiones YouTubechannel.
While traveling through these lands among the most prosperous and productive in the world now reduced toghostly wastelands, we had to stop recording several times, unable to find shelter asvery few buildings in Kyselivka still have roofs.
First, traditional artillery rounds, and then selective, remotely controlled ones, have eroded all the buildings. Some only have their footprints left on the ground. Those few remaining inhabited are no longer connected to the power grid, asRussian drones have even targeted the pylons to completely isolate the area.
Survivors haveimprovised insulation and shieldingboth to prevent the digital eye of those death vectors from spotting human prey and to keep the cold out, completing the process ofsegregationand preventing even sunlight from reaching their homes.
And yet,a couple weve known for years braves death to deliver food to the survivors of Kyselivka at least once a week. The fish they bring here comes from Ukrainian Bessarabia, where they travel periodically to stock up becausefishing in the Black Sea has become nearly impossible due to other mines, the sea ones. However, procuring water from river ports like Reni and Izmail is no less risky, as the Maiaky Bridge the essential route to reach them from Odesa has been targeted 17 times by the Russians in recent months.
The presence of our valued friends in these locations is not just occasional but holds deep significance: it reflectsthe persistence of life and war in a space that has been officially liberated.
Kyselivka has not been occupied by the Russians since 2022, yet it continues to be influenced by their effects. This is a key point because it challenges the common notion of war as a simple binary between occupied and free areas. As we have documented living for extended times inside kill zones like this one,there are regions that, even though not formally occupied, remain under the shadow of the Russian threat.That is, rendered uninhabitable, unproductive, logistically disrupted, and psychologically sequestered.
Comparing our daily dispatches with those from a few years ago, its easy to see thatdestruction used to be widespread, random, and mechanical.Now, its continuous, selective, and persistent.
This transformsthe territory itself into a living trap.
The danger shifts constantly and demands quick adaptation to a changing situation. Today, its no longer enough to survive a bombing or avoid sniper fire: you must also evadean armed observer who watches, chooses, and strikes.
Kyselivka touches a deep nerve in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, markingthe transition from a symmetrical war of positions to a persistent state of asymmetric saturation.
The mine that killed the farmer did more than harm a man; it attacked the very act of farmingfundamentally disrupting the relationship between humans and the soil.
The subsequent attack on the rescuers confirmsRussias intent to break the basic chain of Ukrainian civilization. In a functioning society, the wounded call for help, and assistance arrives. In a kill zone like this one where we write from, even this basic mechanism is shattered. Not just as an act of cruelty, but as part ofa deliberate strategy of area sealing.
For the remote killers hired by the Russian regime, the target isnt just a person or a vehicle but the entire ecosystem that sustains human life: electricity, light, communication, access, shelter.
This form of modern warfare aims not only to destroy but also to make the continuation of life impossible.
That is why we describe our situation with the termsegregation: theres no direct military occupation, but de facto confinement.
Electronic warfare countermeasures help us neutralize some threats, butit is the people who maintain a small sense of community. Courageous and selfless, like the couple of friends of ours who keep delivering food.
Modern warfare isnt measured by a single crater but by the journey those people undertake to ensure civilians survival.
The Russians are targeting that entire logistics chainfrom their van here to the essential routes it follows: the bridge, refueling stations, and the river port.
This clearly shows howthe depth of the war today far exceeds the perimeter of what we called the line of contact four years ago.
Since then, liberated towns like the one where we write have experienced the evolution of technological warfare.
All this can never be explained from afar.
To accomplish this, you need to (sur)vive here.
In 1.500 days of war,we recorded over 250 videos from ground zero and wrote more than 1,500 articles.
We are doing our best to provide genuine, first-hand reports from zones where almost no press dares to go. This means living in a kill zone constantly. We take the risk, but without your invaluable support, our voices would remain 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.
Were renewing ourfundraising campaignand thanking everyone who joins us in helping to restore what Russia is destroying. Moving forward with only a small reimbursement for each article from a brave newspaper that believes in us is extremely challenging. Thats why we are grateful to all the kind people who support us and trust in our mission.
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Well keep you updated on developments.
Thank you all, dear friends ????????
被隔離在基謝利夫卡：擺脫了俄軍，卻擺脫不了他們的戰爭
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻譯：旺財球球
烏克蘭前線報道????????
本文所列，皆為親身經曆。
所有影像均以智能手機拍攝。
沒有攝製隊，隻有勇敢之手在記錄。
基謝利夫卡在這篇報道發給編輯部之前，一名農民踩上地雷被炸身亡。盡管這些地區在2022年已從俄方控製下解放，但此類事故愈發頻繁，清理土地的難度因敵方的FPV無人機大幅增加這些無人機每天投下數十枚葉形炸彈。
以至於連救援人員也難以抵達像那位平民這樣的遇難者，因為他們同樣成為了滯留彈藥的攻擊目標，救護車與醫療車被無情摧毀。
在為La Ragione的YouTube頻道錄製最新一段視頻時，我們自身也經曆了極其危險的時刻。
（圖：我們在烏克蘭基謝利夫卡拍攝了這些影像版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
穿行於這些土地上，這裏曾是世界上最富饒、最有生產力的地區之一，如今卻淪為鬼城荒原，我們不得不多次停止拍攝，卻找不到遮蔽之處，因為基謝利夫卡幾乎沒有建築還留存屋頂。
先是傳統炮彈，隨後是可遙控選擇性投放的彈藥，已經將所有建築侵蝕殆盡。有些地方隻剩下房屋的地基。僅存的少數有人居住的房屋也早已斷電，俄方無人機甚至攻擊了電線杆，意圖徹底孤立這片地區。
幸存者自己動手製作了隔熱與屏蔽措施，既為防止這些死亡載體的電子眼發現人類獵物，也為抵禦嚴寒，在完全被隔離的狀態下，甚至連陽光都無法照進他們的家中。
（圖：Alla與我一同在烏克蘭基謝利夫卡被俄軍摧毀的眾多民用設施中報道????????版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，一對我們認識多年的夫婦冒生命危險每周至少一次來為基謝利夫卡的幸存者送食物。他們帶來的魚來自烏克蘭的貝薩拉比亞，他們定期前往補給，因為在黑海布滿了海上地雷，捕魚幾乎變得不可能。不過，從裏尼和伊茲梅爾等河港取水同樣危險，從敖德薩通往那裏的重要通道，馬亞基橋在近幾個月已遭到俄方17次攻擊。
（圖：Alla與我在烏克蘭基謝利夫卡附近報道????????版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
我們這些朋友的出現並非偶然，而具有深遠意義：代表著生命，以及戰爭，在名義上已被解放的這片土地上仍在頑強存在。
基謝利夫卡自2022年以來不再被俄軍占領，但仍受其影響。這一點至關重要，因為它挑戰了常見的戰爭二元觀念：簡單分為被占領與自由地區。正如我們在這樣的殺戮區長期駐守所記錄的，有些區域即便未被正式占領，也仍籠罩在俄軍威脅的陰影之下：不可居住、無法生產、物流癱瘓、心理上被禁錮。
（圖：Alla與我在赫爾鬆周邊的殺戮區報道版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
回顧我們幾年前的每日前線報道，很容易看出過去的破壞多為廣泛、隨意且機械式的。現在則是持續、選擇性且高密度的。
這使得領土本身變成了一座活的陷阱。
危險不斷變化，要求人們快速適應局勢。如今，單純躲過轟炸或避開狙擊手已不夠：你還得躲避那個武裝觀察者：他盯著、選中、並攻擊你。
基謝利夫卡觸及了俄入侵烏克蘭的深層痛點，標誌著從對稱性的陣地戰，轉化為持續性的非對稱飽和式打擊。
（圖：Alla與我在朋友的老拉達車內，加速穿過危機四伏的烏克蘭赫爾鬆的道路????????版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
那枚炸死農民的地雷，不僅是奪走了一條生命；它摧毀了耕作這一行為從根本上破壞了人類與土地的關係。
隨後對救援者的襲擊則證明了俄羅斯的目的是破壞烏克蘭文明的基本鏈條。在正常社會中，受傷者呼救，會有人前來救助。但在我們此刻寫稿的的這個殺戮區，連這一基本機製都已被粉碎。這不僅是殘忍行為，更是精心設計的區域封鎖戰略的一部分。
對俄政權雇傭的遠程殺手而言，目標不僅僅是一個人或一輛車，而是支撐人類生存的整個生態係統：電力、照明、通訊、通行、避難所。
（圖：Alla與一位幸存者交談版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
這種形式的現代戰爭不僅旨在摧毀，還旨在使生命無法繼續。
因此我們以隔離一詞來描述這裏的情形：沒有直接的軍事占領，但事實上已被封禁。
電子戰反製手段能幫助我們消除部分威脅，但維係一絲社區感的是人本身。正如那對勇敢無私、堅持每周來送食物的朋友夫婦。
現代戰爭的衡量標準不再是一個彈坑，而在於這些人為保障平民生存而經曆的旅程。
俄方的攻擊目標是整條後勤鏈條，從廂型車，到必經的橋梁、加油站與河港。
這清楚表明，當今戰爭的深度遠遠超出四年前我們所稱的接觸線範圍。
自那以後，像我們寫作所在的這些已被解放到城鎮，經曆了技術化戰爭的演進。
所有這一切無法在遠處解釋清楚。
要做到這一點，你需要在這裏（生存並）親身經曆。
（圖：本文真正的英雄，與Alla和我在一起版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
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