Covering themselves with a human shield: the occupiers are setting up barracks and warehouses in the basements of buildings in Energodar

The Russian occupiers in the satellite city of the Zaporizhzhia NPP Energodari in Zaporizhzhia are preparing for defense. They set up barracks and ammunition depots in the basements of residential buildings, thereby covering themselves with energy sources in order to protect themselves in the event of an attack by the Armed Forces.

This was reported by the press service of Energoatom. It is noted that currently in the occupied city, there are rare cases where the Russian military uses the basements of civilian premises as places of permanent deployment, even furnishing them with beds, as, for example, in the basement of the building of the Department of Social Programs on the street. Kurchatova, 10, where about 50 occupants currently live.

It is also noted that the occupiers constantly bring some large boxes into the basements of houses at night – probably with weapons or explosives. Moreover, while the “process” continues, several soldiers watch over the windows of the house to protect themselves from unwanted bystanders. Similar “night works” were noticed immediately in several residential buildings of the fifth and seventh microdistricts.

Energoatom noted that the Russian military is aware that the Armed Forces will not aim at residential facilities, therefore, in order to protect themselves and their ammunition, they set up their hiding places there.

“It is also known about a large amount of explosives in the building of the communication hub near the city executive committee,” the report says.

The company urged residents of Energodar to try to avoid gatherings of the Russian military and to be vigilant.

We will remind: the occupiers are taking apartments from people in Energodar. War criminals of the Russian Federation are doing this in order to settle their people in the captured city.

“In the temporarily occupied Energodar, the Russians are occupying the apartments of local residents in order to house energy workers from Russian nuclear power plants there. This is necessary for the occupiers to replace the workers of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, who refuse to sign contracts with the invaders and continue to perform their duties within the limits of Ukrainian legislation,” it says. in the message.

– the Russian occupiers planned to take the residents of the temporarily captured city of Energodar to Crimea. The troops of the Russian Federation deliberately create unbearable living conditions for Ukrainians;

– in the temporarily occupied Energodar, the Russian invaders forced about 3,000 workers of the ZNPР to obtain passports of “citizens of the Russian Federation”. The terror continues in relation to local businesses.

The Russian occupiers struck Zaporizhzhia in the morning of January 14. This was announced by the secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, Anatoly Kurtev.

Around 06:00, explosions rang out in the city, an air alert was declared in the region, which ended at 06:30.

According to Kurtev, the enemy attacked the regional center again – the details of the attack are being clarified.

It is not yet known about possible destruction and victims.

In the morning of Saturday, January 14, Zaporizhzhia was again shelled.

This was announced by the secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, Anatoly Kurtev.

According to him, explosions were heard in the city. The details of the attack are being clarified.

There have been no reports of possible damage or casualties yet.

Russian invaders continue to terrorize the civilian population of the Zaporizhzhia region, shelling populated areas.

This was reported by the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

“According to the report of the head office of the national police in the Zaporizhia region, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of ​​the settlements of Luhivske, Charivne, Olhivske, Chervone, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodanilivka, Orihiv, Poltavka, Malynivka, Biloghirya, Plavni, Kamianske, Novoandriivka, Dorozhnyanka, Mala Tokmachka, Stepove, Primorske.

37 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling by Russian military personnel,” the message says.

During the past day, the evacuation of the civilian population from the temporarily occupied territories was not carried out.

On the morning of January 14, Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv Oblast. The occupiers hit civilian infrastructure.

As a result of enemy shelling, a fire broke out at one of the civilian facilities in Mykolaiv Oblast. This was announced by the head of the Regional Military Administration, Vitaly Kim.

What is known about another Russian attack

Russian invaders fired at Ochakiv and the Ochakiv community from 06:09 on Saturday morning. They were fired from multiple rocket launcher systems.

As a result of the enemy attack, the windows of the high-rise building were damaged. In addition, the garage and two cars were set on fire.

As a result of rocket hits, a fire broke out at one of the civil infrastructure facilities. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, Kim said.

He also added that at 06:30 the occupiers struck the Kutsurub community. A residential building was damaged in one of the settlements. Previously, there were no casualties.

The occupiers hit Zaporizhzhia again

Secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, Anatoly Kurtev, reported that in the morning the enemy fired at Zaporizhzhia again. Currently, the information about the explosions heard by the townspeople is being clarified.

As a result of Russian shelling on January 14, a private residential building was destroyed in the city of Orihiv, Zaporizhzhia region.

This is reported by the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region.

“On January 14, in the city of Orihiv, a private residential building was partially destroyed as a result of shelling. During the liquidation of the incident, rescuers retrieved three people from the rubble, who refused further hospitalization,” the report says.

An industrial enterprise in Zaporizhzhia was damaged during a missile strike in the morning of January 14. In addition, the city of Orihiv once again came under artillery fire

Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, reports this.

“This morning, the enemy struck another blow on the free lands of our region. The rockets that fell in Zaporizhzhia on the territory of one of the enterprises caused destruction there. Fortunately, there were no casualties,” he wrote.

According to him, the city of Orihiv continues to be under attack. As a result of the enemy’s artillery attack, 3 houses were destroyed there, rescuers extinguished the fire in one of them. There were 3 residents in one of the buildings, they remained alive and unharmed.

“The occupier is not abandoning its terrorist intentions. According to information from the Armed Forces, Russian carriers of “Calibre” missiles have gone into the sea, enemy bombers have taken to the sky,” he added.

According to the State Emergency Service, on January 14 in the city of Orihiv, a private residential building was partially destroyed as a result of shelling. During the liquidation of the incident, rescuers retrieved three people from under the rubble, who refused further hospitalization.

Sneaky, stealthy, under the cover of night. The Russian invaders again broke their word and demolished one of the main monuments of Melitopol.

In Melitopol, on the order of the occupation authorities, on January 13, around 11 o’clock in the evening, a monument to Taras Shevchenko was dismantled from its pedestal on Victory Square. One of the most famous symbols of Melitopol was vilely demolished by the invaders and taken out of the central square during the curfew – so that no one from Melitopol would see or interfere with them. A few witnesses report that the Rashists dismantled the monument very quickly: apparently, they were preparing for this “action” in advance.

The prepared plan of action, haste and carrying out the work in the middle of the night indicate that the invaders were very afraid of the reaction of the Melitopol people to this unconscionable act of vandalism.

It is noteworthy that rallies and protests have always been held near the monument to Shevchenko. The local Maidan against the Yanukovych regime has been meeting here since 2014. Representatives of the authorities laid flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko before the official dates.

Protesters gathered here against high tariffs for communal services, and bus drivers near the Shevchenko monument went on strike and demanded an increase in fares. It was from the Shevchenko monument that all patriotic actions and processions in the city were organized. He was, in a way, a symbol of freedom of speech.

It is quite likely that the removal of the monument to Shevchenko is a “response” to the dismantling of the monument with the statues of Russian empress Catherine II and general Suvorov in Odessa.

As always, the Russian fascists will justify the complete destruction of Ukrainian culture with the argument that “they started first” and will refer to both decommunization and the demolition of the monument to Catherine. There is only one key nuance here: from the beginning of the invasion, the occupiers publicly declared that they would not “become like Ukrainian Nazis” who are “fighting monuments” and that no Ukrainian monument would be demolished. All this time, they tried to pass themselves off as “highly cultured” and “moral” “liberators”, noble warriors who bring only justice and prosperity.

In disagreement with these words, in the first months of the occupation, the Rashists dismantled memorials and commemorative plaques in honor of the fallen ATO soldiers, monuments dedicated to Independence or other memorable events in the history of Ukraine. Even the memorial to the victims of the Famine of the 1930s was not spared by the hand of the barbarians. In Melitopol, a commemorative plaque in honor of Dmytro Dontsov, a native of the city, was destroyed.

At the same time, the invaders began to generously fill the city space with their own “idols”: monuments to Soviet executioners, KGBeshniks and Prince Alexander Nevsky were solemnly opened in the city, which has nothing to do with the history of Melitopol. And the most important thing is that at all events dedicated to the unveiling of new symbols of the occupation, the Gauleiter emphasized that the Russians are “not barbaric Ukrainians” and declared with a smile that under their government “monuments are only erected, not demolished.”

And that’s what it came to. All the bravado and oaths of the invaders and traitors turned out to be lies, as always. Demolition of any symbols of Ukrainian culture was a resolved issue for them, only its implementation was delayed. The same monument to Taras Shevchenko on the central square was mentioned separately by the occupation authorities, and it was said that it would definitely not be demolished under any circumstances. Now the Rashists have a “legitimate excuse” to uproot the culture and history of Ukraine with bulldozers, because they now have the “banners” of Odessa and the monument to Catherine.

If the Gauleiter do not have the courage to admit this act of vandalism, they can say, for example, that “the monument was taken away for restoration” – quite predictable for the “Russian world”. Under similar pretexts, a number of monuments in the occupied territories have already been demolished. Although the most likely “disappearance” of the monument to Shevchenko, the occupiers will not comment at all, and later they will simply install another “idol” of theirs on the empty pedestal.